St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-15
THE PLOT UNFOLDED.
Ray Lays the Shortage Of
Cash on the City Treas
urer'S Office.
The Fopesters Celebrate Their
independence From the
English Order.
The Recount Will Be Probably
Practically Finished This
Week.
The Washburn Milling Suit
The Court House Com
mission.

ulcOncern6u yesterday ulOTulHS WHSu
his hearing began. His face was paler,
and the working of the muscles of his
face, which has been marked ever since
his arrest, was even more noticeable
than on the day before. The usual
crowd of spectators was present, inclnd-
ing several saloonkeepers, who have
been losers by the disappearance of a
goOd-sized portion of the contents OF
that famous tim box, which during the
proceedings yesterday found a conspic-
uous resting place on the desk in front
of Judge Emery. County Attorney
JamisOn was absent, but his assistant,
Frank M. Nye, ably held down the
prosecution. The first witness called
was Supt. of Police Bracket. He testi--
fed to the receipt of the telegram and
letter from Ray. as heretofore pub
lished, to the examination of the con-
tents of the tin box on July 81,
and to the finding there of
$500 in currency and about
$4,000 in checks. Supt. Bracket then
went over the sending of Inspector
Howard to Montreal, told how he went
down to Weyerhauser. Wis. on the
$500" to meet Ray, and what Ray had
there told him, all OF which has been
published before. City Clerk Haney
told of Rays coming into his Office to
say goodbye, that he was going East
with his wife. W. l.. OBrien Jr.,
Journal reporter, the man whose ire
portorial fingers were grasped in the
vice-like grip of the sleuthhound OF
JUSTICE" and who interviewed Ray OH
the morning of his return, came next.
He swore that Ray told him that he had
been preparing for couple OF weeks to
make trip East. G. M. Douglass, the
fuel dealer, was called. He went down
to Montreal on the same train
with Ray, but noticed no APP
pearance OF sickness on the
part of Mrs. Ray which the ex-license
inspector says caused him to go on to
Montreal and to stay there. Neither
she nor her husband said anything
about her sickness and he noticed that
she ate her meals regularly. Fred
George, clerk of the inspector depart
ment, was the next witness, he testify
ing that Ray had told him OF Mrs. Rays
projected trip to the East and that he
(Ray) was going but short distance
with her, to return i'll day or two.
Detective James Howard, who went
to Montreal to arrest Ray, then took the
stand. Howard told of his meeting Ray
just outside his boarding house and that
Ray agreed to come right back with
him. Then Howard explained how he
had broken the news to Mrs. Ray, when
she remarked, 81 thought there was
something wrong the past few days"
ANY further conversation between
yourself and his wife, Or between him
and his wife when you were present?''
inquired Attorney Nye.
HE wanted his wife to stay by him"
What did she say?"
"She said if he was innocent she
would; if he wasn't she wouldn't. She
said she didn't want any of that dirty
old saloon money!"
Anything said about the property
here?'
MRS. Ray said she wanted the house
and property turned over to her,"
did you ever ask him what had be-
come of the money!?
Eyes, l did; but he never made any
answer"
"Was Mrs. Ray sick at that time?"
mot so far as could see. Fhey said
she had been down to the island that
day."
That ended the case for the prosecu-
ton. and as soon as the hearing began
in the afternoon, Mr.. Penny moved for
dismissal on the ground that the evil
dence did not show that Ray received
this money as custodian, and that the
evidence did not tend to show that he
had taken the money. Judge Emery,
however, said he would prefer to hear
that motion after the defense had intro
duced its evidence. "There is some
| thing in this motion and should want
time to look up" said he.
Ray here took the witness chair to
testify in his own behalf. His features
were calm, and he betrayed no uneasi-
ness in his manner, but there was pc
culiar light in his eye, as 1t shift.
ed uneasily from one part OF
the room to another. never
resting upon any object and neverl look.
ing any one, not even his own attOr-
news, in the face. Ray said he had been
connected with the police department
since 1884. and had been licensed in
spector for three years. Regarding the
collection of moneys to be applied tt
the payment of license fees, Mr.. Ray
said that he had received his instruc
tions from Commissioners Guile and
Giertsen. He had told the commission
ers that it was necessary for the saloon
keeper to make payments.
II told them that last year Mr.. Modi-
settle had accepted partial payments Of
their license fees, but had refused to do
so this year. The commissioners tolC
me to use my own judgment in the mat
ter. Most of the SaloOnkeepers paiC
the money to me in the city treasurer's
office. | would place the money in ar
envelope and write the name Of the de-
posiUor on the outside, and then place
the envelope in the box. At first haC
no box. placed the small envelope il
a large envelope. About July IS / go
me paper box, in which kept the en-
velopes containing the money. A weel
or so afterward purchased tin box
and transferred the contents from the
paper box to the tin one"
"Who carried the key to this box?"
81 did"
when did you receive the $500 from
Mr.. Bernheimer?"
"July A."
what did you do with it then?"
81 put itin an envelope, which scale,
in Mr.. Berheimer's presence. Then
took it to the city treaSurer'S Office an
put it in the box"
Ray denied that he had been maxim.
preparations for an extended trip priO
to his going away and declared that
was wholly on account of his wife's i'll
ness that he went beyond the $500
and remained in Montreal.
"Who used to give you this box whe
you went to the treasurer's Office?
asked Penny.
"Sometimes Modisette; sometime
Crosby: sometimes Sorenson."
"Did yon ever examine the content
of the tin box to see if everything wa
all right?"
II never did. Nor did l ever tax
any money out of it but once, when
saloonkeeper wanted to take out hi
license"
Ibid you ever use money from tina
box for your own personal uses?"
No, sir"
Assistant County Attorney Nye her
took the witness. The whole case wa
prepared by County Attorney Jamisor
and Nye was somewhat unfamiliar wit
it; nevertheless his cross-examinatio
was most complete. BY skillful ques
tloning he made Rays testimony loo
like the bottom of sieve. Scores O
little Inconsistencies concerning his de
parture, his wife's illness. his plIrchas
of railroad tickets, his letter to Brack
EFT, the key to the tin box, the list O
| calO0O -kpeDarS who had do,,oelta