The Dickinson press., 1892-05-21
NEARING THE END
The Defense in the Russell Trial
At Eeau Claire Rests Its
Case.
Attorney Frawley Denies ANY
Attempt to Manufacture
Evidence.

EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Special, May lS.-In
the Russell trial the de.ense having rested
District Attorney Frawley testified on be-
halt o the state in rebuttal oft!le attack on
the methods Of the prosecution. Mr. Err
win conducted the direct examination. The
accusation o: attempts to manufacture evil
dence were taken up seriatm and all spe-
officially denied by Mr.. Frawley. lie adj
mitted that lie had had the man Moriarity
i'll his employ on the case and intended to
send him to get q job at Mrs. RuSsell's farm
and see what was going on and what was
got Mortality place to board at
question the people and learn
giving; that Moriarity gave witness false
false evidence, and witness paid and dis
charged him: never sent him to Stanley
Wis, to Luv arsenic to hide at Mrs. Rus
sells house
As 20 the man Enright, who sworc about
the same as Morarty. Mr.. Frawlcy said
Enright never did anyti:in, on the case
and was never asked to. In regard to
THE pISKEHToN DETECTIVE,
Alexander Noble, Mr.. Frawley testified
that he quickly learned that Noble was in
the employ Of the defense, and SO informed
several prominent citizens, and made up
his mind to see what Noble was here tor
that the conversations related by Noble did
not occur as he told them, but
were reversed, Noble having suggested
to the witness various methods
of manufacturing evidence against Mrs.
Russell instead Of witness having suggested
them to Noble. Mr. l'ruwley further test-
fled he had sized Noble up and tried to get
out of him what he knew, but couldn't do
| it, and finally told him he knew he had
been working for The de'clise, and told him
lie (witneSs) thought there were enough
facts to send Noble and some other fellows
to the pcnitentiars, and witness would try
hard to do ii.
Just before the defense closed they had
on james Blvis, drug clerk from Stanley,
Wis. who swore that the man Moriarity
actually bought arsenic there at Taylor
| drug store at the time he sworc he did.
WANTED TIE CASE pEorrED.
At tto-nights session OF court District At
torney Frawley shook things up at the
close of the direct examination by testify
After the arrest of Mrs. Russell Mr.. James
| the attorney, cam, into my office and asked il
couldn't timd some easy place to drop th'
case. said ! couldn't drop such Il case ant
| never drop, ed any case. HeSud you eau do as
| you please about this and no one viii say any
| thing. said that ma1e no difference. Mr.
James Then said could drop it as we'll an,
| there would be something i'll it for both OF us
while ii it went into litigation it would be al
| used up. ] said the case would be tried whei
| the time came.
On cross examination by Mr.. James, Mr.
Frawley said no sum OF money was men
toned rs being in it if the case was dropped
Mr.. Frawley said he went to W. A. r.nker
ton in Chicago and informed him his orcr
atives were up here putting up jobs on tlt
state. When asked by Mr. James why l'
didn't get rid OF Detective Noble Mr.. Fruw
ley said: We'll, didn't want to Kill
him.
T.KEs 1T ALL BACK.
Bert Taylor the druggist of Stanley
Wis, from whom the de.ense claimed :h
man Moriarily purchased arsenic by pro
curcment of district attorney, sworc to
night that Moriari,y never bought arsen
from him. Near the close of to-nights ses
sion Judge Bailey said he was scriousl,
considering the question ofsummoning tn
grand jury to investigate the whole case
and especially the charges of attempted
bribery, and would also include an inves
tigation OF the criticisms passed upon til
court. The judges remarks followed close
lv upon the Implication Of District Attorne
Ere wlev that Mr. lanes tried to hllv hi N,