St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-17
WAS FRAZER IN FARGOS
Testimony in the Billings Case Con-
hicting.

The case Of The State against Otis L. Bill
iings, on trial Tor perjury was taken up again
before Judge Jamison yesterday in the district
court, with ID. F. Miller sworn for the state.
Mr. Miller is Great Northern passenger con-
ouctor with run from Niche to GAINESVILLE
lie stated that he made a report Of his fares
OF Dec. z, 1885, TO the company The report
was produced and sworn to by the witness.
witness was shown the going trip portion
OF the pass used by Frazer and placed in evi-
aence, and he swore that the punch mark was
his and that the report showed the same pass
and his punch mark. Witness swore he saw
FRAZER IN the sleeper when the train was be-
tween Sabin and Moorhead Mr.. Larrabee
cross-eXamined and showed that the porter
look up the pass and the witness had it from
the porter. All he could say was that he took
up certain pass: with a certain number
ana testified to having seen Mr.. Frazer in
Fargo Dec. Z.
W. e: Frazer was then recalled, and he
swore that he received the pass by mail Fri
day, Dec. 6, and used 1t Dec. T. He remem-
bered talking with the conductor in the wash
room This apparently gave a complete story
OF the ticket for it bore names and dates.
c. c. McElwee, clerk in Mr.. Growers Of
nee in st. Paul, swore that he had the let
ter written by Billings to Howard, on his
desk about Feb. 1. Mr.. Howard was sick,
letter awaited him there. He remembered
the illness very we'll because it was pay
DAY when Howard came around, and the
clerks joked with him because it was such
nice time to be on hand.
In the afternoon the state rested its case
and Mr. Larrabee opened the case for the
defense.
Amelia Osborn. of 424 Second avenue north.
swore that Billings at one time lived in the
other side of the same house in which she
lived. On the evening of Dec. a man
called at her house and asked for Billings
She had been reading a newspaper and told
the man that Billings did not live there;
but she noticed by the paper she had been
reading that his boy had been arrested and
could found
Who was the MANI" asked Larrabee
Why, picked him out to be the man who
was in the chair when I came in the other
day.
Mr.. Frazer was asked to step forward. He
did so, and the witness identified him as the
man who called at her house. A newspaper
of Dec. was identified and an article read
which showed that young Billings had been
arrested and placed in Jail. Witness stated
that the article in question the one she
had been reading before the man called.
Fred Graft of 2SO2 Cedar avenue a paper
hanger, was at Billings house, 2S12 Eight
eenth avenue south, the evening of Dec T.
1895, at about o'clock. While he was there
preparing tor a game of cards a man came
in a hack and asked for Billings and took
him away. He identified the man as Frazer
but was not very positive in his identifca-
tion. Cross-eXamined by Mr. Nye, witness
stated that Mr.. Billings and his boy were in
the room. but no one else The man who
called came into the house and said he would
like to have Mr.. Billings go up town. He
the hack driver nor could he tell the color
of the horses. The man had dark suit of
clothes and dark overcoat, and perhaps a
cap. 1t was Feb. 10 before the circumstance
was called to his mind when he was sub
poenaed to go before the grand jury. Then
he testified to all he knew of the case. He
had identified Frazer to the grand jury as
near as he could describe him.
William Mcguire, of 2S0l Stevens avenue
local manager of the North American Tele-
graph company. was called on a subpoena to
lN,s,, al t,Iar CN,Nf Io+,
apoiis and Buffalo, Wright county. bunch
of six messages were produced, the majority
of them relative to some photographs wanted
al Buffalo in the trial OF case.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. Party goes
on morning train. Attend to the matter at
once. w. E. Dodge
This is the only message sent from Col.
Dodge TO Wendell & Pidgeon; was the only
one that appeared at all; lacked in its mean
Ing. Another message from Col. Dodge to
Wendell & Pdgeon, dated Dec. 6, said: "Ab-
bott leaves for Fargo tonight
The greatest point will be made by the de-
fense over telegram sent from Minneapolis
at 6:2S D. m. Dec. 6. bearing the signature
of w. f. Frazer. Frazer testified that he
took the train at st. Paul and went to bed
at 7:45 o'clock.
w. p. Bunce, telegraph agent at Buffalo,
produced bundle OF kilograms from his
end Of the line. In the bunch nothing OF
value to the defense was discovered. The
adjournment for the day taken.