St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-22
MISS GING,s RINGS.
He Testifies as to PaNning Some
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MISS G1SG7S ItlNUSs ~
He Testifies as to Payvning Some
of Them.
O. Now, in relation to pawning
goods, did you ever have any rings
of Miss Gings? A. 1 think about thel
time of the first note for $500 L pawned
a ring for her.
@. Why? A. She was raising $1,000
at that time. 1 understood it was
about loan.
O. What kind of ring was this?
A. A diamond with a heavy gold set
ting, one 1 understood she had had for
years. 1 don't know for certain where
she got it.
@. Where did you pawn it? A. At
Gittlesons.
Q. How much did you get on it?
A. Fifty dollars. He gave me tick
ct for this, but when 1 took things of
my own I never got a ticket. 1 gave
her the ticket and it was taken out
again.
@. Any other rings of hers you
had anything to do with? A. Yes,
she gave me another. 1 think at some
time it had been an engagement ring.
| was always trying to get her to say
where she got it, but she would not.
1 told her that time 1 would buy it,
and 1 paid her $3.50 for it, although
it was not worth more than, SIPS.
Q. You wanted to get that away
from her? A. Yes.
@. Because you supposed it was an
engagement ring? A. 1 am pretty
certain it was.
@. What became Of that ring? A.
1t is at Gittleson's now, but the set
tings are different, although the dia-
monds are the same.
@. Is that all? A. No, she had an
other ring, a small solitary diamond,
but at one time she said she was going
to give this to Miss Ireland, and l adj
vised her to, but she altered her mind,
and she decided she would sell it. She
asked me to sell it for her and said it
was worth $50. l said 1 would see
what 1 could do, and l found that /
could pawn it for more than 1 could
sell it for. I pawned it for $35, and l
guess it is there now.
@. This $1,000 note is witnessed? A.
Yes.
A short recess was here taken, after
which the examination was contin-
ued.
@. You heard the testimony Of Law
yer Angel as to his advice, is that cor
rect? A. Yes. 5
@. I see this note is Wednesday?
A. Yes.
@. His advice was to have it witt
messed? A. Yes, I explained to him
how l stood on money matters, and the
reasons 1 kept the money out of the
banks.
@. On the date you made this loan,
when was this note prepared? A. The
same morning.
O.. And the assignments? A. The
main assignment was signed later. /
@. Now, describe the way the loan
was made? A. Whether RliXt was in
the room first I can't say. Yes, Miss
Cling came in first I was writing
when she came in, and 1 had the note
and assignments on the table. Then
Blixt came in, and I said: "All right"
l then went out and rang the elevator
bell and Jack Watherspoon came in 1
am sure the money was out in enNel- 4
opes. There being no table in the room,
we went into another room. and the
packages of 500 bills when she opened
saw all of them. She came back and
said the money was short $40, but I
told her she was mistaken, and she
went back and counted it and came
back and said it was all right. I went
into the other room and she had the
packages there, and when she went
down the elevator she had them under
her arm.
no no Tn ,nIo
I took these two assignments and put
the things in the safe and closed up.
@. On going down the elevator what
did you tell Blixt to say? A. I know
there was some remark about it being
a large sum of money. Blixt seemed
to be surprised and dumfounded.
Q. BliXt testified that you told him
to use profane language about it? A.
L never told him to say anything of tho
kind, but he fattered me for hav-
ing such large amount of money
I never was much of hand at taking
f1attery, so I turned him off. Wath-
erspoon had seen me have rolls of 500
bills, and when I had been out and had
a big pile I would take it out and put it
under his nose. Q. You did not know
that she had vault? A. Not till
she told me; she did not like banks
much, and she moved some of her
money from the Security bank be-
cause of the run on it, and took it to
the First National
Q. Do you remember whether she
came back a second time when you
gave her the money? She never came
back after it was made. If she did
BliXt must have been there, and he
was not.
@. How did BliXt come to be there.
He said by an agreement with you? A.
Well, it was this way. The day before
the safety valve was wanting to be re-
placed, and l told him he had better
get one and to come down to the Office
@. He was there by agreement with
you? A. No, sir, he was not.
@. After you went out, you went
with Blixt to get this valve? A. Yes,
and 1 could not pay for it. I had no
small money, but I had some. 500 bills,
and for a bluff I took one out to pay
for it. Blixt paid for it, but he did ]
not pay for it with $40 bill as he
stated but with the exact money. =
@. How long after this was the
main assignment executed? A. -Four
days on the 18th day of November.
MISS GING WAS SLOW.