St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-29
HEARD THE NEWS.
The Barretts Think Their Jailer
Is Bluffing.

The Barretts Think Their Jailer
Is Bluffing.
The news that the appeal for new
trial had been denied reached Mime
apolis about o'clock, but was not gen.
orally known until later. AS soon as it
was received at the sheritf's Office there
was considerable excitement. Such
decision had been expected for some
DAYS, however, and the officials were
somewhat prepared for it. The two
prisoners were removed from the cells
they have occupied so long to separate
cells in the top tier OF the Jail, and
death-watch was placed over them.
M. 3. Shaw will be- on duty at night,
and Frank Tinkham will watch the con-
demned men during the day.
When the supper hour for the prison.
Sheriff Sorias called the Barretts away
from the others and took them into an
other room. The prisoners had an idea
that something which concerned them
had taken place, judging from their
looks, but neither manifested any par
ticular interest as to what it was.
"Well, boys, the decision of the SUI
preme court has been given" said Jailer
Riley. after short pause, during Which
both men looked at him inquiringly.
''What is it?" asked Pete aud Tim,
bending forward and looking into
Riley's face, searchingly'
For moment Riley paused, and tears
gathered in his eyes as he turned to the
two men, one of whom
TRIED TO KILL HIM
less than three weeks ago, and replied;
1T is unfavorable to you. 1t refuses
to grant new trial.
The room was as silent as a tomb for
a moment. Then the hoarSe voice OF
Tim broke the silence, as he contempt
uOuSly said:
''It's g d lie; you know it is, and
you are only trying to make big bluff
at us. No decision has been reached
vet, and when it does come it won't be
as you say. It's d. lie, a lie.'
Pete was not so confident about the
decision as his brother, but he did not
weaken in any way. He looked at Tim
and half smiled, when the room grew
quiet again. Then putting one hand
behind him and the other in his coat
pocket, he broke out:
What in h is the use of you tell
ing US anything like that when we
know a id sight better. You are
just trying to stuff u.s.
took two suits of underwear and two
suits of clothes and laid them out on a
chair, and ordered them to strip to the
skin. Pete seemed to have no objection
to so doing, and was soon clad in new
clothing throughout. But Tim was in
clined to be a trifie grunty over the
matter, and expressed desire to see
Jailor Riley and nearly every one else
in a much warmer climate than Minnie
apolis.
What in h is the use of all this
fOoling." he exclaimed, when told for
the second time to undreSS and get into
the new clothes. ''Uur other clothes
are plenty good enough. The reason is,
suppose, that you are trying to ring i'll
great big bluff ON US. Well, let her
go. ldon't care"
AS soon as the boys had changed their
clothes and had some supper they were
marched to the cells which had been
prepared for them. Here no one can
get near them, and there is no possible
chance for escape. When they were
locked in and the jailer turned to de-
part they gave slight signs of weaken
ing. Tim was the first to admit it. He
seemed pondePing over something while
going to the cell, and as the heavy iron
door swung to and the key grated
harshly in the lock of the bar, he said:
''SaY, Riley, while l think you are
giving me song. | wish you would
telegraph Erwin (the lawyer who de-
Tended Tim and his brother) at once that
we want to see him."
Pete was locked in cell at the other
end of the tier from the one occupied
by his older brother, and after Acting
Sheriff Shepley had
PLACED SHAW ON WATCH
for the night, the two murderers, broth
ers by birth and in crime, were left to
their own reflections.
The cells which they occupy have
been fitted up especially for them, the
work having been done some days ago
at the order of Sheriff Ege, who antici-
pated the decision. A sheet-irOn plate
covers the inside walls of each of the
cellS. except at the doors, thus leaving
no place to tie anything to,should either
of the boys desire to save the county
the expense of hanging him. The death
watch has full view of the inside of
the two cells as he patrols the corridor,
and can see every movement made by
the prisoners.
1t was intended to confine the two
criminals in separate cells in the old in
sane department.. Here cells had been
fitted up, but as there was every oppor-
tunity there for a successful attempt at
self f-destruction, Sheriff Ege decided
not to use the cells, and caused those in
the upper tier in the county side to be
prepared. The work was done so as to
not raise any suspicious on the part of
the boys, and up to last evening they
had no idea that they would occupy the
cells up stairs so soon. They are ap-
parently unconcerned over the decision,
and last night appeared as cool and
careless as usual. The sheriff has
not yet received official notice
of the decision, and probably will
not, until the governor has set the time
for hanging. Some of the people who
have paid considerableeattentiOn to the
oacn nrndiot that anDlicatiOn will bo