St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-23

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goods bought. The reason for this is
that the goods bought by secondhand
dealer are not bought from regular
dealers, but are bought generally from
strangers, and it is the easiest thing
possible for them to palm off OIL them
stolen property. 1t is impossible for a
secondhand dealer to ascertain the
true ownership of all the property
which is offered to him for sale"
He then outlined the theory of the
defense and said that they would prove
by many witnesses that DE Young was
a liar, and that he was the 'fence"
through whom the Davidson gang of
burglars disposed of their plumber, and
that Aldrich only bought this property
because De Young told him such good
story in regard to where he got the
goods that Aldrich was satisfied that
they had been obtained honestly. He
said they would prove that Oh the 22d
day of June, when De Young said he
was engaged in making an arrange
ment with Aldrich to turn over to him
a quantity of stolen silk. Aldrich
was engaged during the entire
day in selling at auction some
cattle, and that he was not
at the store during the day.
That III the evening, after arriving home
rom the auction, he found the minister
fof his church at his house and conse-
quently Staid home all evening and en-
tertained him. That all this could be
proved to the Jury by competent wit
nesses and that before they got through
with the case they would show that the
evidence of De Young was nothing but
a tissue of lies.
AIDRJ1tU'S STORY.
Ezra ". Aldrich then testified as fol-
lows: II am engaged in the auction
and commission business and have been
engaged in this business for twelve
years. l know Harry De Young and
have had dealings with him since last
May. first became acquainted with him
when he came to my place and sold me
some cloth. He represented that he was
hard up and l made him an advance on
the goods. Afterward 1 bought several
lots of goods of him and generally made
advances to him on each lot. On the
day ON which DE Young said l was at
his store at 9 o'clock in the morning and
got quantity of silk of him l was at
tending sale of cattle at the corner OF
Lyndale avenue and Thirty-frst street.
/ staid there all day and did not come
home until after dark. When arrived
IlOIIlt l. lOuuU TIC hCV. MI plLlillOuO
my house, and he stayed to supper and
/ had my carriage hitched up and drove
him home. Burnham went with us.
During the evening ]. w. Field called
at the house and asked me if | did
not want to go to the smuggling match.
which was going to take place that
evening. declined his invitation, Ge-
cause l never go to such affairs. The
next day De Young came TO my place
with 900 yards of silk. and l bought it
of him. paid him $500 for the silk. l
gave him three checks. one was for
$50, made cut to De Young, and the
other two for S75 each, made payable to
his wife. | made out the checks in this
manner because De Young requested it.
He said that it would be easier for him
to get the money in that way,
as it was not very often that
he handled that amount of money.
When l bought the package
of shears and raZorS OF De Young he
brought them to my store and l gave
him $40 for them. On the 10th Of July
| was engaged in auctiOning some goods
on Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street, and stayed there all day. The
next day was the 18th, and [ went to
lily SIOi0 WILL W. L iClN. We NClO
on our way out to the same sale we
had been at the day before. While at
the store De Young brought in some
samples of cigars, and said he knew a
man who was about to fail, and that he
could get them very cheap. | looked at
the cigars and asked Field if he wanted
to buy some cigars. He said no, he
did not care to buy any stock of that
kind. will here explain that j. w.
Field generally buys stock which
am selling at auction if the goods go
cheap, and then we both share in the
profits when we dispose OF the goods.
We have worked together in this man
ner for years. [ then agreed to take the
cigars myself, and told De Young to
send them around. The next day a
drayman brought large box of cigars
to the store, and l told him to drive
around to the rear and bring them in
the back door. | told my clerk to have
them taken down cellar, ao the store
was pretty full of goods. [ paid
De Young S175 for the cigars.
had been thinking for some time
of going to New York as / had large
stock of cigars on hand before l bought
these of De Young | concluded | would
take them with me and dispose of them
L
ing the cigars myself and sent it to New
York by freight. The box was marked
"AIdrich & Co., New York" When l
arrived in New York l left the cigars
with Topping IL Co., to be sold on COM
mission. | then went to Canada to visit
my parents. / was in Canada when l
first heard of the arrest Of the Davidson
gang of burglars and the finding of the
stolen property at my house. imme-
diately telegraphed to Minneapolis that
was on my way home, and as soon as l
arrived I surrendered myself to the po-
lice"
INSTRUMENTATION.
81 do not remember when first met
De Young, but the first time | ever
bought goods of him was last May, when
| bought some handkerchiefs. [ did
not ask anything about De Young's
reputation, but supposed he was re-
nutable man. / never ask any Ques-
lions when goods are brought me, but if
l get them cheap l buy them.''.
''You take anything. you can get
cheap and ask no questions!" said the
county attorney.
Eyes. sir" answered the witness.
"You never ask any questions if the
goods are cheap, do you"'
money, and ifil can get goods cheap l
buy them"
'You take the goods and ask no ques-
tions?"
''Yes, SIR"
"You say that DeYoung told you that
he was hard up and yet he sold you
1000 yards of silk, a lot of silk handker-
chiefs, 16 600 cigars, forty razors, lot
of new pants and new clothing. Did
you not think it little strange that he
Should have all this property and yet be
hard up?"
mo. sir. He said he was hard up and
he offered the goods very cheap and [