The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-26
FEMALE WITNESS
IS ORDERED OUT
Shakes Her Fist in AttOr-
ney's Face During Trial ,
of Divorce Case.

Fred. ID. Valentine, son of a we'll
known Minneapolis family, has brought
suit against his wife, Leah Valentine,
for absolute divorce, naming Claude
Wagner as correspondent
The case was first tried in court
more than year ago, when a COM
plant was made by the wife alleging
desertion, and Valentine was brought
back to Minneapolis from Atlanta, Ca,
where he had gone into business,
charged with desertion.
AT that time Valentine agreed to
provide with his wife and children and
was given his liberty. Now he claims
that Wagner has been sustaining i'm
proper relations with Mrs. Valentine.
1t appears that Mrs. Valentine has
been occupying apartments on the
East side, over those occupied by a
Mrs. Lawrence and her daughter Ada.
Wagner, who is named a correspond
ent, was a cousin Of the Lawrences.
He occupied an alcove room in the
parlor downstairs, in the Lawrence
household, and by reason of his prox-
unity became acquainted with Mrs.
Valentine. He is said to have called
upon her every day and to have cared
for her during sickness.
One of the principal witnesses on
the stand yesterday before Judge
Brooks was Ada Lawrence. She is
assistant chief operator of the North
wester Telephone company. She tes-
titled that her cousin was in Mrs. VAL
entine's apartment visiting her nearly
every day.
At one time Mrs. Lawrence was call
ed away from the city by reason of
the illness of a daughter in Kansas.
She was gone for six weeks. During
that time Mrs. Valentine and her two
children moved downstairs and slept
with the witness in her bed. The wit
ness asserted that Mrs. Valentine had
never made the least attempt to con-
ceal her relations with Wagner.
r. L. Penney, the attorney for the
defense, tried to show that Mrs Law
renee had begged Mrs. Valentine to
come down stairs while she was away
because she did not consider that it
would be proper for the young man
and woman to be living alone in the
apartment during her absence.
mo such arrangement was ever
made" declared Miss Lawrence "and
there was no reason for such an ar
rangement"
Did it ever occur to you that it
would be entirely improper for Wagner
and you to live alone with your moth
er gomez" inquired the attorney
mo, certainly not" was the reply.
why should I consider it wrong? l
had nothing to conceal"
did it ever occur to you to inter-
fere with the relations between Wag-
ner and Mrs. Valentine?" asked Mr..
Penney.
NO" said the witness. What for?
She was old enough to take care of
herself, and know my business"
Then Mrs. Lawrence was called to
the stand, and she proved so loqua-
cious a witness that it was impossible
for the judge, with the assistance of
the bailiffs, to stop her testimony along
chosen hof he
had never asked Mrs. Valentine to
bear her daughter company during her
absence, and despite the fact that she
was threatened with Jail by the court,
she insisted on expressing her opinion
of Mrs. Valentine in unmitigated terms
Another witness, who was a nurse,
swore that she had once been called
to nurse Mrs. Valentine, and swore
that Wagner told her that he was
nursing Mrs. Valentine during the
night.
Mr.. Penney, in opening the case for
the defense, said he proposed to prove
that the whole thing was a conspiracy
planned by Valentine to avoid paying
his wife alimony. He offered to show
that Wagner, who was working in
Kansas. had been brought to Minneap-
oils by the Lawrence family and board
ed free with them. Mrs. Lawrence
herself introduced Wagner to Mrs.
81 a. 4
NdleHIue, anu IL was 50 arranged lndt
Mrs. Valentine should be made one
of any party in which Wagner was
invited.
Att his juncture Mrs. Lawrence
jumped from her chair, shook her fist
in the face of the attorney for the de-
Tense, and made herself so objection
able that Judge Brooks ordered the
bailiff to eject her from the court ROOM
I'll go without assistance" cried
the witness, who founced out of the
court with head held high and an air
of refined disdain.
One of the first witnesses for the
defense was Mayor Haines, who swore
that he had known the defendant from
childhood. and that she had borne an
irreprOachable character. Mrs.Valentine
then took the stand and fatty denied
all imputations placed against her.
NLf,1I H1UNo An-o $500