The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18
W AS CRUEL
Mrs. Stewart Of New York Divorced
From Her Husband, Goth
am Banker.
Residence Established at Sioux Falls
Where She Tried to Save
Murderer.
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+ Sioux Falls, S. D.. April 1s.--Judge
Jones has granted Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart
of New York city a divorce from her hus-
band, John B. Stewart, who Is manager
of the banking house Of Charles y. Bar 4
ned & Co. of So Broadway, and vice presi-z
dent of the ST. Anthony club Of New York
city. >s5 33@ss.S SS..i q. z. + + 5t
The defendant made only formal ap-
pearance. BY the terms Of the decree
he will be required to pay the plaintiff
SIS month for. her support Cruelty
was the ground upon which the divorce
was granted. .S a< HELIX h & @t
Mrs. Stewart is prominently connected
| in the east and south. Her grandfather
was. Judge Black, who some years ago
was judge of the supreme court Of Mis-
sissippi, and later was prominent for
many years in political affairs at Wash
| ington. icTs5. 15 gass
During her residence here Mrs. Stewart
attracted more attention locally than any
| other member of the divorce colony, not
excepting Mrs. Roland 3. lMolineux. She
| attained unique prominence during her
sojourn in the city chiefly because of her
excessively sympathetic nature. Ks
! ...-:. Friend Of Bear.
While she was resident of Sioux Falls
| two Sioux Indians were hanged here for
murder, committed on the Rosebud res
| ervation. Mrs. Stewart looks, upon the
Indians as a down trodden race. In view
| of this it was perhaps natural that she
| should devote her attention to striving to
improve their condition and so far as
| possible soften the rough places in the
| lives of such of them as had transgressed
| the laws of the reservation.
| George Bear, full-blood Sioux Indian,
at the October term of United States
court in this city, was tried and con-
victed of the murder of his Indian step
son. young man named John Shaw, and
c. Edward Tayloe, a Virginian. who
acted as additional government farmer
and school teacher at Ponca subagency,
on the Rosebud reservation where Bear
resided. = --' -.--s ..t
Mrs. Stewart championed the cause Of
| Bear, and during his trial she was a
conspicuous figure in the courtroom
| When he was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged, she, overcome by the re-
| suit of the trial, bitterly arraigned, in
the corridor of the government build
ing. the prosecutor for the government
who had, in the line Of duty, conducted
the case against the accused Indian.
In his closing argument to the jury
the prosecutor had referred to the In
dian murderer in severe terms, and this,
together with the fact that the death
penalty was imposed upon the doomed
Indian, was more than Mrs. Stewart
could bear. = - -:
How could you be so cruel and heart
less to that poor Indian?'' she asked the
prosecutor. She followed up the. dues-
tion with torrent of bitter words OF
condemnation which, had they been ut
tered by a man, would speedily have re-
suited in a strenuous scene. II
Asked Roosevelt to interfere. 7
Nothing daunted by the result of George
Bears trial Mrs. Stewart without delay
determinedly started a movement for the
communication of the Indians sentence from
the death penalty to life imprisonment
She appealed directly to President
Roosevelt, but lie refused to commute the
sentence and son Dec S last Bear. was
hanged 3 ( :
It is safe to say that Dec. 5 was the
saddest day in Mrs. Stewards life. Since
that time her sympathies were aroused
in behalf of two or three Indians who
were serving terms in the county jail for
minor offenses. T. = = EasE1
One day she called at the Jail and was
, denied the right to see the Indian pris-
, oners who were the objects Of her sym
. pathy. Needless to say, she was furious
| and. calling a hack, was driven, to the
office of the United States marshal, where
- she entered a formal complaint and re-
ferred in sarcastic terms to the presump.
$ tion Of the "subordinates' who had denied
her the right to call upon what she termed
her Indian "friends.'
= Debate by Mutes.
n One of the judges in a unique debat,
n to be held at Omaha this evening will b.
n James Simpson, superintendent of tn
n state deaf mute school in this city, VIII,
- departed for Omaha yesterday. Govern
nentS Ownership of Public Necessities
will be the subject of the debate. Th
negative side will be presented by Rev. j
H. Cloud Of the school for the deaf a
st. Louis, while J. Schuyler Long of tn
Iowa school for the deaf, will support tn
affirmative. The debate will be held il
e. the language of the deaf mute. but will b.
interpreted for the benefit of those presen
n who can hear but do not understand tn
sign language. '.e.-g e = = q
nI - r reception for New Vicar.
y An informal reception was held las
evening in honor Of DR.. George H. Corne
!, Of Sioux City by Bishop Hare. DR.. Cor
:, =, nell was some weeks ago appointed to tn
~ position of vicar Of the Episcopal churc
in this city tc fill the vacancy caused b
" the resignation of Rev. A. F. Morgan
After the informal reception the guest
le sat down to a banquet, which was followe
by general greeting to Dr.. Cornell.
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