The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-25
WHAT WAS cRANDALL's cINCH?

After some objection witness related con-
versation he had with man named Crandall,
a guard at the prison. Crandall, when angry
at Lemon about something, had told McCrack-
en- that they" meaning the prison officials,
could not bulldoZe him. He had saved
them" McCracken asked him what he meant,
and this Crandall told him that when the
legislature was investigating charges against
Lemon in 1891. Lemon called him, Crandaii,
in one morning and urged him for GOO
sake" to go to st. Paul and save him. Gran
dali went to his brother-in-law, Senator
Crandall and secured the introduction by
hi;r of a resolution referring the further
Investigation of the charges to the state board
of corrections and charities Witness further
testified that he had heard Lemon say that
"Crandall is the poorest stick in the place.
but we've got to tolerate him.
The cross-examination as to this incident
indicated an attempt would be made to show
that McCracken had COMPOUNDED the investi-
CATION of 1891 with that of 1892, which was
after the witness had left the prison.
Meyer S. Friend assistant manager of the
Palace Clothing house, for twenty-five years
in the business, said the suit shown by The
eX-cOnvict was worth S5.50-no more. He
was not cross examined.
Judge Nethaway asked permission to call
a witness. Attorney Penney consented, and
Anthony Conroy, a Minneapolis policeman,
was called. Conroy said he helped o'Meara
get his prison job through Attorney Cen
eral Clapp. After he left the prison O'Meara
had told witness that he did not think Glen
of those convicts in there that ought to be
hung, and if he had been in charge he would
have been more severe than they were.
But when Conroy blurted out that he
would have licked O'Meara today if he could
have found him." Judge Flandrau looked
startled, and suggested that the commission
was not really interested in that. Attorney
Penney drew out and that, too, with very
little effort that Conroy thought O'Meara had
betrayed his friendship-"t'run him down, "
as they would say it on Conroy's beat.
Another eX-convict was called, this one by
the defense. He said he was a clerk in the
shoe lasting department. He was in the soli-
tary building frequently He was confined
from July 1, 1895, to May u, 1897. He had
seen one convict who had been cut on the
said he had been importuned by Forester
and one Corey to tell about what he saw in
the prison. This was admitted impeach-
ment of Forester, who had testified that he
had no special interest in the matter. 1t
was shown subsequently, however, that For
roster had merely dropped into the cigar
store where the witness worked and asked
him if he had seen the o b e.. and if he
intended to go before the commission.
N. L. Friedman, a janitor in the court
house in Minneapolis, formerly wall guard
was also called for the defense. He had
fcers. or heard any vile language used to
prisoners. He knew Forester. He knew
there were jealousles existing between the
guards.
But Forester had never told him anything
about it, On cross-examination he admitted
that he was on the wall, except on occasional
Sundays. when he was on duty inside
Attorney Penney then explained that a
witness who had been present all the fore
noon had not come back yet. 1t was decided
to adjourn over Thanksgiving, and indeed,
until Monday when the commission will meet
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