St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-09
A BIG GRIsT OF EN-.
The Grand Jury. Takes Rest in lis
Work.
DR.. BARNUM IS INDICTED.
Prisoners of All Grades Brought to the
Bar--k Rushing Bust
ness.

The grand jury was in session yeSter-
day forenoon and turned over to the
court about 10 O'Clock a small batch of
indictments, after which it took an ad-
journment until . O'Clock Tuesday after
noon. 1t has considered all the eases
against parties confined in The county
Jail, and the next work will be the in
Vestigatiop of eases against cert ain par
ties who are not yet in custody. Dur
Ing the day the following parties
against whom indictments were found,
were arraigned before Judge LOchren:
Ralph Gloss, charged with embeZZling
certain sums from W. ~ Edwards, pro-
prietOr of an inStallment house. pleaded
not guilty to an Indictment for grand
larceny in the second degree, and had
his trial set for Dee Il. Cross was en-
ployed by Edwards as ali agent i'll dis
posing of goods, and the plan adopted
is said to have been as follows: He
would take goods around to houses and
dispose of them at a mere nominal fig
ure for cash. He would then fill out
one OF tie blanks generally used when
goods were sold OH the installment plan.
and after signing Il fictitious name,
would turn them in to Edwards in pay
mcnt for the goods. In this way he has
succeeded in beating the house out OF
quite 4 sum Of money.
DIR. Ebert E. Barnum pleaded not
guilty to an Indictment for grand lar
ceny in the second degree. His trial
was set for Dee. 90. He is charged
with carrying off chest of carpenters
tools belonging TO Il Mrs. Paine. wild
oW, whom he had been attending during
nf 81 10 f.la hn
took the tools in payment for his bill.
but during his examination in the mu-
nicipal court, it appeared that he took
them by force and without her consent,
and left her in very precariouS condi-
ton. He was admitted to bail in the
sum of $500.
Thomas Carney pleaded not guilty to
playing the part of a bold highWayman
and holding up William Kidd about
midnight on the 10th OF last month and
relieving him of his valuables. His
trial was set for Dee. IA.
John Stoner answered Not guilty"
when Clerk Terrill read an Indictment
TO him charging him with having de-
Stroyed Eric AnderSon'S left eye by
carressing him with a beer glass. He
will stand trial Dee. 13.
Carrie l.. Lamont, arraigned Friday
tlI iIiC CfftO VI otIu wiz
was given until yesterday to plead, en-
tered a plea of not guilty and had her
case set for trial Dee. %.
Alfred johnson and John p. Hanson
pleaded not guilty to selling LIQUOR
without procuring license permitting
them to do so, and will try to convince
the court that they are not guilty on
the 10th and 18th days of December re
spectively, when they will have their
trials.
w. II. BigelOw. charged with having
stolen a harness from f. is. Linton.
pleaded not guilty TO an Indictment for
grand larceny, second degree. Dec. Is
was the date set by the county attorney
as the time when he will try to prove to
jury that Bjgelow is guilty Of ofrense
charged.
rJohn Nelson. an old man who IS said
TO have formerly boarded at Warden
Stord0c!'s hotel at Saltwater, was told
that he might take lodgings with him
again for tho next five years, on ac-
count of his having admitted that he
had passed a forged check on W. w.
Brown
The sheriff was Instructed to liberate
Albert DaDielson. Charles Meade and
Emil Amm0n from the county jail, as
The grand jury had failed to find any in
dictmentS against them.