The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
BOYLE CASE IS
RESUMED At MINOT
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE ACTION
AT MINoT Is CONTINUED TO-
DAY - INTERPRETING
TESTIMONY.

Minot. N. D., Aug. 1.-THE taking OF
testimony in the celebrated Boyle d.
vorce suit was resumed before Judge
Goss today, following an adjournment
during the meeting OF the state bar
association.
The defendant John Boyle, was
placed on the stand shortly after court
opened this morning. He testified as
to finding Mrs. Boyle and Frank
TrumbulI In a room at their hotel in
Berthohl on March 20 last and tina:
he was compelled to force opeu the
door in ~ der to gain admittance.
gcyle. who is charged with usiGS a
knife or the pair and cutting tE1m
in a sevene manner, testified that his
wife had been guilty OF indiscretions
on several occasions and he related
in a breezy manner the story as to
how he found the couple behind the
locked door.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Freese Of
Jamestown, were both on the witness
stand late last evening and both Of,
fered testimony for the plaintiff. The
couple formerly resided at jamestown
where Mr.. Boyle was employed by the
Northern Pacific railroad company as
en- engineer, he having a freight run
between that city and Mandan.
II is doubtful IL the case will be
finished before the middle OF next
week and il is expected that consid-
erable time will be consumed by the
attorneys in the case with their ar
guments. A large number OF wit
nesses are in the city from Berthold
and jamestown and nearly all Of
these will remain here until the case
Is finished.
Mrs. DoyIe's Story.
For the first time since the horrible
cutting affair which led up to the
Boyle divorce proceedings, which are
now on the boards at Mlnot, Mrs.
Boyle has made public her story un-
der oath and as told, her version of
the affair follows: Fpr years Boyle
has been addicted to the use of in
toxicating drink to excess and during
the past twelve years has on numer-
Gus occasions beaten his wife. On one
occasion so severely that she was con-
fined to her bed for two months and
her life dispaired OF.
On the evening OF March 29 last,
when the alleged cutting occurred,
Mrs. Boyle testified, she was coming
down the hall of the hotel and met
Frank Trumbull at the door, Boyle
had been drunk and abusive all even
ing. Trumbull and Mrs. Boyle stopped
at the door and were talking when she
heard Doyle coming up the stairs. She
asked Trumfbull to step tntothe room
until he went to bed. They stepped
inside the door and 1t was closed,
Mrs. Boyle standing by the door with
her hand on the latch. At the time
Trumbull stepped into the room there
were two other men in the hall who
saw him step in.
Kicked Door In.
Boyle came to the door in d few
minutes with one Louis Defeney, and
as he got to the door, he kicked the
door and said, "Open that door! Louis,
get an az" and simultaneously with
the kick on the door and the remarks
by Boyle, Mrs. Boyle opened the door
and stepped into the hall. As she
stepped into the hall she received a
stab with a knife which she claims
was held in the hands of Boyle, lay
ing her cheek open rrom her ear to
her mouth. He Is then charged with
making another stab at her cutting
her in the arm to the bone.
She was at once taken to the doc
tors Office where an examination of
her clothes showed that she was fully
and completely dressed and that no