St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-21

called each to the witness stand and
questioned him closely.
| The man who showed up the worst
| was Edward O'Toole, who withdrew
his plea of not guilty Of grand larceny
| in the first degree and pleaded guilty
to grand larceny in the second degree.
| O'Toole some time ago entered Manteu-
| fel's carpenter shop about midnight
| and was carrying off lot of tools when
he was captured. Though he comes
from good family and had excellent
educational advantages, he seems to be
confirmed criminal, having previous
ly spent a term in the reformatory at
st. Cloud and another at the work
| house. He is thirty years of age, TWEEN
ty-seven of which he has resided in ST.
Paul. and he spent fourteen years in
school, most of the time in parochial
school at that He is a boilermaker by
trade.
The court thought he merited the
full limit of the law under the circum-
stances, and sentenced him to five years
in the penitentiary, the maximum SEN
tence.
William Foster, who stole an over
coat and other clothing from the barn
of DR.. Wheaton, was sent to the st.
Cloud reformatory. Foster told the
court he was twenty-four years Of age,
sailor had a meager education and
ID SlChly. he OlHGI lHuiClIuGIlt dSdlliSl
him was continued until January, 1897.
Frederick Hoffman, who pleaded
guilty to stealing a lot of clothes from
Prof. Patrick Sullivan,of the ST. Thomas
seminary, and who is indicted for rob-
bling the choir of the seminary, was
sentenced to the penitentiary on the
reformatory plan. Hoffman is thirty
seven years of age and spent term In
the Workhouse once before.
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itentiary on the reformatory plan for
forgery in the second degree. Eschle is
thiry-five years of age and timer by
trade. He, too, spent a season in the
wOrkhouse for a previous crime.
John Smith was sentenced six months
In the Workhouse for driving away with
a team and wagon not his own in North
st. Paul. He pleaded guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree, but eX
planned to the court that he did not in
tend to steal the property. Smith is
thirty-one years of age and spent a
term in the regular army.
James Jackson, the colored youth who
was on trial for the larceny of couple
of overcoats, was acquitted by the jury
after it had been out about half an hour.
Jackson was therefore discharged.
M. Kaufman and David B. Veneer,
the Ely merchants indicted for defraud-
ing creditors furnished new bonds in
the sum of $1,000 each, Samuel Golden
and Isaac Jacob signing as sureties.
They had been in custody since Satur-
day night, their previous bondsmen
having turned them over to the sheriff.
Samuel Yaeger, proprietor of the
Olympic theater, and c. H. Barr, pro-
prietor of the Bodega, both of whom
have been indicted by the grand jury
for keeping disorderly houses, came in,
pleaded not guilty, gave bonds in the
sum of $500 each, with Billy Hamm and
Anton Miesen as sureties, and departed.
The trials of Ernest Walther and Hen
ry Thiel, indicted for similar offense,
were set for Jan. 20 and 80, respective
ly.
John Dillon pleaded not guilty to the
indictment for grand larceny in the sec
ond degree, and his trial was set for
Jan. %. The trial of Joseph Hoska for
the larceny Of logs, was continued to
the February term. The trial of Bar
tholomew Hayes for assault in the sec
ond degree, was set for Jan. 2S, and
that of Anton Jordan, on a like charge,
begins today.