St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-04
Williams College Alumni Dis
euss Old Times Over Good
Victuals.
DR.. Kilvington Doesn't Think
the Big Whale Needs
Burying.
The Crosby and Side Wills
The Washington Rink
Damaged.
STICKS 1T OUT.
Attorney Erwin Finds No Devia

Attorney Erwin Finds No Devia-
tiOns in "Reddy's" Story.
Many were the schemes devised yes
terday by morbidly curious persons to
gain admission to the court room where
young Peter Barrett is being tried for
murder, and his brother Henry is on the
witness stand. telling story that has
already caused the sentence of
death TO be imposed upon another
brother. There were any number of
ladies who applied for admission, and
as rule they were not refused. During
the forenoon tall man dressed in black
approached Deputy Sheriff Tucker and
said he wanted to go in, as he was
minister.
Cant help it," replied the deputy.
You can not go in, and if you are
minister you are sadly out of place at a
murder trial" The gentleman stood
not upon the order of his going, but
left.
Soon after court opened yesterday
morning Mr.. Erwin demanded that
County Attorney Davis produce the
written confession made by Henry to
Mr.. JamiSon. Mr. Davis objected, and
Judge Lochren adjourned the court
while he looked up the law in the mat
ter. On ascending the bench again he
announced that the law was clearly
against the demand, and he refused to
order the confession produced, much to
Mr.. Erwin's disgust. While Judge
lOchren was out of the room Freddy"
left his chair and gazed out of the
court room window, with his lips tightly
compressed. On resuming his teSti-
mony he spoke of the family row. that
occurred last summer, and said it was
Inv
Pete and himself of killing the car
driver. All the family quarrelS were
then referred to by Mr.. Erwin, and sew
eral interesting questions asked.
Did you in July go with Pete to the
north side of the house to pick four
leaved clover. and while there did not
tell Pete that you would kill your
mOther?''
No. sir; nothing of the kind ever oc-
curred.'
Where were you when your mother
Mr.. Erwin.
ION the platform in front of the
house."
Was anything done at that time?"
Tim slapped my mother"
Mr.. Erwin then took up Henry'S
statements in regard to the dOingS OF
the boys the night of the murder, going
into the minutest details in every par
ticular. He questioned him decidedly
closely in regard to the billiard cue,
which Henry said he had dropped over
the fence, and induced the witness to
say that he was not sure whether
the one he held in his hands was the
one carried on that terrible night. Dur
ing the afternoon Mr.. Erwin asked
freddy the same questions that he did
when Tim was tried, and in the
main he received nearly the same
answers. Towards the latter end of the
day he began on those ''impeaching
questions" which brought in 1.-The two
other men," He would ask twas it not
you and two men other than Pete and
Tim who did thiS?" Reddy, of course.
answered the queries all in the mega
tive.
What was your programme that
night?" demanded Mr.. Erwin among
other things.
We'll, if we met any one it was IN
derst0Od that we were to hold 'em up"
What do you mean by holding them
up?''
"Robbing," replied Reddy with pity
ing smile.
AT the point of the pistol?"
"Well, we are going TO rob 'em," re-
piled Freddy" briefly.
LOU NcIe IIlc cdpIoIn vi lne gang,
weren't you?''
I'VE did not have captain.''
'WhO proposed these rObberies?"
Tim proposed them all.''
Thus it went on all the afternoon.
Henry telling the same story that he
told before. This time he did not APP
pear as ready to reply as he did at
Tins trial, and on two or three oc-
casiOns he had to be spoken to by the
court to induce him to continue. Peter
continues unmoved. During the day
newspaper reporter whispered to him.
Say, Pete, Henry looks a good deal
worse than you do"
oh the - -, he ought to-"
replied Pete, glancing at his brother
with his eyes full of hate.
Attorney Erwin seemed to be endeav-
Oring in his croSs-eXamination to dis
cover by persistent probing some weak
ness in Henry'S testimony, but that in
dividual stuck to his former statements
closely, and made no deviations of i'm
pOrtance. About the only new point
made by the defense was to show that
Horton, the mail-carrier, was not the
last man off the car, as Henry has as
serted. The evidence is but a repeti-
ton of that given at the trial of Tim
Barrett.