St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-16
DRAWING TOWARD THE END
Matters Of Veracity Occupy the Time
at the Trial of Barrett,
Yesterday.
Witness Heyn Is Positive Of Four Shots
Witness Robinson Is Some
sc what Impeached.
Did Jamison Speak the Words?---At.
., torney Byrnes Says He Blocked
n the Game.

The evidence in the trial of Peter Bar
rett will be all in by noon to-day. Mr..
DOnahue will speak first on the part of
the defense, and will be followed by
Mr.. Davis for the state. Mr.. Erwin
will then close the case for the defense.
Jacob Peterson was the first witness
called yesterday. He is the barkeeper
at ThOmpsOn's saloon, and testified that
the two Barrett boys were not in the
saloon on the Goth of July.
Henry Barrett was then called and
denied meeting Mclaughlin on the
night of the Goth of July. abOnt IL
O'Clock, near the corner of Lake street
and Cedar avenue.
IMPEACHING ROBINSON.
William Rodell and Simon O'Malley,
two milkmen, testified that they would
not believe the witness Robinson, UNI
der oath. On the crOSS-eXaminatiOn it
was developed that these two witnesses
had traded horses with Robinson some
time ago and that bad feeling had eX-
listed between them ever since, and that
O'Malley had fight with him.
A. III. Nichols, a market gardener. and
+. WOrthingham, wood dealer, teSti-
fed that they considered RobinsOn's
reputation for truth as bad.
john Barrett, the father of the de-
PENDANT, was then called. He testified
that Henry told him at the Gore house
on the Sth of January that he met Nc
Laughlin at the time and place testified
to, and that it was only by reason OF
that information that he knew of Nc
Laughlin and was enabled to procure
him as witness.
HEYN IS POSITIVE.
julius G. Heyn testified: SIN my
conversation with Mrs. Desper, | told
her that TollefsOn had been shot twice;
we were not talking about the Eumber
of shots that were fired, but how many
shots took effect. L did not talk with
her husband. The day DR.. LittletOn
says l told him about how many shots
past z o'clock, and left again at 8
O'Clock, to go to the inquest, cOnse-
quently it was impossible for me to
have been on car on Cedar avenue
between 8 and 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, as he says ] was. l don't remem-
Der talking with him about the matter
at any time. When / told the people
at the turn-table about the shooting, l
told them there were four shots fired,
and that saw the flashes of the pistols.
l am sure about it. / also told them
about the men running down Cedar
avenue.
Mrs. Frank Storey, Mrs. Gertrude
Heyn, Adolph Heyn and his wife, all
testified to hearing j. G. Heyn, at the
turntable on Cedar avenue, on the night
of the Goth of July, say that four shots
were fired, and that he saw the flashes
of the pistol and afterward saw the men
run down Cedar avenue.
HEARD JAMESON SAY IT.
Mrs. Sarah Welch, the mother of
LOttie Welch, was then called, and test1-
fed: II was in the kitched with my
daughter when Mr.. JamiSOn was talk
ing with her about testifying in the case
against the Barrett boys. | heard him
tell her that the Barrett boys would
hang. guilty or not guilty"
Court then adjourned till 2 O'Clock.
The first witness after court convened
was A. c. Godfrey, who testified:
II have been resident of Hennepin
county forty wears. l knew Robinson
when he lived at Minnehaha Falls. [
would not believe him under oath in re-
gard to a matter in which he was inter-
ested."
On the cross-eXamination he admitted
having had some trouble with Robinson,
but was unable to state how long ago 1t
was: but he knew that Robinson had
not used him right.
DR.. c. E. Rogers testified:
II am acquainted with George Robin
son. Within the last six months have
employed him to do considerable paint
ing for me, and have. always found him
truthful. / have heard his nCig hbors
speak of him, and have never heard
them saw ANYTHING to his discredit."
G. A. Smith testified that he consid-
cred RObinSOn'S reputation Tor truth
and veracity as good.
AN ATTORNEY SWEARS.
John T. Byrnes testified: Il was at
E. Thompson'S saloon Monday evening
between ) and 6 o'clock. l talked with
Thompson about what happened at his
saloon on the night of the Goth OF July.
He told me he was unable to tell who
was in the saloon that evening. also
talked with Jacob Peterson. the bar
keeper, who told me he could not re-
member who was there that night.
There were two men with me at the
time. Their names are Stevens and AL
berry," On the crOsS-eXamlnatlon he
said: "We went down there to see
what Thompson and his barkeeper
would have to say before they were seen
by the detectives"
You went down there TO block the
prosecution, did yOu?" asked Mr.. Davis.
I'VE went down there to block your
game. and we succeeded, by filming out
what they knew before you saw them,"
answered the witness. There being no
other witnesses present, the court adj
iournpd