St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-18

|
which Henry Barrett was wasting in
rlOtouS living. They were unable to
obtain possession of this property and
went back to Omaha, when their
mother came back with them and OBJ
tanned possession of this property, and
| within two weeks of their arrival this
daStardly crime is committed and these
two boys are charged with it. All the
evidence in this case shows that this
infamous wretch, this Henry Bar
rett, this brutal dog, from the
time of their arrival began
to lay a trap to get them out of the way,
and after he has his plans all laid then
he voluntarily goes to Jail for the pur
| pose of becoming acquainted with the
| deputy SheritfS, the jailerS and the Off
| GERS of the prosecution. After he had
| everything fixed to his satisfaction he is
seized with remorse, and this rascal,
who, it is claimed, was conscience
stricken, this
C0NTRlTE PRoDIGAL SON
then sends for Mr.. JamiSon, the assist
ant county attorney, and i'll his remorse
he tells this story duplicating his broth
erS. But not even does he tell that per-
furious and infamous lie, until he has
demanded and received complete
immunity for himself, the cunning
rogue. Is this the way the prodigal
SON did, who is spoken of in holy writ?
Is this the way any man suffering the
pangS of remOrSe ever acted, or ever
could act, only make confession after
demanding ana securing a bride for so
doing? And yet the prosecution want
you to believe his story, because it was
made by man suffering from remorSe.
Let me call your attention to the story
concocted and told by Henry Barrett in
regard TO what occurred Oh the night of
the 10Th of July, and the contradictions
he makes while relating it. He
says they never talked over
or committing any other crime.
Never before had Peter Barrett ever
been connected with him in any crime,
and yet, according to his story, they
started out without any preparation,
without any plan; without ever talking
it over they leave the house that night,
and when they arrive at the car track,
without word being said, Peter and
Timothy pull out their revOlvers and
stop McKinnon's car, while Henry
leans idly on his cane. Now
John McKinnon says no such
thing ever happened. Do you think
nit robbery without making any
preparation, without making any agree
ment, without laying any plan of pro-
cedure? That they walk along until
at the proper time, like jumping-jacks,
they commit robbery. Then he says
he threw his Strick over the fence be-
cause he got tired carrying it, and inn
mediately after he says that after they
had demanded the car to stop, and after
the car driver had seen them, with
their revolverS i'll their hands, he
thought that as
A MATTER OF SAFETY,
he had better get rid of the stick before
they were arrested. Now John McKin-
non says he did see three men standing
on the opposite side of the track from
that an which Henry says they stood,
but that they did not stop the car,
neither did they have any revolvers in
their hands; and still further, after
being pressed by the prosecution
to say that these three men were
the three Barrett boys, he says he is not
able to see anything about these boys
which would make him even think that
they were the ones that he saw. Now
l will tell you what my theory of this
matter is: When Henry Barrett met
these friends of his in Lally Bros.
a car on Cedar avenue, but had concluded
to wait until later and then go back.
Now this rascal wishes to incorporate
what they told him into his confession
and that is why he gets it so badly
muddled and forgets to make any
preparation for committing the crime.
Now, he was known in that part of the
city and if he had been there at this
time McKinnOn would have recognized
him and he would also be able to tell
a better story. When he went
back about midnight with these
men he is then seen by
and again seen and recognized by Nc
Laughlin in company with two strang-
eTS, but moment before the murder
was committed. After the murder is
committed, Heyn, the only eyewitness
of the murder, saw these Scoundrels
running down Cedar avenue to the
cemetery gate, which is another direct
contradiction of his story. He says
they went down on the Bloomington
avenue car, and yet Peter and Timothy
are seen in saloon on Washington
avenue below where the Bloomington
avenue car line deboucheS from Wash
lngtOn aVenue-Seen by the two wit
neSSes, Robinson and Petman. and when
the prosecution
FAILED TO CONTRADICT
their statements, failed to corroborate
Henry's lies, then they bring in man
who had fight with one of these wit
nesSeS, to try and blast his character,
Now, to return to Henry's penitence,
the only time he has shown any peni-
tence was after the conviction of Tim
0thy, who was rushed on to destruction
although we appealed in vain to the
court for ten days continuance, before
we were able to get the witnesses, j. C.
n Trc ri 10
Story, Mrs. Story, Adolph Heyn and his
wife, the coIored man Mitchell
and Mclaughlin, and after his
brother Timothy had gone down before
his forged and counterfeit story. Then
he was seized with remorse; then it was
he told his father he wanted to see Mr..
Erwin; then it was he told his father
| about Heyn and Mclaughlin, in the
presence of several witnesses, and when
| the prosecution withdrew their promise
of immunity and refused to renew it
until he went on the stand and denied
making these statements, but they do
not bring any one of the witnesses who
| were present here to cOrrObOrate him.
| This is the only time he has ever been
| known to show any traces of contri-
| ton. Then, again, he says that they
| went out on the Bloomington avenue
| car, and yet we find him long distance
this side of where he says they got
off the Bloomington avenue car, on
| Cedar avenue engaged in piling blanks
on the car track to throw a car off the
track. Then he goes further, he SAYS
that nothing was said about robbing
car, but they just commenced piling
| these planks on the track. And when
MckinnOn'S car came along at consider
| able speed and pushed the plank off the
track, he then says they walked onup
| the avenue toward the turntable and
robbed the car of Tollefson. Now what
| they did do was this: They immediately
PILED MORE PLANKS
| on the return track so as to stop the next