St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26
Yesterdays Revelations in
the Byrnes Trial Make In
teresting Reading.
Timothy the Truthful's Rea-
sons for Securing Tn ose
SatiSfactiOns.
Nervousness Causes Him to
Falter More Frequently
Than Usual.
Plans for Extending Stinson
Boulevard - Petroleum
Saves Money.

Saves Money.
Mrs. Knight, the witness whose alb
sence caused the adjournment of the
Byrnes forgery trial Wednesday, turned
up in the court yesterday morning and
the trial was resumed. The testimony
brought out yesterday was very strong
ly against Mr.. ByrneS, and now there
seems to be some chance of conviction.
Timothy's defense is that the satisfac-
tons contained no descriptions of prop
erty when signed by Mr.. Goodrich, and
that he had right to fill in the descrip-
tons for as many lots as he desired.
Mrs. Goodrich, who testified Tuesday,
made the positive statement that the
satisfactions covered only one lot each
when signed by her. She is corrobo-
rated in this statement by several wit
nesses, yesterday. The prosecution
claims that Mr.. Byrnes had no right
whatever to fill in the descriptions of
the seventeen lots as he did.
The first witness called yesterday
morning by County Attorney Than was
Mrs. Knight. She was uneasy in the
that she was sick woman and that the
ordeal was particularly hard on her.
Her testimony was given in such
weak tone of voice that it could scarcely
lie heard by the court and the jury. In
answer to questions asked by County
Attorney Than, Mrs. Knight substan-
tiated the story told by Mrs. Goodrich
as to the signing of the Satisfactions in
Chicago. Mrs. Goodrich was at her
house when Tim Byrnes brought the
satisfactions there to be signed. Wit
ness was present when Mrs. Goodrich
signed the documents and she also
| signed as a witness.
did you read the satisfactions be-
fore you signed them?" asked MIR.
| Than.
II did. read them line by iine,"
answered Mrs. Knight.
Mr.. Than then showed the witness
One Of the factions.
"Do you know whether there have
been any changes in that paper since
you signed it?''
"Yes, some changes have been made,
but cannot state just what they are. AT
the time | signed the paper the descrip-
tons of the lots were not on 1.-THE
figures have been inserted SINCE"
did you see Mr.. Byrnes write any
thing on the paper after you read it?''
81 did not"
Did Mr.. Hatch, the notary, write
| anything on it?''
"Oniy his name"
Witness was then shown the other
| satisfaction, and she gave the same tes
| timOny in regard to it.
Ibid you ever ask Mr.. Byrnes to ex-
onerate you as witness to the salts
| faction?''
"Yes. l asked to be exonerated in
| 1890, when / found out that the satisfac-
lions covered seventeen lots. / told Mr..
Byrnes that | understood when signed
the papers that they were only to cover
two lots. He grew angry and said he
against him. and that my father and
mother had never lost any money
through him and never would.'
What else happened then%'
"He left the room and nothing else
could happen"
On cross-examination, Mrs. Knight
| admitted that she was not swearing
| positively to anything. She said she
was testifying to the best of her recol-
| lection, and there was slight pOSsibil-
| ity for her to be mistaken.
G. W. Goodrich, Tins Iather-in-law,
was the sensational witness of the day.
lbO Olo S0fO ITO LCOLllIOIlJ
| in clear and distinct manner, and the
expression OF frmness on his face i'm
pressed his hearers with the idea that
| he meant just what he said. Mr.. Good
now was first questioned in regard to
the various mortgages and SatiSfactionS
| on the Evergreen property. Mr.. Than
asked him what he did with his legal
papers when he went to California in
1887.
II gave them to Mr.. Byrnes to deposit
for me-" answered the witness. 1.-THE
papers were all in tin box, which was
locked with combination lock-"
when did you see this box again,
after giving it to Mr.. Byrnes?'
when L returned home, about the
first of May, 1888"
Were all of the papers in it then?"
mo; some of them were missing"
(which Ones?"
zone of the missing papers was the
satisfaction on lots l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and
Is, in Evergreen addition. 1t was re-
turned to me some time in June, 1888,
by Mr.. Byrnes."
I'm what condition was the box when
you got it back?"
Tempered With the Box.
"The combination lock was out of
| order"
I'm October, $780," continued Mr..
Goodrich. in answer to numerous ques-
tons, ION the day, the Corser and Bell
mortgages expired Mr.. ByrneS and |
were in the office in the Boston block
alone. When he came in he said he
was unable to raise the money, land asked
me if l had the Satisfactions with me. [
told him had one, and he asked TO see
| 1t. gave it to him, and he said that
originally it was for but one lot. The
Bell satisfaction had also been for one
at the time it was signed, and he had
filled it in shortly after, but the Corser
satisfaction had not been filled in for
some time later. He pointed out to me
several changes which had been made,
including one erasure. Before we got
through Mr.. Byrnes suggested that we
90 to the mortgages and point out the
changes and interlineatioas and bluff
them into compromising the mortgages.
| giving us more time Or making some ar
rangement with them"
"Was anything said by defendants at
that time as to what led him to make
those changes?"
mot at that time."
"Since the civil suit brought by Mrs.
Goodrich against Mr.. ByrneS and others
yersation with Mr.. Byrnes regarding
any of the witnesses in this case?" was
the apparently innocent question by
Mr.. Than.
ayes, have"
with whom?'
"Mr. Byrnes."
Estate to the jury what was said"
SIT was after my wife and daughter,
Mrs. Knight, had testified In the civil
suit. When Mr.. Byrnes returned from
Chicago he came to my house for the
purpose of getting some of his stuff.
He remarked that it was very unpleas-
ant for the members of the family to
appear in the case. Finally he said he
would furnish tickets for my wife and
daughter if they would leave the city
before the trial of the criminal case
began"
This bit of testimony
Created Quite a Sensation.