Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-16
MOTHER AND GIRL TESTIFY AS
TO RELATIONS OF DOCTOR
AND WIFE.
HAPPY AS AVERAGE COUPLE;
"scHNlTz" EXPLAINS PosTALs
ealena Girl Admits She Called Doctor
"sappho," But Denies They Were
Lovers-Admits She Knew clemin.
son Was Married-state Rests Case
Other Details.

Chicago. Nov. 16.-Two women came
to the defense of DR.. Haldane Cle1nin-
son, on trial for the murder of his
wife. They We're his mother, Mrs.
Isaiah Cleminson, and the 'Snitz" post
al card girl, Martha Singer, so named
on account of the 'effusive cards" she
sent to the physician.
Miss Singer was the first witness
called for the defense. She had known
DR.. Cleminson while employed as an
assistant in the office of Drs. Wheeler
and Forester.
Are You or were You ever sweet
heart of Dr. Cleminson?" asked At
torney Burres.
NO. 1 never was his sweetheart.
We were merely good friends, because
we met professionally every day"
What was the meaning of the word
'snitz' as applied to You and 'Sappho'
as to DR.. Cleminson?"
They were merely office nicknames.
We were called that just for fun
Did you know that DR.. Cleminson
was married?'
IeIIS ABOUT SnlIZ FOSIdlSs
Yes, but always maintained an at
titude toward him that l would toward
any married man."
Then the witness was cross examined
by States Attorney Northrup.
Miss Singer why did YOU send
those postals to Dr. Cleminson, signed
.Snitz'?
Il was out of town-at Galena-and
sent them to him as l sent cards to
other friends
Why did you send them to the Of
flee instead of his home?'
i didn't know his home address"
Miss Singer, ii you were married
woman, would you care to have women
send post cards TO your husband signed
'Snitz' or any other such endearing
termso"
Il don't know"
send an epistle to your husband, if you
were married. with such an endearing
beginning as TO my sweetheart, Fluffy
Ruffles' ?"
Q.-Here's a card beginning Dear
Old Chap" Did YOU often address him
thus? Ayes.
Q.-How many persons besides your
self called him "Sappho?" ALL the
people in the office
Q.-You sent him valentine. didn't
you. which ended, Love me and the
world is mine?" Ayes.
Odd any Of the members of your
| family see those letters, especially the
one beginning Dear Fluffy Ruffles,'
before you sent them to Cleminson?
A-Yes. showed them TO my brother.
Mother Comes to Defense.
The examination of the physicians
mother was chiefly as to his education,
marriage, and domestic life.
GLOW old are you, Mrs. Ciemin-
son? Al am SO.
Q-How old is DR.. Cleminson? A.
Twenty seven.
Q.-Where was he born? Am Du-
buque Iowa, where we lived forty nine
years.
Mrs. Cleminson then told of moving
to South Haven, Mich. where her son
was married TO Miss Nora Jane Nor
gan. and of their subsequent moving to
Chicago.
She said that after the birth of the
first child her son employed a nurse
for two weeks to attend his wife.
Did you see DR.. Cleminson and his
family often?" asked Attorney Burres.
Yes" said Mrs. Cleminson. MY son
and his wife and the children were at
our house every Sunday
How did DR.. Cleminson and his wife
seem to get along?"
They got along as well as the aver
age married couple"
Tells of Doctors Grief,
Did they ever have trouble?"
81 never saw anything more than
happens in the happiest of families
Mrs. Cleminson said the doctors wife
was restless sleeper at nights and was
in poor health.
in what condition did you find DIR.
Cleminson when you were called to his
house the day his wife died?"
II found him on the couch, dressed