The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-08
MRS. KLINE'S JEALOUSY
STATE NOT ALLOWED TO CoNTRO-
VERT THIS ALLEGATION.
Her Lover, Wilson. on, the Stand-Mrs.
GOOdin's Husband from Vee-
dersburg Here.


Aimee Haskinson, the State yesterday
evening received the worst blow it has had
since the case opened, nearly two weeks
ago. 1t came in a decision rendered by Judge
McCray during the testimony of Charlie
Wilson, the mysterious lover of Mrs.
Lulu Kline. He was brought forward at
the last hour by the State, and as the evil
dence for the prosecution was about to be
closed. Contrary to the expectations of
the States attorneys, the court ruled out
the most important evidence they expected
to get from Wilson
This witness was put on the stand about
4:3O o'clock, and was kept there until after
5 o'clock. Wilson is not the mans right
name, which is Charles Talbot, but is the
name he gave when he went to living with
Mrs. Kline in the Empire block, two or
three years ago. He has respectable rela-
tives, who do not know of his connection
with this case. He is young man of about
twenty-eight and has been married. For
several years he has not lived with his wife.
He is paper hanger by trade. He answered
the questions put to him in a frank, open
way, telling without any hesitation of his
relations with Mrs Kline Prosecuting At
torney Wiltse attempted to prove by Will
SON. that he never gave Mrs. Kline cause
for jealousy, but was not permitted to go
into this by the court. Attorney Duncan,
counsel for Mrs. Goodin, said in his opening
statement to the jury last week that he
would show that Mrs. Kline assaulted DR..
Haskinson on account of motives of her
own, and not at the solicitation of Mrs.
Goodin. He declared he would show that
Mrs. Kline was jealous of Charles Wilson,
the man with whom she had been living,
believed wa a RI
woman living on New York street. He said
he would prove that Mrs. Kline had told
of an occasion when she had watched in
University Park, and had seen Wilson come
out of a New York-street house. Mr.. Dun
can did not connect the name of DIR. Has
knson with Wilson, but he left the infer
ence that he would endeavor to show that
Mrs. Kline in her jealous fury, had .'gone
after the New York-street woman and had
thrown the vitriol on DR.. Aimee Hasknson,
who lives at the corner of New York and
Pennsylvania streets, by mistake Mr. Dun
can did bring forward witnesses who
claimed to have heard Mrs. Kline speak of
"a New York-street woman" and who as
serted that she was very Jealous Of Wilson.
1t was the purpose of the State yesterday
evening to show by Wilson himself that he
knew no woman intimately on New York
street in the locality named and that Mrs.
Kline was not jealous of him. 1t was a
great disappointment to the States attor-
neys when the court sealed the lips of the
only witness who could say whether Mrs.
Kline had cause to be jealous of DR.. Has
kinson or any other woman in Indianapolis.
Along this line the court ruled that such
evidence could not be brought out. The wit
ness was not permitted to say whether he
had ever heard DR.. Haskinson's name men
toned before May %, the day on which the
acid was thrown by Mrs Kline. The courts
ruling was made on the objection of Mr..
Duncan, who contended that this testimony
was not competent.
The witness in telling of his relations
with Mrs. Kline, said he met her about
three years ago and went with her to the
Empire block to procure ROOM He gave
the name of Charles Wilson to the custodian
Of the block. He kept up his relations with
were on the friendliest terms at the time
Of the arrest and are yet good friends. The
witness said that since Mrs Kline,s arrest
her meals. He said 1t was his custom to go
to the jail to see her every day when he
The greater part of yesterday was spent
by both sides in the examination of wit
Iniesses who knew Mrs. Goodin while she
character witnesses. and there We're
many of them. Mr. Duncan had Harry
Miller, Of East Tenth street. this city, come
forward and tell what he Knew about Mrs
Goodin when he was engaged in the mer-
chant tailoring business in Veedersburg
Miller thought Mrs. Goodin's reputation for
mitted on cross-examination that he had
been arrested three times William Bailey,
who said he was an electrician, OF this city,
ton this witness BECAME obstreperous. and
Prosecutor Witsie had to advise him ito
not get gay" The witness became ,singu-
during his lifetime and how long he had
lived in certain places.
HER HUSBAND HERE.
IF I'd tell you that you'd get me-" he
once exclaimed to the prosecutor in re-
Spouse to a question, and again he demand
ed, What are you trying to get at, any
how?' The state produced one or two wit
nesses in rebuttal and produced several men
from Veedersburg who were willing to talk
about Mrs. Goodins character. Some of
the witnesses, who were Fountain county
farmers of substantial reputation, were in
clined to chaff slightly under Attorney Dun
cans jocular way of conducting cross-ex-
animation. Nearly all of them admitted
that they were Stopping in the same
house in this city with Dr. Goodin, the for
mer husband OF the accused woman. DIR.
Goodin came up to hear how the trial was
going on, but has not been called as wit
ness. f. M. Reed of Veedersburg, told the
states attorneys that he lived across the
street from nirs. Goodin when she was in
that town. He said her reputation for
peace and quietude' was bad. He was
corroborated by Thomas Fisher, n NJ
Bonebrake and /. j. Walker. The latter
was formerly in the drug business in Weed
ersburg. He has held the offices OF town
ship trustee and of marshal, and IS at
present town clerk. He denied that Mrs
Goodin ever came to his drug store and re-
quested him to quit selling liquor to her
husband.
The state put Herbert w. Foltz, archi-
tect, on the witness stand to TESTIFY as TO
the correctness of diagram OF the En-
pire block. Mr. FOltZ was also asked about
the water plug at the southwest corner or
Pennsylvania and Washington streets. He
had been asked to measure the distance
from the hydrant to the entrance to the
ingalls, block. The water-plug incident was
brought out as evidence in rebuttal. Robert
Strouse, son-in-law of Mrs. Goodin, testified
a few days ago that on the afternoon or
May Is he stood OH the hydrant at WASH
ington and Pennsylvania streets while a
parade was passing and saw his wife ana
sought to- show by Architect Foltz that ne
had examined the plug and had found
that it would be impossible for q man TO
stand on it. He was allowed TO describe
the plug, but was not permitted TO give
expert testimony the matter. Attorney
Duncan said that he had examined the
plug" and had stood on 1t himself
The state expects to close its case the TrSC
thing on Monday morning. and then the
argument will begin. Attorneys Duncan
and there will be at least three speeches.
for the state The case was adjourned at
$50 o'clock yesterday evening until MONDAY
morning.
The BOyers' Note for Groceries.
William Buschmann's Sons. grocers of this
city, began an action in the Superior Court