The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-06-01
CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Geo. Empey Claims That Hughes
Bros. Gave Him Honey With
Which to Leave The City.

Thus far the trial Of Conway has
been fraught with serious charges
against the attorneys on both sides.
First there came the charge of forgery
against one of the attorneys, and
yesterday a witness presented a charge
of subornation of perjury against other
attorneys. These are both pentienti-
airy Offenses, but the charges are not
likely,to be subStantiated in the one
case any more than they were in the
other. The attorneys who were yeSter-
day charged with attempting to get
the states most important witness,
Geo. Empey, out of the way during
the trial, will take the stand later on
and make a general denial OF the
charges. without doubt. Of all the
attorneys engaged upon the case, only
ATTORNEY General Childs and LOrin
Cray have been thus far exempt from
charges of one kind or another, but
fortunately the most, if not all, of these
charges are susceptible of eXplana-
tion.
The trial promises to last well into
next week
The cross examination Of Geo.
Empey continued yesterday afternoon.
He stated that he had received type
written copy of his own evidence taken
in the lower court, and had had it for
two months past, having returned it
to the county attorney this morning.
He had prepared an outline of his evil
dence, to refresh his memory-a sort
of a memorandum.
Lorin Cray made demand for this
memorandum, and after some contro-
yersy the attorneys for the state turn
ed it over.
Witness stated that he had visited
Hughes Bros office last May, at their
request. He denied having made GER
tain statements to them that he would
leave the city and refuse to testify for
the state. Hughes Bros. gave me $50
and l went to Lincoln, Neb., on a
pleasure trip. Hughes Bros. probably
thought that | would remain away
until after the trial, although did not
tell them so. Saw Layne's brother
there, that being one reason why l
went. Sheriff Glynn came after me
and l went home with him. When
ever | wanted to drink some beer l
called on Hughes Bros, as they were
in the habit of crushing the can, or
growler." The county attorney let
me have about $50 at different times.
Witness testified to deceiving Hughes
Bros. on various matters. Have been
at Hughes Bros. office several times
since my return from Lincoln. Satur
day night we crushed the can" at
Hughes Bros. office. | asked one of
the Hughes Bros. who Judge Cook
was, and he said that he was
worth 100000 and would as soon
as not spend $500 or 81 900 on the case.
Witness denied having made any
statements that the way he would
testify would depend upon the way
the wheel turned. Mr. Cook had told
witness to testify only to the truth,
and had also said he hoped he might
forget part of his testimony in the
lower court. l said | would tell my
story just as it was. / said in Hughes
Bros office that | could shave gotten
a good deal more if | was onto my
job meaning from the state. / got
my mileage, S4S, on my return from
Lincoln, Neb. Mr.. Cook said he would
prosecute me after the trial, and | felt
insulted. He said he would see
whether | would sell my testimony
for So.
The written memorandum prepared
by Mr. Empey was offered in evidence,
and also postal card from him to
Hughes Bros, written Immediately
after his return from Lincoln, and
dated May Is, and reading: "Dear Sir:
l will be up in your office this even
ing at 700 o'clock. Would like to see
yOu GU OIICtO Il oulo VI uly ".
E." The memorandum contained
nothing not brought out by the evil
dence, except that Empey told his
brother-in-law of Conway's money get
tingproposition,b before the murder was
committed. His brother in law told
him that the plan was.evidently one of
robbery, and that he had better keep
out Of the scheme. When he first
accused Conway of the murder he told
him that Layne had given it all away
and that he might as well confess.
Conway then made the confession,
saying that he had to do the killing or
he would have been killed himself.
The redirect examination was then
resumed, and Empey testified that
the subpoena for the present trial was
served upon him at Lincoln, Neb. The
court stated that a subpoena served
outside of the state, although accept
ed by the witness and mileage paid,
was not legal. Witness testified to
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