St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-12
SETTLED AN OLD GRUDGE
While Testifying in the Bass Lake
Trial.
NO PERSON WAS KILLED.
Four of the Eleven Prisoners Held q,
Charge Of Assault in the Sec
0nd Degree.

The time of the municipal court Judge
was again taken up yesterday in hear
ing testimony in the case of the Bass
lake battle of two weeks ago. The af-
fair took a change yesterday when the
prosecution was narrowed down to
Charles Beard, David Staples, Charles
Tyler and George Ticknor of the
original eleven. The others, according
to the prosecuting attorney, will be
held for melting a riot on the
testimony already submitted. The
testimony taken was against the four
men mentioned above who are charged
by Z. X. Englund with assault in the
second degree. The complaint charg-
ing assault on johnson was with
drawn. There was little new deyeloped
at the examination yesterday except
that two witnesses swOre to hay-
ing seen Ed Post at the
fight. while the defendant claims
1T will show that Post was not near Bass
lake until 10 o'clock Sunday night. jaw
Mcnamara was seen with a gun by one
OF the witnesses, thus making three
weapons he has been seen to carry bv
dlfterSnt persons, and heard
CALLING FOR ANOTHER.
johnson. the st. Paul saloonkeeper
who testified against Mcnamara. ere
ated quite a little sensation when he
was led to explain that Mcnamara had
been an official at an election when
johnson had been defeated for alder
man. and there had been some unfair
work about it, at least he believed such
to be the case. The question of the
missing man, alleged to have been
killed and dragged away, was set at
rest by the testimony of the reporter of
the Saltwater Messenger.
L. E. Bennett, of the Saltwater Mes
senger, stated that he was struck in the
face and cut in the nose near the lake.
He and two other men. John STABLES
and Joseph Harrick. came in from a row
on the lake. He was ahead, and heard
some man accuse Harrick of writing
him up. The witness turned around
and saw Harrick on the ground being
kicked. Just then he was struck in the
face and fell. Staples said afterwards
that he was struck, too. The witness
has seen Harrick since and understood
that Staples, who is guard at the peni-
tentiary ia Saltwater, is Oh duty as
usual.
Charles T. Johnson, st. Paul saloon
Keeper. saw man who he understood
was from Saltwater with cut on his
IdCCs IlC idSu Sttn HlI1 since DIlt
heard that he was alive. At the Boggs
house, he saw man struck with bot
tie on the head. Then eight or nine
men ran out the back door and five men
ran out after them. One had gun.
another had club. third had shovel.
one spade. Mcnamara had the gun.
They did not overtake the men who first
ran out of the saloon. He saw Boggs.
Post, Donovan and Scheffer in the Sa-
loon when the men were
BEING CHASED AWAY.
To Mr. Witness never had
any personal feeling against Mcnamara.
Mcnamara was judge of election when
the witness was beaten for alderman.
He then stated and still believed that
Mcnamara did not act square at that
time.
This ended the testimony of the pros
ecution. and Mr.. Wellington asked if
the original defendants, except the
four mentioned in the new complaint,
were discharged.
MI. Davis replied that he would ask
the court to hold all except those
charged in the new complaint for riot
on the testimony at present submitted.
He claimed the evidence sufficient for
that purpose. The court decided to
continue the case until Monday at 3
O'Clock, the prisoners meanwhile re-
naming under bonds. .g