St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
Aldrich Expected It and Went
Into a CONFUSION Of Ju-
bilatiOn.
The Counsel Limited to One
Hour Each of Spread
Eagle Grafton,
Which They Spend in Raking
Each Other in Approved
Style.

The Aldrich case is over. 1t ended
with an acQuittal of the accused, and
the famous auctiOneer left the court
room free man. 1t has been long
and interesting case, more on account
of the position of the accused than of
the OffenSe itself, which was not very
henouS.
The early hours yesterday were spent
In taking testimony to the general vir-
tue and uprightness of Aldrich and in
speeding the character of De Young.
Testimony was also introduced tending
to twist up Aldrich in his theory of
proving an alibi on two occasions.
With a limit of one hour each the argu-
ment began.
COUNTY ATTORNEY DAVIS
said. after preliminary remarks:
cit seems to me now after you have
heard all of the evidence in this case,
and when you are about to decide OH a
final judgment that it would be wise to
call your attention to certain things in
the evidence. There is no dispute that
Mi. Winecke was the owner of large
number of cigars, pipes and cigar hold
ers aud that the goods were
stolen from a building on Nicol-
let avenue on the night of the 9th of
July. Soon after, three thieves were
arrested for committing this robbery
and convicted, and sent to state prison.
Some of these stolen goods we're found
at the dwelling house of Ezra w. Aid
rich, and the balance of the goods were
restored to MIR. Winecke by Aldrich,
who had received the stolen prop
erty and sent most of it
New York. There is no doubt
but what these cigars were
stolen and that they were found in the
possession of e. w. Aldrich. Now the
state has used as a witness in this case
an accomplish of Aldrich in receiving
these stolen goods. The defense finds
fault with the state for using this wit
ness, just as though the state could Sc
lect the men that it would like to
have for witnesses. The state is forced
to take what witnesses it can get
and in this case, like in lots Of other
criminal cases, it is forced to use an ac-
complete, who when he found that the
law was fast proving criminal charge
against both himself and Aldrich sought
to save himself by turning states evil
dence. This is known in common
parlance as 'Squealing," and it
has been the history of GRIM
inal prosecutions that the accomplce
who is the biggest coward is generally
the one who squeals. The law recog-
niZing the fact that it is better to con-
Wet one thief than to let two thieves go
free, allows the state to use the teSti-
mOny Of an accomplish to convict
criminal. ! am not here to defend De
Young, but he is the states witness,
and being an accomplish he is in
position to tell the facts in the case.
Aldrich tryS to prove all alibi in regard
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De Young says he made the arrange
ment with Davidson to buy anything he
would bring him. He says Oh that
day he was engaged all day
at an auction sale out on
Fourth avenue. But Donaldson, the
man who bought the stock of goods sold
at this place OH Fourth avenue, says
that Aldrich was not at the auction
sale that afternoon. Now Donaldson
has no motive in telling anything but
the truth in this matter. Again, AID
rich says that on the night of the 9th
of June he was at home
until about 8 or 10 o'clock at night,
When he took Rev. Mr.. Simmons
home and that there was no one in the
carriage with him except Mr.. Simmons
and his driver. De Young says that
about o'clock that night Aldrich came
to his place in his carriage and that be-
side his driver there was a lady in the
carriage with him. He says that AL
drich came into his place and got the
silk which was stolen from the store of
the silk in the carriage and
drove off with it. Now, when the Rev.
Mr.. Simmons is examined in regard to
this matter he says that he was at
Aldrich'S house that evening, but that
instead of it being between and 10
O'Clock when Aldrch took him home it
was not later than s o'clock, and that
both Aldrich and Miss Knight went
with him in the carriage, thereby cor
roborating De Young"
He also called attention to the fact of
Aldrieh buying box supposed to con-
tain cigars, and paying Sis for it with
out opening it, and then shipping it to
New York without knowing what it
contained. He also spoke about the
purchase of the silk in the same man
ner, and the request of De Young to
have part of the checks made pay
able to his wife. and asked
the jury if this was the way honest
people done business. He also called
attention to the talsity of the alibis by
which Aldrich sought to prove that he
was not at De Y0ung's store on certain
dates, and concluded his address by
stating certain reasons why some of the
witnesses for the defense were willing
to testify that De Young's reputation
for veracity was bad.
FOR THE DEFENSE
w. E. Hale then addressed the Jury
on the part of the defense. He said
that he was glad that the jury was COM
posed Of men of different trades and oc-
equations, for in consequence they
would look at the facts i'll this case from
different Standpoints.
You should remember that there is
no evidence in this case against Mr..
Aldrich outside of the testimony of
Harry De Young. Now is not this
Harry De Young testifying in this case
for the purpose of saving his own mis-
cradle carcass from the peniten-
tiary? Has he not got mo-
tive for not telling the truth?
think he has. / think his motive is so
plain that his evidence should all be
thrown out of the case. The county
attorney asks why is it that we have
not put on the stand the three thieves
who have been sent to the penitentiary
for stealing goods found in possession
of Aldrich, and whom we have brought
over to the county Jail for the pur-
pose of putting them on the witness
stand to prove that Aldrich never had
any conversation with them in regard
to these stolen goods. | will now ask
why iSit that the state has not put
these three thieves on the stand to cor