The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-17
HOT FOR GooDNOV
PLAINTIFFS WITNESSES IN THE
DIVORCE CASE FURNISH SEN
Stations.
THEY COME THICK AND FAST.
GOODNOW HIMSELF ON THE STAND
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION UNDER
THE STATUTE.
ABBIE GORDON is CALLED.
Her Testimony Fails to Strengthen
The Base Ball Mngnate's
Case.
THEY COME THICK AND FAST.
ABBIE

action could not have caused more
of a sensation in Judge Russells
crowded court room in Minneapolis
yesterday afternoon than did the testi-
mony of the witnesses for the plaintiff
in the Goodnow divorce case. From
the beginning of the trial, Mrs. Good
now's attorneys have carried them
selves in an extremely confident man
ner, intimating that they had some
thing Of a decidedly important nature
up their sleeve which was being held
in reserve until the proper moment for
its introduction should arrive.
The first witness called by the plain
tiff was the defendant Mr.. Goodnow.
He was shown a diagram of the
house located at 141O Eighth avenue
north, in which it was alleged that ne
and Abbie Gordon had resided as man
and wife. He stated that the room he
occupied while living there was the
front room up stairs. He swore that
after March 1, 1885, he had never pass
ed the night in any other room than
this, except when absent from the
house. He denied that he paid room
rent during any Of the periods when
he was away.
WATCHED THE GORDON HOUSE.
Mr.. Goodnow was excused from the
witness stand and Miss Margaret
Lewis was called by Attorney Schriber.
Miss Lewis said that she was the
resident physician Of the Wesley hos
pital in Chicago and was an intimate
friend Of Mrs. Goodnow. When asked
If she was familiar with the location
Of the house at 1410 Eighth avenue
north and the Rescue home adjoining
ii, she said that she was She had
gone TO the Rescue home in August,
1896, for the purpose of finding out
what she could about the Gordon
household.
She was at the home from Sunday
night until the following Monday
night.
THE windows were about opposite
and l could obtain a good view Of the
interior Of the front upstairs room of
the house at 1410 Eighth avenue north.
I watched the opposite house for some
time after my arrival Sunday night,
and nearly the entire day and evening
of Monday
What did you see on Sunday night ?"
asked Attorney Schriber.
Il saw Abbie Gordon come into the
room about 10 o'clock and divest her
self Of her clothing. The lights were
eXtinguished."
now about the premises?''
yes, he left the house about Z o'clock
the next morning"
Did you see this woman Abbie Cor
don about the house that day."
Yes, I saw her down stairs in the
morning and in this front room up
stairs nearly all the afternoon. That
night I saw Abbie Gordon come into
the room as on the previous night, and
entirely disrobe." She saw Mr. Good
now enter the house, but did not see
him leave.
On cross examination Miss Lewis
said that she had known Mrs. Goodnow
since 1894; that they were intimate
friends.
Welch, she said that the door Of the
room in which she had seen Abbie Cor
don undress was not only not locked,
but stood wide open.
KNEW HIM AS GORDON.
Hattie R. Manley was called to the
stand and testified that she had been
matrOn of the Rescue home. that she
had met Mr.. GOOdnOw and he had been
introduced to her as Mr.. Gordon by
Abbie Gordon, whom she knew as Mrs
Gordon. She said that she always
knew the people who lived at l41O
Eighth avenue north, as Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon.
This statement was ordered stricken
out of the records by Judge Russell,
and Mrs. Manley then identified Mr.
GoOdnOw as the man whom she had
known as Mr. Gordon. She said that
there was a telephone in the home
and that she had been frequently re-
! Quested by Mr.. Gordon to ask his wife
TO come to the phone. She said that
on one occasion before she met Mr.
GOOdnOw, he had come to the Rescue
home with package and told her that
he was Mr.. Gordon, that his house was
locked up and that he would like to
have her give the package to his wife
on her return. She said that she had
taken the package to Mrs. Gordon, who
had received it and had said that 1t
was intended for her
On cross-eXamination she said that
she had frequently seen Mr. Goodnow
pass in and out of the house. both
alone and with Abbie Gordon.
Fanny Oliver. who had also been a
matron at the Rescue home, was call
ed Her testimony was practically a
repetition of the story told by Mrs.
Manley.