St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03
OLD STORIES OVER AGAIN..
WITNESSES VINO SAW fIEURYS AND
The OTHERS. q :
PAID THEIR BoAnn I'm aoLDs

One-ef the Accused Fold Him
He Had a Bag of Gold.
At the opening of the district court
yesterday morning before Judge Kelly,
the Fleury case was promptly taken up
and good progress made during the day
i'll the taking of testimony. The usual
crowds were III attendance both morn
ing and afternoon, and the proceedings
were watched with undated interest by
all present.
Josiah FairchiId sworn: Saw the
large man Meiggs in the bank on the
first day of the run OIL the bank. WHICH
was i'll August, He was talking with
the cashier. Cannot state the time with
reference to the day the Gtrmap-Aner-
lean bank suspended. | can't say pos
ltlyely MeiggS is the man. ont think
he is.
George w. Dieter Sworn: Am clerk
in First National bank; think saw
that man MeiggS half a dozen times;
never saw him before that time: it was
before the robbery-one, two or three
days after the run OH the Germa- Amer
.
day and saw Mriggs: he had stove
pipe hat on; he is of such nature that he
would be noticed. -.
John MALTA was sworn This wit
ness testified to about the same stale
ment he made in the first trial; he re-
peated his testimony as To what he saw
in Martin Milon's saloon; he saw the
fOIIr mon coma In, his tiop
with Meiggs. the latter spoke OF the
hard times, and told witness he was i'll
terested in the mining business and
wanted to find out how many factories
were in operation and men out of en-
ployment here in st. Paul; next he told
of the inquiries about Saltwater and
White Bear, and the cost of going to
saltwater by way of the lake; there
were five of them, and wanted to make
the tripto Saltwater by team; Meiggs
arranged to meet him next day. but
failed to keep the appointment.
Martin Maion sworn: This witness
testified On the first trial, and adhered
pretty closely to the story told by him
then. He was salooukeeper at Four
teenth and jackson streets last August,
where he first saw the men. 1t was
then he saw Fleury and his companions.
lie talked with defendant, and in the
main cOrroborated the story of the
previous witness.
Henrietta Moennisch sworn: She
testified in the first trial. and stuck
closely to her first testimony; she had
four rooms to rent last August; FleUry
rented one, and paid for it In advance;
Codefendant Miller also rented a room,
and paid her. These two stayed two
days over week at her house; saw
these two men between the 5th and the
18th of the month most every day."
sometimes twice day. / Here Objec-
lions from the defense followed thick
and fast, and were rounded up with
the lnvariable exception noted. She
gave many details of what she had
seen of the men in her house,
their cOmings in and goings out, their
dress. clothing. hats and like details,
but on crOSS-eXamination failed to
recognize the sandy, fieshy man of the
first trial in the person of Meiggs, and
the most that could be gotten out of her
was the man. On cross-examinatiof she.
appeared to get a little mixed. and testi-
fed Howard was at her house on the
18th and 14th OF August last; that
Fleury came back at 11:30 that day;
Howard came after Fieury. She re-
peated that Fleury ''came home" at
1880 that day and stayed some time.
AFTER DINNER
AT the opening of the court in the
afternoon. William Moennisch, husband
of the preceding witness, was sworn.
He was merchant tailor on Robert
street and had lived here for seven
years: he talked with Fleury and Miller
about Aug. s or 9. He was certain of
Miller's identity, and saw both Miller
and FieurY at 2:30 p. m. Aug. ID. THE
remainder of this witness testimony
was taken under objection and excep-
ton by Defense He held closely to the
line of his former statement, though at
times he got confused as to dates and
other minor details; he was in the
kitchen eating his dinner when he saw
the men taking the baggage from the
house to the dray.
.. f. Stafford sworn: Live in Min
neapolis at $50 NicOllet avenue. Know
Fleury. Miller. Howard and Meiggs.
! They by twos were broGght to the office:
| then made pictures of the four men.
| Exhibit 16 shown to witness. That is
his. Fieury's picture; and another being
| shown he said, that is Miller's, and
SAID the same as to Howard and Melggs
when the exhibits were shown. Miller,
he said. is differently shaven from the
| day, Aug. IL, on which the photographs
! were taken. On cross-eXamination, he
| insisted he could remember the men
! without regard to the photographs. He
remembered noticing the scar ON that
| day on Fleury's face, The officers
| brought the men to him to have their
pictures taken. and do that business
| for the city.
}. R. Elliott, Clerk of Municipal Court
of polis-Know Fleury and How
| ard, but am not sure about Miller; saw
them in the court room On this after
noon. Exhibit 10 shown witness; OBJ
| jections overruled and exception noted.
These four men were before the court
in my presence: They were in court
Aug. IL, last; never saw the men after
that day.
Arnold Jansen-Have lived here for
thirty years; am expressmaE; know
Meiggs. [Oblection and exception. Saw
MeiggS that afternoon at corner of
Rosabel and Sixth streets, when he
said he had got some baggage he wanted
moved; went to the house and got the
baggage WITNESS here identified the
baggage or part of it'll; took baggage
to corner of Norris and Canada streets.
He told me to drive up Tenth to Sibley.
and down Sibley. Miller was not along
with me.
Julia Hume sworn: Lived last
August at SIS Canada street near LOUIS:
know Meiggs objection by defense
Nunrrnlad and ayoonfion rntoJ1.