The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-10
MILTON FAMILY ROW
1T is SHUT OUT OF THE HUs-
BANDS EXAMINA-
TION
TO APPEAR 1NrD1voRcE COURT

Milton Is Held TO the Grand Jury
ON the Charge of Assault, and
His Wife Brings Suit Against
Him for "a DivOrce-Stein and
Milton Told Conflicting stories
I'm the Municipal Court.
Ihomas Milton, charged by Leo Stein
with assault was yesterday held by
Judge Orr in the municipal court to
await the action of the grand jury Bail
was fixed at $1,000 and promptly fur
! nlshed. The alleged assault occurred
last Wednesday morning in the kitchen
| or the Milton domicile, while Stein was
waiting for Mrs Milton to order her
meats for the house
AT the preliminary hearing Assistant
County Attorney Zollman appeared for
the state and John Fl. Ives for the de-
fendant. Mrs. Milton was not present
in court, but Stein was much In evidence
with bundle of bandages about his head
that bore a striking resemblance to
Turkish turban.
The complaining witness told the court
that he had called at the Milton home,
on Dayton avenue, to get a meat order
for the Peoples Provision company. He
had found Mrs. Milton in the kitchen
and she took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to tell a long history of her fam
lily troubles. The son of the household
was told to run and play and then Mrs.
Milton launched into a long narra-
tive about a young man who had lost
$500 in bank. She was just reaching
the point of ordering the meat, and the
witness was writing down the order,
when Milton bounced in with club
and assailed him.
Cross examination by John Ives devel-
oped that the witness had been in the
kitchen talking to Mrs. Milton for twen-
ty minutes. She was in the habit of
talking over family troubles before CIV
ing her orders. The witness still felt
weak from his struggle with Milton, and
his eyes were affected. After he had
overpowered his asailant and had him on
the floor Milton had called for his wife
to help him. She had responded by run
ming around aimlessly and saying "how
can I?'
Among other things, Mrs. Milton had
asked the witness if he was going to
let his whiskers grow and he had re-
sponded that he was until Easter. Dur
ing the fracas Milton had declared his
homicidal intention repeatedly.
Otto Stein, brother of Leo, told of
having called on Milton after the bat>
tie ito fix matters up The defendant
then had declared he wished he had kill
ed the young man.
Thomas Milton, in his own defense,
testified that he had reason to believe
that things were not right between his
wife and Stein but the court cut the
testimony on this line short and con-
fined the witness to the circumstances
attending the alleged assault.
The witness had been up stairs in
room over the kitchen during the tete-a-
tete of his wife and Stein. He could
see part of the occurrences and hear
quite plainly. After talking about her
troubles, and about her diamonds, Mrs.
Milton had observed. apropos of the lis,
tener: He is pretty loving, but 1 don't
like 1t" Then Stein had talked in a low
voice and put his arm around his VISA
Wis. At this jdncturec the listener felt
unable to restrain himself longer, and
he rushed down stairs and into the
kitchen. A wave of rage swept over
him and, said the Witness
THE next thing l knew I was being
hammered on the floor, and he was on
=
a policeman but she never moved.
When he ran out without his hat, she
ran out into the street after him and
called, Leo, wait for your hat and
told her to come in and not make a show
of herself
Witness was scratched about the face
and bleeding after the fight, and lame IN
the right leg and back next day. He had
also swellings and bruises on both sides
of his head
Milton denied that he had struck at
Stein with the club that had been intro
Guced in evidence
Milton-After l seen Stein take her in
his arms and the remark about his whis-
kers-I believe he was kissing heg-I
came into the kitchen and he rushed at
me- We came into clash, bur L don't
know how.
On cross-examination Milton repeated
the story as told in direct examination
When he saw Stein put his arms around
Mrs. Milton he became crazy, lost his
senses and rushed down the front stairs
into the kitchen. He had no recollection
of where the club was at the time Of the
fight
lotto Stein, Leo's brother, came up to
my store afterwards to fix it up. don't
remember what said to him, but know
l didn't have any regrets.
COstigsn is on Triad.