St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-01

the neaI. O.k. SifnOnS, new WITNESS.
was called to the stand by the state. He
was formerly in the employ of the street
railway company as conductor on the
interurban line, and ran out his car on
June IL. 1898, at 5:3l a. III. lie started
for st. Paul, and was the first car down
that morning. At Hampden avenue he
said he stopped the car and took OH two
the description of Joe White aud Slim
Dugan. White watched the witness
narrowly during all the time he gave
his testimony. The defense had been
taken by surprise, for the witness
! was new one, snd the evidence he
| gave was important. to say the least.
| Mr.. Hall asked Sine 8
"Haye you ever seen the iren sinceT'
"Yes. sir; one OF them"
"Where4'
"Here in the court ROOM"
"Who is it?"
"That man there" pointing to White.
"This man?' asked Mr.. Hail, also in :
dicating White.
Eyes. SIR" The two men paid their
fare, and got oil the car between Rice
street and the corner of Fifth and Wa
| baSha.
1t will be remembered that the Elms
house is 901 Rice street.
Have you ever recognized the shorter
man?'
II think So"
"Where?"
81 saw him at Saltwater yesterday.
It was Duyan."
In the cross.examination Mr. Welch
asked: after the men paid their fare
! you paid no further attention to tEem?'
mo. sir; only the taller gent. He
| appeared uneasy and asked what time
the car reached ST. Paul. l told him
we got to Fifth al d Wabasha at $3.50
| and Robert at Goa"
Had You ever seen the taller man
| befure?"
II can't say for sure. think have.
His face looked familiar"
"How did you happen to 60 to Still
woter?''
1.-The district attorney asked me to go
and see Dugan."
when did you reach here?'
FRIDAY morning"
You were here Friday and Sat-
urday?"
Yes, SIR"
"Was White pointed out to you. and
were you asked if he looked like the
iioh "io SOI VII kOul C0ts
"Yes, SIR"
"Who was the man that told you
that?"
Il don't av to tell"
"You do l. We to TELL" said Mr.. Welch.
well, lido l have to tell?" asked the
witness OF the court.
"Answer the question:" replied the
court.
Inspector Do yle asked me if he was
the man. '. NJ. Smith. the chief of
! police. asked me to come here. live
In Lancaster, Pa. l got a telegram a
week ago Saturday asking me to come
sent. did not get any money for com
ing. He did not pay my expenses"
When Mr.. WEIGH had finished his
cross examination MIR. Hall took an
other opportunity to question the wit
ness on few of the important points.
He asked him for the second time,
pointing to White:
''ls that the man?''
The witness replied: THAT is the
man."
That reply nearly cost him his life.
Joe White, in tit of terrible rage at
the witness positive Identification of
him, sprang from his chair, and. grab
bling up heavy ink stand that stood
conveniently by Oh the table, hurled it
with all his might at Simons. 1t was
| done so suddenly that Simons had
barely time to duck his head to one
| side. The heavy missile went whizzing
| by him and tearing hole in the WIN
dow curtain back of the witness chair,
crashed through the glass and fell on
the street, two stories below. The
court room vas in all uprOar in mo-
ment. White. remained standing in
front OF his chair. his eyes blazing. He
swore like pirate, and called.t the wit
ness every vile name and epithet he
could think of. His mother fell over in
a dead faint, and his pretty sister
shrieked:
"Oh. Joe, how could you do such a
| thing? How could you?"
That d-n - sitting there is living
| about me!' said Joe suIleuly.
Judge Russell ordered the sheriff to
| place handouts on the prisoner and to
keep them on him. Then he ordered a
| recess OF five minutes, and in the mean
time Mrs. White recovered. When the
uproar was at its height the crowd on
the outside of the railing started for
ward, and the judge was Obliged TO shout
to the bailitfs to keep the people back.
| 1t was fully fifteen minutes before quiet
was restored and the trial proceeded.
Whites attorneys had all they could do
to keep their murderous client in his
seat. He was terribly excited, and there
was murder in his eye.
Aside from Simons the following wit
nesses were examined during the day:
X. +. Cole, the physician who dressed
Dugan's wound In st. Paul; William
Altwern. car repairer, who saw White
and Dugan come into car on the Great
Western tracks and ask for Il drink of
water; Mrs. Seaton, who lived at SlS
Seventh street southeast, and who had
an experience with a burglar on the
very night that Harris was murdered: :
Charlie Harris. the son, told of the oc-
currences of that night so far as he
knew; William Jasche, gun repairer
employed by Kennedy Bros, told of
the relative size of bullets; Miss Lillian
Powers answered few more questions,
and Mrs. Harris related few more de-
tails.
In the afternoon the state rested it's
case, and Mr.. Welch made his opening
speech 10 the jury. He is good
speaker, and made a favorable i'm.
preston on the twelve men. At 4:3O
court adjourned at the request of
Messrs. Penney and WEIGH. They stated
that they were not prepared to go on
with the case, from the fact that they
had been disappointed in securing the
presence of Belle Brennan and Joe
Feeley. The latter, MIR. Penney said,
was i'll OF fever in Cleveland, and it had
been impossible for him to come to the
trial. Belle Brennan was in Chicago
and could not be found. Court will
open this morning at $50 instead of 10
as heretofore.