St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-07


! in determined manner, and several
! times during the cross-eXaminatiOn
drove him to the wall, as it were. At
! these times Frank fell back Oh the sub
! tprfuge of not knowing what was meant
| by certain things, and not being able 10
recollect. Taking it as Whole, how
j ever, he stuck 10 his story pretty thor
oughly, and only contradicted himself
! i'll unimportant matters.
When the cross-oXamination was
finally over with Lou took the stand
! and told his side of the story. He was
: very fiippant in his manner and re-
/ marks. and smiled and smiled. He, too,
swOre he knew nothing of Scheig's do
| ings In the bank. He imagined all
along that he had plenty of money, for
he had always seen him spend lot, and
use il as freely as wealthy man would
DO. He pretended to look upon the
| trial as joke, being certain, of course,
+! of his own innocence and dismissal. Mr..
! Byrnes did not conclude the direct
! cross-eyaminalioE when court adj
| iourned, and Will resume it this morn
| ing. The next witness will be Mrs.
! Floyd.
When Mr.. Nye in his cross-examination
| of Frank got as far as The photographs
J of the "outft'' sent to Mrs. Floyd he
! insisted upon knowing all about the
circumstances which led up to their be-
ing taken. He asked the witness:
You describe in this letter to your
mother photographs three and four.
Are those photos III eyidence"
| Il don't know"
nXnp with hOwjp Ovpr nv
| friends head Who was that friend?'
"a boy named Price l met in st.
Louis"
I'm number five you say, with your
! arms around her dear FORM. Whose
dear form?"
Well "a"
Tell him all, Frank" interjected
MI. Byrnes.
well. it was demliohn."
"What was there especially symmct-
rical III deniijohn?
Nothing"
Were you euamored of the demijohn
or its contents?'
"WelI, don't know"
What did You mean by saying l was
greatly moyed?"
Il don't know"
~ on were spending a good deal of
money. When you try you can have a
pretty good time, can't you?"
Yes, sir.''
"Were you taking girls and women
out riding and drIving?"
u met some young ladies there. |
did not spend much time in sporting
houses"
Frank said he did not think the pict-
ures were leWd or indecent. He thought
them amusing. and so had sent them to
&c hn
Mr.. ByrneS objected 10 the county at
torney's method OF interrupting the
witness. He insisted the man should
be allowed TO finish his answers aud not
be snapped up for the purpose of max
ing him say what he did not intend 10.
A little sQuabble ensued. in which the
court decided in favor of Mr.. Nye. tell.
ing the witness TO answer whatever
questions were put to him
l he question of the letters written
by Frank 10 his mother was then gone
ovel quite fully, Mr.. Nye sparing no
time Or pai3s in his endeavors TO get
the witness 10 entangle himself In the
nesles Of his own story. Frank still
stuck to his innocence of Scheig's real
motives for leaving Minneapolis, and
Mr.. Nye asked him:
Frank, the more Phil held the lash
over your head, the more you ought to
have fell there was something wrong in
his career. Isn't that true?"
We'll, Pm no logician," replied
Frank.
What do you call yourself?"
81 don't think have ever done any.
thing dishonorable."
Has it not always been your study
how TO get dollar with Dug working tor
il?''
We'll. I've never been ashamed of
anything ! did"
You were ashamed of the picture
You sent your mother, weren't you?''
''Oh-well-thats nothing. l mean
i'll worldly way
In referring 10 the visit to New York,
Mr.. Nye asked:
How did it happen you didn't inquire
alCut your mother VIXEN in New York
with lou?"
We'll, had promised Phil that l
wouldn't"
You had committed hundred
breaches Of confidence with Phil Was
it not that you were afraid that your
mother was watched?"
NO, sir, nothing OF the kind"
The aftern Don session dragged a
little. for the cross-eXam ination brought
practically the same evidence adduced
by the attOr ney for the defense. In
speaking of London and the arralgn-
ment before a police magistrate, where
both ScheIg and Frank pleaded guilty,
Mr.. Nye asked the with ess il he did not
know that to plead guilty to such a
charge before an English magistrate
would affect his case when he came TO
trial. Frank said:
well. let me explain. l was in Il
foreign land In a prison. l had the
n,,A | En- &l,o-
have pneumonia again. | might die
there"
Wouldn't you rather die than stand
up in court and say you were guilty of
sucn charge ?''
''No, sir. l was confide nt of my own
Innocence and It was only a matter of
form. l think you have done so
Never IN ind the lecture, Frank"
broke in Nh. Nye. Your attorney can
do that. He s pretty good'
FRANK see ms TO be pretty good" in
terposed Mr.. Byrnes.
Frank smiled at this, and Mr.. Nye
asked him why he smiled so much
during this trial.
days that man, Phil Scheig, has perjured
himself TO accuse me of theft
Inc witness stated that the letter
which he had written his cousin from
Sch augheytOwn had been sold by the
cousin to the Bank of Minneapolis for
S25.
What was your purpose In writing
that lette r?''
Phil had told me he had left the i'm
preston IN Minneapolis that he had
made aw ay with himself, and / wanted
to tell my cousin he was safe. l told