St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-02
A NEW WITNESS APPEARS.
Lares Changes His Testimony q
Little, Making 1t Stronger
Than Before - New Witness
Testifiesato Seeing Fleury and
Three Others in Front of the
Rank

| PENDANTS, all in row. Attorney Erwin
| appeared for the first time in the pres
| ent trial, and took his usual place.
| Upon the opening of the court, John L..
| TOwnley was called to the witness
stand. His testimony was about the
| same as that given OH the first trial. He
testified, in brief. that as he was going
| into the bank that morning he saw a
| man standing on the street by the lamp
post or telegraph pole near the bank
| building, whom he mjStook for an old
| friend named Alexander Romillard, and
was about to accOSt him, when he dis
covered his error. lie got good look
at his face. aud identified the man as
the defendant at the bar.
At this point Attorney Johns moved
to strike out the entire testimony of the
witness, which motion was denied and
an exception noted. He then proceeded
to give the witness rafting croSS-eX
animation. Townley said he first talked
of the matter to all officer; but some
days afterwards, and before the eXami-
nation in the municipal court, he had
talk with the county attorney. But he
couldn't remember that he had told the
county attorney that he wasn't abso-
luteIy certain that Fleury was the man
he saw that day. 81 did say it was
possible was mistaken; cannot meas
ure the degrees of certainty, but am
quite certain that Fleury was the man.
/ am so certain about this that if did
not believe it | would testify here Alex
ander Romillard. whom l mistook for
Fleury. is more weather-browned than
defendant. He generally dresses well,
but doesn't generally wear silk hat.
He wears mustache. but not generally
beard"
Rinaldo Lares was the next witness.
He told how he and the colored porter,
Jacobs, took the gunnySack containing
$50, 900 In gold from the Merchants
National over to the First National
bank and deposited it on the floor, and
after opening the sack took the four
bags. laid them upon the window ledge.
and had taken the yellow paper bank
certificate from his vest pocket, and com
menced reading It-his elbow and arm
resting at the time upon the gold sacks.
Tina sack had been first laid On the floor
some persons at both windows doing
business at the time; didn't remember
their names. and didn't see any mes
sengers from other banks there at that
time. Jacobs was standing at the post
between the two windows. There were
other persons at the time at the window
doing business. and that was the reason
he did not hand in the money then. The
last bag was the one that was take n.
He felt something move under his arm,
and turning around saw man with the
bag of money in his left hand and put
ting it under his coat. Ha d seen the
man before he pointed to DEFENDANT;
started after him and followed so the
door, and then a man stepped in front
of him; he had revolver, which
! he had drawn, in his right hand.
| He ran down Jackson street to the cor
! ner of Fourth street: looked UP and
down, but couldn't see anybody. lie
| returned to the bank and paid in the
baIance OF the money. He went to the
| Merchants n ational bank; couldn't
| find Mr.. Seym our, and went back to the
| First National bank and found him
| there. The bag was stolen at exactly
|
! was heaYy-set; had no whiskers except
a nustache; he had brown coat on
| next saw the man in Jail. He said he
| turned full around and saw the man
full in the face. before he started for
| the door. This Is about the only change
in his testimony from what he stated in
the first trial.
The cross-examinatlon by Erwin
called witness attention to the testi-
mony he gave in the police court and
in the first trial, as to the differe mt
statements made about seeing the scar
on Fleury's face when he ran Off with
the bag. He now thought he remem-
bered him (Fleury) better with whiskers
as he now has them than he did when
ne saw him without them.
At this point Butler took hand, and
| objections and exceptions followed fast.
Erwin took the witness again over the
scene in the bank on the day or the rob-
berry. Lares said that when he saw
| Fleury putting the sack of gold under
his coat he didn't grab him because he
was too far away. He put down the
| yellow paper certificate aud drew his
| revolver and started after him. While
reading the paper he got good glance
at the man. He denied saying to the
! porter, Jacobs: did you see that IS, 600
| go?' He might have said it, but if he did
it was to make him open his eyes.
Continuing, he could name no person
he pushed against In his rush to the
door; he made no scream or cutlery
during the whole affair. and his sole re-
ply to the lawyers pressing question
was: sit is not my nature to make out
cries. He didn't recolIect any CONVEX
sation with Niehauser, or that the lat
ter had told him he was one sack short.
| He made no cutlery to any pOIiceman
| Attorney Erwin called his attention to
differe ut statements which he had made
to reporters and others, all of when he
| denied.
AFTERNOON SESSION.