Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-07

of MOney-A Scaly Lot of Witnesses, as
Shown by the Cross determination of the
Defense.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
AUSTIN, April cit is impossible for those
not present to CONCEIVE the general and in
tense degree of interest which this trial pro-
duces. There are no disinterested parties. The
entire community to man are aroused and
take their places as for or against. In the
saloons, hotels, stores and on the streets, this
great trial is the constant and all absorbing
theme. At times the discussion wakes hot
and recriminations are frequent and bitter.
Prominent citizens are openly charged with
being anxious to have the prisoner cleared,
while the retorts are equally vindictive and
bitter, and malldictions upon the head of the
devoted Page are to be heard frequently. Be-
tween the attorneys on either side
and out of court they mingle
very freely in social converse The same dis
position to class everybody who stays over
night at Austin as either Page or anti-Page
still exists. If you are seen to speak to Judge
Page or any of his prominent followers you
are at once set down as Page, and hush falls
upon an anti-Page crowd upon your entrance
vi CHc oIuer uanu, ii you arc eeeH LII Coui-
pany with anti-Page men or visit their places
of business, you are looked upon with sus-
picion and are classed with the opposition.
The GLOBE, wishing to maintain strict neu-
trality, meets and converses freely with both
| parties. The personnel of each individual
Juror is freely canvassed by
the friends of Judge Page and
of them is set down as anti-Page. OF one or
more of them 1t is openly asserted that they
have again and again asserted their belief of
the innocence or guilt of the prisoner, al
| though making oath to the contrary. OF
| some of them it is said that they have ex-
pressed the idea that "Rley ought to b. hung
for not killing Page" and various other senti-
naming three it is certain that they feel more
| or less friendly to Page. Anti Page men assert
positively that such is the case. The expec-
taton that the result of the trial will be dis
agreement is expressed by very large number
| of people.
| In looking over the entire community, it is
but fair to state that while large element is
| found who believe IN the innocence of The
prisoner, not one can be found but what con-
dems the shooting of Page and desires to see
| the assassin discovered and punished.
The prosecution resumed at y A. NJ, bv the
| recall of Mr.. Miner upon an unimp0rtant mat
| ter, followed by Dr. Staples, who reiterated
his evidence us to the gun and charge given at
| Dexter. Dr. O. w. Gibson, who attended
| Ju igr Page ut the time of the shooting, Was
then called, and was subjected to very able
| cross examination as to the nalnre of. the
wounds by MIR. Erwin. Following were VIM.
Sutlen, L. H. B'ockway and John Rustad,
who reiterated their Dexter evidence.
VIII CLAY.
| W. H. Clay, Waupun, Wis, was then called
and testified as follows: I am employed as
night Waterman al the Waupun, Wis prison;
have been night Waterman three years;
| have been employed at The prison for the last
fifteen years; saw John A. Riley at Waupun,
Wis; saw him August 9Th last and conversed
with him that night; had seen him for len
months prior have known HIM for eight
years. Riley asked me If l had met his brother
Frank; said l had not SAID he Ffankl was
| there and was going to bring him (John) 10
Austin, Mimi: that he was in business there,
and was going to give him (John) a position
| there; that he had an older brother, who was
| chief of police there; he wished me to see his
brother. l came down street the next morn
ing about 8 o'clock and saw the prisoner and
man whom I supposed to be his brother,
across the street; John Riley said his brother
was larger man than HIMSELF they were 60
ing towards the depot; did not see him again
| at Waupun; recognize the prisoner as John
| A. Riley whom knew at Waupun.
| Cross Examined-Prisoner accosted me on
the morning of August 9Th lst and opened
| the conversation alluded to; he wanted me to
meet his brother Frank and make his acquaint-
anee; wrote Judge Page several times last fall;
don't remember the date; wrote him once in
| August and three times in September.
ALEX. M'NEIL.
| Reside at Albert Lea; am carpenter by
trade; have seen John Riley, the prisoner; l
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vest time, but can't fl the date think it was
| can't say if it was before or after; l saw him
on Broadway near Clark street; l met him on
| Broadway; as l met him he stopped on the
walk and turned toward the street: he stood
| with his cap slouched over his eyes; 1 paused
after passing and looked at him; had on
| pair of light pants, either rolled up or tucked
| into his boots, and brown coat; when | saw
this man at Albert Lea in charge of Sheriff
Sheehan, / recognized him as the same one by
| his size. shirt collar, clothing and his hair,
which was cut short, and his ears; can't fix
| the date.
Cross-examned-W not swear that it was
John Riley; think it was; believe it was; could
not fix the time; had never seen him before;
am brother-in-law of w. K. Hunkins, who
helped to arrest Riley.
Walter Bank reiterated his testimony CIV
en- at Dexter, con corning the man seen on the
railroad track near Albert Lea last August;
witness remarked when asked if he meant
Austin, that he didn't, he meant more re.
spectacle town "a risable sensation.) He
| further stated that he thinks that about one
| week after seeing the man, he read about the
| shooting of Page; he heard one of the men say
as he left the track you do well and the other
I" if it had been the old roosters head you
would have fetched it, This is in reference
to their shooting at the mile post.
Crossed examined. Did you not
| have conversation with Judge Page after the
examination at Dexter; in which he told you
to see if you could not do little better next
| time? He said something of the kind.
Did you not tell Thomas Riley on Monday
that Sheriff Sheehan had said you must testify
better next time? No, sir.
MISS NELL MoNAHAN.
Reside at Stevens Point, Wis.,; have lived
there one and a half years; lived there in
August last; saw Riley there the fore part of
August; he said he had just come from Wau-
,uu; he said he was going to Green Bay;
got letter from him there; he was looking
or his wife; he stayed at my house two
nights; saw him three weeks after; he was
.uying the property where l live; he said he
tad just came from Minnesota, that his broth
= had given him $500 to buy saloon, but he
Vas gong to buy house; ne pawned revol-
'tr with me when he came from Waupun;