The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-12
COST A FORTUNE.
Expenses Of Sells Divorce Suit
Will Be $4,000.
Price Peter Sells Must Pay For
Exposing Wife's DupIicity.
CONTINUE A MONTH.
Case viii Not Be Completed For
Many Days.
Court Occupied With Reading Of
More Dispositions.

The reading Of dry depositions is abb
sorbing the attention IN the Sells divorce
case These depositions are from men
who claim to have seen Peter Sells IN th@
illegal house conducted by Mattio
Schultz Their statements are weaken
ed by the cross-examination to great
extent The Lindermuth deposition Is q
fair sample Of them. Daniels, the hack
driver, and Brooks, the deputy sheriff.
both made admissions in the cross-ex-
animation which rather tended TO cast
reflections on their statements.
The deputy sheriff was given a very
severe examination by the attorneys for
the plaintin. One Of the attorneys said
that when they would get to pressing
Brooks very closely he would claim that
he was threatened with pneumonia, and
that the taking of the dispositions would
then be adjourned until he would say A'
was able to begin again
Peter Sells did not stay at the session
of court but a short time today lie lia-
tened to the concluding part OF the dep
osition of Iindermuth and then letLaay-
ing that there was nothing Ia that evil
dence The defense filed its first precipa
for witnesses this afternoon Those sum
mOned were T. NJ. Anderson, a shoe oca-
Ter Of North High street; John White, Of
West Fifth avenue: Miss Ellie Miller. OF
Wisconsin avenue, and Mary r. Wattas,
of Sellsville- The defense said this az
ternoon that it would be the last OF the
month before the testimony would be tn
The expenses Of the trial will foot I'D nor
less than S2b. 900. and this expense VIII
have to be borne by the plaintin no
matter how the case goes
The Lindermuth depOsition.w which con-
sisted of over 1000 questions. was finish
ed and Judge Haggerty began to read
that OF Myrtle Lindermuth, Of Dayton.
daughter of George Lindermuth- She
is cashier in a Dayton shoe store. IL was
to her that the letters were written hy
George Lindermuth- She said that De-
tective Mcbride, of Dayton, and Attor-
ney Will Young. OF the firm OF Young a.
Young, OF Dayton, called on her IN the
evening OF June 10, 1900, and asked her
about ner father. This deposition was
taken July 8, 1900 This deposition dld
not appear to have much relevancy -
the case and Judge Evans questioned
Its being competent There were long
explanations by the attorneys
The attorneys for the plaintiff said
that the depositions had no bearing on
the case. In 1t the defense attempts 20
show that the Lindermuth letters were
obtained by fraud. Judge Evans said
Lindermuth had identified the letters
and that II made no difference how the
letters had been obtained, even II burg
larry had been committed to get them. II
would have no bearing on this case. Un-
der this ruling the deposition was eN-
cluded and the public VIII not get 10
learn how Peter Sells obtained posses
I1ndermuth.
The deposition OF A. J. Daniels. taken
in Chattanooga on February p. 1900, was
read Daniels is a colored haclsman of
Chattanooga. on October 3. 1898. Dan
iels said he hauled man from the Reed
House to the Matte Schultz place. When
he reached the house he accompanied
the man to the door. Matte Schultz
opened the door and threw her arms
around the man. and. kissing him, said:
why, Mr.. Sells. you are late"
He wanted her to 90 to the Reed
House with him, but she refused, and
said he must stay with her. The man
then went into the house and told Dam
iels to come back for him in about two
hours
The next deposition read was that of
W. F. Brooks, a deputy sheriff Of walk
er county, Georgia. He saw Peter Sells
at tine Schultz house the night Daniels
took Sells 70 that place. He said Sells
came into the house. being met by Mat
tie at the door. and he and Matte went
into a room together. He also Identified
first met Peter Sells that morning at the
Reed House in Chattanooga.
on cross examination IL was brought
out that Brooks was arrested in 1898 on
a charge OF stealing S14 from Paul
Palmer,a a member Of company T., Fourth
o. v I. Brooks denied that he had told
parties that he had been paid money To-
testify in the Sells case He also said
that he did not tell parties that he had
got Daniels 20 testify TO having taken
Sells to the Schultz house. and wanted
to borrow s. to pay Daniels for that tes-
timony.