St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-28

| A. I didn't say it that way. I said
! had chance if l wanted to, but even
! If was poor man they could not hire
me for money.
|. @. Did you say it in the way I have
| asked you? A. No, sir.
@. The 10th Of February was Sun
| day, you probably did not have a con-
versation with him on that day? A.
Well, I did not say just the exact
date, it was probably the next day.
+ @. Probably Monday? A. Yes, sir;
I I would not say the exact date.
7 =; CROSS
+ By Mr.. Nye
| Q. What led you to suppose you
| would make four or five hundred dol
Y lars? A. Mr.. Erwin's own man came
| out to my house Sunday night.
7 Mr. Erwin-Well, who is he?
II The Witness-That man that sat over
| there.
/ Mr. Erwin-Mr. Sweetser?
! The Witness-Yes, sir. And he says:
l. fMr. Hayward has plenty of money;
| could we lead you?" And 1 said: mo,
sir; I am a poor man, but money
could not hire me-
7 lead me, could 1 be hired. He said he
| knew you had me subpoenaed and
+ asked me if they could hire me. 1 said:
mo, sir, you can't hire me-
@. When was that? A. Two weeks
| ago last Sunday night, 1 think.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Erwin.
@. Now, you say this man that sits
here with me, with whiskers, the
blonde man? A. Yes, sir.
G. That sits here assisting us in the
trial? A. Yes, sir.
@. When did you see him? A. Two
weeks ago last Sunday night. He said
Mr.. Hayward has lots of money. He
wanted to know if l could be-he want
ed to know what 1 was going to swear
to, what / had sworn to on the stand,
and 1 told him, mo, sir, you or Mr..
Nye will not know it until 1 get on
the stand" And he wanted to know if
, could be changed, and 1 said, mo,
SIR He was there five or six times
to find me-
Q. Did he ever make any talk to you
of that kind except on this occasion?
A. He never saw me but on that oc-
casion. He has been there since, but
never caught me at home.
.. Don't you know, as a matter OF
fact, Mr.. Wilson, he never said any
such thing to you? A. Yes, sir, he
said it, and 1 could have told you be-
fore if you had asked me, but 1 did not
want to say any more than you asked
me to.
Mr.. Erwin-That is all, but I want
him to be here this afternoon, because
l want to call Mr.. Sweetser this after
noon on that particular point.
Re-cross-eXaminatio by Mr.. Nye.
@. 1 want to ask you why you threw
people off that you could not see this
| man, why you made that answer to Mr..
Danforth and others? A. Well, the
minute got off the train when 1 came
back from Manistee, Mich, I presume
there were hundred people after me,
| reporters, lawyers and friends of mine,
! like Mr.. Laramee and Mr.. Danforth,
and I didn't propose to tell them any
| thing; I wanted to keep out of the
| trouble if 1 could, and 1 had to attend
| to my business, and l told it the next
| day to people that l thought ought to
| know about it, and l thought that was
enough.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Erwin.
| @. Then what you told them was not
true? A. Why, I was not under oath.
%. I say it was not true, you told an
untruth? A. No, l did not; L did not
consider it was any of their business.
l., @. You made an untrue statement?
A. 1 don't claim that 1 did-it was
nothing to outsiders.