St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-21
MINNEAPOLIS SENTIMENT.
Flour City Views on the COntinu-
ance of the Cases.

anCe of the Cases.
William Henry Eustis, in answer to
GLOBE reporters inquiries last night.
said: "Oh. we are perfectly satisfied
that Minneapolis will come out on top.
Why, we never thought otherwise. l
am done commenting on this affair. We
didn't ask for any continuance. 1t was
the other side. They admitted that in
stead of having barrelful of evidence
they had nothing, and they wanted
time Instead of standing up in a
manly way and admitting their error.
they are crawling, out OF 1t by post
ponement. They haven't any evidence
Lawler admitted, and they cannot get
any evidence, and the cases will never
be sent to the courts for trial.
F. B. Hart was found at his home on
Harmon place. Mr.. Hart in calm,
logical way said: "FrOm the stand
point taken by the defense, and we
think we are right, the action of Com
missioner McCafferty is not sustained
either by law or practice. In some
states there is no provision for change
of venue in preliminary hearing, but
in some states, as in Minnesota, there is.
Now, there is no iron-clad rule laid
down in the United States practice
except the act says that the United
States practice shall conform to
the state practice. We cited number
of authorities to show that a change of
venue had been made, and the decision
of Judge Nelson in similar case set
tied the matter beyond doubt, but Mr..
McCafferty just lent himself to Mr..
Murray to carry out the conspiracy.
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prosecute the case. That crowd had
tried to get the government at Wash
ingtOn to take up the matter, and when
that failed they wanted private pros
ecution. The defense is all ready, and
now it is in order for Mr.. Murray and
the Pioneer Press to present that bar
rel full of evidence they have been de-
claring to the world they would have
ready at the hearing
From the energy with which the Min
neapOlis Tribune has hurled expletlves
and vituperation at the enemy since
Wednesday, most people have supposed
that A. j. Blethen has been in the shot
tower, with his feet resting in the pow
der magazine. Alden j. however, was
away, being on trip to his old home,
in Maine. He had been advised in adj
vance. by telegram, of whatwas going
on, and had smelled the smoke OF battle
from afar. Any one who knows
him can imagine the disappoint-
ment he feels at not being pres
ent to participate in the festivities
of the past few days. He. however,
was present at the hearing before Com
missioner MeCafferty. Asked what he
thought of the refusal of change of
venue he said last evening": II prac-
ticed law actually for seven years, and
must say that it is the first time that
case ever came under my observation
in which a change of venue was denied
where it was agreed to by the attorney
representing county, state or the
United States. My opinion of Nc
Catferty's action and of the
case itself is given succinctly in the
following statement, which l have
caused to be telegraphed to thirty lead
ing papers of the chief cities OF the
country, and which think will counter
act in some measure the erroneous i'm
preston that has been given by the
Associated Press reports and by St.Paul
correspondents of Eastern papers:
NO FRAUD.
The great conspiracy has collapsed. The
seven Minneapolis enumerators kipnapped
last Tuesday night while in the pursuit of
their lawful business, and conveyed to st.
Paul by St. Paul officers, and arraigneo be-
at midnight, had their preliminary hearing
before the commissioner to-day. Hon.
Eugene Hay, United States district
attorney Munn assisted e sy s. ASTnsys an ae%sf
for the government, and Judge Shaw, Frank
Davis and f. B.. Hart, all OF Minneapolis ap-
peared for the enumerators. After half
days wrangle over the question of the right
to change Of venue on the grounds OF preju-
dice, in which .McCaferty overruled all the
decisions of the state and United States
courts, the case was ordered to a hearing.
In spite of the fact that the st. Paul officers
had kidnapped seven bags OF alleged false
re William and PITT IF spe mura9 0f ha ns he pe
lieved'' fraud to have been committed,
and in spite of the presence of fifteen wit
nesses whom the Pinkerton agency had
caused to be summoned, the district attorney
of ten weeks in order to obtain
any testimony in law sufficient to proceed
upon. The United States attorney
told the court in substance that he and
his two ST. Paul assistants both
the St. Paul geng OF kidnap pers, had ex.
amined the contents of those ''seven bags"
and had examined old Bill Murray and the
fifteen witnesses, but had utterly failed TO
obtain. abstract or corral a sufficient
of the respondent. But that there might be
the amplest opportunity for the government
to obtain evidence, the district
ten weeks, or until the Goth of |
August, to obtain any evidence that
might by any possibility exist. Commis |
sioner McCaferty was thus compelled to con-
tinue the case, and so the farce ends. This |
case has been most outrageous and damnable !
from beginning to end. The complaint was |
made by a rank partisan of st. Paul. before |
United States commissioned of that city, when |
1t should have been made by the attorney of |
The United States, and before commissioner |
in Minneapolis. The alleged testimony |
was sent broadcast over the land before any I
hearing could take place, that the fair repu- |
tation Of Minneapolis might be smirched. |
After three days of hunting not one iota of |
testimony has been obtained, and the case |
has absolutely collapsed. The people of this |
city ask that newspapers of the United States |
publish these facts to cOunteract the false |
i'm preston made by former publications.
ALDEN j. BLETHEN, Editor Tribune.