The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04
IN HER ACTION FOR DIVORCE.
JUDGE SMITH ALLOWS A MOTION
FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND
INCTDENTALS.
WITNESSES HAVE DISAPPEARED.
Two on Which the Plaintiff Depend
ed Have Left MfnneapOIis-One
Said to BE in Sweden.

| against her husband, John GOOdnow.
| politician, base ball magnate and dip
lomat, in which Mrs Goo11ow seeks q
| divorce, made it's appearance in the
Minneapolis district court yesterday at
| special term, when William H Will
liams, Mrs. Goodnow's st. Paul attor-
ney, secured an order from Judge
| Smith compelling Mr.. Goodnow to pay
| into court 5000 additional attorney and
witness fees. The motion for the addi-
| tfonal fees developed a red hot argu-
ment between attorneys. but ended
with the signing of the order by Judge
Smith. The case is set for trial April
| a.
The case was originally set for trial
several weeks ago, but has been con-
| tinued from time to time owing to the
! trouble that Mrs. Goodnow has had in
procuring witnesses. She was relying
| mainly on a Swede. girl, who was liv-
| ing at the Rescue home in Minneapolis,
| and Mrs. Kennedy, the matron Of the
| home. The girl was subpoenaed to ap-
| pear at the trial. but Mrs. Kennedy
asked to be excused from that formal
! ity giving as her reason that She did
not wish to appear in the case until
! it came up for trial, and pledging her
| word that at that time she would vol
UNFAIRLY tell all that she knew con-
corning the case. THE testimony Of
! these two women was said to pc impor-
| tant. In this connection it may be
| mentioned that the. Rescue home is To-
Gated by the side of the house IN which
certain parties named in the complaint
lived
When the case came up for trial it
was found by Mrs Goodnow's attor-
neys that the girl had left the city and
had gone to Sweden. A continuance
was asked and granted. A few days
after that 1T was discovered that Mrs.
| Kennedy had evidently changed ker
mind about testifying in the case, for
she, too, had left the city, and no trace
| of her whereabouts could be obtained
| She was afterwards located in Cedar
| Rapids, To-, but when an attempt was
| made to reach her she again disap-
| peared. When next located she was in
| Cedar Falls, where she remained few
! days and then went to Waterloo. On
| March she returned to Minneapolis,
/ but before she could be reached by
! any one connected with Mrs GoodnOw.
she again disappeared without leaving
any information as to her intended
destination Her present location has
remained mystery, until within the
j last few days when, 1t is claimed, she
was located in Philadelphia.
With the witness fees secured yester-
day Mrs. Goodnow's attorneys will at
tempt to secure a deposition from Mrs
1 Kennedy. ->.
The ladies Of the Minneapolis w. G.
T. U. and Rescue home have become
4 interested in Mrs. GoOdnOw's case
! through the actions Of Mrs. Kennedy
She has always been regarded 10y them
as an honorable woman in every way,
and they are at loss for an explanation
as to the course that she is purs ling.
Mrs. Russell, of the Russell coffee
house, and Mrs. E. ]. NJ Newcomb. Of
800 Lake street, are especially indig-
/ nant. They say that they have al
ways looked upon Mrs. Kennedy as Cre
Of the best of women, always willing
to lend helping hand, and they can
not understand why she should try to
avoid telling what she knows about
| this case.
of surmise as to why Mrs GoodnOw,
or Mrs. Powers, as she was then, con-
| scented to a secret marriage, but it is
now claimed by her friends that she
never entered into the contract with
any idea that 1t was to be kept quiet.
They say that she was engaged to Mr..
Goodnow before leaving st. Paul to c.
cept the position which she held at
Chicago with the worlds fair commits
sion, but that the engagement had
never been ANNOUNCED. While in Chi
| cagO the arrangements for the mar
1 riage were completed by letter. Mr.
/ GOodnow explained that he was very
busy, but that he expected to be in
Chicago at a certain time for a period
of three days and suggested that on
his arrival they go to Milwaukee and
be married. To this Mrs Powers
agreed, and it was not until after the
ceremony had been performed in MIL
waukee that she learned from Mr.
Goodnow that he wished the marriage
to be kept a secret. Mrs. Goodnow
thought the matter over carefully and
came to the conclusion that the only
course open to her was to consent to
the wishes of Mr.. Goodnow. She re-
! turned to her work at Chicago, and
Mr.. Goodnow came back to Mime
| apolis. When her duties in connection
with the fair commission were ended
| she came back to Minneapolis and
found that Mr.. Goodnow was still op-
posed to having the public know that
he was a married man, and 1t is prob
able that the affair would have re-
manned a secret longer than It did, but
for the fact that Mrs. Goodnow was
taken i'll with a fever, and in her de-
lirium talked constantly Of the mar
riage to Mr.. Goodnow in Milwaukee
One of the attendants at her bedside
happened to have a friend who was
a reporter for st. Paul paper, and
to him was conf1ded portions of Mrs
Goodnow's rawlings. Mrs. Goodnow was
seen, and them fors the first time ad-
mitted that the marriage had taken
place in Milwaukee,.
Soon after this Mrs Goodnow's
| friends say, she discovered evidence
which she considered sufficient grounds
for beginning action for divorce.
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