The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-20
WERE FEW DEVELOPMENTS.
MAINTENANCE OF THE WIT
NESS MINNIE MORTENSON OC-
CASIONS SOME HAGGLING.
TESTIMONY RELATING TO HER,
Court Refuses to- Order Stricken
Out-PlaintiR on the Stand
Again.

to the admission Of evidence charac-
terized the proceedings in the Goodnow
divorce case yesterday, and, although
there were no very startling develop
ments, the interest among the specta-
tors did not appear to flag, and the
court room was crowded all day. Con-
siderable Importance was attached to
the non-appearance of the witness.
Minnie Mortenson, who is said to have
been employed as domestic in the
house of Abbie Goodnow, her failure
being ascribed by the plaintiff to In
huences exerted by the defendant.
Christine Hanson stated that she had
been a domestic in Mrs. Gordon's
house, her term Of service being SUBJ
sequent to that Of the Mortenson girl.
Mrs. Carrie Sather TESTIFIED that she
had been visited by the attorneys and
others during the search for Minnie
MOrtenson.
Mrs. Lena Peterson, Of 1926 Eighth
street south. was placed upon the
stand and questioned at some length.
She remembered that Mr.. Schriber, the
attorney for the plaintiff had called
at her house last January for the pur-
pose of serving a subpoena on Minnie
Mortenson, who was then in her en-
ploy. Three weeks aS&er that Minnie
left her employ and on the following
day called with Christina Hanson and
took away her clothing Mrs. Peterson
also remembered that certain woman
Whom she did not know had called
upon Minnie while the girl was at her
house, but she did not know what
conversation was held between them,
as she had left the room at their re-
quest. She was sent to jury room No.
to see If she could recognize any one
there as the woman who had called
upon Minnie but failed to do so and
the testimony relating to the visitor
was stricken out
In reply to a question from the court
the witness stated that it was just
about week before the time when the
case was first set for trial that Minnie
left her house.
Mrs. Ann Colquohon, who resides at
813 Humboldt avenue north, stated
that she knew the house occupied by
Abbie Gordon and the defendant AT
the time they moved there and since
then they had been known as Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon. Witness stated that on
Lincoln's birthday she had seen Minnie
MortenSon with a valiSe riding out on
a car and twice after that in the next
week she had seen her throwing out
dishWater from the Gordon house. She
last saw her about Feb. Is or It, Mrs.
Colquohon also stated that her hus-
band was a curler and had known Mr..
Goodnow for three or four years.
B. H. Schriber took the stand to tell
of the serving Of the subpoena upon
Minnie Mortenson. He was accom-
panied by Abbie Gordon and P. J. Sjo-
blom. Mr.. Schriber could not remember
whether he had asked Mrs. Gordon to
go with him or not, but there was some
sort of arrangement whereby she
agreed to accompany Mr.. SjoblOm and
himself, provided they would not call
upon her in the case for another, pur-
pose. He had not known Minnie be-
fore that, but Mrs. Gordon had pointed
her out to him. He had read the pa
pers to her and paid her $1.25 as re-
quired by law.
In the afternoon the plaintiff offered
In evidence one Of the slips used by
canvassers in taking the names for
! directories, which it was stated was
| used In compiling the directory of 1885,
and contained information as. to the oc-
| cupantS of the house No. 1410 Eighth
avenue north. Page 44S of the directory
| of 1896, was also offered to show that
| the person living in that house was
John F. Gordon.
The plaintiff introduced as witnesses,
several ladies who had lived in the
neighborhood of 1410 Eighth avenue
! north, and who all testified that the
| correspondent was generally spoken Of
! as Mrs. and not Miss. Most of these
witnesses also testified that the defen-
! dant was known as Mr.. Gordon.
| AT the conclusion of plaintiffs testi-
| mony, the defense moved to strike from
| the record all evidence relating to the
| efforts made to locate the witness, Min
ME Mortenson, upon the ground that
no evidence had been introduced to
connect her disappearance with the de-
| PENDANT. This motion plaintiff resisted
| claiming that the evidence clearly
| proved that the witness, Minnie Mort
| enSon, was last seen in the house oc-
| cupied by the defendant and co-respon-
dent, after she had been subpoenaed,
and three days before the trial, and
| therefore the rea sonatle conclusion was
that the defendant was connected with
her disappearance.
The court held with the plaintiff and
refused to strike out the testimony
The plaintiff then rested and the case
was opened for the defense. by Victor
| H. Welsh. From the argument of Mr.
| Welsh, 1t did not appear that the de-
| Tense would make any particular effort
to contradict the testimony as to the
| relations of the defendant and core
| spondent, but would rely mainly upon
evidence to prove counter charge of
intdelity on the part of the plaintiff
| The testimony to support this charge
1t appears, is mainly in the form of
| dispositions, which were taken in Bos-
ton last February. and have been on
file since that time Mr. Welsh called
the plaintiff to the stand for cross
examination, and was not through at
o'clock when court adjourned,