St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
And the Attorneys Will Ad-
dress the Jury To-Mor-
row Morning.
Yesterdays Testimony in
Sup-Rebuttal Not Very
Interesting.
The Opinion Prevalent That
the Jury Will at Best Fail
to Agree.

evidence Is all IN. with many, the IN
tereSting part is yet to come. County
Attorney Davis will no doubt
make the effort of his life in
of course present his side as only he
can. Opinions of the result are freely
expressed, but they widely vary, though
a large majority think the jury will
never agree. This view was strengthened
by the action of the jury itself in post
poning the argument until Monday. 1t
is conceded that a hard, brilliant fight
has been made on each side.
WHEN COURT OPENED
yesterday morning Robert Jameson was
on the witness stand prepared to I'M
dergo a continuation of his croSS-eXam-
nation.
WAS there a stenOgrapher present
when YOU examined Peter Barrett?''
asked Mr.. Erwin.
mo, sir; but l afterward dictated it
to a stenOgrapher at my office"
That's all" remarked the counsel
and the rebuttal closed.
SUSTAINING THE CYCLONE.
Miss Lizzie Rhiel testified that her
brother, Lewis Rhiel, was home on the
morning of the 25th of July. She said
she remembered the day on account of
the circus being on that day. She said
during the latter part of July and
part of August, but that he came in
every few days. She said, on cross
examination, that she thought he was
in again on either August 2 or 8, she
was not quite sure which, but that it
was one of those dates.
George Rheil testified: 81 remember
that Lewis was home on the 25th of
July. the day of the circus. He went
up town that day and bought me some
bananas. l know he bought them on
the day of the circus"
This witness was only about twelve
years old, but testified very positively.
BARRETT AND THE HAT.
John Barrett testified:
Il am the father of Peter, Timothy
and Henry Barrett"
did you hear Henry testify that Tim
and Peter came home one day and told
about having tuSSle with man and
losing their revolvers and of Timothy
losing his hate" asked Mr.. Erwin.
NO. sir, it was all a lie."
"YOu heard him say that Timothy had
Derby hat that he brought home with
him, and that he gave 1t to you and you
wore it to California?'
The hat l wore to California was one
l had been wearing off and on for
nearly year. l bought it and suit of
clothes at the same time"
Mr.. Davis then showed him number
of hats and asked him if any of them
were like his; he looked them over and
tried one of them on and answered that
they were not exactly like his, but did
not know just how they differed. He
was sure it was not silk hat like Mr..
DOnahue wore.
PETE AND THE REVOLVER.
Peter Barrett was recalled and shown
the two revolvers which were found at
the place of the Chamberlain robbery,
and was asked if he had ever seen them
before. He said he had never
seen them until the county attorney
showed them to him. He was
shown the Smith & Wesson revolver
with the initials T. B. cut in the handle
and asked if he had ever seen that one
He said that he had seen it number of
times; that it was Henry'S pistol.
when did you see him with it last?"
son the after Don of the day Of the
Boston fire, saw him loading it in the
SalOOn."
Did you see Timothy with a revolver
that afternoons
No sir; he did not own one.''
''Did you and Timothy go up town the
night of the Esd of July?"
Yes, sir.'
Did you go with the horse and
buggy?"
YES, sir"
Where did you leave the horse?"
I'VE tied it to post"
where was the post?"
I'm the ground"
son what street was it?"
II don t know the names of the
streets"
WAS it near any stores?"
'YeS, Sir.''
"Was it down in the center of the bus
mess StreetS?'
mo, sir.''
Ibid you lose your horse?''
Eyes, sir; it got loose and wandered
Did you go to police headquarters
about it?
Eyes, sir"
What time did you go there?"
Next morning."
lyon did not go that evenings"
"NO, sir.
"You went to the city hall?"
Il don't know where that is"
"Where did you go, then?"
1--WE went to a couple of police sta
TONS"
Did you go to the one where you were
afterward confined?'
mo, SIR"
''What did you come up town for that
night?"
"Nothing in particular"
"Where did you sleep that night?"
''At my sisters house."
Ibid you hold up Chamberlain that
night?"
No, sir"
AN EXPERTS VIEW.
Andrew II. Griffin, clerk for Kennedy
nc 81 fln
YER marked 2. B. He was certain that
it was 3S-caliber Smith IL Wesson re-
VOlver. He said bullet fired from it
would be larger on account of eXpan-
sion than before firing.
us that pistol rIfed?" asked Mr..
Erwin.
Eyes, sir"
Count the rifles OH the pistol and
then count them on the ball.
''There arc ten OH each, Think
that ball, amt it?''
''Ycs."
Sarah Lennon testified: "Henry Bar
rett was at my house on the 18th of
July, about o'clock in the afternoon.
He came to ask me to go to the circus with
his wife. / went to the circus that
night with them. l saw Pete and Tim
there.
AT TIE BOSTON FIRE.
John Hoy, assistant superintendent
OF police, testified:
II was in charge of the police at the
Boston fire. We had ropes stretched
along the streets to keep the crowds
back. The ropes were fastened to the
telegraph poles. There were people
inside of the ropes. remember of de-
failing All officer to keep people off
hook and ladder truck which stood in
the ropes"
''Did he succeed in keeping them Off"
asked Mr.. Erwin.
HE had to work pretty hard to do it,