The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-30

I was not there"
when did you first hear of the mar
rage certifcate?"
II never heard Of 1t before. never
heard that they were married, ana
never heard that they were keeping
company with each other"
Mr.. Bell showed Stanley an exhibit
and asked If it was not written at
his house.
Witness said that it had been 80
written, because Mr.. Waters. now that
he thought about it, had asked him
to write it. This exhibit read as fol-
lows:
st. Paul, Aug. g. 1897.
This Is to certify 1 know Joseph
Waters and seen him in company with
Mrs. Anna Mintzer several times and
introduced him to her.
M D. shanley.
]. M. Redding, formerly a clerk OF
the district court, was shown the mar
rage license He had known Mrs.
Mintzer, and she came into the clerks
office after the license was issued. She
asked about the issuance of the license.
The record was looked up. She said
they had no right to do 1T, as she had
not authorized 1t. She was excited at
the time and complained Of the issu-
ance Of the license.
Attorney Godfrey was called. He
knew Mr.. Burgess handwriting, and
was shown the certificate of marriage.
He was asked If he thought the body
of 1t was written in Mr.. Burgess
handwriting and replied: I'm my opin-
ion, 1t is not" He had in the winter
of '9O-'91 talked with Mrs. MintZer
| about the marriage license. She came
| at noon one day and addressed him as
an editor. She denied everything, and
said 1t was a scheme to rob her of her
money, and that it was blacl1m"il
There was a weekly paper office In the
same building, and she mistook him for
! the editor.
Mrs. Kate Mullen, the housekeeper at
| the pastoral residence of st. Louis
church. knew Mr.. Waters. She first
saw him soon after Father Bigots
death, Nov. 6, 1894. She had talked
with Waters one Sunday afternoon
| st. Agatha's convent and had learned
Of Father Bigot's DEATH and they had
sent him over there.
Witness told him to come again
when the priest was at home, but he
came in and referred to Father Bigot
as "a dear old friend Of his" and he
wished her to show him something
that had belonged to the father. She
had shown him photograph Of Father
Bigot and he had copied the signature
from the back, saying that he needed
it for a certificate for his son.
Father Joseph Marie Thomas, the
priest at ST. Louis church. was the
next witness Father Thomas came to
ST. Paul in 1894 His testimony was
equally damaging to Waters. He said
that Waters called on him at the parish
residence three times, the first time in
June last, again about four or five
weeks thereafter and the third time In
August last
Upon his first visit, Waters asked,
so Father Thomas testified, if he could
see the record of marriages, as he
wanted to find out whether it contain
ed his sons name Father Thomas
said he wasn't sure whether Waters
mentioned Mrs. MintZer'S name on this
occasion or at the second visit. Upon
Waters second visit, he again spoke
of the marriage record and said that
Father Bigot was present at the mar
riage of his, Waters son. So Father
Thomas and Waters looked through
the marriage book, but could find no
record Of the marriage of a man named
Waters.
II took special interest In the case"
explained Father Thomas, when 1 was
told that Father Bigot had something
to do with 1t, for 1 couldn't understand
how Father Bigot could have acted
even as a witness"
What else did Waters have to say to
you on his second visit?"
He asked me to give him facsimile
of Father Bigots signature as he
needed 1t. I took a piece of paper and
wrote Father Bigot'S. name on ii, imi-
tating as nearly as possible his sig
nature. After l had done this I re-
GREETED it, so I wrote under the name
of Father Bigot this is a fac-simile of
the signature Of Father Bigot; so he,
(Mr. Waters) could not make any use
of it,
THE third time Mr.. Waters called
to see me-" continued Father Thomas,
"he showed me tho marriage certificate
he had told me about. He would give
me no details, though, except that
Joseph Waters was his son, who had
married Mrs. Mintzer"
Father Thomas was then shown eX-
hibit B-the alleged certificate with the
names of Burgess and Father Bigot
affixed to the certificate and the names
of Hickey, Father Bigot and Watson
signed as witnesses.
us that the same paper or certificate
that Waters showed you last August?"
Father Thomas-It doesn't look to be
the same in all respects. The name of
ten with paler ink than the body Of
the certificate, while in this certificate
Hickey's name is in blacker ink. 1 also
remember that the name Of Father
| Bigot appeared only once on the pa
| per Mr.. Waters showed me. 1t was
under Mr.. Burgess name only. Neither
| was Watsons name on the paper
Father Bigot's name was also in much
smaller letters.
On cross examination Mr.. Bell was
unable to shake the testimony of
Father Thomas in the slightest degree.
| Mr.. O'Brien next called John
| Schroeder, who has been living since
| 1890 on the Mintzer farm in West ST.
Paul. and peddling milk. Mr.. Schroeder
testified that during nearly all of the
first three months Of 1892, he lived at
Mrs. Mintzer's house, 342 Market street.
He was there on March "a, 1892, the
day of the alleged marriage.
WAS there ever any dinner party
at Mrs. Mintzer's, either on March a.
20 or 26 between and 10 p. M, or at
| any other hour?" inquired Mr.. O'Brien.
mo SIR" answered Mr.. Schroeder
there never was"
Mr. Schroeder testified that he would