St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-03
DEFENSE DISsECTED.
Mr.. Davis Rips One Side and
Boosts the Other.


always a motive for what we do. There
is reason for every act. That is why
the defense sought to show cause for
Henry Barrett telling the story of the
murder. 1t was in order to break down
Henry Barrett's testimony, to try and
show some cause, some reason, why he
should put this crime upon his brothers.
Can there be any doubt of the fact that
this testimony is all false, and that Tim
Barrett is the murderer? How easily did
that edifice crumble into ashes when
the witness was put upon the stand I'M
der crOss-eXamination. That was one
of the acts of brilliancy which was sug-
gested by the counsel for the defense,
but the winds of heaven brushed it
aside, We now come to the important
part of the defenSe-the alibi. An alibi
is that when crime is committed. a
man can prove himself elsewhere. First
they tried to place the boys at their sis
ter's on the evening of the murder and
then abandoned it. Then they tried to
show that Mrs. Lennon had called
Tim to her house to put out a
man named Joseph and then abandoned
that. Third, they are taken to Lally
Bros saloon. But from this saloon to
their sisters, where is the credible wit
ness that has seen them between the
saloon and their sisters house? Pete
says that he bought suit of clothes on
the same side Of the street as the
saloon. If he had
BOUGHT SUIT OF CLOTHES
why is it that none of these witnesses
have said something about seeing these
clothes? But no one has seen him with
a new suit Of clothes on. When Tim
says that he stopped at the barber shop
of Billy Thurston, what does Thurs
ton say? He says he was
at the dance at Minnehaha Falls.
Tim and Pete Barrett in this law suit
have everything at stake, and they will
swear to anything. They then bring in
DR.. HOefflin, who says that he never at
tended the family before or since. His
business there that night was to attend
the sick woman in bed, and yet he in
quires whether these two men were her
brothers. Did you ever know doctor
that did not keep record of his visits?
Yet does he bring any record into court
to show that he was there? Not thing
And yet, to cap the climax, this same
a neigh5oring court and COM
$500 for peddliug obscene literature.
The circumstance of their taking the
Riverside avenue line instead of taking
the Cedar avenue line-iS that an alibi?
l find no fault with Mary Coleman for
trying to save her brothers, but her evil
dence is open to criticism. She says
that they
WERE UP TO HENRY's HOUSE
so mnch of their time that she can't re-
member just what dates they were at
her house. She says she remembers
that they were at home on the night of
the Boston fire. Why does she remem-
Der the Boston fire? Was that of any
interest to her? She says they
that was the day she heard of the MUIR
der of TOllefSon. Did she think that
her brothers had committed the murder
that she should remember that? The
counsel for the defense will call your
attention to Peter as being a mere boy,
and will call your attention to your
boys. Are you educating your boys to
crime? Is there anything more dan
gerOus in the community than a
youth of his years who is so old
in crime, who is murderer?
And so you will be asked to
let this boy go and give him his liberty
so that he can open up a new career of
wickedneSs. Does a hunter. when he
kills dangerous beast, let the kittens
go because they have not yet committed
any depredations? | think not.
There was once man named Toilet
son who had boy. There was once a
man named Tollefson who had wife.
Does not that call for your sympathy?
Remember. as l show you the facts, the
want of credibility in him as witness
and what he has at stake. You have
been told of his trip from Omaha. when
he said he was piled with whisky by the
officers who tried to
IMPLICATE HIM IN THE MURDER.
He said the same of the interview at the
North side station. On the stand he de-
MED the statement / read to you. Whom
will you believe? 1t is the word of a
murderer against that man, Robert
one of the attorneys for the defense say
for five days he was looking for his
client, but was denied admittance to
him. What does his client say? Does
he corrobOrate that statement? The
reason why these officers at the
North side station were not
sworn to cOrroborate Mr.. jamie
son, was because we thought we
would be able to give this case to the
jury last Saturday night, but you
decided otherwise. 1t is az question of
Veraclty between murderer and Mr..
jameson. Will you hesitate moment
between the two men when you come
to decide as to who told the truth?''
Mr.. Davis then called up the evidence
of Louis Rheil, of hearing the men talk
ing about robbing street car while at
Minnehaha falls. Where does this
happen?' he continued. I'm the pavil-
lion, near this man smoking his
afternoon cigar, and the old man
attending the cigar stand. You know
that criminals always seek public
place where there are plenty of people
present when they cOnspire together.
But these poor conspiratOrs did not
know that Old Sleuth was sitting by
and noting every movement, even to a
languid movement of the foot and
FLAP OF TIE COAT TAIL.
Il brought In witnesses from Rich
field. and did not they say that Rhiel
was working at Hoag's that day. But
look at ono Of tho triokc of old Siauth