The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-09

was named as one of the principal
heirs to his large fortunes.
yet" she said. 81 don't know how
much I will get, but he was rich.''
Closing Addresses Made.
courtroom to-day. This morning c..
I S. Jelley painted effective word pic
lures Of the wronged wife and the
guilty husband melted by the william
in the matrimo nial tragedy and this
afternoon George @. Stiles endeavored
to make the jury believe that his client
was free Of guilt and that the prse-
cutting witness was theo principal Of
fender against the code Of right lilv-
ing. The case will go to the jury to-
night =
Assistant County Attorney G. S. Jel-
| ley closed for the state and made an
eloquent appeal in behalf Of the
prosecuting witness, whom he de-
scribed as a woman of pure life and
beautiful character, cruelty deserted
by the defendant.
| After an introduction dealing with
the case as a whole and the RESPONSE
bilities developing upon the jurors as
Jelley proceeded to- review the
evidence in detail. The story, Of the
complaining witness first claimed his
attention and the consistency thereof
and the marked signs Of her truthful
ness were brought out forcibly.
Credibility of Complainant.
ct believe this woman is telling the
TRUTH" exclaimed the speaker: 7 be-
lieve it because she has always told
the same story. When she found that
the records did not show their mar
riage to have been performed on
March 7, and she might easily have
changed the date or said that she was
married under a different name
what did she say? She said No. I
was married on that day and / be-
lieved it was under my own name, and
tho the heavens fall I can and l. will
tell no other story Is that the ac-
ton of a woman not telling the
truth? No; that marriage was per-
formed by. Mr.. Gallick in his office
on March and there is absolutely no
room for doubling it"
The inuendoes and insinuations
made by defendants counsel against
the character and conduct of Viva
hpatrick-Hargrave We're taken uE
| and ridiculed by the states attorney
but whether she is high or low
bcare not" said the speaker. i care
not what she is or where she comes
from. That is no issue in, this case.
! When a man takes a woman to be his
welded wife, lives with her and is not
ulVOICGu lIOlIl llSl etllII ItiS1i 1iie1Li ASs
another woman, he is guilty of big
amy, as this man is
AS witnesses of this marriage Mr.,
! Jelley mentioned the prosecuting witt
ness, and then said: "And we have
the admission Of the defendant him-
self, written in q postscript to his
wifes letter to her mother, written on
the day of the marriage. That state
ment cannot be refuted. That stands
as perfect proof Fred Koenke was
| the third witness who sWears to the
validity of the ceremony.
Letters Read Again.
Mr.. Jelley then read the loving let
tiers written by the defendant to his
wife, to his mother-in-law and to DR.
Linda Burfield telling the latter thai
all their relations must cease. The
j reading was interspersed with telling
comments upon the character of the
Eepistles. "Can those statements have
been written by anyone but a hus.
band. Every letter the man has written
speaks from his heart
t After describing the happy honey.
moon of the defendant and the com.
i planning witness, the attorney said:
"Then came a. change Some. one
was interfering with this home. The
Garden Of Eden was a perfect home
\ until serpent crept into it. These
apartments at 1898 Thirteenth street
were a perfect home until something