The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-25
REV. LEONIDAS BROWN FORFEITs
HIS BAIL BOND BY NOM
APPEARANCE.
HAS HE SKIPPED TO CANADA?
THAT is THE BELIEF HELD BY
SOME OF HIS LATE NEIGH
BORIS.
COUNSEL HAWTHORNE HINTS
However, That the Young ParsOn
Has Been WayInid and That Har-
riet ROgersOn Knows 1t.

the North ST. Paul Methodist church,
who was atliberty on $4,000 bonds pend
ing a preliminary hearing on the
charge of criminally assaulting four
teen-year-old Harriet Rogerson, has
disappeared and is said to have fed
to Canada. Brown failed to appear
III the municipal court yesterday when
the case against him was called, and
upon motion Of Assistant County At
torney Zollman, his bail was declared
forfeited.
Considerable excitement grew out Of
the young pastors non-appearance to
face the serious charge against him.
The case was partially heard a week
ago yesterday, and on account of the
nervous strain upon Miss ROgerson in
detailing the story of the alleged as
sault, was continued for one week. A
large delegation of Browns friends
from North st. Paul were present in
court, though those in sympathy with
Miss RogerSon were not so numerous
as on the occasion of the first hearing,
apparently having been aware Of the
fact that the minister would not put
i'll an appearance. When the case was
called and Brown failed to respond,
Judge Orr called upon his attorney, j.
M. Hawthorne, for an explanation. Mr..
Hawthorne, evidently much worried,
informed the court that he had no
knowledge of his clients whereabouts
and that he was wholly at loss to
account for the pastors absence. As
sistant County Attorney Zollman then
moved for the forfeiture of Browns
hot tal lii Gil 70 oo1-lx
in future he desired all bonds sub
mitted to him for examination, as he
had reason to believe the one in the
Brown case was practically worthless.
Judge Orr informed Mr.. Zollman
that Brown had been before the court
once since the approval of his bond
and that if there had been any question
as to it's sufficiency that was the time
for the assistant county attorney to
have acted in the matter.
At this stage of the proceedings At
torney Hawthorne sprung sensation.
Addressing the court he declared
vehemently that there was some kind
| of collision on foot and that he be
! lieved Harriet Rogerson was aware Of
| the whereabouts of the missing
| preacher. He declared the girl had
| been seen in company with Mr.. Brown
/ on the North st. Paul and Suburban
| railroad Friday afternoon, going to
North st. Paul; He had learned OF
/ this Mr.. Hawthorne said, from Con-
j ductor Coombs, on whose train the
/ couple rode The knowledge came to
I him accidently, Attorney Hawthorne
said, before he had any intimation
| that Brown would not appear in court
| yesterday. He had met Conductor
| Coombs at lecture Friday night and
the railroad man had incidently re-
marked upon seeing Brown and Miss
| Rogerson together. This being the
| true, Mr.. Hawthorne declared, gave q
! very peculiar aspect to the minister S
| disappearance and convinced him that
| Miss Rogerson knew what had be-
come of the young pastor. Counsel
! Hawthorne suggested the possibility or
ISrown having been kidnapped, or pos
| sibiy having met with foul play, ana
moved that the complainant be sworn
| and placed on the witness STAND 10 De
| subjected to an examination as 10
whether or not she had been with the
| missing man, as claimed by Conductor
| Coombs.
! During Attorney Hawthorne's re-
| marks Miss Rogerson from corner OF
/ the court room shook her head Vlgor-
| ously in denial of the counseIs charges.
Mr.. Zollman strongly objected to the
| motion to place Miss Rogerson on the
| stand and characterized the state
| ments of Attorney Hawthorne as
smere idle talk" This again reused
| Browns counsel. who reiterated MS
former assertions even more vigorous
ly. ..,,,, -
| Mr. Brown? He is not here. Has he
| been kidnaped? Has he met with foul
| plav? If he has been spirited away
we should, in all justice, be allowed to
bring out the fact. I have reasons to
believe that Miss Rogerson can an
swer these questions. She was seen in
company with the missing man Fri
| day afternoon, going to North st.
Paul. Mr.. Brown has not been seen
| since. He was not seen to leave the
village Where, then, is he, and who
should reasonably know something of
| his whereabouts as being the last per-
| SON with whom he was seen? 1t is my
| belief that Miss Rogerson can clear
| the mystery and it is for this pur-
pose that 1 desire her to be examined"
Notwithstanding Attorney Haw-
| thorne's sensational charges, Judge
Orr overruled the motion that Miss
| Rogerson be compelled to testify. Mr.
| Hawthorne then entered formal ap-
| pearance for his client, and moved
| that the case be continued, declaring
| that he firmly believed it was beyond
| the power Of Brown to be present.
| Counsel also desired to secure Con-
ductor Coombs as witness to testify
to having met Miss Rogerson aandSMr-
| Brown on his train Friday afternoon.
| This motion was also overruled by
| Judge Orr, who stated that it was be-
| yond his power to allow mere formal
| appearance by counsel in a case where
a felony was charged, and the case
terminated, so far as the court phase
Of it is concerned. at least for the
present
ir, ost Immediately foHow'~"' v"
gal battle Attorney Hawthorne, six
| feet tall and with the physique Of a
Hercules, trembled on the brink of
physical encounter with Justice of TIE
Peace Mclean, of North st. Paul. and