St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-11

the glass over the entry. which had been
erased, but he said nothing. He did not
claim that he could decipher the item which
had been rubbed out.
Your items do not show that you paid
fine in July, 1884. Did you pay fine
that month";"
Il don't remember. If 1 had I would
have marked it down."
did YOU pay fine in Augusta"
81 don't think l did,"
"Have you ever gone to the court to pay
fine and found no judge?"
Eyes. sir.''
''More than once?"
Eyes. sir. 1 went once and they told
me somebody was dead and they had gone
to the funeral"
Ibid you pay any fine in OCTOBER"
eff did it must have been along toward
the last of the month, and don't think l
paid fine that month"
''Why?"
because I was not notified. I never
went up to pay fine when not notified"
''As a matter of fact were you doing any
business in October?"
mo, Sir.'
"Was not that the reason you paid no
ine?"
guess IL was.
ssYou were moving from one house to an
other?"
Yes, SIR"
In referring to items of entry in the book,
the magnifyng glass was brought into
requistiOn again.
Aid. Lawrence with manifest soicitude
and in soto voice to a reporter)-Do you
know that it is not in strict accordance with
fba Of oil tn in no
presence of a lady?
The reporter blushed and looked con-
fused, and painfully conscious of the i'm
propriety, but said not word.
DIDN'T DO IT ON SUNDAY.
Mr.. Stevens-You say that Mr.. Harris,
Lue Pierce and yourself were not engaged
on the books on Sunday?
mo, sir?"
''Were the books shown to anyone in the
presence of anybody"
mo. sir; had the books wrapped up in
piece of paper at store, and then took
them home and placed them in d cupboard
and did not take them out until Monday
morning."
"And you did not say to any one that the
books did not come out right?"
mo, SIR"
Mr.. Sly-Has anybody called on you
regarding the books since you testified?
Eyes. sir; Mr.. Stevens called and asked
to see the books. He asked to look at
them. He took memorandum book from
his pocket and urged that he ought to see
the books. A gentleman with sandy
mustache was with him. He was of me-
dunn height and neither feshy nor SLIM"
"Who was hep"
81 did not know him."
Stevens (explanatory)-I can tell you
who it was. l took him to prevent any
miSstatement.
You sent me the books last evening"
said Mr.. Sly, lat about 6 o'clock?"
Yes. sir"
Sand put them into my SAFE"
AN INSULATION.
Mr.. Stevens-I will tell you why
wanted to see those books. Mr.. Sly stated
last night that he would go and get the
books, and as matter of protection to my
self wanted a chance to compare those
books befo re Mr.. Sly got them.
Mr.. SLY never opened the books until
l brought them here.
Capt. Chase was recalled, and Aid.
Lawrence stated that before the captain
testifies he wanted to bring man to prove
something regarding the Orphans fair. The
man he referred to was then engaged in
looking up the records. A discussion fol-
lowed, in which several of the commission
ers participated, relative to the propriety of
introducing the dates when the fair was ar
ranged and when the interested parties COM
menced soliciting for subscriptions to the
fair. Mr.. Stevens, being connected with
the 500 transaction between Tanner and
Chase. demanded that it was his right, and
therefore objected to Capt. Chase's testify
ing before the prosecution is all in. Mr..
Lawrence stated that he was not partic-
ularly desirons OF introducing the witness
he had looking up the records. He would
be satisfied that memorandum should be