St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-23
LOCATING A FENCE"
Auetioneer Aldrich Tells His
Story of His Possession
Of the Cigars,
And Is Subjected to a Rigid
Cross-Examination by
the Prosecution.
A Ruling by the Court Which
Will Help the Defense
Somewhat.
All the Testimony of Har-
vey, the First Witness,
Thrown Out.

The second day of the Aldrlch trial
drew cut a still larger crowd than the
dav before, and theIcourt room was in
such damned condition that officials
got in and out only with difficulty. The
case is progressing rapidly, the state
having submitted its case and the de-
Tense begun. When court adjourned the
defendant was on the stand, and
was undergoing troublesome cross
examination. The court made ruling
in the afternoon which improves the
outlook for the defense: it was striking
out all testimony relating to the confess
sions of the convicted Davidson that
were not made in the presence OF the
accused. This knocked out all OF the
testimony of Capt. Harvey, the hrst
witness.
F. L. PRESTON,
a drayman, testified that he took large
box containing cigars to the milwaukee,
station for Aldrich. The box was
marked "Aldrich 81 Co., New YORK;,
and the railway people refused to ac-
cept it nnleSS the street ana numpef
were marked on the box. He said ne
left the box at the depot and told AID
rlCll ABOUT III, dilu iit Sotiu iiO NOu4u 6o
to the station and fix it.
DETECTIVE HOWARD
testified that he had seen Aldrich at De
Young's place OH the day of the Cardiff
KiIlen fight. He afterwards saw Al
drich and Davidson talking together on
NicOllet avenue. He was cOrrODorated
in his testimony by Detective Doyle.
WILLIAM CUMBACK.
a norter in the Jumbo saloon, which
is next door to De Young's place, said
he carried the note alluded to yesterday
as having been sent by De Young to
Aldrich, and which was returned
marked 80. K"
The deputy clerk swore to the indict-
ment and plea of guilty of Davidson
and Lewis to the crime of stealing the
goods referred to in this case, and then
MIR. Peterson was put Oh the stand. An
effort was made to prove by nm tnat
certain goods had been stolen from MN
with the intention of showing that the
same men had taken the goods. and that
Mr.. Aidrich had received these goods
knowing them to be stolen and these
men to be thieves. 70 ,r tbs AZ AZ
tornev Robinson objected. Then fol-
lowed long legal argument to
prove the testimony was incompetent
and immaterial. The court decided that
this evidence might be received. MIR:
Peterson testified that on the night OF
the 26th of June several bolts OF SILK
were taken from his store. Not less
than 600 or 1000 yards were taken. ms
silk was worth about $1,000. He AFTER
wards saw the silk and some silk hand
kerchiefs, taken at the same time, at
the police station.
GEORGE BRADY,
the barber at 400 Nicollet avenue, tes-
tilted that his shop was entered i'll the
night time last July and forty-two
raZors, six pair of shears and three
pairs of clippers stolen. He afterwards
recovered the goods from the police
station. Part of the razorS had his
name Oh them.
DETECTIVE DOYLE
was recalled. He had heard the teSti-
mony of Mr.. Peterson and that OF MI.
Brady: witness found the silks, hand
kerchiefs and raZorS in Mr.. Aldrlch's
house: silks and raZ0rS were III Ou-
reau drawer; they were the same silks
and handKerchiefs that had been shown
to Mr.. Peterson and by him Identified;
there were indications on the handker-
chiefs that the marks had bee re-
moved; Mr.. Aldrich was engaged IN
the auction business; examined his
store and found a lot of handker-
chiefs in the showcase, but found no Ola
raZors. saw no tags Oh the goods. but
saw pencil-marks on the corners at the
time tney were shown to MIR. Peterson.
James W. Lawrence testified to ac-
companying Detective Doyle to Mr.. Al
drich's house and described the find in
confederation of the detectives evil
dence. =,
Detective Howard also testified to the
same facts as testified to by Doyle and
Lawrence.
HARRY DE YOUNG
was recalled and testified as follows:
81 remember the fact that II. 0. Peter
sons store was robbed of quantity of
silk. The silk was brought to my store
by the Davidson gang on the Goth. l
saw Aldrich about it and he came to
nv store and got it. | asked him if he
was not afraid to carry stolen goods
through the streets. He said no, that
no one would suspect him of being en-
gagged in crooked work. On the
night of the Cardiff-Killen fight
Aldrich came to my place with
his carriage and got the balance
of it. He figured that the detectives
would all be at the fight that night. lie
SdlQ Ne WOulO ldhO ~ w Ai' oio oeoiOs
about three doors from where he was
then located. He said he had given up
the store, but still had the keys. L also
turned over to him the raZ0rS stolen
from Brady's shop. l told him where
they came from. Aldrich told me he had
talked with the agent who sold the silk
to Peterson, and the agent said that
he expected to sell Peterson another
bill of goods. | introduced Davidson
to Aldrich. Aldrich had told me he
wanted to see him. Davidson told him
he could get by the wagon-load any
kind of goods he wanted. Aldrich said
he could handle all kinds of goods. He
said that he could go outside OF the city
and set up auction stores and dispose OF
anything that he could get"
On cross-eXaminatiOn De Young said
that ne fixed the date of this interview
by the date Of the check given him by
Aldrich. He said he received the silk
the same night it was taken from Peter
sons store. Aldrich was at his store
three time the next day. and took most
of the silk that night, when he came for
it with his carriage. The checks which
were given to De Young in payment for
the silk were produced in evidence, and
were identified by De Young. Frank
Graham,a young man employed in Carl
sons livery stable. was then sworn. He
testified that he had hired rigs to the
Davidson gang, and that. on the nj ght
of the larceny of the cigars they had
hired buggy at IL o'clock, and re-
turned it at 5 a. m. This closed the
testimony for the state.
THE DEFENSE BEGINS.
George IL. Robinson opened the case
for the defense few minutes before 3
o'clock BY making a short address to the
jury. He said: 81 never remember
feeling the responsibility resting on my
shoulders like | have since | began the
trial of this case-thiS trial where one