St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-03

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not working July 25 and &c;
and was that not true, and did he not
state on the stand that he was not work
ing for him, but that they were both
over to HOag's tinkering around the en-
CINE those two days? Now, Rhiel tes-
titles that he had told Lieut.. Swan Wal
ton OF the matter. Now Swan Walton
says that Rheil told him that passing
through the forest, he saw two tough
looking customers in the brush and in
the distance third man, and
that he thought they were con-
templating some dark and awful deed;
and Swan Walton, to get rid of him, told
him to get bottle of whisky and see
how that would work. why did you
not report this to your superior officer
asks counsel, 'and what does Walton
say?' He says that on former occasions
he had found Lewis Rhicl so unreliable
that he took no stock In what he said.
Wherever the Barrett case will be
known, there also will be known
the blood and thunder story of
Lewis Rhiel, the young cyclone of the
Northwest Even the counsel for the
defense
SEEMED TO WEAKEN ON HIM,
for we find him bringing in here his
sister and his poor little blind brother.
And then see what remarkable men,
DRY she had. Why? She could remem-
Der about the 25th of July, the circus 0k
that day, and even what they had for
dinner, for she says they had roast beef
for dinner. Why, you know it is
impossible to remember things of
that kind. l cannot tell what hap
pened the first few days of the trial. l
don't think there is man on this jury
could have told when TollefsOn was
M
at the commencement of this trial; and
then this poor little blind brother, when
/ asked him, he knew it was the 25th of
July. He said it was the day of the
circus, and that Louis bought him some
bananas that afternoon, although his
sister with the remarkable memory
says he bought them in the morning.
See what Timothy Barrett says about
the two strange men. He says that
he saw the two strange men at
Henry's place. See what an UNI
reasonable description of one of
the men-a man with black moustache
reasonable was Peters testimony. Why
was this? Because he had sat here and
heard Tins absurd statements and was
able to see how unreasonable they were.
Then see how unreas enable it was to
have all these men come to the door of
the room occupied by Mrs. Coleman so
she could see them without getting out
of bed. You can see the dilemma
that the defense is in, when they have
to have Mary Coleman sick in bed, SO as
to call in doctor to prove that they
WE'RE HOME THAT EVENING.
They knew that no one believed them,
and are therefore compelled to call i'll
outside assistance. They say that the
reason why Henry did not call in his
brothers to assist him in this murder
was because he was seeking chance to
destroy Peter, so that he would not in
herit his mothers property. Can you
believe that Henry Barrett, with all his
WickedneSS, could for a moment believe
that by swearing crime onto his
brother he would stand any better
chance to inherit this property?
And now, gentlemen of the jury, pass
from the evidence in this case. do
not want to stand here as an apolOgiSt
for Henry Barrett. The state has no
choice in her witnesses; we have had
to take what we could get. Midnight
assassinS do not take witnesses with
them. But let the counsel for the de-
Tense break down his story if they can.
If Henry Barrett'S testimony is not cor
rOborated then we cannot convict this
defendant. Now see if we have not
cOrrObOrated every part of his story.
Did not LOttie Welch see them go away
from the house the night of the murder?
Mrs. Lennon was there that afternoon
away together Minnie Barrett also
says she saw them go away together.
Now,
THERE WAS A POOL TABLE THERE.
and see how natural it would be to take
billiard cue for a cane Then Henry
says they stood there by the track when
car passed, and John McKinnon says
he saw three men standing by the track
as he drove his car by. You have heard
Henry testify how he dropped his cane
over a picket fence and how
the little Van Valkenberg boy
found this cue beside the picket
fence. Now Henry says that he went
into Lally Bros saloon and set up the
beer, and he is corrObOrated by both
Pete and Tim, who both say the same
thing. You heard Henry testify about
the arrangements at the fire, and he has
been cOrrOborated by several witnesses.
You have heard Henry say he put plankS
on the car track on Cedar avenue, and
he is corroborated by John McKinnon.
who had his car thrown off by the OBJ
structiOn, and by Mr.. Foster, who was
forced to drive around them, and again
by Officer Krumweide. The bullet that
was taken from TOllefson's body is
shown to be the bullet
FROM A 3S-CALIBER REVOLVER
like Tim Barrett carried. Again,
Henry's statement about attacking the
car OH the turntable just as the passen-
ger, George horton, had alighted, and
of running, in company with Peter,
down Lake street after the first shot
was fired, and being followed by Tim
with the cash box after the second shot,
is fully cOrrobOrated by George Horton.
who says he saw two men run down
Lake street, followed by third with
something which sounded like
pistol up and Pete's down, and that
Pete fired the first shot. 1t is shown by
the wounds that the lower one must
have been fired first, as the upper
wound must have caused instantaneous
death, and must therefore have been
the second shot, and been fired by the
defendant, Tim Barrett. Henry's State
ment of the route taken from the ceme-
terry cOrrObOrateS itself, as it is the only
route which could have been taken, not
having any houses on it. Henry's state
ment about taking the box up stairs
AND EMPTYING OUT THE CONTENTS
and of afterward taking it down the
cellar and burying it, and of Tim shoot
ing off his revolver while in the cellar,
is cOrrObOrated by Minnie Barrett. who
heard the clinking of the silver in the
box and the shot which was fired. The
car tickets were thrown under the floor,
and the officers found them there, and
if Henry Barrett had placed them there
while in the cellar with the officers,
would he not have told the officers
where to look for them and
not have had them searching for them
for an hour before they found them.
Remember what he said about the boys
sleeping on the table, and the witnesses
who at different times have seen them
sleeping there. You remember how
Mrs. Smith saw Henry and Tim go
down Fort avenue. one of them carry
ing package, and how Mrs Lennon