St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-05

The Whole Affair Was q job
berry, He Said.
Joe White. the defendant in the muir
der trial OIL exhibition in the criminal
court. was the principal feature of yes
terday afternoons session. There were
over l0o women present. and they were
all crowded within the railing. An
oior of cheap perfume and bay rum
filled the room. 1t left when the fair
! ones did. Joe took the stand. and testi-
fed in cool and deliberate manner.
He lost his temper but once, and that
was when Mr.. Nye had badgered him
pretty hard. Mr.. Nye was severe in his
cross-examination, and he tried every
trick known to skiliful cross-eXaminers.
Several times Mr.. Penney protested to
the count that Mr.. Nye was taking an
unfair advantage Of the witness. The
handouts were taken off Joe's hands
when he went on the stand. At the in
stance of MIR. Penney he gave a brief
history of his life and the events that
occurred on the night of June Is, when
MIR. Harris was murdered.
Joe stated that he was born in Maine
twenty-four Years ago. His name was
SPELLED Films. lie had lived in ST. Paul
twenty-five years. He pleaded guilty to
charge Of larceny in Wisconsin, was
sentenced to term of two years. which
be served. He came back to st. Paul
April 2. Since mis- return he had not
been employed, as he could not get
work. He came to Minneapolis with
Grindell June 10 last, but did not GO to
the museum. They Went directly 10
Belle Brennan's, and after he had been
there short time Dugan came in and
the Brennan woman introduced them.
They had some beer, but were not in
toXicated. Dugaa left the rooms before
White did, but the witness left about
O'Clock with Feeley, and waited for him
While Eeeley went into q barber shop
and got shaved. They were to go to
Sheridan's atterward. They took
little walk and arrived at Sheridan's
saloon about o'clock. Cullen. Harrlgau
ana Gallagher were all there when
Feeley and the witness reached the
saloon. White did not see Sheridan
until later, and he was feeling pretty
good at that time. Later in the evening
Dugan came into the wine room. That
was the first time White saw him after
him again until after the arrest. He
denied the straw hat and revolver in
cidents entirely. There were good
many persons i'll the saloon.
He left the saloon, he said, at about
1U O'clock. and he did not see Dugan
again that night; in fact. he never saw
him until he was brought into the court
room. When he left the saloon he went
down Ninth street and took the inter-
urban Car for home. He met several
people OF his acquaintance Oh the car.
Ia. .l,n =.
ytrSlty and Rice streets, and waited
there Tor transfer. He arrived home
at about 1850. His mother opened the
door for him, and with her in the room
were Nellie, Harry and MIR. Merrick.
He c0rroboratcd the evidence of his
mother, Harry and Nellie, and tod an
apparently very straightforward story.
Harry slept with him, ami the next day
lie went to Simon, the tailor. OF East
Seventh street, 10 get pair OF pants he
had ordered several days before, and
which we're to lave been done on the
18th.
On cross-examination he stated that
he read OF the Harris homicide in the
newspapers several days after it &C.
Cured. He was at home on the 14th.
The state did hot make anything out of
it REORGANIZATION. for White stuck
tc his original story. Mr.. Penney. in
the redirect examination, asked him
about his apparel OH the night of the
18th. He stated that he wore black
saeen shirt. He did not wear a flannel
shirt; he had never worn one. In de-
scribing his suit, he said lie wore pair
of pants that resembled the pair worn
by Inspector James Howard. MIR. Pen
ney asked witi smile:
Howard didn't get your pants, did
he?'
Howard blushed to the roots of his
hair, and Joe laughed as he replied in
the negative. He maintained that when
jim Sheridan called upon him at the
Jail in st. Paul he toiu him that Jim
Eye had sent him over 10 lind out what
lie had TO say about the murder. He
did not lell Sheridan that Dick Reed
could say nothing about ii. Sheridan
swore W ite said So. lie also swore
that he did not tell that Eye had sent
him over.
Joe" said Mr. Penney. Ibid Simons,
the street ear conductor, meet YOU at
the place he swore he didS''
No, sir; he did not. never got on
the car at Hampton avenue IN my
litc?''
Now, Joe, why did you throw that
ink bottle the other day?'
Joe's face flushed and then grew
white again. He clinched tbs hands
together as he said: because | knew
he was liar. l couldn't stand it any
longer"
MI. Nye then asked: "Do you mean
to say that every one who testified here
lied?'
NO, s;r," was the response. eff
had tllougn. so L would have flung an
inks1and at every one of them. This Is
case OF jobbery-''
W h.,t, inf
sharply.
but Mr.. Penney interposed before his
client could answer, aud told him to
hcvp quiet AID not TO answer. Then
MIR. Nye asked:
have you got that black shirt yet?"
~ eS; It's i'll the jail now. Go over
and get it if you want it,
When Joe took his seat lie looked dag
gers at both Mr.. Nye and Mir. Hall.
During the morning Robert Hickson,
who at tie time of the murder lived at
20S Twelfth avenue south, testified that
he met Joe White On the night in ques-
ton on an interurban car going over to
st. Paul. 1t was shortly after 10 O'clock.
He was going over to ST. Paul to see his
sister, Mrs. Jennie Connolly, and Joe
got Oft at Rice street. He spoke to him
there. At the time Of the Dugan trial
ue was Ill and could not get around to
the court house. A short time ago he
told Whites attorneys about what he
knew. Mrs. Jennie Connolly corrobo-
rated her brothers testimony about his
visit to st. Paul upon the night in ques-
ton. Her brother reached the house
about midnight, she said.
VI. Slinun, the tailor, whose place of
business is at Ito East Seventh street,
ST. Paul, testified to the pair of pants
ordered by Joe. HIS order book was
introduced in evidence, which showed
an entry made with Joe's name ON tue
date OF 18th. He admitted, however,
that he did not write Joe's name in
himself.