The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-02
JURY IN THE CLEWETT CASE IN
SPECTS THE HOUSE OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD.
MORE TESTIMONY is TAKEN.
NORMAN CLEWETT TELLS ABOUT
HIS HAVING CALLED AT THE
INSTITUTION.
HE AND HIS MOTHER TOOK SELMA
The CrOss-Examination of Maisie
Roberts Compieted-Josie Ander-
SON and Ema Cote Testify,

The jury in the Clewett case visited
the House of the Good Shepherd yes
terday afternoon. Gen. Clapp sug-
gested the propriety of such a visit
when court convened after the noon
recess. At 3 D. m. the witness on
the stand was excused, while the coun-
sci argued over the proposition to have
the jury taken out to the institution.
Mr.. Butts finally consented to the ar
rangement, provided the plaintiff and
himself would be permitted to go
through the institution within ten or
fifteen minutes after the jury had
passed through.
The jury departed at $3.50 p m. in
the custody of Sheriff WAGNER and
Deputy Arndt. They proceeded di-
rectly to the House of the Good Shop
herd, and, after inspecting every de-
partment, separated for the night.
The trial will be resumed at 10 a. m.
today.
The court room was crowded, as
usual, when Judge Brill took his seat
on the bench yesterday forenoon.
Norman Clewett, cousin of the
plaintiff, was called. He testified that
in February, 1897, he went to the
House of the Good Shepherd with Mr..
Long, to secure the release of Miss
Clewett; it was a week after he learned
she was there. He met one of the
sisters and asked if a girl named Sc
lima Clewett was there She went out
and soon returned. and asked again
for the girls name, saying she thought
she was there Later she brought Sc
lima in.
81 asked Selma if she wanted to get
out, and she said yes. Then [ told her
to go and get her clothes on, and
would take her away. l was mad.
The sister did not refuse to let her go,
but said she had promised to let Selma
out in March Finally the sister told
me it was against the rules to let
girl leave unless a lady went with her,
50 I went down and got my mother.
Then we all left the house. Mr.. Long
was a witness of all that took place.
Miss Clewett was very poorly dressed
Cross examined, witness said the
last time previous to TINS that ne nad
seen her was in Minneapolis. He
passed her on the street, but did not
speak to her She did not see him.
Maisie Roberts, who had not COM
peted her testimony in cross-eXamt-
nation when court adjourned Friday,
again took the stand. Gen. Clapp
asked if 1t was not a fact that the scar
over her eve was there before s me
went into the house. Witness replied
ir the negative. Asked where she
went after she left the House of the
Good Shepherd, she mentioned several
places among them at Katie Kings
What does she do for living?'
''She keeps girls" replied the young
woman The witness said she had VS.
ted the House of the Good Shepherd
since she left there. She could not re-
member having told the sisters that
she knew of some girls who would like
to enter. or that she herself would
like to return. The second time she
called she saw Sister st. Patricia, but
said nothing about returning the
third time she saw the mother superior,
and told her she had seen two of the
ESCAPED girls in a bad house. The
mother asked witness if she herself
was in the same place, and, on re
ceiving an affirmative answer, asked
witness to return to the House of the
Good Shepherd She refused at that
time
When she entered the House of the
Good Shepherd, she told the sisters
and Mr. Hutchins that she was a re-
lation of the bishop Of La Crosse, but
she afterward found out it was A mis-
take.
On redirect examination, witness said
the girls were never allowed to carry
keys. Sometimes they unlocked or
locked a door in sight of the sisters,
but were never trusted beyond this.
Did you ever see Selma crying?"
MANY times
Did she tell yos why she cried?"
asked Mr.. Butts.
mo, sir
Were you allowed to speak to the
mother superior without permission? ~
mo, sir. We were punished for it by
being made to kneel in the middle of
the floor, turn our dresses, and such
things"
Josie Anderson was next called. She
said she was twenty years of age, and
got out of the House of the Good Shep-
herd June 20. Her father sent her there
the first time. The second time she
was sent there for three months by the
municipal court, and stayed there for
a year and seven months. Witness was
one of the girls SEPT after Selma Gle
welt when she escaped.
'Who told you that Selma was going
to try ard escape?" asked Mr.. Butts
Mother Provincial. She told US to
stay home from mass and watch her.
Selma broke the window with brick
and jumped through the hole, cutting
her hand
"WelI, then what?" asked Mr.. Butts.
Witness narrated the story of the at
tempted escape. Selma ran a block,
with the girls in pursuit. The pursu-
ers had no shoes or stockings on, haV-
ing taken them off at the direction Of
the mother superior. Selma jumped
into milk wagon, and resisted, say
ing she would not go back. Martin
then came along, and the whole party
secured her Selma continued to OBJ
iect, saying she would go down to the
court. Martin said the sister had sent
him to bring Selma back, and for her
to hurry up Selma says they had no
right to take her back, and she would
make trouble Selma and the girls
finally got into the milk wagon and
went back.
When the gate was reached, a sister
ordered Selma to get out, but the
plaintiff refused. The sisters then
sent the other girls back into the
house, and witness saw no more.
Did you ever see a sister whip
girl?"
II saw one of them slap Mary Rob
erts. who was kneeling on the floor.
Her nose bled. 1 saw Mother st. John
hit a girl with her office book"
Witness said Selma had often told
her she wanted to get out; nearly
every day.
age when you went in the second
timer" asked Mr.. Butts.
Yes. sir, and 1 told them So