The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-11
AFTERNOON IN THE BICKEL
TRIAL.
PROSECUTION is CLOSING.
BELIEVED THAT THE FORENOON
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR IT'S
PURPOSES.
ADMISSIONS BY THE DEFENSE
Materially Shorten the Time Re-
auired for the Trial of the Bank
ing Cause CeIebre.

At last the beginning Of the end of the
Bickel trial is in sight The state prac-
tically rested last night. Court there
upon adjourned until 9 o'clock this fore
noon, in order to give the county at
torney an opportunity to put in such
further testimony as he may have over
looked during the past two weeks. At
noon today the state will undoubtedly
have completed it's case, and the jury
will be excused until Monday forenoon.
In the meantime the defense will move
to dismiss the case, and this after
noon will be devoted by Mr.. Butler
and the county attorney to arguing
the formers motion to dismiss.
Yesterdays session was as tedious
as ever. H. NJ. Temple, the expert &C
countant, resumed the witness stand in
the morning. The entire forenoon was
spent in showing him a vast number
Of exhibits of checks and accounts,
which he was asked to identify with
personal Identification. One by one
they were handed to him, and as to
each one he was asked when AID
where he had seen them. Few spec
tators were in the court room, and
even the attorneys, of whom there have
been many in the court, were conSpfcu-
Gus by their absence.
After Mr.. Temple had testified that
when he first saw the checks drawn by
w. F. Bickel they were pinned to Vari-
Gus memorandum slips, Receiver Shee-
han was recalled to testify that none of
the banks papers contained in a GER
tain box had been disturbed or touch
ed from the time they came into the
possession of the receivers until they
were turned over to the expert account
ant for examination.
The county attorney then proceeded
to introduce in evidence all of the
Bickel checks and their accompanying
slips, Mr.. Butler Directing without
avail.
During the latter part of the after
noon the county attorney finished in
Producing the various checks and mem
orandum slips, which Mr.. Temple iden-
titled. Then, turning his attention to
the thirteen notes which the indict-
ment charges the defendant with steal
ing, the county attorney offered to
prove that all but two Of them, the
Behnke note for $500, made by August
F. Behnke and William Bickel, the de-
ltHudul > ldlHGI, anu lllG NdTl6du UOIG
for $75. were not paid.
Mr. Behnke took the stand and testi-
fee that he paid the $500 to the re-
ceivers of the Minnesota Savings bank
last May. Receiver Sheehan testified
that the Marleau note was also paid
to the receivers at about the same
time.
Mr.. Butler objected to states offering
in evidence the various promissory
notes mentioned, but the court over
ruled the objection. The defense noted
an exception and then decided upon a
course of action that has saved time
In response to the offer of the county
attorney to prove that none of the
notes had been paid up to Jan. Is, when
the defendant took them from the
bank, Mr.. Butler said that, While OBJ
jecting to the course of action pursued
by the county attorney, yet, inasmuch
as the court was going to allow proof
of the nature indicated by the state
to be submitted, the defense would,
in order to save time, admit that the
notes were not paid by the makers
or indorsers prior to the failure of the
bank. This obviated the necessity of
the state calling the makers and in
dorsers of the various notes to testify
that they were not paid
AT this point County Attorney An
derson announced that he had no
farther testimony to offer then and
there, but that he would like to be Civ
en- little time to look over the ground
In order to be sure he had not over
looked anything important According
ly, the arrangement already set forth
was finally agreed upon. Mr.. Butler
announcing that he would have a few
words to say to the court in the after
noon after the jury had gone.