St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24

NO, StE.
Neither Field nor De Young was in
the store that morning?"
'.Yes, Field was there"
'You are sure Of it?"
"YeS, sir"
Ibid you hear anything said abouta
cigar trade?'
mo, sir.'
''DO you remember when it was that
De Young brought the silk to the
store?s
Yes, sir.''
when was it,"
''The day before Aldrich went to New
York."
"Well, he went East on the 18th of
July, so you must mean the 14th OF
July?"
'.Yes, that was the time"
you are sure OF it?''
"Yes."
Was the silk in a package?"
':It was in black valise."
"You saw Aldrich give De Young the
checks?''
Eyes, SIR
"What was done with the valise?"
cit was thrown under the counter"
The checks were then shown him
that were given De Young in payment
for the silk, and after looking at the
date, which was the 9th of June. he
said he was wrong about tie date, 1t
must have been the 9th of June.
ANOTHER FRIEND,
Robert Blackwood, testified: 81 have
known Aldrich since the 9Th day OF
August, 1885. | was at,niS store on the
9th day of June and saw De Young
come in with black satchel containing
silks. He set the satchel upon the
counter, and when it was opened | saw
that it contained silks. There we've
some more silks lying on the ledge back
of the counter" Characterization:
II am a warm friend OF
Aldrich's, and take a great
interest in this lawsuit and am sorry |
cannot do more for him. lam partic-
ular friend of his. | have often called
at his place and talked to him about this
trial. | did not talk to him about the
dates because they are so firmly i'm
pressed on my mind. De Young went
into the store just ahead of me. saw
De Young in Aldrich's place before, j..
W. Field was there at the time. After
the silk had been taken out of the
satchel De Young started out and
Aldrich told him he had forgotten his
grip, and De Young said that he did not
the counter. | heard De Young say
something about check but did not see
Aldrich give him any.
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
Rev. FL. M. Simmons testified: II am
a preacher; / have known Aldrlch four
or five years; | was at his home OH the
18th of June; | saw him then from to
o'clock; he took me home in his car
riage; he left me at my house, on
Twenty-fourth street and Nicollet ave-
nue., at about S:15 p. M; they then
drove down Twenty-fourth street in a
direction from Mr.. Aldrich'S house; a
stranger drove the horses; Mr.. Aldrich
and Miss Knight, his niece, were both
in the carriage
This testimony was in direct contra
dictiOn to the testimony of Aldrch,
who said that no one but Burnham was
with him when he took Mr.. Simmons
home, and that they drove straight back
to the house after taking him home. and
that lie took him home about 10 o'clock.
1t also corrOboratedDe Young, who said
that Adrich came after the silk that
night with carriage, and that lady
was with Aldrich and Burnham drove
the horses. He said they came to his
store about o'clock.
Sadie Knight. Aldrich's niece, gave
the same testimony as given by Rev.
Simmons, and said that after leaving
him at the corner of Nicollet avenue
and Twenty-fourth street, they drove
down Twenty fourth street to Second
avenue south, then down to Eleventh
street, and then up Eleventh street to
her uncle's house at 50 North Eleventh
street. She said her uncle did not go
out again that night
Frank Burnham corrOborated the last
witness in regard to taking Mr.. Sim
mons home.
INSTRUMENTATION.
"You are jointly indicted with AID
rich. are you nOt?" asked the county at
torney.
mo, sir" answered the witness.
.sAre YOU not indicted with .Aldrich
for receiving stolen gOods?".
''You intended to indict me with him,
but the indictment doesn't read that
way" answered the witness.
Burnham then told about Aldrich
being at the sale at Pip Fourth avenue
south on the 10th and 18th of July. He
said Aldrich was there from 8 O'Clock
to 6 on the 10th and from s O'Clock to 8
on the 18th. He said he was still in Aid
rich's employ.
Thomas Donaldson testified: ~
know Aldrich. The first time / saw
him was on the 10th of last July at a
sale at Pip Fourth avenue south. He
was there again next day in the fore
noon. | did not see him during the
afternoon. bought the stock of gro
ceries in the store of j. w. Field.
Aldrich left about II o'clock on the 18th
! and did not come again that afternoon -
Henry Todd was at the sale at 2112
Fourth avenue south on the 10th of
July, and saw Aldrich there all day.
He was there again the next day until
o'clock in the afternoon. He came
there on the 18th at 10 o'clock in the