Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-21
Paymaster Hollister was resumed. H

fayma6Ger dOlilSC6r was resumed. he
said:
When went into the room on Jackson
street. / met a half brother of the prison
or. (Such I understood him to be.)
met Eliza Hall in the
room next to where the deceased
then was. Eliza Hall objected to my go
ing into the room as she said Ella was too
i'll. She closed the door against me but l
think she sfterwsrd opened it herself for
me. The statement made by the witness
Hall, in reference to what happened in
the room when was there are in some
cases untrue. asked Ella how she was
and whether the prisoner had shot her pur-
posely. She said, "Oh, no, do not think
Charlie did it Intentionally, and I do not
want him prosecuted" That was all she
said. The brother did net go into the
room with me, but was in an adjoining
one, but he and Eliza Hall were in and
out.
Cross examined call her Ella from
the fact that l did not know her other
name; went to the house at the request
of Charlie; he wanted me to go and see if
she wanted anything; 1 can't say if it was
my intention to screen him, but I wanted
to get justice for him. and I also saw the
county Attorney saw the deceased on
Jackson street between 10 and IL o'clock
on the Sunday, the same day the shooting
was done, and his half brother went with
me; had more than one object in going
there, as l wanted to get at the real facts
of the case, but when I saw the prisoner
ct tho jail he wanted me to 90 and see
about what little property there was at his
room and to see that il was taken care Of.
was biased from the start in his favor.
Direct Examination had no desire
to shield Hunster, but only to see justice
done, and not to protect him from his
crime.
ross-examIned-I 1t was only on his be-
half and as his friend that I went there.
FRANK RoBEsoN
being sworn, deposed as follows: I live
now in Minneapolis, but formerly lived
in st. Paul. Went to Minneapolis about
two months ago. Was in this city when
the shooting occurred. Am half brother
of the prisoner. went round to see Ella
Immediately after she was shot, and
again on Sunday about o'clock.
On the Saturday night when went in she
was on the bed and rather weak She said,
'Charlie has shot me.' On Sunday morn
ing she was little better, and was there
when Hollester was, and she told me that
she did not believe that she would get
we'll. She said 81 did not know what was
the matter between us but did not think
that he meant to shoot me-" When I
went in that day she vas asleep but woke
up and said she felt much better, when I
went out and got some fruit, but cannot
say if the deceased ate any of the fruit. 1
wanted her to keep perfectly quiet and
she would get better. She said. 81 will
never get any better, but Charlie did not
intend to do it.
Gross examined. When 1 was talking
with the deceased do not think that any
one was near enough to hear the conversa-
ton. HOLSTER was present during the
first conversation; could not say the exact
tune. l was there on the morning of
the shooting but it must have
been about one in the morning. On Sun
day Eliza Hall was in the room off and on
whilst was there. l cannot say how many
Zines l have talked with the attorneys in
relation to this case, but not
more than two or three times.
They did not explain to me what
was meant by an ante mortem declaration
as [ had enough mother wit to know that
myself. Ella Patterson said she knew
that she would not live, and that Charlie
mad not meant to shoot her. I did not see
her at the hospital, and l do not even
know where it is.
w. E. HOWARD
being sworn, deposed as follows: l have
and have known both prisoner and deceased
since L came. 1 remember the shooting,
but took no part in it. I saw deceased
twice after she was shot, the first time
about 1920 on the morning of
the shooting. Had 10 CONVEX
day afternoon with thres others. When
we went in the deceased was partly asleep,
and when she awoke she asked for water.
She said the others had gone to dinner.
She said she was feeling poorly aud that
she did not think she would ever get over
the effects Of the wound. She did not say,
SO far rs heard. that the shooting was
accidental.
ELIZA HALL
was recalled in reouttal. Tho prisoner
played cards with me on Friday for
money. [ took dinner at Loa Davis on
Friday and also on Saturday night about
half-pest SIX, which was the usual hour
when the help got their meals. He did
not put the revolver on the table when
VS. played cards on FRIDAY, ana I did
not see him have the revolver ct all in his
hands on Saturday evening uatil after the
shooting They both had hold of The lamp.
think one of the trunks was open The
night of the shooting Frank did not speak
to the deceased, but on the Sunday he did,
but she said that she knew that Charlie
meant to shoot her.
Gross sxamined--I never said that l in
tended TO send that mans soul to hi. Do
otremember what kind of chimney was
on the lamp. He appeared to be trying to
take the lamp from her. I never Carried
q revolver as had no use for one.
O. f. HOLLAND
was recalled. Was not in the room till
after the shooting. was not there on
Saturday evening, but on the evening CT
Friday.
This closed the case, when Attorney
Hall presented for the consideration OF
the court some seventeen requests as to
the case of the prisoner, and several of
these were objected to by the county
attorney, and notations made by the