The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-01-18

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Gerraghty to do it up. His wife con-
cluded the sale, and this seemed to
make Gerraghty mad, because he put
on his coat and went ovt. His wife
went to the money drawer and found
no money there. She was sure he had
it. She asked me whether I would not
go out and find him and bring him
back. When he came back Mrs. Ger
raghty asked him for the keys, but he
refused to give them up.
Greene's testimony continued on the
fire alarm and what he saw when he
reached the burning dwelling. Fol
lowing him cane Mrs. Blake, Ger
raghty's mother-in- law. She recited
the length of time that she lived with
the two at Austin, while her husband
and son we're out on farm, and when
they came here the three took up their
residence in the building destroyed.
She insisted that they had frequent
quarrels, brought on, she says, by
Gerraghty drinking, and coming home
and abusing his wife. Before coming
down town the night of the fire she
had locked the front door, but the back
door was SO that one could gain an
entrance. On cross-examination she
partly injured her own testimony by
saying that Gerraghty was very kind
hearted when intoxicated, and would
bring home things to his wife that the
latter would return unless they we're
paid for. She swore that Gerraghty
set fire to the building, and said that
if her statement was not true, none of
the previous evidence was. Judge
Baldwin then cleverly wove net over
her evidence by making herself admit
that she did not see Gerraghty,or even
had direct evidence to that effect, set
the house on fire.
Charles Buxton, Chas. E. Lamoer-
ton, S. H. Bissell, DR.. Pease and Chief
Buechner, of the fire department, were
called by the State to corroborate the
fact of fire, and the portion of the
building in which it caught. The State
also attempted to prove by these wit
nesses that the back door was open.
The latter,none of the witnesses would
confirm. The fact that the fire
caught some distance awaE@from the
stove and under the stairs was thor
oughly corroborated. Mr.. Lamberton
met Gerraghty coming out of the front
door at the time of the fire, he said,
and Gerraghty told him that he could
not get in there. The witness ran
around to side window. The State
rested and the defense, after moving
to dismiss, which molten was denied,
put Gerraghty on the stand. He ad-
mitted his intoxication on the night of
the fire, but said that after leaving the
fruit stand he crossed over to Mill
street, and went up to Lawyer Nc
Leod's house, two blocks south of his
residence, to see the lawyer on busi-
ness. He did not go into his residence
or attempt to, when passing,as he had
no key. He swore that he did not set
fire to the house, and that the matches
he took from the fruit stand before
leaving it, we're merely used to light a
cigar.
Attorney Mcleod was next called.
He testified to Gerraghty having called
at his house, coming in from the kitch-
en-, shortly after six o'clock that night.
He remained there until after Mcleod
had heard the alarm of fire, and ran
down street to see where it was. Up
on McLeods return Gerraghty was
gone. He had called on legal busi-
ness, and they were about to engage
in the same when the fire bell rang.
Ed Jones and fellow named
ONeill we're witnesses for the defense.
Jones and O'Neill we're going up to
the Canada House, according to their
evidence, where Ed was going to smash
a man who had jumped his board bill.
They first saw Gerraghty in front of
Mckay & Races grocery, walking
southwards. Both swore that they
we're right behind him, and he passed
his own residence, the last that they