The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-21
he DAVIS. NIGHT CLERK AT THE
BRUNSWICK, COMMITS SUI
eide.
/ DAIRY BOARD OF TRADE.
Minneapolis Following in the Foot
steps of st. PauI-GeneraI News
of the City.


to rap the large crowd of spectators
to order, and several times Judge Rus
sell found it necessary to remind the
attorneys that they should address the
court and not squabble among them
selves.
Among the interested listeners were
a number of women, most conspicuous
of them being Mrs Root, of the Res
cue league. who occupied seat at the
table with the principals in the suit
and the attorneys and took advantage
of a five-minute recess during the af-
ternoon to step forward to the witness
stand and chat earnestly with the
plaintiff
Mrs. GoOdnow occupied the stand all
| the morning and part of the afternoon,
and, although Attorney Welsh, for The
| defendant, subjected her to a most
rigorous examination, proved equal to
the occasion. The defense endeavored
most persistently to secure from Mrs.
| GOOdnOw an admission that her rela
! tions with Frank Martin, a lifelong
! friend in whose family she had visited
! in Boston, were not of a proper char
acter, but all efforts in this direction
| proved unsuccessful The witness was
! asked if Mr. Martin had not been in
her room at late hour during her
visit to Boston, and ~ephed that at
times she had been seized with attacks
Of alteration, during which she talk
/ wildly and was not Conscious Of her
! surroundings. At such times he might
! have been present late at night, but
/ otherwise never after 1890
! Mrs. GOodnow was called upon to
explain why she had remained in Bos-
! ton rather than travel five or six hours
| further ride to her own home, and
| said Mr.. GoOdnow and she both
| thought it wiser as Frank could be
! depended upon to keep his mouth shut
| in case she should reveal things in her
delirium. Questioned further as TO
whether her papa" couldn't be de-
pended upon, she said that papa
| couldn't be depended upon not to come
out here and attend to Mr. Goodnow."
The court then took a recess until
! afternoon.
Early in the afternoon session the
examination of Mrs GOodnow was
/ concluded and she retired to seat be-
! hind her attorneys. W. H Williams
/ job printer, who lives on Calhoun
! boulevard and is engaged in business
! at 423 Nicollet avenue, was next called
by the defense. Evidently however
Mr.. Welsh had mistaken the nature
/ or the extent of the information of
/ this witness, for he drew from him bur
! little except that he was a partner in
/ business Of c. NJ. Holman Asked If
| he had ever had any talk with the
! defendant regarding Mrs. Ellen Ken
4 needy, Mr.. Williams replied that he had
/ not at any time. On cross-examina-
/ ton the witness admitted to MIR
! Schriber that he knew Mrs Ellen Ken
nedy and that she had been at his
1 house several times.
c. M. Holman, Mr.. Williams partner
was then placed upon the stand and
| he proved even a poorer witness for
| the defense, as he was uncertain on
some important points and on cross
| examination made some partial ad-
| missions of a character favorable 10
the plaintiff. Mr.. Holman stated that
he had talked with Mr.. Goodnow
| about Mrs. Kennedy who is his
| mother-in-law. Mr.. GoodnOw had made
! inquiries of him several times. but he
had told him he did not know where
she could be found. Witness had also
| asked Mr.. Goodnow what measures he
could take to prevent people from
| coming TO his house in his absence and
annoying his family with persistent
inquiries concerning Mrs. Kennedy
Several such calls had occurred and
he could remember that one of the
cards LEFT at his house was that of
Mr.. Schriber- The witness was severe
~ crOss-eXamined by Mr. Schriber
| who inquired if it was not in accord
| ance with witness instructions that
Mrs. Kennedy left the city and after
! short stay returned to take up her
| residence at the home of Mr. Williams
Mr. Holman would not admit that he
had so instructed Mrs. Kennedy. but
would not deny that he was pleased
at her absence. He declared he was
not fully aware Of her movements
while away. He was then asked if
I he had not told George Garfield early
in March that the plaintiff in this case
was after Mrs Kennedy and he would
see that they did not get her if he had
to send her 10 Europe but he could
not recall any such conversation He
knew Mr.. Garfield and might possibly
have talked with him about the case
and about Mrs. Kennedy but he did
not remember having made any such
statement.
Hal Watson, the next witness. stated
that he lived at 50 Highland avenue
and had lived in Minneapolis many
years He was well acquainted with
MI. Goodnow. and had called at the
! house, No 1410 Eighth avenue north
about ten or fifteen times to see him
on business. During the course Of
these calls he had been introduced to
young lazy, whose name he thought
was Miss Gordon. Mr. Goodnow had
introduced him. On cross-examination
he admitted that he was unable to
swear tO the name of the lady he had
met.
Miss Laura Bunnell, q stylishly at
tired young woman residing at 500 Gil
rard avenue stated thaC she knew the
house, 1410 Eighth avenue north, and
had been there to call upon Miss Cor
don. There she was introduced to the
defendant as Mr.. Goodnow. and she
had always heard him referred to by
that name. She had been acquainted
with Miss Gordon for about year. and
had always known her as Miss
Leslie Ober. an auburn haired miss
in short frocks, testified that she had
resided last summer at 1414 Eighth ave-
nue. north, the Rescue home. She was
placed upon the stand for the purpose
Of describing the window shades. She
said there were sash curtains on the
windows Of Nc. 1410, but inadvertently
scored q point for the plaintiff by re-
ferrins TO the Gordon woman as Mrs. :
several times, both in the direct and
the crOss-eXamination, which was
cleverly turned by Mr. Schriber so as to
bring this feature of her testimony
clearly before the court and the Jury
AS she left the stand Mr. Schriber
said: you're a pretty good witness
too. Leslie" and she glibly replied
We'll, you'll see if I'm not"
The last witness of the day was A
H. White, Of 1910 Hennepin avenue, a
blonde youth of tWenty-four years who