New-York tribune., 1900-03-21
ACCUSES KELLOGG.
,,ps coFREI. KNOWN AS MRS. KEEL
LoGG. GIVES SENSATIONAL ENl-
DENCE IN DEAN CASE.

w., -re trial OF James B. Kellogg. indicted for
grand larceny and conspiracy in connection with
rbe r s Dean Company, was resumed Festeru',.
before Recorder Gon, Emelie Goebel' OF NO. AV
West Fortieth-st.. was the hrst WITNESS WIN -
x,-,,,r she took the stand she was much asltateo'
5 her renlies TO inquiries by w. NJ X oicott'
,,,1 Assistant District Attorney, were inter
--od b1- sobs She told Of Kellogg having said
- he- that he was employed by Mrs l. D Dean
az ,,.o-a kellogg say once she asserted, that
r. was very much worried about the business ano
49, p. rad been doing certain things. ana II the
e,,-horjt.es learned Of them there was only one
countr. he could GO 10 except Brazil "here ne
co,,ld rot be extraGited." In February 1ss'' sle
went 10 Keuogg's office and kellogg toio her ne ne
go no. want her seen about the of11ce; tnat Things
- ,,o,rg 70 smash and she ought TO stay away.
-he witness said that after the failure she ana
1yerIoqg went driving and he blamed Myron L.
T2e-nard for precipitating the CRASH ne '0iu us'
- ,z ..that he was rot afraid of the postal
reoole because he could tx that "hat ne niea.il
] don't know. After that we quarrelIeo ne 'oiu
,nA he was going TO the penitentiary sure ano
told him that u better pace thah nc 'tieu
-o nut rae-ir an insane asylum lie salu ~ me
I've got that money and I've got IL plahteo' soo
.rs r1entv I took three days trip out OF Town
a-s Axed things all right I've got the money al
sett and I'll do time before III give II up. III
20 70 the penitentiary for year ana then ii get
out but I'll take Sam Keller with me.
Mrs. GcebeI admitted that she was known as Mrs.
She sa,d that she and Kellogg were on very un-
,-,endly terms now. She had a husband named
Coebel but she could not tell whether ne was deaa
or not She said she was married TO James b'
Brunnell in 1875 and was divorced IN NeOrasha:
ON cross-exannination she swore that kellogg hao
z,,,e, her money and that she had signed receipt
for 81.
Vernon IL Davis then offered her a short type
written paper and asked her il II bore her sigma
ture She did not take the paper, saying IT was
offer ed in
ana then the witness wanted to the paper Mr..
Davis said he offered ii to show that Mrs. Goeoel
had aninus sufficient TO inpel her TO swear ralseIy
against Kellogg The Recorder questioned the wit
ness She told him man she never saw brought
her 500 from kellogg Il thought it strange that
Kellogg did not bring II himself but fl is way he
has OF getting people to sign their names and then
he can put typewriter stuff above it The paper
wss shown 20 Mrs. Goebel She glanced through
the half dozen typewriter lines. and then, crump-
ting the paper In her hands and throwing II on the
door fairly screamed out:
ssThar.s q Hei I never saw that before!'
The exhibit consisted Of three typewriter para
graphs Mrs Gcebel declared that when she
signed the paper the two upper paragraphs were
not there. She admitted her signature, but as
serted she had only signed the paragraph acknowl-
edging shereceipt of $780, The exhibit reads fol-
lows
and thaf hahdyH haze 6H threats s. aPa B
EeIIoee 70 nav me $500 blood money and hereby
agree that will not in the future annoy bear
false witness, threaten in any way make trouble
for him.
This statement is made without coercion or com
pulsion Of any kind, being made Of my own free
viii 70 repair q wrong done.
hereby acknowledge receipt Of $500 to me in
hand paid this 2lst day of November. 1896.
EMELIE GOEBEL.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Davis. Mrs. Goebe
said that IN May. 1897 she received $500 from Sam
uel Keller. What this for not brought
out She said she did not know that Kellogg was
engaged 10 be married not sapposing that ANY
woman would be fool enough TO want to marry
him" She then told OF quarrel with Kellogg, and
saie that she had thrown something at him.
James 3. Wilson, Of the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank. testified that Kellogg called at the
bank and was introduced TO him Jacob Keller
he opened account for the firm of Duncan &
Keller" The handbook, bearing the signature
Jacob Keller" placed in evidence. Other
bank employees testified checks drawn by Kellogg
and 70 the accounts of the hrrn- The trial will be
continued to-day.