St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-04

OF rhetoric, showing the effects OF
conscience. Reddy, he said is a man
without conscience. He came not here
in the attitude of penitence, but came
here whipped by fear, for the mind, un-
aided by conscience, is peculiarly SUI
ceptible to fear. 1t was cowardice, not
conscience, that drove him to this court.
His whole story is as baseless as the
fabric of dream. He may make detec-
tiveS believe it, but he cannot you. The
circumstances forbid. Here is Henry,
without the love of brother, who
finds his brothers in the way. They are
in his way and he is ''driven to be a
highwayman." He has even the hardi-
hood to say this on the stand. that his
mother is to blame for the degraded con-
dition of her sons. Then came Henry'S
wife, who would be good woman, with
out her husbands influence, and Chloe
Belts. Why was not Chloe Belts placed
upon the witness stand? God and the
prosecution alone know. The feeble
mlndedneSs of Tim was dwelled upon at
great length, and Mr.. Erwin argued that
Henry fixed the crime on him because
he knew no defense could come from
that simple mind. Look at him. There
he sits, and who can see about him
the lineaments of highwayman.
HlghWaymen are made of sterner
stuff. But now the stone the builders
rejected has become the head of the
corner. But there was another reason
why this victim was selected, when
Henry Barrett sought the county attOr-
ney, and don't know how far this inl-
munity went. l don't know whether
they saw the governor in advance and
secured his aid. L am uncertain how
far this law of immunity goes, but l
know this Reddy considers himself safe.
| know he has not been indicted and
may go free, self convicted as he is.
The court will tell you that Reddy
must be cOrrOoOrated before he can be
believed. Was he corroborated? John
McKinnOn, the car driver, did not do it
in important particulars which were
shown up. There was no blood about
the car. How is that? 1t is nature
showing up Reddy Barrett as con-
temptible liar. Reddy Barrett says he
ran eighty rods after the first shot was
fired into TOllefsOn'S leg before the Sec
Ond shot was fired into Tollefson's
chest. If this was true, why did not
the blood spout from the leg wound?
This proves by absolute proof that Reddy
lied when he said he ran eighty
rods between the two shots.
There were two shots and they
were nearly simultaneous, which would
Mr.. Erwin then argued that McKinnon,
Foster and the letter-carrier had all con-
tradicted "Reddy'' in important points.
He further showed that the obstruction
which stopped the runaway mules, with
TOllefSOn'S dead body, was fact not
dwelled on by the state, which had not
produced the half-dresSed citizen who
stopped the car. Where was this man,
and why had he not been secured? The
testimony of Horton was thoroughly
dissected, and by it was shown 'Reddy";
was mistaken in several points, nota-
bly, the time between the two shots and
the direction takes by himself when he
left the car and by Reddy and Pete,
after the first shot. What Foster told
was also held to be IN contradiction of
Reddy instead of confederation, and
then Mr.. Erwin launched out upon a
scathing malediction on "Reddy," the
coward of conscience, the fiend incar-
nate, the Cain of the present, the high
wayman of Minneapolis
A short recess was taken, Mr.. Erwin
took up the story of throwing the tin box
into Mud lake and coming home with
the lilies, his argument being addressed
to showing how little weight they had
on the case. When it came to the testi-
mony of Peter in relation to the scenes
where he was piled with whisky, in the
North Minneapolis station, Mr.. Erwin
grew very indignant and scored the
state and the detectives in round style.
He said that inasmuch as the state had
not put these detectives on the stand to
deny. Pete'S statements must be ac-
cepted as true-true that he was piled
with whisky, offered money, offered
even freedom, if he would peach. Then
Tins statement to Robert JamisOn was
overhauled and the orator pointed out
statements which he claimed Henry
must have made to the county officers
and afterWard changed to accord with
all the inQuisition these boys were sub
jected to; through the lash, the
whip and the spur; through
threats and bribes and promises,
they have never weakened, never fall
tered. Not stain has fallen upon
them. will not stop now to criticise the
methods of the authorities. [ will not
dilate upon the fact that these boys
were subjected to treatment the most
outrageous. Not only have they been
tried here, confronted by the facts, but
they received an inquisitOrial trial, with
out the color of the law. Yet they have
never been shaken" Very rapidly then,
but with circumstantial accuracy, Mr..
Erwin went over the points of the evil
dence for an alibi for the defense.
limited. So each was hurriedly but
strongly reviewed. The story of Rehl,
with Lieut.. WaltOn's corrObOration the
excursion of the officers to Mud Lake,
and, in short, all details were examined,
and then, with feeling perOration, Mr..
Erwin concluded and the case was sub
mitted.