St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-19
CALLED IT Her COUP.
4 Surprise Party Sprung in
the Famous Dream
Case.
Miss Colby Turns States Evil
denca and Tells Her
Tale.
Yesterdays Storm Badly
Cripples Local Telegraph
Service.
Wishbone Prophets at Their
Wits Ends for a Pre-
dictien.

The famous $1,000 bill dream case at
tIacted heterogeneous and large gath
| ering Of people to Judge BrilPs court
yesterday. The vision of a treasury
note, of large denomination, in dream
| and the way it was transpoSed from its
hiding place IN the frock of Mrs. Mary
Phillips, who had sewed it in the folds
of her dress, until it passed, surreptl-
tiously Into the hands of her sister, Mrs.
Cornelia Thomas, was made plain in a
dream, as has been fully set out in the
GLOBE. The detailed story of the
whole matter is in progress of relation
before a jury with a view of as
certaining whether Mrs. Thomas is
guilty of larceny as set out in an
indictment. and as charged by the sister,
Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Thomas is alleged
to have had accompli'ces in the larceny
of the $1,000 bill, and Miss Ella Colby, a
sewing girl. was one of those indicted
for participating in the crime. All three
of the principal women 10 the alleged
crime, and the cream which laid the
plot bare, are young and comelY enough
to be very attractive. Separate trials
were asked Uv Mrs. Thomas, Miss Colby
and Patrick Butler yesterday. This re-
quest was granted and Mrs. i homas was
put on trial. When the trial was ready
TO be proceeded with, Mrs. Thomas and
her counsel were treated to a surprise
that seemed to tElcken the complica-
tiOnS. This surprise was nothing less
than the confession, in open court,
by Miss Colby, of her part
i'll the affair and her voluntarily turning
states evidence. On cross examination
Miss Colby stated that she had not
thought of cOnfeSSing until yesterday
morning. after consulting her attorney,
+. l.. McGhee. She admitted that she
did not expect she would 90 to the peni-
Tertiary as result of the confession.
Miss Colby told her story OF her connec-
ton with the affair. Mrs. Thomas had
told her Of having the bill and of her
stealing it from her sister, Mrs. Philips.
Mrs. Thomas had proposed to Miss Col
by that she dress in mems clothes and
go to Duluth ID get the bill changed.
The male attire was rejected and attire
Of deep mourning was agreed upon.
Miss Colby took the bill with the
declared intention of securing for it
bills of lesser denomination,
but entrusted it to Patrick
Butler to be changed-Butler is one of
the persons indicted for the larceny.
The testimony of Miss Colby took
couple of hours; it was of the general
tenor outlined above Mrs. Phillips
was on the stand during the morning
and part of the afternoon. giving testi-
mony as to the larceny. She lives at
Seattle and sold her homestead, taking
several bills of the denomination of
$1,000 in payment. These bills were
sewed up in her skirt. She Wis
tied IN ST. Paul, and was at the
home of Mrs. Thomas for some time.
She left st. Paul for her home, and,
while en route, she dreamed that one of
her bills had been stolen. She then
made search and found her dream to be
true. The discovery of the loss was
made at Livingston. She claimed that
Mrs. Thomas was the only one who
knew where the money was secreted.
Suspicion was directed to Mrs. Thomas
and detectives put to work on the case.
When Butler sought to have the bill
changed, the arrest of the three parties
indicted followed. Mrs. Phillips and
Miss Colby are the only witnesses eX-
amined yesterday. The trial will be
resumed Monday.