St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-22
APPEALS TO THE GOVERNOR.
Affdavits and Petitions Presented
to His EXceilency.


Affidavits and Petitions Presented
to His EXceilency.
1t was in the attitude of person who
extends straw to dog to carry to
drowning man, that Attorney Donahue
appeared at the capitol yesterday after
neon to submit new evidence to the
gov ernor. Without having much faith
either in the Willingness of the dog to
take the straw, or the power of the
straw to save the man. he was
nevertheless sustained by the secret
hope that if the dog could only be in
duced to interfere in the mans behalf,
the man might miss the straw but catch
the dog somehow and be towed safely
ashore. The new evidence submitted
by Mr.. DOnahue consisted of the affi-
davit of Levi German, confirmed by
Chloe Belts. Sister-in-laW of "Reddy"
Barrett, and by William Barrie, who
was confined in the Jail at the time
"Reddy," with a priest, visited
his brothers after their conviction.
Barrie swears he overheard "Reddy''
admit to the priest that he and not Pete
fired the first shot at Tollefson. Chloe
Belts was imported from La Crosse by
GOrman yesterday morning to lend the
emphasis of her personal appearance to
her affidavit, but when the governor
was found too busy to receive the new
evidence before O'clock in the
afternoon, Miss Belts was seized
with one of those spasmodic
attacks of modeSty to which women
who become mixed up in notorious af-
fairs are sometimes subject Invariably
at the most inopportune moment. De-
spite Attorney Donahue's urgent re-
quest OF her to remain, she returned to
La Crosse early in the afternoon with
out having been presented to the gov
ernOr, alleging as her reason for so
doing that her parents were expecting
her on the early train, and they didn't
want her talked about anyhow. 1t was
about $3.50 when Attorney Donahue and
Levi German were summoned by the
governor. Attorney General Clapp and
Assistant County Attorney Jamison
were present to render his excellency
the assistance OF their legal lore and
tactics. Attorney Donahue pleaded only
for a respite of two weeks, in which to
take the exceptional circumstances of
the new evidence in Pete Barrett's case
before the lower court for review. He
spoke for half an hour or more, subject
to interruptions from the governor and
the two attorneys present and when he
emerged from the governors Office he
looked as if "good cry'' would make
him feel better. He was very much ex-
cited, and on being asked, What did
the governor say?'' replied: ''He didn't
say much, though he appears extremely
annoyed and disturbed"
"What do you hOpe?"
"HOpe? What can one hope from
man who seems thirsty for the blood of
mere boy? But FVe done my part.
Fve done all that can be done. The
awful responsibility of further action
now rests with him alone, and I told
him to remember that, for the course he
takes III this he is answerable before
the high tribunal of God, where the
measure of his mercy will be dealt to
him.''
Levi German came from the presence
of the governor scarcely less disturbed
than Mr.. Donahue, and with a CHASTITY
jolly smile gave forth the information
that the governor had 'roasted" him.
His parched tongue clicked every time
it broke away from the roof of his
mouth, chilly perspiration stood out on
his forehead and the veins of his hands,
which he worked nervously, were as
swollen as if the blood in them had not
stirred for day. "How did he roast
y5a?"
'Oh. he said / was too short"
"What did he mean by that?'
'I dunno; he wanted to know why /
didn't give my information in before"
"Why didn't you?"
His Adams apple creaked as he
swallowed several times in unison with