St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26

your daughter, that If he would go
away and not testify in the civil suit
that you and your wife would leave the
city and not give evidence against him
in the criminal case. Did you not say
that in substance
No" most emphatically came the
answer.
Did you say In substance that You
would go away and not testify in the
criminal case, but that you aid not have
enough money ?"
mo sir, l did not"
"How long after Mr.. Byrnes returned
from Chicago before he called at your
house 2"
About a week, / guess. He came
ostensibly to take away some of his
stuff which had been taken up there
when he gave up his office"
do you not recollect having con-
versatiOn with him in the kitchen at
that time in which you said to him.
Are you going TO do us up in the civil
case?'"
II have no recollection of so doing"
'Did you say it in substance?"
~ think did 30 into the room and
ask him if he was getting ready to do
us up, or something to that effect"
''And did he not say that things had
come to such a pass that it was neces-
Sery for him to fight the suit to main
tain his reputatiOnw
''He said something of the kind"
Yes, and did he not say that you had
placed things in such condition that
the only thing left for him to do was to
go on the stand, even if the property
had 10 be lost, as it was the only way i'll
which his reputation could be saved?"
''Something to that effect was said,
but l do not remember just what 1t
was.''
med as to his testimony regarding the
saIiSfactionS, the tin box, etc., but could
not be weakened.
Judge Shaw Examined.
Judge }. M. Shaw was called to the
witness chair by the states attorney.
He said that he had known Tim Byrnes
for great many years. Mr.. Than
handed the witness exhibits Nos. and
2 Uhe satisfactlonS), and then asked:
ibid you ever have any conversation
with Mir. Byrnes about those papers"
Yes, early in December. 1890"
"What was the conversations"
"MrS. Goodrich saw me first, and
said she wished to bring suit for the re-
covery of the Evergreen property.
After talking the matter over, dropped
Mr.. Byrnes a note asking him to call on
me. He came, aud l told him that /
had been retained in this case, and
asked him to give any light he
could on the matter. l said to him
that it involved a very serious
and grave charges against him. He
said, Yes, that's so. if they were proven
true l said that l had ole of the pa
pers in my possession, and that it was a
very suspicious paper indeed. He said
he thought that everything could be eX-
planned away. After some more talk
Mr.. Byrnes promised me to come in in a
few days and explain the matter. l said
if he had any explanation to make 1t
would have to be made right away. Be-
fore that had told him that if he would
satisfy me that Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich
were mistaken l would not commence
the suit. He promised to come IN the
next day or two, but l did not see him
until some time after the suit was COM
menced."
did Mr.. Byrnes at any time say that
the statements were false?'
Objected to and sustained.
SIS that all that Mr.. Byrnes said to
you at the time?"
Eyes, think it was. Mr.. Byrnes
was very reticent all the time he was
there"
An Unexpected Witness.
An expression of surprise came over
the faces of Mr.. ByrEes and his attor-
neys as Mr.. Than announced the name
of the next witness-F. E. Hatch. Mr..
Hatch is the Chicago notary public who
attested the signatures Of Mrs. Good
rich to the satistactions. As soon as he
was settled in the witness chair. Mr..
Than handed him the alleged forged
satisfactions for examination. He
scrutinized the document and then
stated that they were the same docu-
ments he saw ia Chicago.
''Are the satiSfactions the same as
they were when you saw them in Chi
cago?"
81 can't swear positively as to that"
"You were present when the SatiSfac-
tons were signed by Mrs. Goodrich,
were you not?"
''Yes, SIR"
Ibid the two documents cover seven
teen lots at that time?"
10 the best of my recollection each
satisfaction was for one lot"
Were the interlineations on the doc
uments then?"
II don't think they WERE"
DO you remember the conversation
that passed between Mr.. Byrnes and
Mrs. Goodrich at the time?"
81 remember there was converse
ton, but do not remember what was
said"
Mr.. Hatch's testimony was considered
very favorable to the prosecution.
Lester b. Elwood, of E. S. Corser &
Co., was the last witness called by the
states attorney yesterday. He said that
Byrnes applied to him for loan on lots
to inclusive and 1s. in Evergreen adj
dition, in January, 1889. He had the
titles to the property examined, and as
certalned that each lot was mortgaged.
told Mr.. Elwood that he would procure
satisfactions of the mortgages. The
same day or next day Byrnes called
again and delivered the satisfaction to
Mr.. Elwood. The satisfaction covered
the eight lots, and Mr.. Byrnes secured
the loan.
The testimony of Mr.. Elwood was
simply to show that the satisfaction,
which is said to be forged, was uttered
by Mr.. Byrnes.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Edwards
testimony the state rested its case, and
R. l.. Penney made the opening address
for the defense. Mr.. Penney stated
that the satisfactions contained no de-
ScTlptlONS OIL property whatever when
signed by Mrs. Goodrich. Mr.. Byrnes
had expected to sell two of the evergreen
lots to r. G. Evans. His mother-in-law
was starting for California at the time,
and he thought it best to have her sign
the satisfactions before going SO far
away. so that he could use them in case
the deal with Mr.. Evans was con-
summated. Mr.. Byrnes was to fill in the
descriptions as he wished when he got
ready to use the satisfactiOns.
Timothy E. Byrnes, the defendant,
was called to the stand at 80, half
hour before court adjourned. He re-
quired very little prompting from his
attorneys as he proceeded to tell bis
story. He faltered more frequently.
however, than he did while giving his
testimony in the civil case. This was
doubtless due to nervousness,
Mr.. Byrnes said that he was at Old
Point Comfort, Va, when he first heard
of his indictment. He read the news in
morning paper and that night he
started for home, although he had in
tended to go South for about two
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