St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-18
PINKERTON DISCL0SES
sEVERkL DAMAGiNc REMARKS MADE
6Y FLEURY.
DAY OFF SENSATIONS.

". 4. Pinkerton Tells Of His Ar
rest Of Fieury in Chicago and
Damaging limitations of His
Prisoner-Attorney Erwin and
Judge Kelly Have Very Ex-
citing Tilt.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
criminal court resumed the trial of
Fleury. The crowd in attendance
showed 10 diminution III numbers and
interest. 1t soon appeared that some
thing had happened which would ne
cessitate delay for a time-how long no
one seemed to know. 1t TRANSFERRED that
The delay was caused by the non-attend-
ance of Juror Charles II. Medley, who,
it was stated. was injured about o
/ O'Clock the night previous in attempting
10 stop runaway morse attached 10 a
vehicle i'll which were seated all old
gentleman and his son. 1ile accident
occurred at the corner of Rou+ri AID
foGrth streets-Juror Medley setZiug
bringing it to stop, thus allowing The
two in the carriage to dismount safely
In accomplishing this, it seems, the
horse was thrown to the , round. and.
In seeking to regain its feet, Mr.. Medley
was struck upon the ankle OF the
right foot and sustained severe bruises.
1t was further explained to the court
1,nf in,
jured man said that he could be safely
brought into court in few hours. The
judge thereupon ordered a recess TO be
taken 10 O'clock p. m.
When court was called at 2 .. NJ. all
the jurors were i'll attendance, Mr.
Medley having been brought in and
placed in his seat III the jury box. his
injured limb resting npon comfortable
support. The trial then proceeded.
WILLIAM A. PINkERTON
was the first witness placed on the
stand. He said that he had been Ell.
gagged in his present business for many
years. First saw Fleury Oh the night of
Aug. II last at gambling resort in the
rear of McVicker's theater in Chicago.
He had gone there upon business differ
ent from that which was subsequently
transacted. While in the place he was
asked by the manager if he knew one
Joe Harris and Wnere he was, as there
was man liz the house who wanted TO
see Harris. He told the manager to
show him the man who wanted TO see
Harris, and shortly afterwards Fleury
came in and was pointed out as the one
who made the inquiry. In conversa-
ton with Fleury, he (Pinkerton) told
him that Harris was at the Hoffman
house in New York if he had not gone
10 Australia. He then got into a general
conversation with his unsuSpecting vic
tim. In few moments his Unborn and
highly trained detective faculties as
sumed full sway, and he became con-
WINGED that the man he had under his
eagle eye would be we'll worth looking
up, was possibly one of the gang wanted
in st. Paul for bank robbery. Eacn
movement and each utterance of the
trapped victim led to greater conviction
in his mind that he was right in his sur
misses. AT length he quietly told his
over to the central police station. Just
before this, however, witness had sent
messenger to his Office for the photo
| graphs of the men taken IN Minneapolis
| at the time of their arrest in that city
and, upon inspection of one of these, liz
Knew he had his man. The prisoner
when told that he would have to go to
You must be miStaken; | never was
in ST. Paul in my life" On the way tt
the station he noticed that the prisoner
KEPT HIS HANDS OVER
| the front of his vest. and when they
| reached their destination a little charm
OF medal which was in the chain when
they started had disappeared. Upon
being searched at the station notebook
and the missing charm were found un.
der the back of the vest. Keys, eye
| glasses and other trinkets, as well as
certificate of membership in an Au
stralian lodge of A. f. and A. NJ.
the latter being inscribed witt
the name of Thomas Fleury. Previou!
| to this he had been asked If his name
was Thomas Fleury, and he had denied
it. Witness next identified the Masonic
certificate as the one found upon the
| prisoners person, and it was put il
evidence. Witness further states that
only 81 was found On his person when
searched. Some Photographs also were
| found. The night following the arrest
witness started for St. Paul with the
prisoner and a companion.
Here legal squabble ensuei upon al
objection by defendant 20 a question O
the states attorney, which resulted il
its being overruled and exception noted
This was the first legal Spat of the day
Witness was shown photographs o
| Howard and Miller, when objection
came instantly from the defense anC
resulted as before, in exception noted.
| Witness, resuming his testimony, sail
that the defendant, when he first saw
him, was considerably excited, and hat
evidently been drinking heavily. Thi
was on the night of the 18th, and whel
he saw him next morning. Here ensue,
another legal Set-to, which resulted il
the usual objection and exception noted
Witness next began to detail snatche
of conversation with the prisoner OIL
the train en- route to this city-the latte
being at the time heavily handcuffed
Prisoner had said he was not in tn,
First National bank or anybod
else's bank when the money wa
taken. Upon Towards name bein
mentioned, defendant said that Howar
was a clever little fellow, but had
NO PART OF THE MONEY,
and had been left out by trick. Wit
hess said:
81 asked him who was the old man @
whom he spoke, but had no photograph
and he said he didn't know. Later or
and in the train coming to this city, tn
defendant said he had got acouainte
with Howard, Miller ct al. in San Fran
cisco. He got acquainted with Their
through an American who had been i
Australia, and had renewed the al
| OualntaDoa in Rricno