St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-15

came next and neither attorney thought
IL necessary to question him. so he was
Immediately sworn in. j. G. Voge fol
lowed Darling. He was questioned.
MIR. Noge, where do you live?" in
CURED r. l.. Penney.
"Min'Oplis.'' .
"WhereSo
"Thlrty -sixth avenue north"
''How long have you lived there?"
"Three or four years"
"Where did you live befOrer'
"Crystal Lake,
"Do you know anything about this
case?"
mo"
what papers do you read?"
"The Morning Tribune"
That settled it in Penney's mind that
Voge knew nothing of the case, and,
although he was born in Russia, he was
accepted and sworn in.
E. X. Jacques. of Crystal Lake, a
small, dark man, with flowing iron-gray
side whiSkers, was called and chal
lenged. He had noticed something
about the case in the papers, but knew
OF no reason why he could not consider
the evidence impartially. He was.
however, premptorily challenged by
Renney and dismissed.
James BevanS, a clean-shaven old
mon with gray hair. who keeps grocery
at 17l3 Seventh street south, and who
has lived here several years, sauntered
into the box. and after few questions
was sworn in. That completed the
jury, and the real trial of the case
began.
NYE'S OPENING SPEECH.
Frank NJ. Nye then arose to address
the Jury. in opening the case. and to
state just what the state intended to
prove. Slowly and easily he began, but
soon warmed to his work and told the
twelve men, in substance, this:
1.-The crime with which this defend
ant stands charged, is, to my mind, one
of the most serious in existence. The
crime of bribery strikes at the root of
the government. especially in a govern
ment of the people. How widespread
it has been in the past in this country,
you know as well as do. But when
the people become aroused to this
cognizance of the facts, that the
world may know whether the
accused be guilty or not. 1t is due to
the associates Of this defendant in the
city council to know what he has done.
You cannot but know that for year
past there has been much said about
dishonesty in the city council, and it is
time that this question was settled once
for ALL"
1.-The state expects to establish some
thing like this: Water street. in the
First ward in Northeast Minneapolis,
has been a street for the past thirty
three OF thirty-four years. This
street has been prac tically worth
less TO several years. Shaw
81 Elliott have saw mill
on that street. They found it necessary
to enlarge their mill and that they could
not do without taking some of Water
street. Mr.. Elliott drew up petition to
the city council. asking for the vaca-
ton of Water street. There was practi-
was presented to the council. and was
signed by large number of property
owners from that section. The Vaca-
ton, it was shown, would be public
benefit to that ward.
Now it will be shown that from the
1st of November to the IL of January
there was practically no opposition to
that petition. 1t was presented to the
city council and referred to the commit
tee on roads and bridges. 1t was i'm
mediately signed by three of that CON-
mittee, but the other two did not sign
it for some time afterWar I'd. Mr..
Elliott investigated as to why these two
had not signed, and found that two Of
the First ward aldermen opposed it. He
saw MCGOWAN and it will be shown
that McGoWan never gave Elliott
any satisfaction except Il general
objection, without telling why he
opposed it. Thus the matter hung fire.
Mr.. Elliott became extremely suspicious
and came to the conclusion that money
through. Finally, he told MCGOWAN
that if 500 would carry that thing
through he was willing to pay it. Nc
Gowan did not appear atfronted, and
said he would see. He afterWard saw
MCGOWAN again when this defendant
made statement like this: That prop
erty is worth $1,000 to you; it ought to
be worth 10 per cent of that to me-
They afterWard agreed upon $500 as the
price, as will b, shown. Then
MCGOWAN demanded the money in adj
vance, and it will be shown they dis
agreed. MCGOWAN actually demanded
that the money be paid down. Elliott
refused on consideration and consulta-
ton TO pay one cent"
MIR. Nye then detailed how the other
two members or the cOmmlttee on roads
and bridges. Woodward and Bradish,
found out the cause of the opposition OF
the First ward alderman, and immedi
ately signed the report favorable to the
petition. He told how the matter came
up in the city council, how MCGOWAN
opposed it. and quoted from the famous
dollars and Cents" speech of Emerson
Cole, with which the public is already
familiar.
II will not contend" continued Mr..
Nye, that Mr.. Elliott was justified in
Offering this money, but you, i'll consid
ering this case, must bear in mind that
Mr.. Elliott was worried by the carrying
of this contract, that he had exh listed
every honorable means for getting his
petition through, and that his business
demanded some action Oh it. Ii Nc
Gowan was innocent why did he run
after Arthur j. Elliott to find if he
would go before the council investi-
eating committee. You must remem-
Der that Mr.. Elliott has not courted the
opportunity to come into court and de-
tail this matter. You must remember
that he is brought here by the subpoena.
UNo1v gentlemen Of the iurV