Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-26
TWO CRIIIINAL CASES.

James Shea Found Guilty for Robbing
Lambert's Clothing Store and Thomas
Murray for Shooting Anton Meyers in the
Latter's Home on Eagle Street Last June.
James Shea was arraigned before the
district court for trial yesterday morning
on the Indictment found against him for
compound larceny by the late grand jury
in stealing eight vests from Lambert's
clothing store, corner of Seventh and Ros-
abel streets. entering the same from
the Rosabel street entrance and abstract.
ing the vests from the shelves, for which
The iQry returned a verdict of guilty.
The next case brought on was that of
Thomas Murray for assault on Anton
Meyers on Eagle street June 90, 1888, by
shooting him through the body. On the
evening in question the prisoner and a
West st. Paul companion were, as they
swore in court, in search of an acquaint-
ance of Murray's named Lonnergan. See
ing bright light at Meyers house, on
Eagle street next to the famous Mother
Watson's, they went in to inquire for Lon
nergap and were set upon by the molten
silva Germans, who kicked one out, and
having Murray on the floor by the throat
and pounding him, he fred his revolver
and inflicted the wound on Meyers.
But Meyers and his plucky little wife
and another's testimony entirely conficted
with this theory. According to it these
chaps bolted into the house, and making
themselves at home called for beer, and
being Informed it was not a saloon were
ordered out by Meyers, which not needing,
the wife went to call the police and they
then took wing. Afterwards they returned
and on the door being opened by Meyers to
see who demanded admittance Murray
shot him through the side.
County Attorney Egan did not trouble
to cross-question the witnesses for the de-
tense, who by their testimony endeavored
to establish the fact of self defense and
which thoroughly contradicted every wit
ness called by the prosecution; but in his
address to the jury he accused these wit
nesses of the basest perjury and stamped
them as couple of lawless tramps. In
proof of this he cited The honest, straight
forward testimony of Meyers and his wife,
and their thankfulness that they had es-
capped with their lives from this brutal at
tack. Meyers was shot in the sacred pre-
cints of his own home, whose sovereign
ty had been invaded by these two tramps
and the prisoners revolver had been
wrenched from him in violent struggle
by policeman after he had committed
the deed. The safety of St. Paul horles
demanded their conviction for having
thus violated the home of an honest, hard
working, man and then tried to murder
him because he had objected to such in
trusion.
The counsel for the defence admitted
the shooting and ably endeavored to show
that the crime was committed in self de-
Tense, and that their client was on peace
full GRAND in search of Lonnergan, and be-
ing pushed out doors by this German
family, that in the pommeling they con-
Guided to give him out on the walk, he shot
Meyers who was lying on his the prisoners
body with his clutch on his throat at the
time.
Judge Wilkin in his charge affirmed
that by the conflicting testimony it was
evident that either one side or the other
in this case had periured themselves and
as to which side had falsifed said they the
jury would be the judges. The jury then
retired and after very short elaboration
brought in verdict of guilty.