St. Paul daily globe., 1885-11-15

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Aid. Sly-Why did you suppose tn al
Stevens could allow you to run?
HE told me that could run until the
first of the month";
''Why did you think he could let you
run?"
Il did not know"
u sY "a ED MOUNTS THE STAND.
i Ed A. Stevens here took the stand in his
/ ewn defense. He said he did not care to
make the commission laugh, but he had a
memorandum of things testified to by many
of the witnesses.
Aid. Lawrence-Have you yourself or
have you sent anyone to witnesses to inform
them as to what they would be required to
testify to?
No, sir. But I did go to every house and
with witnesses, so that there could be no
question as to what asked and what the
answers were. l went for the reason that
l did not want to run against another Anna
Watson. What mean by that you will
know as my case proceeds. 1 propose to
show that somebody did go to all the
houses and make inquiry of not
only the landladies, but of the
girls, whether or not l had
received money OF had staid in the houses;
and, furthermore, l propose to show before
close my defence that Inducements were
offered witnesses if they would testify to
certain things. and when they came up here
the promises were not made good and they
went home.
Aid. Sly grew very indignant and took
the floor, looking Stevens fercely in the
eye. Il don't know that Stevens refers to
me, but I suspect he does"
haua rnopfinno1 h11f T will
state who l mean when the tiree comes"
AID. SLY GETS MAD.
Aid. Sly-I have visited ihree houses,
and therefore 1 will accept it as referring to
me. l will also brand it as a vile falsehood,
made out of whole cloth and without any
foundation whatever. / went to houses to
get evidence. 1 did not intend to bring this
in until the last part of the case but
will now say that 1 went to
Anna Watson's and could not get
in. She was called to, but she made no
response. [ went to Jenny Dixon's and
she . sd she had paid her two fines month
regularly, but it did not matter who she
had paid it to. She refused to come here to
testify, and found others who talked in
the same way. They had paid two fines a
month regularly, but the municipal court
records do not show it. will again say
that the imputation is lie, and will meet
any man who gives utterance to them either
mentally or physically.
MIR. Stevens again assured Mr.. Sly that
his name had not been mentioned. and then
resumed his testimony. He left First street
4 and went to Tanners place, and the pur-
port was the denial of the testimony ad-
duced by the prosecution relative to cul-
pable conduct at the Acme hotel, and his
alleged taking money to secure to Tanner
! immunity from arrest and prosecution. He
testified also to collecting money for the
silver set voted at the Orphans fair. He
testified that Capt.
CHASE GAVE HIM SOME MONEY
and said: go down to the fair and blow
it in" His recollection was that it was
S25. He gave sums OF money to various
policemen, who went up to the box and
| voted it. The witness did not vote the
money himself, but did spend the money
| literally with the girls. ''Any girl who
| wanted money got it," he said, with a
smile.
He had counselled against the contest
because it would breed jealousy.
Mayor Pillsbury-What became of the
money that you collected from Mr.. Lowry
and others?
''I turned it over to Lieut.. DAILY within a
half hour from the time.''
"What policeman did you give money to
during the blind voting?"
| Il don't remember"
"Was it voted?"
''And that l do not know, but supposed
it was. In regard to Annie Watson have
nothing to say now, but as to the statement
made by Lou Pierce that she saw Annie
Watson pay me money may have been or ii