St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-01


was it?''
''Yes. sir. Igave him 5000 when he
left and he was TO purchase maps for
our trip with the outfit. Frank wrote
me two or three times while at ST. Lolis.
We used the name E. w. Phillips when
we wrote each other. We destroyed the
letters that passed between US. have
none of them left"
when Frank left here how soon were
you to follow?''
"There was no particular time set. l
was to come when he had finished ar
rangementS."
"Wnen did yon talk with Lou about
your departure?"
ut was in August. never told Mrs.
Floyd anything about the trip or about
my robbing the bank"
"When the conspiracy was first
formed you and Frank were the only
ones in the deal, were you not?"
Yes, SIR"
Witness stated that Franks method
OF writing to his mother at st. Louis
was TO take the letter I'D a clerk on an
outgoing train and give him money to
mail it i'll Chicago.
How much did you send Frank while
he was at st. LOUISE"
about $1,000. | sent it to him $500
u SiUU dt Il time.
when did Lou come back from Pitts.
burg?'
I'm August. | was just as we'll ac-
Quainted with one OF the boys as the
other"
You were friends with them?"
mo. L guess that there was no love
lost between us. l never cared to be
with them very much"
You have no feeling against them
now. have you?"
Yes, sir, have, although l am not
here to try and convict them"
Witness stated that when he went
away he had $40, 900 insurance on his
lie. Before he left he had S25, 600 of
this made payable 10 his wife, the rest
to his mother. When he and Lou went,
Mrs. Floyd was told that Lou was going
to Chicago to sell worlds fair books.
Now. before you went away did not
your wife object to your going with the
Floyd boys?''
Yes, Sir"
NOW, after you had been reinstated
in the bank did not you write letter to
Lou saying that they must shift for
themselves after that, and that you had
reformed; also that they might consider
the relations between you SeyeredP"
~ may have done SOB
what did you give Lou to take away
with him?"
81 gave him about $500, a either and
diamond ring. l also gave Frank a
ring set with rubies and diamonds.
Mr.. Scheig stated that the total
amount that he had taken from the
Bank of Minneapolis was between $685.
600 and S124,000.
when did you first begin to take
money from the bank?'
sin 1856 | took some. but did not take
any more until July, 1889. From that
time OH l took money right along.
When left the bank the last day be-
fore left took about $4,000. l had
$4,000 that might have taken. ] took
the $4,000 i'll gold and currency and
went out. l came back to the bank
afterwards"
"Where did you go when you left the
bank with the sl5.O0O'''
IL went 10 Dietrich's, and gave the
package of 3d. to my brother Carl;
also my insurance policy. l left the
money so that if my folks needed any
they could use it,"
Did You ever give your folks money
before?'
mo, SIR"
"Did you tell your father or mother
that you were going away?"
mo, sir"
"Did you bid your mother good-bye?"
mo, sir"
Did your brother Carl ask you where
you were going?"
Yes. l told him that l was going to
Chicago and would be back Tuesday
L carried $4,000 in gold in shot bags in
my pocket. 1t weighed 8 or 10 pounds.
and was rather heavy to carry"
The witness here related how he and
his wife took lunch at the Continental
after he lett the bank. How nc left her
and her mother there while he. went to
from his pockets to cigar box. He
then returned 10 the Continental.
The witness stated that he could not
remember that he had seen Boefferding,
the cashier of the bank, anywhere out
side of the bank during the last three
days before he went away. Witness
also stated that Mr.. and Mrs. Barge
went to the depot to see him off when
he left. He carried the cigar box con-
tanning the money in his hand.
Now, Phil" said M. Byrnes. Ibid
you not tell Mrs. Floyd to take any
other route to Chicago than the Bur
ling ton route?"
Eyes, SIR"
And you went that route yourself?"
"Yes, Sir.''
Now, Phil. you didn't want Mrs.
Floyd to know that you were going to
Chicago, did you?"
II didn't care whether she knew was
going or not"
Then, what was your object in tell
ing her that?"
"Well. didn't want her on the same
train with me-"
Where did you carry your cigar box
of money on the car?'
Under my berth. When we got to
Chicago we went to the Grand Pacific
hotel. put the box of money on the
floor In the corner of the cloak room of
the hotel. did not check it. 1t re-
manned there from Sunday morning
until Monday afternoon, when l re.
turned and got 1t. From here we moved
left my wife, went back to the Grand
Pacific MOTEL and wrote letter to my
wife saying that | was going away and
that she would never see me again. l
mailed this letter to Minneapolis. l
mailed similar letter to my brother
Carl"
Did you not say in your brothers.
letter, When you see me again | will
be a corpse?'"
II do not know what the letter con-
tains, except that | said 1 was going
away and that he would not see me
again. l was not responsible for what /
did on that night"
did you not say to Peter Zahen. your
cousin, after you wrote those letterS?"
IL don't know"
odd you not say that you were going
to commit Suicide?'
II do not know what said"
The witness then told how he went
out, got his hair cut and his mustache
shaved off. He changed the money
from the cigar box TO his money belt IN
private drinking room at the Grand
Pacific hotel. He left Tor St. Louis and
put up at the Southern hotel. After he
met Frank Floyd he went to the State
ba nix and deposited $1,000 in the name
of j. II. Mansfield.
The court adjourned at this point.