Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-11
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Wood resuming-He said when he was keep
ing hotel there lots of the boys used to come
and stop there; sometimes they would come
there broke, and he used to tell them, "Why
don't you make some money? do some crooked
work" that is, to those he thought were all
right.
He said he and One-armed George had been
around there the year before; that his brother
Tom came around and said there was q good
deal of stealing going on and asked them if
they didn't have something to do with it, but
he told him no, but he was satisfied Tom was
onto both of them; that he knew they had been
doing work around there, but would not say
anything aboutit; he said his brother Tom
put up job there for them to rob a
Wausau; he said there WAS a man in the peni-
Tertiary named Allen whose time would be out
November 4th, formerly from Clinton, Iowa
he was sent to Waupun from Wisconsin for
opening safe; he said he had it fixed at Wau-
pun for him and Allen to go up to Austin and
do the bank job: he said the reason he had
never told me about the bank business was be-
cause he did not want me to know Tom was a
fly collar, for fear l might get suspicious that
he was giveaway; he said there WIS job of
that kind done few years ago down in Texas
that there was fly collar in Dallas who wrote
up to thief in Chicago named Tip Farrell,
who gave the thing to Pinkerton, who sent
men down there and arrested him; was one
of the parties who went down and made the
arrest, but did not tell the prisoner SO.
Prisoner wanted me, when got out on bail,
to get him witness who would swear
that he (Riley) was in Chicago at the
time of the shooting of Page
a good witness, one who knew his business
told him l could get him that kind of a
witness; he said Mr.. Cameron and French had
been over to see him; Mr.. O.. made a demand
upon the sheriff for his money and got it all
but four dollars; Mr.. O. saying ''busineas is
business" at the same time winked at him as
much as to say, ''this is only STALL the trial
won't cost you anything;'' prisoner said it
would not cost him cent, Cameron would see
him out all right; he said Cameron was sur
prised to see him so thin, as he used to be
plump and fat, and he want
ed to know what allied him;
he said his lungs troubled him; he said
French told him the man locked up there was
detective, and to have nothing to say to him,
and tn at Mr.. Cameron said the same thing
Cameron told him to-go to his cell and say
nothing whatever about the case; he got a
chance to whisper to Cameron and told him
not to mind that man in there as he knew him
better than any of them; he spoke about bail,
and Mr.. French said he would see what CO aid
be done about it.
1 asked who French was, and he said he was
Press abou6 Riley not being at Austin
he said if he had been along with me at the
time he burglarized the hardware store he
would not have been arrested.
L. Il. BRooKwAY TESTIFIED.
Live at Austin ;am in the grocery business on
the corner of Main and Mill streets, in Jones
block, next door to Jones' hardware store.
was in Jones' store some time in August last
about the 22d or 23d, when Mr.. Jones was
handling shotgun; it was before the shooting
l went into the store to buy couple of papers
of tacks, and Mr.. Jones had the gun and was
Shaping caps on it, and said he was trying to
get couple of charges out of it to clean il
out; asked him why he did not put little
power into the tubes; he asked me if thought
could get them out, and 1 said I thought ]
could, and put some powder into the
tubes and fired the charges out
this was nearly 5 o'clock p. NJ; ne went back
into the store with the gun; it was long gun,
rather small bore, with dark colored stock
and back action locks; oneof the locks caught
hard; the gun was double barreled muzzle
loader, very rusty about the breech; I after.
forwards examined q gun at your pages
house; I thought the gun the same as the one
I saw at Jones' hardware store, and it is the
same one saw at your house. Examine the
gum
-
time fired the gun; Mr.. Jones told me to fire
towards the back of the store; Mr.. Hayes was
there and Mr.. Jones' boy; Mr.. Spragne came
In; l believe the gun is the same; there may
be the same kind of gun elsewhere; think
could tell the gun by the rust if the scratch
were not on the stock.
WIN. II. SUTTON TESTIFIED.
Reside at Austin; am a tinsmith; 1 am em
pioyed by q. W. Austin in store owned BY
Ira Jones; it is situated in Bassford's block
was employed there in August last; there wer,
two guns in stock at that time; a young mar
in the employ Of Mr.. Jones came to me anc
wanted a shot gun, saying Mr.. Jones wanted
that shot gun (he boy was here identified al
John Ristoff); the other gun was Remington
rifle; think this was on Monday, the 23d day
Of August; the gun was a cheap gun; BLACK
painted stock with black ramrod, brass tip
double barrelled and muzzle loader; examined
gun later at your (Page's) house before your
self and MIR. Fish; the gun I examined believe
to be the one let the boy have (examines
gum; think this the same gun, but as our pri
vate mark is gone. can't say positively; won!
swear it is the same gun did not see the gun
from the time gave it to the boy until 1 saw
it In your house; Mr.. Fish was in the store at
the time let the gun go.
Recess.
WOOD FURTHER TESTIFIED.
Riley aid his father lived little way out o
Austin and owned farm there, and said hi
could have got team from there to carry u
over and back, and one have seen us; Pag
and his friends might hang him up but h.
would never squeal; he said there was a con
vention down here at Grand Meadow and hi
brother Frank was delegate to that conven
ton, and Judge Page was there and had con
tn p ind L
and finally told the chairman to fire him out
and Page and few of the delegates left; h.
said the man who shot at Page must have beer
SIX foot; he was not six foot; the shot thu
was fred at Page went through a window
sash and wire screen; the hole through The
screen was about as large as his three fingers
it must have been terrible old sharge, as four
teen shot went into Pages head, one through
the stovepipe and lots more scattered around
that there was more against Ira Jones thar
against him (Riley); that the gun that was
found had the same kind OF a charge as thai
which shot Page. He said the revolver he gave
me he got at Owatonna; he got there the same
day the section hands were paid. While was
at Stevens Point Riley appeared to have plenty
of money; witness here produced a diagram
pattern and a pair of nips or tongs fer turning
keys IN locks; the pattern and diagram were
given to Riley, while in Waupun, by one Allen,
a prisoner, and the tongs were made at Stevens
Point.
Crosg-examined-Have been with Pinkerton
seven years; was previously with the Holly
Water company, at Buffalo, New
York; came to Austin September Ait;
went to Waupun; was there two days; next
went to Winneconne; was there about one and
a half days, and went from there to Oshkosh;
was there two days; from there went to New
London, and was there four or five days, and
went to Stevens Point, arriving about the Oath
of September; was there about one week before
met Riley; went to his house with young
man by the name of WEIGH; it was in the af-
ternoon; Riley was there, and also his wife; l
told him I was from Chicago; was Ia little on
the crooked order, and he said he had been in
Waupun; we talked about crooked men we both
knew; 3ileY's wife and another girl and WEIGH
were present; saw him every day after that
saw him on the street; was at his house almost
every day; talked about crooked business;
Riley said it was good country about there to
make money for good party of crooked men
most of my talk with him was on the street or