The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-04-21

Giles ca They had been drinking on
both occasions, she said.
Mrs Fritz testified that the faml-
At one time when she was staying
with her grandparents she testified,
Grandma told grandpa he should
behave himself and leave Ma alone
Her father, she said, always saw
that the children had plenty to eat
and wear. He was a good worker
and ambitious and she had never
ho peiofe sn Johnson. Il, denied on
REORGANIZATION that her father
had bruised her mothers arms and
admitted no knowledge of an alleged
incident in which her mother hid in
a rye field at the farm in fear of
On further REORGANIZATION she
said she had gone with her mother
and to Ma aad af that
time had expressed her preference to
live with her mother who separated
from johnson November IL and moy-
ed to Sleepy Eye. She lived with her
Regain then called Pfaender to the
stand in a surprise move. ~ Did,.
w. Schultz and Emma johnson re-
tain tain you on this matter in November
mo" Pfaender replied. &
"Then what is thls?'' asked Reg
an, waving sheet of paper.
"a summons and complaint in a
divorce. suit by Emma johnson
against Charles Johnson, Pfaender
Il want to explain my answer" he
| declared.
Pfaender then cross-examined him
self, explaining that Mrs. Johnson
alone retained him. He was forced
| to admit, that Schultz brought Mrs.
Johnson to him and introduced the
| two.
Tow-headed little Lester Johnson
whose ninth birthday was Friday was
called by Regain as a witness and
| testified that his grandfather took
his mother away on trips.
"You wanted to live with your mo-
Their, didn't. YOU" Pfaender inquired,
"And you loved your mother?"
Yes" the BOY answered to both
Many people in the crowded court
| room swallowed as the youngster
said, 81 liked them BOTH" when Re-
gan asked. Which s!s Of your parents
In the afternoon session Patrick
Mcmahon, proprietor of the Hotel
Windsor in st. Paul identified regis
| tration cards from April Is to May
of 1887, bearing the names of two
couples who gave Springfield as
schultz was then called to the
stand. Several times he repeated his
denial that he had signed the regis
| tration cards, but identified his in
dorsement of check shown him by
Regain.
Regan, then had Schultz write the
words Pete Froom and Wife" and
| judges desk. The words were the
same as those on the hotel cards,
! L. r. Ewart, Redwood Falls bank
| er, later testified that the registra-
| lions. and the words written by
| Schultz in court were written by
/ one andE1he same person.. .r-
+ Peter Froom of Springfield stated
on the stand that he had never been
| at the Windsor, did not write the
| registration and never saw the card
before. He knows Schultz by sight,
| he testified.
Mrs. Froom followed him as wit
| ness. I've never been in st. Paul
in my life," she said.
Mrs. Albert Schwartz, also of
| Springfield said that the hotel card
| in question was not in her husband s
writing.
| Several Springfield witnesses, in
| eluding three nephews Of the defend
| ant, took the stand to testify that
| they had seen Schultz and Mrs.
johnson drinking in several cafes in
and near Springfield. Rudolph Sch
ultz said he saw them together in
| the Corner cafe at Springfield every
Wednesday and Saturday, nights
during the months in question. In
July, he said, he followed them from