St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-11
PETE TAKES The STAND
And Tells the Same Story as He Told
at the Trial Of His
Brother.
The Defense Corroborates the Testi-
mony Of Julius G. Heyn as
to the Shots.
The Barrett Trial Slightly Monotonous
mo Sensational Develop
ments as Yet. Ic

were fired on the night of the 10Th !Of
July. continues to be met by the de-
fense by the introduction of witnesses
who testify to hearing three and four
shots. These witnesses also cOrrObOrate
the statements made by Julius c. Heyn,
the only eye witness of the murder.
Mrs. AdOlph Heyn was the first witness
called yesterday morning. She said she
was awakened by noise, and immedi-
ately after she heard some unearthly
screams, and then two shots were fired,
almost together. There were no screams
after the last shot was fired. She teSti-
fed to Mrs. Julius Heyn coming to the
door and calling her husband, and how
he got some of the neighbOrS and went
in search of julius Heyn. Her testi-
mony was a repetition of what her hus-
band testified to the day before.
Frank Storey was next called. His
testimony was as follows: II live at
3007 Cedar avenue. | was asleep, and
was awakened by some noise about mid
night, and Immediately after waking l
heard some shots and hOWlS. The
The hOwlS were like the hOwlS of a
dog that had been hurt. j got up and
looked out of the window and then went
back to bed. Heard the street car
going down Cedar avenue quite rap
idly after the shots were fired. Some
time after Adolph Heyn came to my
house and called me. He said Julius
Heyn had been shot. | got up then.
and got lantern and went with him
over to Mr.. Erickson's house and: got
him. Then we all went over to the
turntable, being the direction from
Which the sounds of the shots came.
We found Mir. Fassett at the turntable,
who said man without coat had got
on the car and gone down the avenue.
down the car track. Nearly opposite
the cemetery gate on Cedar avenue we
found Mr.. Heyn's slippers. They were
quite near the track. L then went back
to my house and got my horse
and wagon. Mrs. Julius Heyn gave me
her husbands clothes and i'll company
with AdOlph Heyn, drove down Cedar
avenue toward the car stables. When
about half way there, we met the patrol
wagon bringing Mr.. Heyn home, so we
turned around and came back to the
turntable, where we all talked about
the shooting for some time.
E. A. Mitchell, colOred man, teSti.
fed: live at 2S06 Cedar avenue. ON
'ho ofOhiiis VI citc .SolH vi ldoI Jui9
was passing up Cedar avenue about II
O'Clock. at night. When between
Twenty-fOurth and Twenty-fifth streets
L heard scream and shot and then
some more screams, and two more shots
right together. I,heard no screams af-
ter the last shot. l then went on UP
the avenue and met car coming down
the avenue. Just after the car passed
me it jumped the track. l went back
to the car and man without any coat
on said the driver was shot. | looked
at the driver, he was sitting on one of
his legs. leaning over, and l said, we
ought to take him in the car and lay him
on the floor, that if we did not he would
get stiff in that sit ing position:
One OF the men said he must be left as
he was until the coroner came, we
then took some long planks out from
under the car, and after considerable
lifting, we got the car on the track. A
car driver and policeman camesup
then, and got on the car with us, and
we drove to the car stables, on Frank
lin avenue. On crOSS-eXamination the
witness said he was professional
nurse, and nurSed sick people at the
hospital. He said he was positivei that
he heard three shots, the last two being
very close together and sounding almost
like one shot. He said he heard kind
Of roar first, before he heard the
screams or the shots. He thought the
screaming sounded as though made by
woman.
John McKlnnon, the car driver. was
then put on the stand. He testified to
finding the distractions on the track
and about the amount of tickets and
change usually carried by the drivers Oh
the Cedar avenue line. Most of the
questions asked him were ruled out on
the ground Of immaterialiJy.
THE DEFENDANT TAKES THE STAND.
Peter Barrett was then put on the
stand and told the same story that he
did in the last trial. How he went up
town with Henry and Timothy on the
evening of the 26th of July, and left
Henry at Lally's saloon; after which
they went on UP the street and visited
several clothing stores, and then took
Riverside avenue car and went home to
dence was but repetition of what he
testified to in the trial of his brother,
Timothy.
On the crOSS-eXaminatiOn the county
attorney read a number of questions
and answers, which it is claimed were
put and answered during the examina-
ton of Peter Barrett at the North side
station, by Mr.. Jamison and some de-
tectives, and which was admitted bv
Mr.. Jamison at the other trial were not
taken down at the time, but were after
ward dictated by him to a stenographer
at his office. All of the questions were
objected to by Mr.. Erwin, and num-
ber of arguments over the objections
followed, which took up large part of
the afternoon session. The usual time
for adjournment arrived hafOra ~
county attorney got through with these
questions. When court opens this
morning the crosS-eXamination will be
continued.
LAROR TROUBLES.