St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-23

vOrable to Burnhem.
Lars NJ, Rand opened the case for
the defense in the Burnhem trial yester-
day morning. Mr.. Rand stated to the
jury that the defense would prove that
Burnhem shot Clark because the latter
tried to hold him mp. and that Clark
admitted at the no pital that he was
guilty.
Burnhem then took the stand in his
own defense In answer to the Ques-
tons Of his attorneys, he told the story
of the shooting of CLARK, with which the
public is already familiar. Burnhem
testified that on his way home from the
meeting of street car strikers at Labor
Temple he came to the vacant lot by
the Exposition building. As he was
crossing it, Clark passed bin and said
Good evening"" Then Clark wheeled
around, pointed revolver at witness and
said, Throw up your hands," Thereup-
OH witness drew his gun and fired. Then
he went over to restaurant near by
and gave himself up to Officer Hillyer.
Burnhem swore that he had never seen
Clark before, aud did not know any of
his ia mily.
Throughout the direct examination
Acting Assistant County Attorney Hall
constantly interpoSed objections. The
tits between him and Attorney Henry
Gjertsen became so frequent that at
last both were standing up at the same
time, and talking simultaneously.
While Mr.. Hall was pausng for breath,
Mr.. Gjertsen administered hot roast
i'll the following language:
tIt is fortunate for this dpfaO1a Mt
that you can't run this court, Mr..
Hall, and railroad innocent men
to states prison, as you used
to do i'll the municipal court, when you
sent honest labOrerS to the WOrkhouSe
without law or evidencew
Judge Jamison called "time" at this
exciting stage, and the legal contestants
took their seats.
Mr.. Hall put Burnhem through a
lengthy and bantering cross-eXamina-
ton, but did not SHAKE his testimony on
the direct examination. The prosecu-
ton endeavored to show that Burnhem
carried a revolver to the meeting of
union men for special purpose, but
Burnhem denied this. lie first carried
Il gun when he went TO work as mo-
toneer. and carried it afterwards from
force of habit.
the stand. The defense then called
DR.. Webster, the hospital physician,
who testified in the police court that
Burnhem had said to him two hours
before making his ante-mOrtem state
ment, Il am TO blame. 1t was my
fault. l am guilty." Mr.. Hall objected
strenuouSly to the admission of this
testimony, which got before the jury
yesterday and WAS stricken out. The
court sustained the objection tempo
rarily in order to look up the law. To-
day Judge Jamison will decide whether
it is admissible. The defense contends
ii is competent and relevant because it
is an admission of the injured man
against his own interest.
The next witness called was Luzern
Cronkhlte, one of the street car EN-
ployes who walked part way home with
Burnhem the night oil the shooting.
His testimony was not important. The
defense then called Charles Underwood,
foreman in the employe of the street
car company. He proved to be an ex-
celleut witness for Burnhem. Mr.. I'm
derWO0d testified that he heard the shot,
and moment later saw Burnhem run
nlng down University avenue towards
him (Underwood). In reply to Under
woods questions, Burnhem said:
''l've just shot man. Where can
find policeman"
Witness asked Burnhem for more par
ticulars, and Burnhem answered:
"a Niger drew gun on me and told
me to throw up my hands, and shot
him.
Mr.. Hall was unsuccessful in shaking
Underwood's testimony. Court then
adjourned until 9 a. m. today. Both
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