St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-09
THAT MIDNIGHT JOURNEY.
LIKE A WEIRD TALE FROM THE ARA
BiAN NIGHTS
IN THE STORY OF A WITNESS


Examination-Wing Merciless
i'm Criticism of the Witness.
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-The corridors of
the court mouse were packed today with
an eager thrOng, anxious to gain admit
lance to the Coughlin trial. The au-
nouncement that the new state witness,
Frank Borden, would be examined had
caused revival OF interest in the case,
and as Judge Tuthill took his seat and
|, Bordeen's name was called, murmur
of suppressed excitement ran through
the crowded court room.
AS Engineer Bardeen took the stand
the jurymen leaned forward in their
chairs. the judge bent towards the wit
ness and every ear in the court room
was strained. The witness replied to
the attorneys questions in distinct
voice, and seemed undisturbed by the
interest he was creating.
States Attorney Bottum asked:
"Where were you on the night OF May
4, 1SS9?'
II was at South Evanston and Edge
water" was the reply.
did you see Daniel Coughlin that
night?"
ii did"
Every face in the densely packed
room gave evidence of excitement. The
prisoner sat quietly, looking steadily
into tue eyes OF the witness. but his
face was deathly pale. and hard,
strained expression crept over it as the
story continued,
Where did you see him?" quietly
asked Mr.. BOttum.
"In Edgewater."
Nov. Mr. Bardeen. tell all you saw
on that night"
Il was supervising engineer of the
Edgewater syndicate, and was trying to
get the engine at South Evanston in
order Oil the night of May 4. and after
finishing my work went to EdgeWater
station to see friend of mine who was
in charge there. Arriving at 10 o'clock,
| found him absent. His assistant was
busy. so | went 10 the outside steps and
waited.
Sat there on the steps for some time.
1t was between 10 and IL O'Clock. Hear
ing the sound of wagon approaching
from the west, stood up and saw
long wagon drawn by a dark horse Just
about to
CROSS THE TRACKS.
"Three men were i'll it; two jumped
to the ground and walked as the road
came across the tracks. Just as the
wagon was leaving the last rails, the
horse was in front of me- Over the
door was strong thirty-twO-candle-
power iucandescent light, a locomotive
headlight, and as there was switch
beside the door, l turned it on. The
lamp threw strong light south across
the road. There l saw plainly the long
wagon. the horse and three men,"
Did you see anything in the wagon"
Eyes, sir, there was a>boX or chest in
the wagon. 1t looked to me like tool
chest. On it one of the men was sit
ting"
Now. where were the men who
walked by the Wagon?"
lone OF them walked on the north
side-neXt me-and the other walked
behind"
Ibid you know either of these menu"
Eyes. SIR
(Which ope?"
"rhe man walking behind the wagon.
about sixty feet
WHO was hep" finally asked Mr.. Bot
tum.
Daniel Coughlin," replied Bardeen
calmly and clearly. Again a murmur
OF excitement ran through the crowd,
butsuosided as Mr.. Bottum proceeded
What did Daniel Coughlin do?''
'He Sprang for the opposite side of
the wagon, and when 1t partially hid
him he walked rapidly to the south un-
til his form was lost in the
SHADOW OF THE TREES
on the south side of the road. The other
man who was walking followed Cough
lin into the shadow, and they, with the
wagon, went Oh toward the lake until |
lost sight of them"
Upon croSS-eXamination. Judge Wing
succeeded in confusing the witness
badly. Bardeen had stated that he did
not know where his friend, upon whom
he mad called at the electric light plant,
was.
Don't you know that he was up
stairs in bed?' asked the attorney,
sternly.
Bardeen colored, stammered and re-
piled, confusedly, Il believe he was"
"Why did you say you did not know,
then?"
Il don't know where he was" the
witness repeated stubbornly.
Bardeen'S statement that the moon
was shining at o'clock on the morning
in question was apparently shown to be
false, calendar showing that the moon
set about 11:30 o'clock. The witness
said he might be mistaken, but thought
he saw the moon at 2 o'clock.
Judge Wing, counsel for the defense,
was mercileSs in his criticism of Bar
deems story.
The witness became more and more
confused as the searching examination
continued, ana, when the court an.
nounced a recess. seemed upon the
verge of fainting.
Judge Wing questioned Bardeen re-
gardfng his religious beliefs
You are Christian Scientist?"
asked the attorney.
"Yes, SIR"
"You believe that nothing is real; that
disease, for instance, is only a tiglnent
OF the mind?"
"Yes. SIR"
"Didn't you tell me that if your little
children were
DOWN WITH SMALLPOX
you would not call physician?'
II did not say it that way"
. %R9t ~ HGaH you'd not call DOCTOR"
did not you tell me that you accom-
plished this healing by prayer, but not
by prayer to God In the same way that
the Methodist, the Presbyterian or the
Catholic prays?"
Yes, sir"
Don't you believe that all things are
imagination?"
yes"
WAS your vision of Dan Coughlin at
Edgewater. and your wanderings there,
Imagination"
mo, sir.'
you've read 'Gulliver's Travels?'
sPve heard of them"
Now we will follow Bardeen's tray-
els. Did you go to Rose HlI-even in
your mind" and then the attorney re-
sumed his searching inquiry into Bar
deems actions on the night in question.
What time did you start home that
mOrning?' he asked.
about o'clock"
Don't you know that no trains are
RIM Sunday morninU nm that rooJ H.,