St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-17
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pleaded not guilty, and Tim demanded
separate trial. This was granted, and
the case of Tim was taken up before
Judge William Lochren. The attorneys
for the defendant were W. W. Erwin,
w. FL. Donahue, John L. Byrnes and G.
Wellington, while County Attorney
Frank F. Davis and Assistant County
Attorney Robert Jamison conducted
the prosecution. The case was one of
the most dramatic ever tried in the
United States, and during the sixteen
days it lasted, the court room was
crowded to suffocation almost.
The prisoners father and mother.
aged and bowed with grief,
were present all the time. Frank Bar
rett, the oldest brother, now residing in
Omaha, was also present, and several
times created ''scene" while Reddy
was on the stand by telling the witness
that he lied, and was trying to swear his
brothers life away because he wanted
to "get even' with him for some fancied
wrong. Freddy" Barrett was the
states main witness, and the agony he
underwent while giving his testimony
was apparent III his face. He had the
APPEARANCE OF A DEAD MAN
as he sat there, never looking at his
relatives. Several times he seemed to
gasp for breath while telling the awful
story of the midnight murder. The
strain on him was intense, and it was
wonder that he lived through it. While
he was at the court house his wife gave
birth to son at her home, but the little
one passed away in few hours, and
perhaps it were better so than that it
should have lived and learned in time
the terrible story Of its father.
''Reddy's'' story was fully corroborated,
and although Tim and Pete were put
on the stand by the defense, Tim was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, as charged in the Indictment.
Some days elapsed before the
TRIAL OF PETE BARRETT
was reached. This was even harder
fought by the defense than was Tins.
on account of Pete's youth and the feel
ing of sympathy for him. The trial
lasted twenty-one days, and was even
more sensational and dramatic than
Tins. The attorneys for the defense
attempted to show that the boy was the
victim, as was also Tim, of most
damnable conspiracy against them by
Henry, who was swearing their lives
away. 1t was claimed that Henry
wanted them out of the way so that he
would stand better chance of getting
his mothers property. Mrs. Barrett had
more affection for Peter, being her
"baby," as she said, than for Tim, and
so urged the attorneys to make hard
fight for him. Such contest as was
witnessed i'll Judge LOchren's court at
that time will probably never be seen
here again. 1t was the shrewdness of
the best lawyers in the country against
the proof and skill of Mr.. Jamison and
Mr.. Davis, and the latter won, for the
jury. after being out just two hours,
hp in hn
returned a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree.
A few days later Tim and Pete were
brought before Judge Lochren, who
sentenced them to be hanged. The
boys took the sentence coolly and even
smiled sarcastically as they were led
back to their cells in the county Jail.
On April Ia the attorneys for the de-
fense appeared in court and
MOVED FOR NEW TRIALS
for the prisoners on the grounds of er-
rOrS IN the first trials. These appeals
were denied by the judge, and an ap-
peal was taken to the supreme court on
the denying of the motion for a new
Gill had set the day of execution as
July Is, 1888, but as the appeals were
pending in the supreme court on that
date, stay OF execution was granted in
each case in order that there might be
full hearing by the higher court. The
cases came up in the supreme court at
the October term, and soon after they
were submitted. A short time ago a
decision was handed down, affirming
the order of Judge Lochren, and direct
ing of the judgments. Then Gov. Mer-
riam issued warrants of execution di-
recting the sheriff of sHennepin county
to execute Timothy and Peter Barret,
by hanging, on the 22d day of March,
next Friday.
The trials cost Hennepin county