St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-14
REPARTEE THE RACE
With the Brilliant Counsel
Engaged on the Stems
gard Case.
The Defendant Tells a
Straight Story Of the
Uihlein Case.
Farmer Draper Gives Some
Unique Testimony for the
Defense.
Forensic Pyrotechnies by At
torney Johns in Opening
the Case.

Louis L. StenSgaard and his lawyers
were in good humOr last night. The
| day in court had been good one for
| them. Their first witnesses had gone
through the fire of crOsS-eXaminatIon
and sustained very little damage. Mr..
Egan's very shrewd and thorough
croSS-examination of the defendant had
failed to bring out any inconsistencies
which would tend to impeaeh the tes-
J timony as put in by the defense.
When court opened yesterday MIR.
| Nelson moved that the court instruct
the jury to find a verdict of acquittal,
for the reason that the state had failed
to prove its ease. Judge Brill, how
| ever, thought the state had made out q
! case, and he promptly Overruled MIR.
! Nelson's motion.
| PLEA OF THE DEFENSE.
Henry Johns opened the case for the
| defense. He spoke for fully an hour,
and ably and effectively presented the
facts constituting the defendants case.
! He grew quite eloquent when he re-
ferred to his client.
| Mr.. StenSgaard' said the lawyer, has
| submitted TO public accusation Tor many
| months. He is sustained, however, by his
friends, who opened the prison doors and re-
stored him to liberty; to the consolation OF
counsel who believed IN his innocence and
boldly asserted it; to the faithful wife. who.
| at the peril of her own life and that other
| life God had given to her, stood by her hus-
| bands side in the hour of his distress. We
will prove the good character OF StenSgaard
by witnesses whose standing cannot be ques-
toned The boy Carver will be shown to be
1 a liar among liars, and thief among thieves.
We will counteract the eX pert testimony OF the
prosecution by the testimony OF such experts
Col aud nj Is
law that man is presumed to be innocent
until proved guilty, but in its application
man is too often required to prove himself
innocent to establish that he is not guilty. AS
the evidence Of the state comes to the jury
no angel of mercy stands at each side and
whispers: He is Innocent; no Joye thun-
ders: 'lnnOcent-innOcept-h is innocent
The whole purpose OF government IS &C.
eOmplished when twelve good men and true
are brought into the jury box. 1t is the su-
bIimest of earthly tribunals; it is the inner
temple where the ark of the covenant of per-
sonal liberty is guarded by the priesthood of
justice and mercy"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Johns adj
dress Mr.. Willis called w. G. Hayward,
of Davenport, Iowa. TO the stand. The
witness stated that F. l.. Draper was
formerly in his employ and that the
latter's handwriting was very familiar
to him. The forged deed was handed to
the witness, who examined it carefully.
and then said that, in his opinion. the
signature was not written by Draper.
STENSGAARD'S REVALETION.
At 2 O'Clock Mr.. StensgaaFd, the de-
PENDANT, was called to the witness. stand.
Exhibit &C." which reads as follows,
was shown to the witness:
KNOW all men by these presents, That l.
Louis T.StensgGard, of St Paul. Mimi. in
consideration of the sum of 500 paid to my
satisfaction. the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged. do release and forever dis
charge the Paul Real Estate Title lnsurane
company, its successors and assigns, from
all liability of every nature, to me or any
person claiming by, through or under me,
under or by reason of the policy of insurance
of said company numbered 2238 upon the
title to block % of Auerbach d Hands addi-
ton to St Paul
Mr.. Wilis-Did you ever see that paper be-
fore. and if so Wherel
Witness-Yes. saw it in the county at
tOrney's office.
How did you happen to go to the county
attorneys officer
Il was sent for"
who were in the Office while you were
therep'
MIR. Egan, Col. Bissell, Arnold Kslman,
Mr. Sittman and Chief Clark"
"Who showed you this paper?'
''Col. BIssell. He called me to one corner
of the room, and handed me the paper to
read. After read it. he said that he hadn't
the slightest suspicion that had anything
to do with the fraud. but that the com pany
had issued a $4,000 policy TO me, and
wanted to save its money"
Ibid he ask you to sign the paper?
Yes; he said that if would sign 1t they
wouldn't bother me; but, if l refused to sign,
they would put me in tight box"
did you refuse to sign itf"
Il did"
':Did yon ever hear Edgar Carver's tesd-
mony in this city,"
Yes"
How about the conversation he claims to
have had with you?''
No such conversation ever took place"
Did you ever say anything to him about
| block % of Auerbach q Hands addilionT'
mo, SIR
Ever mention August Uihlein's name to
him?'
mo, SIR"
when did you first know that August
Uihlein was connected with the Sehlitz
Brewing company
"When 1 called on Mr.. sittman-after
had bought the property"
On crOss-examlnatiOn Mr.. Egan
asked:
"How did you come to go to Diapers Office
on the night of June II Iastf'
"He sent for me-"
AT what time in the EVENING"
Between 1880 and s o'clock"
Who was in the Office when you got
there?'
Fired Draper and his father, L. H. Draper.
who came in laterf"
THE man whom Draper had introduced to
me as August Uihiein.''
What did he have to sayf''
He said that he wanted to close the deal
that night, and | told him it couldn't be
closed because didn't have enough money
| with me-
You didn't talk anything about terms 20
HIM, did your"
Mo-
well, then. how did yousknow you didn't
have enough money with YOUR
Because Draper had told me the terms.
He arranged them
After you told Uihlein you didn't have
the money what was done!''
Il asked him to wait until Monday told
him had arranged for q loan of $500 and
would get it Saturday or Monday
well, what then?"
"It was arranged to close the deal that
night. Uihlein agreed to take s., o in cash
and note Endorsed by Draper for $3.50,
besides the LOO shares of mining stock
You had s., o and ], 800 shares of mining
stock in your pocket, did your
Did you see this supposed Uihlein sign
Eyes, sir''
"When did you pay the noter'
The following Monday, at Diapers
Office"
when did you get the money!
Saturday eve ning.'
''Where!''
From Mr.. Speel, at Willis, Nelson &
Spells Office
"HoW much did YOU getg'
"Forty-five hundred dollars"
''W hat did you do with it that night?'
Took it home think
You're not sure that you took 1t homer"
mo; might have left it in the safe at the
Office
Then you don't recollect just what you
did with iti''
No"
''Well, think IL had had that much
money would remember what | did with
it, scowled the county attorney
Mary K. Stensgaard, the defendants
wife, swore that her husband never
wore soft hat. and that he did not
have gray suit until about eighteen
months ago. This testimony was
brought out by the defense for the pur-
pose Of impeaching the testimony of
the real August Uihlein, who swore that
he met Stansgaard two or three years
ago, and that the latter wore gray
CIR and n rrNF& l.