St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-04
NOW FOR THE DEFENSE.
MR. BXRNES SAYS 7HE FLOYD BOYS
ARE INNOCENT.
SAYS THAT sCHEIG HAS LIED.
The Floyd Boys, He Insists, Knew
Nothing or Scheig's Affairs
Zone ofJake Barge's Ruses"-
Stand = He Tells of His Ac.
ouaintance With SchejQ.

Stanu - he 1eitS Oh HIS ACs
ouaintance With Scheig.
The Floyd trial was continued yester-
day morning. In the afternoon court
was adjourned in order to give the
jurors breathing spell. The defense
was begun, and when court opened Mr..
Byrnes made his address to the jury.
He said:
You heard me ask last night for the
discharge of Mrs. Floyd. l was not
afraid 10 trust her case to you, gentle
men. but feared she would not be able
to sit here four OF five days longer and
listen to the damnaUle story when has
been concOcted by these inspectors. L
cannot understand how il Is that Frank
Nye, honest as he is and aDeSt OF the
bar of this city, should consent to have
her name dragged through the Slums OF
this city. l can only understand it in
the light OF the fact that possibly the
indictment backed by the Bank of Mill
neapolis might throw discredit on the
story which this hunted and bounded
woman shall tell upon the stand"
MIR. ByrneS then went over the history
Of tie FluydS; told how he had known
them at the Holmes hotel. He believed
her all honest woman, and that was the
reason he went to the Jail, and offered
to take the case and defend it. Nothing
was omitted by the attorney. He de-
scribed the early life of the boys, and
how their acquaintance with Scheig
came about. When scheg formed their
acquaintance they were worth from
$4,000 to $1,000. He held the eX-bank
teller up III no very pretty light. he
intimated that he had been lying on the
stand, and that he had purposely lied
for DO other reason than TO involve the
boys he had ruined. In explaining their
connection with the famous trip and
outfit" Mr.. Byrnes said:
SIN April, 1898, Frank asked Phil to
get him work somewhere. A week or
ten DAYS later Phil sent a message to
Frank to meet him at Dietrich'S saloon.
They had drinks. as they always had.
and Frank was delighted. H. SAID:
There Is young man, relative OF
Mir. Klrby's, who is SICK, but wants to
make an overland trip TO New Mexico,
and wants you To go with him. L told
him thought you would be the best
man 10 20, because you have been i'll
| the Southwest. Don't say anything
| about it, as he may not go, but you
| make list of things necessary Frank
| made his list and met Phil by appoint
ment at Dietrich's saloon. They had a
| bottle of champagne, of which Frank
| had a glass and Phil took the rest"
The officials of the Bank of Mime
| apolS did not know that Scheig was
stealing from Them" continued MI.
Byrnrs. land how should the boys
| know? You will remember the state
ment made by the officials to the press.
| They said his accounts with the bank
| were straight, and consequently the
| boys had no reason for suspicion. Frank
| was charmed with the prospects of the
| trip proposed by Scheig, and when he
got to st. Louis he told Lou about it.
| The evidence will show that some
| money was advanced during the winter
| that Frank was sick, perhaps 500.
! There is one thing, Mrs. Floyd would
spend money. Frank said TO Phil, i
can't go on this trip with you unless
mother is taken care Of and Phil SaiC
he would leave $1,000 with Perry Har
rison for Mrs. Floyd. Till August, 1878
Lou was in Pittsburg and Washington
looking after the glass business. and
Phil had put $4,000 into the Roger
| Pease Glass company. Ii the Floyd:
were guilty, what's the matter will
Pease, who wen: to Phil and got money
whenever he wanted it, and Collins anC
|
the FloydS' attorney.
TO make long story short, it vii
suffice to say that Mr.. Byrncs main
tanned that the Floyd boys knew abso
lutely nothing of Scheig'S populations
and that they were not made cogniZan
OF it until they reached New York afte
that famous trip around the country
Then they saw report of Scheig hav
ing absconded in New York paper
and when they reproached Scheig will
what ne had done he claimed that Tn,
newspaper story was but one OF "Jak'
Barge'S ruSeS." The attorney eX
planned away the fact Of their pleading
guilty before magistrate in London b,
saving that they were told by Mr.. Gillis
to say Yes, your worship" to the ma
istrate when they were arraigned
When the magistrate asked them i
they were guilty they replied as Mi
Gillig told them to.
The above will be the line of the de
Tense, and Mr.. Byrnes says he will
make much stronger case for hi
clients than the state did against them
Frank Floyd was the first Witnes
called, and before court adjourned hat
gone over part Of his acquaintance will
Scheig. He stated that he first me
Scheig at the Nicollet house in 1888
He had never gambled before, but ate
that they got TO going to the Pickwicl
club, and Frank said he often watched
Phil play for high stakes. He told how
he had begun to gamble with Scheig
and from his testimony it appeared tina
Phil Staked him and was very accommo
dating about taking l. q. Ups. WheI
Mrs. Floyd refused to pay Frank
gambling debts any more he CAV,
Scheig notes. The trip to New York il
December was described, Floyd Stains
that the money Scheig sent him wa
expended for Scheig's benefit in pict
ures, silk umbrellas, etc. The story O.
the diamond ring was also told. Franz
said that he had furnished the notorious
rooms n the Evans hIuck uudpr Sch aio,