St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-27
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@. You were not there with Miss
| Cling? A. No, was not.
@. Were you there at all? A. I'll
| swear l was not upstairs there that
night.
| @. Now, as to this hold-up with
Adry, as you say, was it on the 9th OF
2Sth of April? A. 1 only know from
| the date given in Goosman's livery
rig book.
@. The report in the papers was pub
| lished some time after it occurred
/ A. L don't know.
@. When did you speak to Adry
about it? A. The next day.
Q. Well, can't you recollect when it
occurred? A. No I can't.
Q. Are you sure it was a Saturday?
A. No, am not sure it was that day.
Q. Do you remember the hour of the
day Of the conversation? A. 1t was
in the morning, believe.
Q. You simply remember the cir
cumstance of coming into the room and
seeing your brother over the safe? A.
Yes, this was over my fathers safe,
the large one.
Q. You had access to this this? A.
Yes.
@. Where was the watch when you
saw it? A. Hayward here came down
from the stand and described the
transaction with two watches on the
lawyers table.
Q. Had you seen the second watch
before? A. Yes, it belonged to Adry
g. What did you say when you came
In? A. 1 stood perfectly still at first
and he said Cd d-n you, what are
you sneaking on me for?"
Q. What did you tell him then? A
[ told him the watch was taken from
me. He was terribly embarrassed,
and [ asked him where he got it and he
bluffed me. Then L proceeded to do
something, and that is where the
scene took place. I grabbed him by
the collar, and he saw | meant bust
ness, so he did not offer to fight.
was mad and I felt like choking the
life out Of him. Finally 1 reached over
for the watch, and told him if he did
not tell me about that and explain
things l would take it down to the po-
lice station and turn him over. Then
he weakened and told me all about the
circumstances except he would not
say who was with him.
@. He told you everything except
discussing the name of his accom-
plices? A Yes. He also said they
had the ring and the SAG. 1 did not
think he had told the truth then, and
he asked me, when in Jail, not to tell
about this thing. He said he knew it
was me by my voice, but he could not
stop in time.
Hayward here pointed out on the
map where the hold up was, saying it
was between the Lake of the Isles and
Lake Calhoun, about $50 feet from the
H. and D. railroad track.
@. How long did the man stand
holding the horse? A. About twenty
seconds.
@. What were you doing at the time
of the hold up? A. We did not re-
alize at first what it was; we were
laughing and talking, and my first i'm
preston was that it was a policeman
who wanted us to shut up.
@. Was anything said? A. I called
out, What do you want?" and he said
I'll show you what I want d
/ quick" and he came up to me with a
revolver, and put it in my face. I
could hear it. click right in front of my
nose, and he pushed his hand in my
face, and my hat struck something
and fell off.
Q. What did you do to protect the
ladies? A. I did not do anything.
@. You gave right up? A. Yes, 1
kept still.
+ Q. You made no attempt to get
I away? A. No; / had no firearms.
Miss Cling slipped her rings off and
put them in her mouth, and Miss We'd
der put her money in her hat while the
fellow was monkeying with me.
Q. You let him go through your
pockets? A. Yes, did.
Q. He only got one ring? A. Yes,
Miss Vedders; but he was laying for
my money, because 1 had been carry
ing large amount-of money.
Q. What were you singing before
you were stopped? A. 1 think it was
John, Darling
@. Where had you been that even,
ing? A. We started out from the
house about 1880 and went for a walk,
and the drive was proposed when we
got to Twelfth street and Nicollet. 1t
was proposed by the ladies that we
should go for drive.
Q. What time were you out there?
A. About $50 L suppose, because the
livery books say we had the rig at 9.
@. When were you informed that
the rig was taken at 9? A. When
was sitting on the stand last Thurs
day 1 heard so.
Q. Why did you tell them not to
report that robbery? A. We took it
as a. good joke, and did not want to let
it out
@. Did not Miss Vedder want to
make a report to the police? A. No.
Q. Did you go to police headquar-
tiers and see if they had made any in
quiries about it? A. No, because I
knew that it was my brother.
@. Don't you know that Miss We'd
der described the man as a tall one
with a dark mustache? A. No.
Q. Did you ever have any talk with
Adry about this? A. Yes, the next
day.
@. Did you tell him you engineered
the whole thing for that hold-up? A.
did not say so.
Q. Why is it you did not dispose of
that watch since? A. Because he
asked me to keep it quiet.
Q. Why did you not show it to him !?
| A. Because if his wife ever saw me
with that watch she would know in a
minute it was the watch 1 lost in the
hold-up.
Mr.. Hall-This is all I have to ask
now.
Mr.. Erwin-Give the full history Of
the transaction with Goodsell and the
loan? A. He wrote and told me he
was hard up and wanted money to
continue his schooling. Then I went
to Chicago and arrangements were
made for the loan.
@. Did your brother tell you where
he got his rig? A. He said he got it
at the Great Western livery stables.
Q. You put this watch in Eustis
| Bros on the morning of Dec. 8? A
Yes.
Q. Blixt testified he gave that to you
in the afternoon in tin box? A. BliXt
never had possession of that watch.
Q. How do you account for him
knowing you had a gold watch with
deer's or horses head on it? A Only
that my brother must have told him.
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