The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-15

L QlQ not.
'tWho knocked him down."
He dropped down himself"
why did you shut the door,"
Because there were other conYcts there
How long was he chained up before you
saw him AGAIN."
Il saw him that evening"
WAS his arm swelling them"
II did not examine it,
Did he complain about 1t
81 said you've got yourself into fuss and
me, and 1 told him he ought to keep his !
temper down. He said he supposed 1t served |
him right"
How long was he in the solitary that
timer"
81 don't remember exactly. Perhaps three
days, more or less"
did he complain about his fngers?''
He said they hurt him ;"
Nor about his arm?"
NO SIR"
Mr.. Nethaway. resuming the examination,
ELECTED the information that Reed put his
fingers against the door jam.
ASSISTANT DEPUTY CoLLIGAN.
Assistant Deputy Warden NJ. C. Colligan
was called at 30 He took Mr. Glennon s 1
Place JAN l. He said Reed had made
pass at him, and, in self-defense he struck
Reed twice with the cane, once on the head
and once he didn't know, Where. Reed re-
sisted until his hands were put through the
door. Reed had said: You 1890 I'll
kill some of you If you, come in here
when he found Hahn lying, on his back Gu
the gallery kicking at ME-: Glennon. His
narrative practically corrorborated Glennons.
He denied kicking at Hahn, as Austin and
Forester had testified, and told how For
roster afterward boasted that he had knocked
Hahn out In one punch, ana ne did not see
why 1T took three men to hold him.
Colligan denied kicking "a man down the
shop, stairs, as testified to by Ewing. Wit
ness denied having Threatened to break a
ccnvict's neck; also having sworn at con-
Wet who did not want 10 go to church. He
described the PMaresch; ARRAY in the dining 4
room and admitted hitting the convict with
his stick. TX '-'.'"9r
Colligan denied that Lemon has struck
Maresch while big convict held his arms,
or that he Collgan, had assaulted a con-
vict for stepping cut of line, or that he tore
up the diary, which an ex-convict had
On cross examination Colligan said he had
not observed any blood on Reed at the time.
He thought Deputy Lemon had cane at
dropped it in the corridor. Did net see him
use the t1sstick. eColigan reiterated.apthat
Maresch knocked Lemon off the platform,
and witness then knocked Maresehs down with
his stick.
WHO dragged Reed into. the. solitary"
asked Mr.. Harrison.
I'VE both did, replied , Collig gan. 4s~s@s
What hold did you haye?''
.sSeyeral, =. at various times. -, 49, ...s
''"Did you club him inside the cell?''
there"
do you know where. his, fingers We're
broken?" - rs s.Ng l1s
:. y do not. 4 think he;sgot it when I hit
him outside. " >
ibid you scr Lemon 9strikesehiin after his
left hand vas , manaeed the cen % door, r.
After a recess from $50 to 715 for supper 4
Mr. Col1fgan was again put on the standai
and asked about -Meide. Celligan said he sent
the colored' runner up TO help Medic DOWN.
and was then called himself to let train in:
Did not see Miede taken dcwn stairs, nor tell
DR.. Beebe that the darkey had pulled him
down stairs by the heels. \
asked about the BURDEN case. Colligan said
he never had any trouble with him. The
office record was brought in to show wheng|
Burden was in the solitary last, FEBRUARY,
-'''' anu Guard sTTLKEY's TALE
J.. H. Stilkey, guard for eight years,
testified regarding the assault made on him
calling him a vile name. Heen, he knew.
Never saw Deputy Lemon abuse him. Was
storekeeper when the Indian came up after
the Indian and Assistant Deputy Glennon
and there was something OF a struggle on the
stairs. Glennon did not throw the Indian
down stairs. Stilkey was present, soon after !
the bale fell on Anderson, but the commission
suggested that no more time be wasted on !
that case. Witness had charge of the team
that hauled the provisions in June, 1885, A ]
Swede named Martin Thompson drove then.
witness was away ten days that month.
On cross examination, the shoe incident was
gone into little without sensational devel-
opments.
Reed hurt him. Stikey said 1t. cut his lip
badly AID loosened one Of his teeth.
GUARD. PARKER'S DOINGS.
Archibald Parker, a guard, had served
eight years in the prison. Knew both Hahn
and Heen but never saw Lemon assault
Heen. Hahn was five or six men ahead OF
him in the line at the time Of the chapel In
niH nnf aTlu sod 4
than was necessary to restrain Hahn. He
also saw the Maresch row In the dining
room in ! way. Saw. Maresch reach for
Lemon. Could not see whether the blow land
ed or not. Also saw the trouble between
Forester and Hahn. Forester knocked
Hahn down twice, and would have struck him
again if witness had not ,interfered
Did not know that Baker, who tried to kill
himself with file. had said that he must
kill himself or this witness. -
John began, guard in the cell house nights
was on the northwest wall in 1895. Ewing
was the watch house four days In June,
he thought. Thought he was on the wall the
day Anderson was hurt. He might have been
in the warehouse
To Mr.. Harrison. began said he had been
cell house guard at night since March 4.
Jacob R: Rclliher. manager of the clothing
house, which fits out discharged prisoners. !
testified concerning the suit furnished one
Of the ex,conyiet witnesses: He told Of the /
difficulty he had had In finding the ex4con
Wet to get the clothes. He said the suit
cost the firm $1715 and was originally billed
- sell at S2i But 1t was old style ana IT
billed to the state at S1115. - o7ttlf i
L. B. Molander, another clothier. said IL
the suit was up to date In style is could Dots
be made up for less than $40 to So. 1t would
have to be considered however, as old stock,
salable for just what could be gotten for 1t.
Bookkeepen- Bixby said the vouchers signed
by the convict in question were made out
before being signed 49, 1-5-41v-a
Jerry Parent. formerly the night solitary
guard. denied ever having told DIR. Beebe
that it was against the orders to give con-
vcts in the solitary water He had never,l
received any such orders. Neither had he
told Beebe that a convict was kept chainedbl
up until midnight. There had not been any
such incident in his observation II
Mr.. Penney conceded that if Mr.. Nethaway
SO assured the, three -ioed station agents
would TESTIFY that they never received the
two sacks of -four which were testified to
by eX-Guard Ewing.
Judge ]. ]. McGafferty1' of St, Paul, testified
to the incident Of Maresch jpmping out OF a
attempt to escape Fhsss fudge had also Visit
some time had roamed at VIII through It, by
courtesy of the Warde4o he being on the re-
formatory board. and had talked with them
freely. No one had ever made a complaint
to him or to Judge Willis, with whom he fire.
quently visited the instNutio1.
DR.. Merrill was asked about the convict
f karsGn as h0uga 5 know anyhns
about his being taken eout ipf his cell one
night about Sept II; 1895, and beaten, and
then put in the solitary th{s being one of
sioner Harrison disclosed. Larson had a lot
of drawing of machines on which he, thought
he was working. Witness also considered
Jerry Thompson insane e.rcrts-
John Connors a jolly-looking colored con-
Wet, in first grade suit. denied that he ever
dragged Miede down the stairs by the feet.
He assisted him. down by Mr.. Colligans or
ders He helped Miede to balance. himself.