Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-11

| fined s.; it was wonder Ira Jones or Frank
his brother, were not arrested, as there was
more against Jones than him.
l have stated now all that Riley told me rel
stive to shooting of Judge Page; We were go
ing on our Minnesota trip to do burglary;
was trying to get Riley over to Winona 80 that
the officers could get him without reputation ;
l told Riley 1 had committed all kinds of
crimes, including murder; that 1 shot niger
down South; that he shot at me and / took the
gun away and shot him; told Riley got ar
| rested down at Fort Worth; the officers came
in on us and done some shooting
l got acquainted with Riley's wife before
did with him; he said nothing about his wife's
confinement at Austin; did not state how long
he had lived at Austin when keeping hotel.
1 am sent here by Allen Pinkerton; 1 work
on salary; am paid by Pinkerton, who also
pays my expenses.
Re direct-RiIey described the yard in the
rear Of the premises went into, Gould, Mad
| ison Bros. , hardware store.
oss-examined-I have given the substance
of what Riley told me.
W. K. HUNKINs TESTIFIED,
Reside at Austin; was present at Dexter when
Riley was brought here one week ago, when he
was brought here for examination; / had a con-
| versation with Riley at Kelley's hotel; Riley
asked me if saw his father, and he spoke of
his mother and what she had done for him, and
| how he was behaving in return; L told him /
did not consider him the most to blame for
| the shooting; that he had better make state
| ment of the matter and let the blame fall
| where it should; I advised him to do this as
| the best way of getting out of the matter, and
when he got out of it to go and tell his father
and mother he was going to be better man;
| he.did not reply for some time but said after q
| time that he would take two or three days to
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| jail at Albert Lea, also at the Fleck house in
Austin, saw him; Riley said Sheehan told
him he saw him in Albert Lea last August, and
| he said to Mr.. Sheehan that he did not see him
| and did not dare to go on the stand and swear
to it; that any man who laid straw in his way
could not live twenty-four hours after he got
out of Jail, he had some friends left yet; /
| asked him if he had considered the matter OF
| making statement.
Crossexamined-Did you offer him money
l Sold him he could have money to go back to
Wisconsin with; did not tell him had author.
ity to offer him anything; he said told you
| would not tell you anything about it tonight;
did not tell him any amount
offered money S let nG m have be gysn bee hm
he said you (Cameron) had all his
| money; 1 think 1 know something of this
matter; Riley said he was sorry he gave you
(Cameron) all of his money.
J. P. WILLIAMS TESTIFIED.
| Reside in the town of Austin, across the
street from the residence of Judge Page; was
at home the night of the shooting; I heard
| the report of the gun at about o'clock in the
evening; it was avery dark night; 1 was there
| within ten or twelve minutes after the shoot
| ing: the sitting loom was full of smoke and
smelt of powder; the judge was on the bed il
the bedroom, bleeding profusely; went after
doctors; saw glass on the floor. (Witness cor.
roborated former witnesses as to the condition
| of ROOM; found tracks leading from the
| garden to the corn-feld.
| Cross next day 1 followed
| the tracks through the garden to the road; the
| tracks came across the garden towards the
window and return; there were one huudr;
people or more who examined it; have held
gun on the moulding and sighted over it at
man sitting where Judge Page sat.
| saw no one about; 1 heard there were tw,
men on the grounds before the shooting
| heard one man was large man and one
| small man.
o. ". SHAW TESTIFIED.
| Reside at Austin; was at the house of Judg
Page soon after the shooting; picked up piece
of the sash on the floor; the wad was handed t.
me bv some one-csn't say who; (exhibited)
should say this was the wad. The rest of Mr.
yShaw's evidence was corroborative of preceding
witnesses.)
ANDREW KNOX TESTIFIED.
Reside at Austin; was there August Oath
was at Judge Pages house the next morning
examined the window of the sitting room
the screen sash is little lower than the win
dow sash; the hole through the wire screen wa
| larger than through the window. (Further evi
dence same as other witnesses as regards tn
| effect of the charge upon the room.
JAS. M'oUNE TESTIFIED.
Reside at Waupun; have been there seve
years; have been employed at the priso
| some five years and half; know John Riley
| think I saw him first about eight years ago
think he is about % years old; think tn
| charge against him was burglary; he was dis
charged and brought back again; have heard b
| was there before I came there; think the sec
ond time he was sent for three years; Riley an
| Martin Kinroy and David Rago escaped
through some means they got revolvers i,
| there; at least two; Kinroy sawed off the hinge
of his door and let Riley and Rago out of thei
cells by raising the bar; when the guard foun
| the bar raised he went up stairs to go to tb
| Office to give the alarm; he saw Kinroy out o.
his cell and fired al him; KinroY returned the
fire with three shots; the guard was then lie
| into the office; the three unlocked the tw
doors and Riley took ladder out with him AM
they went over the WALL that night they wen
to Brandon, eight miles, and raided a hotel
some time the next night they went back tt
Waupun and stole horse and cutter, whicl
they drove nearly into Fond du Lac aud left il
in barn; then they went to the station, got
into box car and went to Oshkosh
we got track of them at a house of ill-fame q
Oshkosh; in less than year Riley was sen
again. he was there at least five times; wa
liberated August 9th. last.
Have seen Frank Riley at Ramsey and her
| in attendance; saw him at Waupun, Wis, OIL
the afternoon before his brother was liberated
in saloon; he was playing pool; after he go
| through his game he stepped up to the bar an,
asked me to have something. and he took
cigar; don't remember what took; had my
uniform on, so suppose he knew my business
he said to me, 81 am going to take one of you
boys out tomorrow to Minnesota He said
was Jack Riley; to Austin, Mimi. he said hi
brother was chief of police, and he was deputy
| said there was q little case out there the
wanted to work up and they thought Jaci
could do it; l said, Jack is pretty hart
| fellow did not know he was Jacks brother
| All letters sent or received by prisoners ar
read by the prison officers; Riley was released
the next day after 1 saw Frank I have no
pointed ont Frank Riley to any one here. Iden
titles Frank Riley.
Gross. examiued-The first time I saw Frank
Riley was at Waupun; l heard he was up a
| the prison when Jack was released.
Adjourned to 9A.M.