St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-14
PROVING AN kLIBI.
The State Will Devote Itself
to That Duty in Blais-
dell'S Behalf.
Testimony That Mr.. Blaisdell
Was Not in Coll om's Of
flee June 20.
But, on the Contrary, Thirty
Blocks Away From That
Place All Day.
The State Rests Its Case and
the Rebuttal Testimony Is
Commenced.

announced that it rested its case. A
sigh of relief went up from the jury
and the audience and the latter settled
themselves back in the belief that now
they would hear something fresh. and
the state entered upon the work Of pro-
ducing evidence in rebuttal of the testi-
mony put in by the defense. 1t was so
near the hour of adjournment that but
little progress was made in this dlrec-
ton. To-day promises to be day OF
absorbing interest, for the state Will de-
vote itself to an effort to prove that Mr..
Blaisdell was not I'D or near Collom's
Office on June rs, 1889, between the
hours of II a. m. and p. m. The order
of addresses to the jury III summing up
the case has been decided upon. Mr..
Nye will open for the state and will he
followed by Judge Shaw. after which
MIR. Wellington will address the jury
and Hon. Z. NJ. Wilson will close. 1t is
hardly possible that the case will be
given to the jury before Monday.
The first witness called yesterday
morning was j. NJ. Williams, the dis
count clerk of the Security bank. He
said that on July % he made mistake
and stamped the renewal note with the
word "paid" instead of the original
note. John Dean Was then called to
contradict the testimony of Detective
Rice as to what COLON said on the
night of Aug. in Davis 81 Farnham's
Office in regard to the distinction of the
genuine notes and the substitution of
bogus ones. but Mr.. Dean said he did
not hear any such remark. The defense
also undertook to question Mr.. Dean as
20 of nf lun1k.nt Vuhinh If iC
claimed F. F. Davis made in behalf of
MIR. Blaisdell, but the testimony was
ruled out. Judge Shaw said that he
proposed to prove that Mr.. Davis had
said to Mr.. Dean: 1--WE have got from
COLON all that we want, and the
creditors had better settle on the
best terms they can get" The
state finally withdrew its objection,
and the statement was permitted
to go in. On crOSS-eXaminatiOn the
witness admitted that his brother held
$4,000 of the Collom-Blaisdell paper
MIR. Rupert was recalled. and his evil
dence was very similar to that of Mr..
Dean. but on croSS-eXaminatiOn he said
that Mr.. Davis said: 1--WE have got all
that we want out of Mr.. COLON to pro-
tect Mr.. Blaisdell, and my advice to you
is to make the best settlement you can. "
Emerson Cole followed on the witness
stand, and an effort was made to prove
by him conversation which he said he
had with Mr.. Blaisdell in regard to the
COLON paper, but it was not permitted.
During the discussion Judge Hooker
took Offense at some remarks, OF
Judge Shaw, and sharply rebuked
that he meant nothing wrong
and peace was restored. Ii. n. Peck
was introduced to testify to about the
same state of facts as Mr.. Cole, but was
ruled out. This was followed by a
number of witnesses to prove Collom'S
good character. Among those who tes-
titled in his behalf were A. r. Miller,
w. NJ. Penney, w. W. Folwell, D. NJ.
ClOugh, G. A. BOvey, G. b. Terrill, j..
E. Bell and A. t. Ankeny. They all
testified that they had known the de-
PENDANT for a number of years and had
never before heard his integrity ques-
toned. The state did not erOSs-eXam-
inc these witnesses. The court then
adjourned for dinner.
In the afternoon Charles A. Gould. a
floor walker at Hale, Thomas & Co.'S.
dry goods store, was sworn. He testi-
fed that he was in COllOm's Office on
June Is, 1889, between the hours of II
a. m. and IL m; that he saw Mr.. Blals-
dell come to the door and then go into
Mr.. ROckwOod's private office; that
COLON took some blank notes
returned with them signed.
his testimony being similar to IL at of
j. A. Pool. He fixed the time by the
dates on contract which he made with
the defendant that day for the sale of
some land at Merriam Park, and by the
date of a check which he received on
that day from COLON, both of which
were produced. He testified that he
was not in COllom's Office on any other
day in that month. George Dean was
called and contradicted what Detective
Rice Swore to in regard to COLON say
ing in Davis & Farnam's Office, on the
night of Aug. 6, that he (Collom) had de-
stroyed all the notes bearing Blaisdell's
genuine endorsements and had substi-
tuted other notes. He also denied that
Colon said that Shuttle must not be an
tagoniZed. John Anderson, a con-
tractor, swore that he was in
COllom's Office in November, 1888.
The defense offered to prove
by this witness that he saw
Blaisdell there at that time, and saw
him indOrse some notes. The latter
statement was not permitted. He also
swore that he saw Blaisdell in Collom's
Office in February, 1859. The defense
also offered to prove by him that he saw
Blaisdell indorse some notes on this oc-
caSiOn, but it was ruled out. The de-
Tense then put in evidence portion of
BlaiSdell'S answer to a suit brought
against him 10y the Minnesota Title
Insurance and Trust company, as as
signee of Frank COLON. which is an
action brought to set aside deeds by
which COLON conveyed his property to
Anderson. This was the last testimony
for the defense, and at 3:45 p. m. it rest
ed. The state Immediately recalled w. B.
Anderson, who denied point blank the
statement of COLON on the witness
stand as to conversation he had with
Anderson Immediately prior to his con-
fession, in which he claimed that Ander-
son advised him to say that the in
dorsementS of Blaisdell were not genu-
inc, and other matters. He also denied
that COLON had any conversation with
Blaisdell at Lake Minnetonka on Sum-
day, July q. with regard to the state
ment that Colon made to Chamberlain
on July "a. He said that at no time
during the fishing. excursion on that
day, or during the lunch on the shore,
Mdo nC IOO la OCpO1oICO 1lOAu OOllOlli
and BlaisdelI that any such converse
ton could have occurred without his
knowledge. He also explained the
manner and time at which COLON made
the deeds OF his property to the wit
ness.
B. B. Jones was called. He said that
he is a dealer and occupies the same
room with John A. Pool. That about
Aug. 10 Pool said to him that he had
seen a note-not notes-in Cullom's
Office which BIaisdell had signed, but
did not notice what the amount was. al
though he might have done so had he
so desired. Mr.. Jones was very en-
phatie In his statements, and was not
shaken on the cross-examination. Al
this point the court adjourned until 10
a. m. to-day.
That Expo Fund.
The exposition guarantee fund grew
apace yesterday; $4,000 was added to
the sum and the total is now SOS, 900, land
T. a..