St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-26

Davis Office where this plan was beng
carried out by Colon, Mr.. JamisOn,
speaking of the way in which the cred
itOrs were being affected. said:
"Yes, and they furnished COll0m' s
tears, too suppose"
Judge Koon quickly retorted, "well,
if they did not furnish the tears, they
furnished the handkerchief"
This witty reference to MIR. Farnham'S
statement that he furnished COLON
handkerchief when he was crying after
his confession, produced roar of
laughter in which even the court could
not refrain from slightly joining.
The question was finally admitted.
and Mr.. Anderson answered it and sew
eral others of like character most pos
itevely in the negative. He said that
COlIOm did not insist upon seeing Blais-
dell, and that he had sworn out some
thirty warrants against COllom.
The court then adjourned until 2 p.
m. At O'Clock MIR. Anderson again
took the stand. He said he told Mr.
Blaisdell that Collom had confessed
everything. but did not tell Mr.. Rupert
that COllom'S confession had taken a
great load off his mind.
j. c. Rice, of Rice's Detective agency
in Minneapolis, next took the stand and
told how he was sent for to take charge
of Mr.. COllom on the night of Aug. 6.
He said: "I told CollOm it was an un-
pleasant duty and hope you will do
yourself no injury. have no fears
that you will attempt to escape"
Collom said: ~ have thought of
suicide for the past six months,
but my love for my wife and
child kept me from it, hoping that
fnr I ahpd
Collom but found nothing. He then
sat down and buried his face in his
hands, and was not inclined to talk.
MIR. Blaisdell came into the room and
went out. Afterwards l went in again
and ColIOm talked of keeping the mat
ter from the reporters. After time
MIR. Rupert and MIR. EuStiS came in.
One of them said he thought Mr..
Schultz was more to blame than Mr..
COllOm, when the latter said, MIR.
Schultz must not be antagOniZPd." A
lunch and bottle of WINE was brought
in. COllOm said he had never drank
wine, but did not know but that it
might do him good. Mr.. Peck
and a number Of strangers came
in and MIR. Peck said something
about compromising the matter.
He asked about the financial standing
Then the convention turned upon the
notes. COLON said there was not
genuine note out; that lie had destroyed
them. There was talk OF appointing
Blaisdell trustee. COllOm said he had
destroyed the genuine notes to protect
Mr.. Blaisdell, and he thought he would
help him out. This conversation WAS
had after Blaisdell had left.
The crOss-eXaminatlOn of Mr.. Rice
was brief, and developed nothing of es-
pecial interest. He said he was not IN
charge of Collom as detective, and did
not know what he was charged with
until he heard the conversation.
j. NJ. Williams, discount clerk of the
Security bank, then took the stand. He
said he did not know just when he first
saw the forged note, but could tell from
his books. He thOughtIt was presented
by Collom Exhibits B, G, ID, E and F,
which are admitted to be genuine notes
made by Mr.. BlaiSdell and submitted to
the witness. He said that they were
signed in his presence by Mr.. Blaisdell.
He was afterward recalled, and said
that the alleged forged note was pre-
Sented by COlOm Oh June %. 1889.
G. j. Rock wood, Collom's partner, was
then called by the state. and shown the
face OF the note in the ease. He said it
was COllom'S note and signature.