St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-13
MINNEAPOLIS.
DUGAN IN ISOWA DEFENSE
SLIGHTLY RATTtE0, BUT TELLS A
PRETTY GOOD S70RY.
ANGER SHOWN I'm HIS REPLIES

The Celebrated Murder Trial of
the Mill City Gradually Nears
Its Close - The Testimony
About All in and the Case
Will Soon Be Ready for the
; Jury.
The state sprung its coupin yesterday
afternoons trial of James Dugan for the
murder OF James II. Harris, and every
oncin the court room could see it when
IT came. The defendant was placed on
the stand III tie forenoon and Mr..
Davis, his attorney, ran through his
story from the time that the defendant
left Stillw alter penitentiary. Jan. 10,
until he was captured by Detective
Ziegler. Dugan worked we'll under
the skillful hand of Mr.. Davis, and
created good impression in the first
part of his testimony with Mr.. Nye, who
croSS-eXamined him. During the last
hour of the day, however. the witness
grew slightly excited as he was pushed
closer by Mr.. Nye's probing questions,
and when DR.. Ii. Y. Scallon stood up
at Mr.. Nye's request, IN the sheriff box,
where the defendant might look at him
as the doctor who dressed his
arm at Eau Claire. Dugan became
vehement in bis denial of ever
having seen the physician before, and
murmur of comment was kept up by
the throng of spectators collected about.
The prosecution will put Dl. Scallon on
70 hA
that Dugan stopped at his Office at Eau
Claire, and had his wound dressed last
summer. He will swear that he had
asked him his name and he had replied.
They call me Slim, but my name is
Dugan." He will also swear that he
had asked Dugan why he did not pro-
tect himself against the man who shot
him, and that Dugan answered that he
was friend, but that another friend
had fired shot that was Liable to get
them in trouble and he had thought it
best to get out. In his testimony as to
where he and the individual went who
shot him, after leaving Sheridan's
saloon the night of June Is, the witness
testified that they turned down toward
Ninth street on Fourth. He said at first
that they walked three or four blocks.
but Mr.. Nye pressed him and he sud-
denly lost his memory on this point and
said that he did not know how far they
walked. He knew that they turned a
corner and walked toward Washington,
and the scuttte III which he was shot oc-
CURED on an avenue that ran sideways
through the Washing ton avenue yiaduct.
Harry ROsenquiSt, who lives at 6S7
Preble street, st. Paul, was the first
witness of the morning He stated that
he had known Joe White all his life,
and that he became acquainted with
Reed about six years ago. He testified
TO having been at Lake Harriet on the
night of June 10, and while there had
seen Reed IN company with three ladies.
RoSenquist served two purposes as a
witness. He not only proved an abb
for Reed, but also swOre 10 having seen
Joe White on that night. He was going
back to st. Paul, and when he boarded
an lnterurDan car he found he had
nothing but Canadian dime
refused to accept it for more
than nickel. He then turned
around to see if there was ally one on
board he could borrow piece of money
from. He espied White Sitting at the
rear end of the car, and from him Sc
cured enough money to get to st. Paul.
The witness stated that his memory had
been logged by Harry White. the sus-
poets brother. who came to his (Rosen-
qUis's) house and asked him if he did
not remember the night Joe had given
him the two nickels.
At this point The defendant, James
Dugan, was put on the stand. The
crowd looked eXpectant, and craned
their necks forward to look at the sus.
pect. The women jabbed each other IN
the ribs in their anxiety to see if he was
good looking or not. There were over
a hundred present in the court room all
day.
Mr.. Davis took his witness in hand
and requested him to tell something
about himself to the jury. Dugan said
his real name was James Dugan Nc
Arthur, and he was forty-two years of
age. He was an American, born in
Missouri, lis people being Scotch. He
was a marble polisher by trade. He
Lad been in the penitentiary twice,
each time tor about three years. The
hrst time he was convicted of receiving
stolen goods. He was sent to Saltwater
for larceny in the first degree.
when did you leave Saltwater"
''June TO-"
explain how you came to 90 to Min
neapOIis," said Mr.. Davis.
We'll, when l was getting ready to
leave the penitentiary, fellow working
near me gave he note privately, and
the note told me to go to 22415 Fourth
avenue south, Minneapolis, and take
the note to young lady. He said to
tell her that he was in the second grade
now and she could come and see him. |
went to the house on Fourth avenue,
and young lady and Belle Brennan
were there. After delivering the note
Belle Brennan asked NE if l was going
to stay in Minneapolis. l told her that