St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-24
IT is DRAGGING ALONG.
Aucticneer Aldrich Rigidly Cross-Ex.
amined by the Prosecution.
A PREACHER ON THE STAND
Who Does Not Fully Confederate Mr.
Aldrich---A Pretty Niece
Testifies.

When Judge Y0ung's court in Mime
apolis convened yesterday afternoon,
the cross-cxamination of Aldrich was
resumed. Aldrich testified that on the
10th of July he had an auction sale at
Pip Fourth avenue south, and that he
was sure that he was at the place of the
sale all day. The same sale was cOntin-
ued next day, and he said he
was there again all day, with
the exception of a few minutes
that he was at his store in the morning.
He said that the box containing the
cigars. for which he paid De Young
$50, was brought to his store by an eX-
pressman and that he never opened it,
but took De Youngs word in regard to
there being 1900 cigars in it.
1.-THE box was never opened by you
and you shipped it just as you received
| it, to New York;" asked the county at
| torney.
Eyes, SIR answered the witness.
''What did you send them to New
York for?"
because 1 had no sale for them
i here"
The cigars came from New York, in
the first place, did they not?''
Yes"
Then you concluded that New York
was the best market to sell them in?''
Eyes, l thought so. l also took the
pipes with me when l went East"
You say that you had big stock of
| goods of every description in your store,
but out OF your entire stock you OILY
selected stuff you bought of De Young
to take with you to sell in the East?"
.'Yes, that is all that | Took
| %<&I oil Holo o<,r
these goods to take up to your house.
strange?'
Not at ALL"
You say that you never received a
note from De Young in regard to the
cigars?"
mo. sir"
"Did YOU ever see before the man
Cumback, who testified yesterday that
he carried the note to you and then
took the answer back to De Young?''
,, mo. sir. The samples of cigars were
brought to my store by De Young and
Smith. Nolan and Field were in the
store at the time. Smith and Nolan are
in my employ"
What do you know of Lehman, of
| Chicago?"
81 know that he is engaged in bust
ness there
| HIS FRIEND FIELD.
| J. w. Field was sworn and testified as
| follows: Il am engaged in business as
boot aud shoe dealer. l have been
acquainted with Aldrich for twelve
years. l have been interested with him
in buying goods at auction sales ever
since | first became acquainted with
him. | would buy the goods and he
would dispose of them, and then we
would divide the profits. On the 10th
| of July went with Aldrich to an auc-
ton sale at a store out on Fourth
avenue. We went out there at about s
o'clock in the morning and did not
come back until about & o'clock in the
evening. The next day we started to
| go out to continue this same sale. but /
went down tony store first and made
all arrangement with Aldrich to meet
at his store. After doing little writ
! ing at my store went over to Aldrich's
place and found him talking with De
Young. They had about half dozen
boxes of cigars in front of them. and
Aldrich asked me if did not
want to buy a lot OF eli
CARS which could be bought cheap,
/ told him | did not and passed out and
| got into my buggy and drove out to the
| sale at Pip Fourth avenue south. Soon
after my arrival at the sale, Aldrich
came out. and he remained there all day
and conducted the sale. l know Aid
rich was at home OH the evening of the
| 10Th of June, because L went to his
| house to ask him ii he did not want to
| go to the smuggling match with me that
night, and found him entertaining Rev.
II. Nj. Simmons. l then went to the
fight myself, and among the spectators
| who were there was Mr.. JamiSOn."
| CROSS-ENAMINATION.
81 am an acquaintance of Aldrich.
and have taken quite an interest in this
trial. ! have been with him when he
was looking up witnesses. | was at my
store on the morning of the 18th of
July, about twenty minutes before
went over to Aldrich's place. | went
there to see that Aldrich started for the
place in time. The sale was advertised
to begin at 10 o'clock, and as Aldrich is
not very reliable about his appoint
ments, and very apt to be late, L thought
| would see that he started on time"
Afterward Field got little mixed in
his testimony, and said that he only
stopped at Aldrich's place because hewas
driving by. When. however, the county
attorney called his attention to the fact
that Aldrich'S store was not OH the di-
rect route to 21l2 Fourth avenue, he
| said that he went there after the key to
the store where the sale was to take
place. He said chat when Aldrlch
| spoke to him about the cigar trade he
| tossed one of the boxes of cigars up on
| the showcase in front of him and said:
Owe can get them very cheap" He
| did not hear De Young say anything,
| but supposed he was the man selling
the cigars. He never saw him at'Al-
drich's store but this one time.
ALDRICH'S CLERK.
r. G. Smith, clerk in Aldrich's
store, was then sworn and testified as
Young brought the packages of silk.
He brought them in black valise.
There were fifteen or eighteen pieces.
There were no silk handkerchiefs with
the silk, because l put the silk away
and looked at each piece, and would
haXe seen them if there had
been any. On the 10th of July
Aldrich was not at the store On
the 18th he was there in the morning a
short time, and then went to sale, and
did not come back to the store that day.
On the 10th of June he left the store at
10 o'clock in the forenoon and went to a
sale at the corner of Lyndale avenue
and Thirty-eighth street. | went to the
same sale at IL o'clock. saw Aldrich
at the sale, and know that he stayed
there until after o'clock in the after
noon"
| CEOSS-EX ANIMATION
s'Do you know when Aldrich came to
the store on the 9th of June?" asked the
county attorney.
Il suppose he got there at o'clock, "
answered the witness.
"Well, do you know for certain that
he got there at o'clock that morning"'
II have no reason to think that he did
not"
"Well do you know when he did
Gomez"
Eyes, he came at s O'Clock"
| I.Vou ora cura If was g O'Clock now