St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-06
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cHEM8ERiAiN'S LAWYERS FfRD SOLE
NICE Law POINTS.
FREEMAN p. LANES STORY.

k'ts n acMAN +. LANES S'EOR Il.
The Lawyer Tells How He JoIlied
Chamberlain, and Read Him a
Code-Counsel for the Defense
Move for Dismissal or Ac-
quittal.
There is chance that the Chamber
lain case may not go to the jury. Yes
terday afternoon the prosecution rested
after having examined Mr.. Ho!Orook,
Freeman P. Lane. Mayor Eustis. Chief
of Police Smith. Detective Hoy, Dr.
Graham and Mr.. Whalen, the man who
found the bullet in the floor. The de-
Tense then sprung another point by
calling Mrs. blin-Chamberlain to the
stand. The first question Mr.. Rees put
to her was:
"What Is your namep"
Mrs. Chamberlain, was the calm
reply.
In answer to further questions, Mrs.
Chamberlain said she would waive her
legal privilege in the matter of testify
ing against her husband. and would
consent to become witness for the
state and testify against him. The de-
Tense thereupon turned her over to the
prosecution. Assistant County Attor-
ney Peterson did not want her as wit
ness. so he merely inquired:
Have you not been indicted for the
same offense Mr.. Chamberlain is now
on trial for?"
Yes. sir" answered Mrs. Chamber
lain.
That's ALL" said MIR. Peterson, and
was shortly after o'clock in the after
noon.
Mr.. Bracket, of counsel for the de-
Tense, then made two motions. The
first was that the case be dismissed and
the defendant discharged, because the
state had failed to call the only eye
witness of the transaction besides the
prosecutor, Holbrook, and the defend
ant. Chamberlain. The eyewitness,
Mrs. Chamberlain, was present and
available, and had consented to testify
for the state, yet the state would not
call her.
The second motion was that the court
instruct the jury to render verdict for
the defendant, because the evidence of
the states witnesses showed that Cnam-
berlain did not deprive Holbrook of any
of his clothing or property with intent
to appropriate the articles to his
own use. but for the purpose of
using them for evidence, as he, CHAM
berlain, so declared to Holbroook at the
time. Mr.. Bracket argued in support
of both motions until $50 .. NJ, and
court adjourned until 9 a. IN. To-Day, !
when Mr.. Bracket will conclude his
argument. The jury was instructed to
be present at a. III.
Nothing fresh was developed yester-
day. except the story of the transactions
between Chamberlain and Freeman p.
Lane. Mr.. Lane related in an amusing |
style what took place. His story was |
as follows:
"As was leaving my office one even
ing last August on my way home 1 was !
met by an employee of the bank, who |
asked me to go down with him TO the |
bank at once. When | got there Cham |
berlain was standing near the door:and, |
after had had few moments CONVEX
sation with Mr.. Wright, stepped up to |
Mr.Chamberlain and asked him what he |
was there for. He replied that he was
trying to Kill somebody. l told him that
was rather dangerous business, ana that
thought he was using the old gentle
man pretty roughly. Mr.. Chamberlain
seemed q ute excited but was good ma
tured. l then asked him to come up in
the elevator with me to my room. and
we would talk the matter over. When
we got there he saw my name OH the
door ana asked me if my name was
Freeman P. Lane. l told him it was,
and he replied that he thought it would
not be any use to try to bulldoze me,
then. 1 gave him a good cigar and
asked him again what he was trying to
do. He said that he ought to have
blown the old mans head off. l told
him that he had taken all he had and
asked him if he had some notes that the
old man had signed. He didn't say he
had the notes, but when l told him
they were not good he replied that he
guessed they were. l then offered
him 500 for the notes and he refused.
l increased the offer 10 5000. He still
declined, and then said he was not so
particular about the money il HOlbrook
would sign an affidavit to the statement
that he had had criminal rela-
tons with his wife. l told him
that l had never known that idiocy
ran in the Holbrook family. but that
if it did, here would be good chance to
display it. Tread him few sections
from the penal code for his benefit. He
was very good natured through it all,
but did not seem to be affected by it.
then went down stairs with MIR. Cham
berlain and secured one of the cards of
the bank from Mr.. Wright, the assistant
cashier, and showed Chamberlain that
Holbrook's initials were S. :, not
+. (. He put the card in his pocket. l
was in very much of hurry, as my
train left the depot at $40. In conclu-
sion l told him that there was no danger
OF Mir. Holbro0k'S leaving the city, and
that if he would come in in the morning
we would have the matter adjusted, /
did not see Chamberlain any more"
Holbrook was on the stand most of the
forenoon. but related nothing new.
Mayor EuStIS was called again to
identify Mrs. Chamberlain's haudWrit-
ing in the following note. which was
found among other things i'll Chamber
lain's possession:
Fired, be at my house at 2:15 sharp
| don't see why the tickets don't come
folks want to 20 now you come Oh as
we suggested and all will be right
WINE"
The most amusing episode in yester-
days trial occurred when the defense
asked Mr.. HoIbrook:
''When you went to Mrs. Zublin's
house that day after part of your ap-
parel, didn't you tell Mrs. HELEN you
had come to take Mrs. dublin to tue