, 1879-03-01
TILE CROSS.
.,o,n Undergoes an Examina.
F"'ti lion by COL Van Amman.
=. ,,,., Not Vary from His Story Of
." the Day Before.
ncnfcs m Alleged COnspir'
A' ocy with MIR. Trldcs

ncy with ME. Iruocs
MIA Testimony ZOE ."e "01.""o ''sa"
iieDernlly untmp0Ftahts
,.,,,,rs, fourt Yesterday morning,
foshe ..., ...'an l,rgan
COL van .",..u.r,on n'"s~ or "sussNBY
.as e"0'' GEORGE"
,..,. ,,n on ,he stand during the entire
'na ''.s"two ~ hours and half Freeman was
s,el ard collected: hla manner was e1eoAen1,
w a,uhtIcss made d very favorablc tnprcs"
'Au Nv ,hc iury, who listcnaA attent,vely to all
d9n .m w. Aoncudcd Ia tie substance Of the cross,
F,a. 's - rn,,rsc covered ali Of the direct, and
tass orjtted, since freeman did not vury
aN u rYecpt in one or two miuor matters,
Rsu ~. =. w. u,entEoued:
t1ns 1ss r;ob, name was KoEel. The name Of
-!..n.n u" v.s given him at The Armory In 1871;
:. al mi know BY whom. He had uscd It rs
u. .,,,, Since, anil also Lawrence and Morris.
y. H. had been convicted Of felonlous assault
.t.,ard Nv 0ullty rather-at La Crosae, and was
!l.,,.nctd 10 one yeur In Waupuu. He took
..sin nba1.roo.u fight With Nlassea." That
=, n 1s72 lie had also been convicted Of lar
~, from The person and larceny OF box con-
..,s,ro w. some goods In Chicago In 1873, md OF
srol,,, !u pittsbur0 IN 1870. He had never
tIo.,d auY legitimate business while IN this
Ir He learned cigar-maklng In Allegheny
~, xh.n II years old, but had dono nothing At
NJ stIurr 1872, as most Of the time he was In
...on Wien out he stopped at hotels and
ho,s.a He kneE what Dr;acnlI, J,nnnh.
Fs'1s0 '' n.,,, n,,, t1-tn, ,r,r. hat .l,r
pn'pae!' D.' :, g.. h,..a - ,hn T., .,.t.. -
rte thieves. Ae hfst neara OF INC intention 10
nSj.drey's store between the 24th and Both
.tn.c,.mhcr.
..:..a.,.d l1's.n r. nrs, a. h,r, vit,o,. -.
Moonmun!ea'eu ~ .lnt " nu.' "'tuses "a'
ypu.inted With Frsednerg; had FORMED MS ae-
an,p,.nce between the 10th 4n1 tho 18th Of
s.o.,nnoer In Ills store, No. Az State street. he
s sP"m' ,aan Kim bcsoro n. lwitnoss, cams 1o
h'd ne'es sesu ,,'',. oo.uao ~ s"su 800 ~
thA dty. IVES ID hls htote pet~eeu e'Ent auu
dozen lines bcforo the robbery. Lamb got out
,,,hc HrIaeycll Oct. 8. Witness had not seen
w., m olout two vears, For sixteen months
dthat time no tfrccanan) WAS ~ Inc A"egnany
: County WorAhollsc. He spoke to DuEphcy, Dem
i. ,ml Drlzcoll nbout the robbery. Hc was
~. .n,c bnt be Thought Lamb and Durnhcv
w.. Nv s'ss Ssn, ), ,ha atore m tbe nfcht ~ Oct
md Do went ~ lne 1sose w suo nsa. y. w, -
vi tule d that. They were there between Z
III a ue wns m ct1nri. Witness Thought
aan. NV y ao.od w IN in mn, IN m The atl, ard
Fnuo pfopos." :" ~ ~" a.ss
uHJ 1t OUT "anoas uos1o uuo "asuu'
laUh Batd something ABOUT making
=. good lob Of It. Friedberg did not
III, nv ,srt In tha aotuaI burglary, but he
a.s ~ n..s II, ,ho no,n,, FrIctberg told him
Iassr s.I ~ ,e comntor and be tboueht Il would
r. .nrrtty yood haul.
Coi, Vor Arman questioned the witness very
deteIy about the pima for tho burglary. At
t1t &c said, at the morning meeting In Otis
l.loou, II was arranged that Lamb unil Griffin
s.,t 10 meet him aild Durphey at Berg's; aub-
teoueptly hp s1lh ono waa to 20 to the store mid
lht otIer tonotlfy them. With this exception,
1he witness did not vary from hts direct exam
stewards with reference to tho robbery and
,he delivery OF part Of the goods to FrIcuberg.
Hswent alone to Frtedberg'a (leaYng the wagon
md others at Wabash avenue and Peck court),
IN iutesortlsaec with M agreement made In the
.l,etuoon, ihat when they rot any goods hs
tuto be notified. 80 thatif my person was III the
store Of in the nc!ghborhood that he dtdu't want
tOkuoH anything about it, be could get rid Of
hin. FdeJbcrg aud Ills wifo and Harvey and
BIZ wife were In tic store when wttuesa carried
% lhe armful Of silk. The Harveya were 10 the
Afer be went outside, having seen the officer
IRase) approaching, be did not say anything 10
Deanls. IIu did not hear him say anything to
Deuats, nor did he hear what Race sail to Mrs.
Ffedberg, She came out when he was going
tosarl the wagon und attracted bis attention,
Aad he went to talk 10 her,-fnllowed her al
most to The do0r Of the store. TIC did not see
tWpmen come from the cast side Of the stscct;
BIZ eyes we're On tho officer; IN looking at him
ha
nv t,uH ANN nrnruBy 40 rowAnns rrn
wIGoN.
nr,.. .n.,.., .Ss SA'u" ~. ., J., ..x..,.
mn I1a ~ ,.a,. .n9 49, r. dtd. e;t ~
,,, uut ~ auUM adn up e.',,o, ~ ~
prrsenca ef tho ntiicrr. when Ia ran. lila ntflccr
sas talking to MIS-. Frtcdber.r IN near tho door
Witness wus not on thu wagon after REACHING
the store. Wneu In tho stoYc talking with Mra
Fredberg hts back was towurd tho street. lie
didn't think any one was seated III tl,u wagon,
Dtnn's was engaged In thu body OF the wagon.
0ne could not nave been seated 10 It after the
officer came without hIB seeing Him. He did
lut see what Lamb or prtpheY did when they
1eacled ,Lc waron.
Aatu his mnysmnn+. aftnrwori7.. tho ,,e.t,np
s,n,v w 4s ~ sgrtn oaGt et ts "iscss atack ~ la
Tor 6n,. he stored clear Vi them. liz anlsi ho
w Indicted IN St. Paul for burglary, after ho
te1eial 0uestinna i,ero',s. tIcv wonid cr,minate
mrtr vn,. no ...'.aL u pis."s. s.u W. ~ ~