The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
Tells of Study for Ministry and
LindsbOrg Trouble.
STILL LOVES MISS LIND
Tells of Unrequited Affection
for DIR. Swensson's Assistant.
DIR. Roby Calls Him Sane but
Erratic.

OF harmony with the Wor1O, e"AcOnnnun-
icated by the Lutheran synod, adjudged
insane and a subject for persecution.
That was the story that Linderholm
| told from the witness stand in the four
hours of searching cross-examination.
In a manner thai was so frank and
candid that it surprised the court at
tendants, Linderholln told his story to
the IL jurors, who leaned forward in
their chairs to catch every word Of
testimony. Many of the wrongs heap
ed upon Linderholm apparently exist
| ed only in the mans mind, but he told
his story with such zeal and earnest
ness that it appealed to the crowd in
the court room. Never once did the
man lose his self control or contradict
his story. He was sure that the board
of control and asylum officials were
| parties to a conspiracy to deprive him
of liberty, but he offered little evidence
to bear out his convictions.
Linderholm's remarkable ability to
fight off the grilling cross-examination
of yesterday, urned today to a logged
defense of his strange actions in Linds-
borg. His story today was broker n
defective and the witness vainly en-
deavored to explain trouble in the
church and his persistent efforts to win
the love of Jennie Lind.
DoraIl Leads Him Fast Pace.
1 1t was AFTER the pla1nLlTI naQ COM
| pleted the reading of his "a page let
ter to DR.. Biddle, that Tom Doran
| again hauled Linderholm over the fire
and demanded embarrassing explana-
| tions. The examination of Linderholm
today was a blistering arraignment of
the mans conduct
Didn't you send Jennie Lin a box
of candy labelled 'dynamite?'" de-
nanded Doran.
II sent her a box of fine candy,
but it wasn't labelled dynamite I
wrote on the wrapper internal ma
~chine-handle with care"
You hung that box On her door
knob?' was asked"
"I fastened it on the door Of the
office of DR.. where she work.
ed"
He Denies Shooting Story.
Didn't you tell the town marshal
of Lindsborg on one occasion that you
ought to fill DR.. and his wife
and Miss Lind fufI-of shot?
mo that's a wild -rumor. I said I
could have shot a hundred holes
through some. people. But I didn't
mean it in a literal sense. e4
Were you talking ~parables?" asked
Doran.
Perhaps it was on the order of a
parable" 80
Didn't you shake your fist at DR..
Swenssen and call him a devil while
he was conducting a religious meeting
in the college chape1?"
Yes, I called him a devil," answer
ed Linderholm in a matter of fact
tone.
Didn't you send Miss Lind some
weinawurst and didn't you write on
the wrapper, the worst is yet to
Gomez"
why, yes, I sent some weinawurst
to a bazaar and Miss Lind was there,
but the wasn't especially for
her, in fact I don't think she ever got
it,"
Then Doran went into the matter of
postcards and letters that Lindholm
wrote to the Lindsborg woman. The
lawyer tried to force from the witness
the admission that people of the town
were afraid of him, that DIR. Swenssen
refused to preach when he was pres
ent.
Your conduct was such hat you
were dragged from the church at one
time, wasn't it?" demanded the lawyer.
IT was taken from the churchill was
the time the accommodation was an
nounced and they told ne they feared
1 would make a demonstration"
Became second Martin Luther.
1t was while he was studying for the
ministry in Rock Island, ILL.,, that
Linderholm became known as the sec
ond Martin Luther" In school he be-
gan to practice the Luther teachings.
You tried to exemplify the life OF
Luther, did you not?" "sked Attorney
Doran of defendants counsel.
Not particularly" said the witness.
mo one could study his works careful
ly without taking up some of his teach
ings."
you adopted Luther's ode of liv-
ing?' asked sDoran.
Perhaps in some small way, but not
especially" replied Linderholm.
"Di6n'f Won frV TO live in the shirt
of Luther. and to write as Luther
wrote and to quote from him in your
own writings persisted Doran-
mo ore could study and feel the
power OF his teachings doing
that" said the witness
Didn't you disagree with Dr. Swens-
son concerning Luther's teachings.
Didn't you feel hat you understood
his w2:kS more thoroughly than
Swensson did 2"
"Dr. Swensson told me I could not
be accused of being a hereto, but that
my views of Luther We're ultra
ings beyond a point that he approved"
He Still Love the Girl.
From the teachings of Luther. Do
ran swung into the mans love for Jen-
ME Lil1. Already Linderholm a
spent twJ hours nde cross examina-
ton by Charles Shuckers, attorney for
the board of control.
10 you still love Jennie Lind ?" was
Suddenl asked.
yes, 1 still love her. said the wit |
as he looked Doran squarely in
the eyes. Then he related his love af-
fair, insisted that the handsome young |
woman vas a victim of circumstances.
bIus5ed slightly as Doran read
from his letter to Dr. Biddle, superin-
tendent of the asylum In this letter
Linderh3-m said concerning his owe |
affair, 81 mind reader told me years
ago there was a deep mystery in this
case thai would take yea to u~nravel."
Linderho.m never hinched-
TT still puzzles me- said the wit /
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