Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-20

noon when by consent of the defense
Frank Tallaut, who had been accepted as q
juryman 10 the forenoon, was excused. The
Jury YVES then completed by further raid
OF Sheriff German and his deputies on the
stro5t, took their oath and are as follows:
Samuel Cummings, W. B. Allon,
Wm. g. DAVIS, }. A. Gregg,
q. A. Fuller VIM j. Frcauev.
john T.. Davis, j. w. Dorian,
Timothy Murphy, Sam'l Boyd,
Michael Melchior, NJ. p. Gre4umau.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY
said: You ara 10 dou5. aware that tbs
prisoner is about TO bo tried for taking
rhe lie OF human being, ana that true
bill mas been returned from the grand jury
that slch is the case. he Is charged with
the killing of one Ella Patterson on the
9th day o. June last. 1t is unfortunate
that crimes exist, but 1t cannot DO denied
that they do, and in this case the prisoner
Is charged with taking life, life that
he could not restore agHin. Ii ia most
solemn trial when the charge is so great,
and it viii become you 10 listen attentive
~ 20 the evidence adduced. The respon-
si6ility upon you is great. The state
knows no race or color-the whole is weld
ed together in one mighty commonwealth.
The trial is under the laws, and the laws
allow Of no prejudice; the weight of evi-
dence shall decide you in coming to your
conclusions. Remember we are all Amer
leans, and the prisoner is to be tried under
the constitution. The life OF the deceased
was not his 20 take or give. Our govern
nent is one Of law and order, and no one
cSn take life without exunsc.
He said he would now give a short sketch
of the case and what the state expected to
prove. Fde circumstances of the case are
IN brief rs follovs: About midnight on
the 9th Of June last, the prisoner shot and
OF malice did kill one Ella Patterson, with
whom he cohabited at No. 307 Jackson
street, near Fifth street. L appears that
3 little before midnight the prisoner was
seen to enter the room in which the de
ceased and another colored woman, named
Eliza Hail, we're sitting, in very excited
manner, and take of his coat, vest and hat
and lay them aside. He also Was seen to
pulla revolver from his hip pocket and
place it on the table. BY his actions it
could be seen that he was excited, although
from the distance the distinct words could
not be heard, bat different voices could be
heard IN dispute. Another party will be
brought forward who heard the shooting
and met the prisoner coming down the
stairs from the room in which the deceased
was afterwards found, and exclaining,
'He shot, In answer 10 the question of.
"Who shot," he again replied He shot,
and afterwards would not answer any
more questions. At the same time
the colored woman who was up
stairs snd was coming down says: ''Oh.
he shot the woman up stairs =
We will also prove that the
prisoner on going up stairs tried not TO al
low the policeman who accompanied him
to enter the room where tbs deceased wss.
and he had 10 use considerable force to
enter. On entering the room the prisoner
confessed TO shooting the deceased, but
S I'D that Is wSs done accidentally. At that
time the womsn appeared 20 be dead, "a
she did neither speak or move when he
addressed her. 4 party win be produced