The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-11-13


mate of Mrs. Kings and the other
from Nina Cliffords. They demand a
verdict at your hands which opens. up
a train of verdicts for the purpose Of
annihilating this institution. You can
imagine the King girl and the Clifford
girl in going back to their brothels to
say that this house is doomed. All,
hell never saw such rejoicing as would
be there. The House of Good Shop
herd cannot interfere with your work,
Mrs. King, for the Good Shepherd is
doomed! That Is the spirit that ap-
peals to you in the name of the plain
tiff. But there is another. In the name
of fallen womanhood in the weak
ness and hopelessness of her depair; in
the name of those not altogether lost:
in the name of Mabel Clarke and Stan
islaus. in the name of these devoted
sisters leading lives of privation and
self-sacrifice, appeal to you to let the
House Of Good Shepherd stand and let
its work be vindicated in this COM
munity. One hundred and forty thou
sand women today are reaching out
from the jaws of hell for your boy and
NINE Back Of this persecution is
malignant spirit Of hate that would
rather than that Catholic institution
should flourish. Your honest verdict,
gentlemen, will bring one little ray Of
sunshine to the sisters who will feel
that you, after full and fair investi-
cation, have said that the Good Shop
herds are doing a noble work."
The case was given to the jury at 3
p. m. Monday and at p. NJ Tuesday
night Judge Brill discharged the jury
after failing to agree on verdict. It is
understood that on the last ballot the
jury stood as follows:
For the plaintiff-Frederick Low, w.
H. Lesemann, C. F. H. Koerner and
Harry Longfellow.
For the defendant.-Peter Mcdonald,
J. B. Hambay, E. E. Lincoln, John H.
Gregory. Hans A. Jensen, Edwin James,
Samuel A. Forrest and Foreman w. H.
Howard.
Judge Brill's charge to the jury was
fair and impartial to both sides. He
said in part:
The action is brought by the plaintiff,
Selma Clewett, against the House of the
Good Shepherd, Susan Crow and En-
ma Richardson, to recover damages for
an alleged false imprisonment. The
complaint in the case alleges that on
Dec. 8, 1894, the defendants wrongfully
imprisoned plaintiff against her will.
and continued such Imprisonment there
after until Feb. II, 1897. The answer
denies these allegations The issue in
the case is as to the false imprison-
men of plaintiff by the defendants.
The defendant the House of the Good
Shepherd, is corporation organized
many years ago, under the laws Of the
state, as reformatory institution for
women. It maintains, and during the
time in the complaint mentioned, and
for some years before and since, has
maintained an institution in this city
known as the House of the Good Shop
herd, the character and management of
which have been referred to in the evil
dence in the case. The defendant Susan
Crow is the president of the corporation
and is known as the Mother Provincial,
and during the time in controversy, and
before and since was the manager of
the institution. The defendant Emma
Richardson is and was the secretary
of the corporation.
Both parties to the controversy agree
that the plaintiff was an inmate Of tho
institution during the time substantially
mentioned in the complaint, so there Is
no dispute in the case in regard to that
fact-that she was an inmate.
1t is claimed upon the part of the
plaintiff that she was unlawfully i'm
prisoned in the institution. This is de-
MED by the defendant, and this dispute
raises the first and principal question In
the case for your determination.
After reviewing the evidence and ex-
planning the principles and rules Of law ..
bearing on the case, the judge conclud-
ed as follows:
The burden of proof in this case is
upon the plaintiff; that is, she must
establish her right to recover by fair
preponderance of the evidence to your
satisfaction. Otherwise the verdict
would be for the defendant.
1t is proper, think, for me to say to
you in this connection, before giving the
case into your hands, that no question
Of passion or prejudice or sympathy or
feeling Of any sort should enter into
your decision of this case. You are 20
determine the issue in this case. You
are to determine the issue in this case
upon the evidence in the case, the same
as you would any other question SUBJ
mitted to you.
AS have said, there are two individ-s
uals named as defendants in addition TO
the House of the Good Shop
herd itself. The House of the
Good Shepherd would be re-
cponcil,lo for thu actc of tho parconc IN