St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-12
Jacques KPuger's Title and
Money Poked Fun at by a
New York Paper.
Attempt to Remove the Roof
From a Mans Home in
Sub-Zero Weather.
Annual Meeting Of the White
Cross Soeiety--Keene in
Richard III.
THE FATE OF TIM.
What Will BE the Sentence to BE
Pronounced To-Day.


At a. IN. to-day Judge Lochren will
sentence Timothy Barrett, who was
convicted of the murder of Thomas
TollefSon, the street ear driver. There
has been considerable discussion among
the legal fraternity as to whether the
penalty imposed will be death 10y hanging
or Imprisonment for life. The law
leaves this whole matter to the judg-
ment and discretion of the Judge. If
there were anything in the evidence at
the trial that in his judgment should be
favorable to the prisoner, the sentence
Will be Imprisonment for life; but if
there are no mitigating circumstances
the sentence will be death by hang
ing. In an interview with Mr..
Donahue, one of the lawyers who
defended Barrett, he said: This man
Tim Barrett does not realize his dam
ger. He does not seem to comprehend
that he has been convicted of murder
and that the penalty is death. When l
was talking with yesterday he said:
oh, I'll come out of this all right yet.
The truth Will come out some time
He does not seem TO realize that he may
hang before that time. Why Lou Murray,
who occupy the next cell to him, says
that he is an idiot, and that he laughs
and Jokes and does not seem to realize
that he is liable to be hung. A motion
for new trial will be made soon; how
soon | can't say at present. We expect
TO base our argument on certain eXcep-
tons made by the defense at the
ruled, and on new evidence now
in our possession. Peter Barrett may
be tried before we make our argument
for a new trial for Tim. The fact that
we knew nothing about the evidence of
the state at Tins trial, until it was in
trOduced day by day, badly crippled our
case, as we had then no time to combat
it. Then there was another thing.
There were those who could have
given evidence for the defense, but dared
not do so through fear of 'Reddy' Bar
rett'S vengeance in the hereafter: but
SinceTim' 5 conviction number of them
have come to the front and told us what
knew about it. This man. 'Reddy' Bar
rett. has led life of crime almost from
his cradle, but he has been shrewd
enough TO always let some one
else bear the consequences of his
yillainy. 'Reddy' proved himself an eX-
cellent witness for the state, and well
he might, for the witness stand is no
new place for him to be. The officers in
the municipal court have told me that
they considered him almost the best wit
hess that ever appeared in that court.
The jury must have accepted his story
for the truth, as there was absolutely
no corr, boratiOn except that two wit
neSSes aw three men near the scene of
the murUer, but even they could not de-
scribe the men or identity them.''
The county attorney and his assistant
are very confident that the death pen
atty will be imposed, and that Peter will
also be convicted. Most of the legal
fraternity seem to think that the pen
atty will be imprisonment. as one prom
inent member of the bar said: 1.-The
law should not allow the death penalty
TO be imposed where man was con-
Victed Oh the testimony of one Witness"