The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-27
.SHEFLIN CASE
FINISHED TODAY
CLOSING EVIDENCE BY BOTH
SIDES WAS sNAPPY.
Mother-in-Law of Both the Brothers
Testifies That Thomas Ordered Her
Out of Edwin's Honse-Thomas Is
Then Sworn and Denies This State
ment. ISL

With fine display Of the discord
that exists in the Shevlin family, the
evidence in the noted case of brother
against brother, was finished before
Judge D. F. Simpson this morning.
guments will be heard Aug. 8, after
which it will be for the court to say
which of the fraternal disputants is
in the right.
In rebuttal this morning, A. b.
Jackson, attorney for the plaintiff,
called Mrs. Alice j. Hall, mother-in-law
Of both the plaintiff and the defendant
Responding to counseIs questions, the
witness testified that she had been at
e. G. Sheylin's home, where Thomas
H. Shevlin told her to get out Of the
house and to keep out, that he was
paying the bills and running the place
and he didn't want her to come on the
premises.
Mrs. E. G. Shevlin was also recalled,
when Mr.. Jackson asked:
Has the defendant ever said to you
that his brother was fed on whisky
for several years in his infancy?'
Yes" promptly answered the wit
ness. He has told me many times that
his brother was brought up on whisky
and that he couldn't help his drink
ing, as it had become habit with
him in infancy"
Can you specify, Mrs. Shevlin, any
SOA>>
you this?"
why, yes. I can tell you Of many
times at his home and other places"
To refute this testimony the defend
ant, Thomas II. Shevlin, was called
and Judge MCGEE asked:
Did you hear Mrs. Shevlin's testi-
mony relative to what you had told
her about your brothers being
brought up On whisky?'
II did,
Did you ever, at any time, make
any statement of that kind to herr"
Il never did,"
you heard Mrs. Hall, your moth
er-in-law, testify to your telling her
to keep out Of the plaintiffs house,
did you not?"
II did,
Did you ever tell her what she
testified to, or that in substance 2"
II did not
Money Market in 1000.
In addition to the family witnesses,
the plaintiff called James H. Hender-
son, M. J. Scanlon, F. Wenzel of
Itasca county and J. r. Goodrich of
| the Carpenter-Lamb company, who
| testified that the money market was
strong and that no trouble was ex-
perienced in borrowing money in 1900,
| the time Of the transfer Of the dis
puted stock and the period which the
| defendant testified was one Of fnan-
| cial epression.
| E.. C. .Shevlin swore that he had
| never seen the financial statements OF
| the St. Hilaire and Crokston Lumber
| companies until November, 1908, after
| he had commenced suit for the re.
covery Of the stock.
The Shevlin case, which has beer
on trial since June FL, has attracted
widespread attention both from the
large amount of money involved and
from the prominence Of the fraterna,
participants. The action is based upor
the transfer from E. G. to Thomas II
Shevlin of several hundred shares Of
Crokston and St. Hilaire Lumber com.
pany stock in N3kember, 1900.
The plaintiff alleges that he was
| forced thru false representations tt
| sell this stock for $4,000 when it wa!
really worth 100000. He seeks
cancellation Of the sale and a re
| transfer Of the stock.