St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-02

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paper wrappers. This was about the
substance of his testimony and the only
point of Importance was the fact that he
only accounted for twelve or fifteen
pieces out of the twenty odd testi-
fed to.
The afternoon session opened with q
densely crowded court room, and about
the same general state of feeling. o.
ID. Post, of 2019 Twenty-third avenue
south. a short man with a griZZled black
beard, was in Aldrich'S store about July
IL. He is a paper hanger. he explained,
and had dropped in and saw two trunks
brought in and opened. One contained
lot of cheap clothing, and the other
and suspenders. Under the tray was
piece of black silk, some underwear
and flannel shirts. To Mr.. JamisOn he
said he was volunteer witness, after
having heard the testimony of the day
before. He was simply idling in the
store, and helped to open the trunks as
sort of curious grab bags. Occasionally
he was paid for work of this kind. He
knew nothing of where the trunks came
from, and If somebody should swear the
trunks contained no silk, he wouldn't
be so sure of it.
'Then you shouldn't be so fly about
y oWSeeiiii5 hC1C. oQlSl 4uis
while the crowd laughed. ~.
And council shouldn't be so fly about
questions that are out of place." inter-
posed Mr.. Robinson.
.Ill show yOu," replied the attorney.
The defense then introduced teStl-
mony showing that two trunks had
been levied upon to satisfy claim
Robert Blackwood, who lived adjoining
Aldrich, testified it was Aldrich's fire.
quent custom to carry bundles of silk to
his house. He said he saw De Young,
at the time already specified. enter
Aldrich's with grip, which was opened
and shown to contain silks. Aldrich
and De Young had conversation about
the price OF the silks and finally DE
Young went out, saying he did not want
the grip. There appeared to be no effort
at concealment in the affair. There
seemed to be about six or seven pieces
of silk in the valise, and they were
lying on the counter. He believed this
date to be June 81, from memorandum
he had jotted down on the same day.
10 MIR. JamiSOn he said he had Sug-
gested to BoOkkeeper Smith that he
knew of this silk transaction, and hence
his appearance. He did not know Harry
DE Young by name, but he recOllected
him. "How did you do it?" asked Mr..
JamIson.
Look at him." said the witness, and
the crowd glanced at De Young's
strongly marked countenance and
laughed. The witness said he had no
interest in Aldrich and none in De
Young, Except" he said, naively,
such as every law-abiding citizen
should have" After this occurred sew
eral sharp passages between Mr.. Jami
son and the witness, to the amusement
of the crowd. The witness was
queer mixture of keenness and
making a point for Aldrich and dull
when it came to giving desired informa-
ton. About the only point gotten out
OF him was that back of the grip, when
1t was opened, was large pile of silks,
without papers around them, and which
silks DeYOung had not brought with
him. Though his recollection of this
silk transaction was very clear and
though he was often in the place he
could not recall any single other trans
action.
E. G. Nolan, who works for Aldrich,
could not remember the silk transaction
on June 81. but remembered BlackwOod
being there for block and tackle. In
vague way he remembered seeing
silks on the shelving that had not been
there before. He remembered case of
cigars coming to the back door of the
store about July IL, but had no CONVEX
satiOn with Aldrich concerning it. Then
he said Aldrich had told him the cigars
were coming, but he did not call this "a
conversation. He went back, saw the
team drive in and helped unload the
case, but it was strange team and he
dldnot know the driver. The case had
laid there two days, and then Aldrich
had marked it for E. w. Aldrich, New
York. and the witness shipped it. C4
Messrs. Jacoby, Sumner, Eustis and
Porter were brought in to testify to the
general reputation of Aldrich. This
proved little unfortunate, as Sumner
was in partnership with Aldrich and adj
mitted that he had heard his honesty
questioned, and indeed that when they
dissolved there was that question.
But had no absolute proof" he said.
The defense then rested.
The state then introduced E. S. Lee
claire, law clerk for M. P. Haynes,
who levied on the two trunks already
described. He had examined the trunks
and was positive there was no piece of
silk on the top of either of them.
George Brady, dandy colored barber
place was robbed three weeks ago last
Monday, and identified the razors and
clippers recovered by Doyle and How
ard. They were worth over $50. The
defense said all of this had nothing to
do with Aldrich. Then Inspector How
ard was called and said he had
found this barber shop plumber at AL
drich'S house. The defense objected on
the ground that Aldrich had admitted
having bought these razors and taken
them home, and there was nothing to
rebut. The state wanted to show that
the daily papers had published the fact
of the robbery of the Brady razors, and
that Aldrich must have known they
were stolen when he bought them, but
the court ruled it out. Aldrich had
stated he had had no conversation with
Davidson, and the state now asked De-
tective Howard if he had not seen Day-
idsOn and Aldrich in conversation. The
defense objected, but the court permit
ted Howard to say he saw the two men
in conversation. On the afternoon of
the Goth of June, Howard said he
saw Aldrich in De Young's place.
Two weeks ago Oh Saturday, July ii,
Howard said he saw Davidson and AL
drlch converslng at the corner of Hen
nepin and Third. They hurriedly sep
arated when they saw him. Detective
Doyle was asked if he had, about the
time of the robberies, seen Davidson
and Aldrich in conversation OH Third
street, near Aldrich's store. The de-
Tense objected on TIE ground that the
men might have innocently met and
passed the time of day, without know
ing each other.
This is to impeach Aldrich," said the
court.
The defense argued, but the court al
lowed and Doyle said he did see them.
He further said he saw Aldrich, alb ont
July 10, going into De Young's store.
Harry De Young was recalled and