The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-18

| has been riddled. A brief resume Of 1t
| shows differently The first case For
roster testified to was that OF Ed Kelly,
| who, Forester said, was Jumper,
/. E., the victim Of a nervous disorder.
| This is not refuted, nor is the case re-
| ferred to by single other witness, ex-
| cept Lemon, who contents h1mseI WITH
a simple denial of the assault, although
| admitting the incident from which it is
| evidently intended that the publlc
should assume that Forester empei-
lished his story.
1t Is worthy Of note that while For
roster testified that he told Of this case
to Mr.. Temple, Of the board OF man
ayers, before he, Forester, left the
| prison, the defense did not call Mr..
| Temple to refute it, although Mr.. Tenn
| pie was an auditor, at number or the
| sessions.
A great deal of stress was laid by the
defense on the alleged impeachment OF
| Forrester's testimony, that Hahn was
thrown down the stairs, flight AFTER
| flight This was one Of reporter
ornate additions to the interview with
Forester. which the latter expressly
| disclaimed on the witness stand, and
| the only question as to the truthfulness
| of Forrester's recital of the Hahn case
! is the uncorroborated denial of Glennon
| that he told Forester what the latter
| said he did.
| 1t is singular that Forrester's story
of the Reed case should so closely coin
eide with the story that Reed told IN
| the secret session of the board, es-
! pecially as the conVictS are not allow
! ed to read the daily papers, nor any
! others until they have been reviewed
and properly clipped by the prison OF
fieials. Forester testified that Back
land told him he saw Lemon come out
| Of bo hot blood
his sleeves Backland admitted faN-
| ing a conversation with Forester, but
| denied that part of it. His manner on
| the stand, as the Journal would say,
spoke more eloquently than his words.
Backland is still working at the prls-
on. He did not get any extra pay Tor
night school services last month, but
| he is young yet.
| That is all that has been offered to
impeach the man who stood the bit
terest and most bull-dozing cross-eX-
animation to which any witness was
subjected. His testimony has been
practically unimpeached, and what
speaks more for him than anything
else, is the fact that Wolfer voluntarily
offered to give Forester recommended
ton to any firm when he left the pris-
! on
Warden Wolfer. on the stand Thurs
day night. swept eX-Guard Meehans
testimony awayI like a house of cards
with the c7r' Drehensive. although not
necessarily elusive, utterance that
it was al T." That all do not con-
slider the denis statement the in
evitable ~arce is shown by this.
Sheriff Geo u. Goodspeed, of Vase
| ca county. ntly said to a G b e
reporter: 81 ave made six trips TO
Saltwater WI Nrisoners and have seei.
Deputy LEM lch time I have seen
his actions toward prisoners. and L
consider him a bulldozer and hot
tempered, revengeful man. I do not
think him the proper kind of man to
fill such a position.
A paroled prisoner, who could not be
brought before the investigation with
out the consent of the board Of prison
managers. told a G o b e correspon-
dent several weeks ago that DR.. Merrill
was a cruel man, and he had seen him
order men put to work who could
scarcely stand on account of sickness.
1t appears from the testimony in the
prison case that whether or not the
prison physician is cruel. he is as care
less in his handling of the truth as
the reckless individual who shot off
firecrackers in a powder shanty. In
the investigation, DR.. Merrill was very
precise in his description of the injury
reprints this morning a transcript of a
part of the report in Hahn's case on file
in the probate court at Saltwater,
bearing Merrills signature.
HAS the patient ever suffered from epilepsy
or CONFUSION, etc. or ever had any INJURY
of the head?" mo"
DR.. Merrill cannot get behind this
equvocation by the pretext that injury
to the head means an injury to the
brain, for it means what it says. DR..
Kilbourne, one of the foremost expert
specialists on insanity in this section
of the country, who was called in the
investigation by the defense, testified
that insanity could be caused by d
conclusion as we'll as by an indentation
or fracture of the skull. The flesh need
not be cut or abraded for an injury II
cause insanity. The depth or character
of the cut was only relevant 50 far
as it was a measure of the severity OF
the blow to which the brain had been
subjected. Yet DR.. Merrill now sWears
to a statement in direct contradiction
of his report on oath to the probate
court of Washington county.
The following is from Harry A.
Glenn, and that part Of it about his
| Minneapolis visit the G o e knows
to be correct. The name of the town
from which the letter was written is
purposely omitted.
- --, S. D., Dec. IA, 1S97-Edtor ST.
Paul Globe: l am exceedingly sorry that
Attorney Penney did not take advantage OF
my presence in Minneapolis last month, as
L came all the way from North Dakota OF
my own free will to be present at the in
vestigation. l even went to the Globe build
ing, in Minneapolis, and left word where
they could find me, and as he did not come
around, 1 left for this part Of the country
knowing that if | remained there they would
have me arrested on the "vag" act. In look
| no MiDne0DOli9 Times nj Ga Irda w
Dec. II, l read a statement in which Henry
Rose is credited with saying that he never
, was hit or abused or saw anything Of the
| kind since he was incarcerated at Saltwater
} l wish to say that if he (Rose) made such
statement he has told untruth, for while
1 in the bathroom one day Rose came il
in very excited manner, trembling and al
flushed up, and seemed to be very much ex
cited about something. I asked him Wha
was the trouble. and he (Rose) told me ther
and there that Lemon kicked him and showed
him. and told him he would knock his heaC
off his shoulders. The exact language tina
Rose used at the time l will have to omi
in this letter, for it would be contrary to Law
to send such language through the mails
This is why l refrained from repeating it
but 1t was strong against all the officials o
, the place. Rose told me more than one TIM
, about what he saw Lemon and others do Il
inmates in there, and knowing all this, wa
,, more than surprised when 1 a state
ment of that kind purporting to have COM
from Rose And at this present time cal
!, also told me that that was rtt the first tim
; that he abused while there,
Now as to this man Jerry Thompson.
was standing about twenty feet distant whel
the thing occurred, and saw everything
Lemon and Glennon brought Jerry out of tn
E dollhouse door, next to the shoe shop, at
1 What is the matter with you. anyway /?
= | Jerry said at is not my fault, 1 only -
that is as far as he got, when Lemon hit hin
over the head with his cane Jerry then too
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