St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-31
WHAT CAN ALDRICH SAY?
As Far as Gone Into, the Robbery Case
Looks Bad for Him. fli
LIGHT THROWN ON THE DEAL
Aldrich Gave Dealer De Young Checks
for the Silk Received From
the Thieves. ne

eff am to be consigned to the lower
regions 1 guess L am in good shape to
go now," remarked Bob JamisOn, assist
ant county attorney, as he mopped his
face at the close of the examination of
the burglary cases at the municipal
court yesterday afternoon. The room
was crowded, and the ventilation Door,
so the suffering from heat was almost
intense. Nevertheless 100 spectators
found the proceedings sufficiently in
teresting to recompense them for under
going the tortures of Turkish bath
with their clothes on. The defendants
Davidson, Blake and Lewis were ar
raigned, and pleaded not guilty. w. Ii.
DOnahue appeared for them. E. W.
Aldrich, the auctiOneer. who is impli-
Gated as the receiver of the stolen goods,
sat at the attorneys table. fianked by
his counsel, George r. Robinson. His
examination, rs we'll as that of Frank
Burnham, his driver. will come. after
wards. ii. c. Peterson, the dry goods
merchant at 1929 Washington avenue
south, was the first witness called, and
identified the silk stolen from mis-
store June 25. Harry De Young,
pawnbroker and secondhand cloth
ing dealer at 212 Washington avenue
south, was next put on the stand. and
testified that the three defendants came
to his place the morning after the Peter
son robbery with four bundles and
valise, which they left with him, saying
Aldrich, the auctioneer, would call for
them. Aldrich came shortly after noon,
asked for the silk, got it and took it
away. Aldrich left two checks for S75,
payable to the witnesses wife. and one
for $3.50. payable to the witness, who
had all three checks cashed and gave
days afterwards Davidson called with
two bundles of silk which he said he
had thrown into privy vault when he
feared arrest, but had afterwards taken
out.
On cross examination the defense un-
dertOOk to show that De Young had
been arrested and driven from Chicago
for keeping a fence" but this was not
established under the rule for admis-
sion of evidence. Aldrich called for
the silks in the afternoon. The even
ing of the next day witness called at
Aldrich'S store on third street south and
got the three checks on the First Ma
tional bank and Davidson waited at wit
ness store and received the money.
Witness was to get two pieces of sifkas
reward for his trouble and acting as a
go-between. He told Inspectors Doyle
and Howard of the matter, but said
nothing to Capt. Harvey. 81
Attorney Donahue wanted to know
If witness was not protected by the pO-
lice as a spy, but the witness believed
that he was not. The witness said that
Aldrich came for the four bundles of
silk three different times, once With
buggy. i4s
1t was drawn out that Aldrich had
subsequently had conversation with
De Young about some cigars about
three weeks before the Peterson. rob-
berry.
Inspector Howard testified to recover
ing two pieces of silk at De Youig's
store and the balance at Aldrich's
house. When asked what his opinion was
of De Young's reputation for veracfty
the detective naively replied: "Fd be-
lieve him if he told me the truth; if he
didn't l would not" De Young. he
said, told him that Aldrich came and
got the silk the day after the robbery.
When Inspector Doyle was placed ON
the stand brace and bit,a hammer and
flask of powder found at Davidson's
room were offered as evidence, but were
ruled out by the court. The witness
identified number of silk handker-
chiefs also taken from Peterson'S store
and found at Aldrich's house.
W. G. Pinkerton, bookkeeper at Wal
dron's grocery store, testified to cash
ing the checks drawn by Aldrich in
favor of De Young and his wife. At
this point adjournment was taken to 9
o'clock this morning.