The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-09
CASE WILL GO TO JURY TODAY.
DREW, ON THE STAND, CLAIMS TO
HAVE BEEN "ONTO" THE
DETECTIVES.
HIS TESTIMONY coRRoBoRATE1
BY That of Attorney Dunn-Haney,s
Trial to Begin Thurs
day.

CTS u. Drew Will go to the jury some
time today
Contrary to all expectation, the trial
was very short one, and neither side
appeared to have put in all the evil
dence that might have been secured
The defense placed Assistant City At ..
tcrney Dunn on the stand who sWore
that Drew had come to him and limited
that there was a case of bribery, and
Dunn had advised him to catch the
brlbers. This looked conclusive until
County Attorney Peterson took that
! same evidence and started to analyze
it, when there appeared to be good
reasons to believe that it was after the
contract was made that Drew had gone
TO Dunn for the purpose of laying plans
for defense, and that Dunn has since
forgotten the date. Mr.. Peterson made
very plausible argument, which was
at times caustic enough to suit even
those members of the crowd who had
no friends in the city council.
Mr.. Peterson talked rapidly, and for
an hour and a half, but completed his
argument promptly at o'clock. This
morning Mr.. Harrison will consume
the whole time, and the case will per-
haps go to the jury before afternoon.
The Drew forces are jubilant, and none
feel more joyful than Charles f. Ha-
ney, who has been an attentive lis
tener, joyful because of the evidence
presented by Drew, and joyful becaust,
has own case will be soon tried
BAKER AGAIN.
When the case was resumed yester-
day, John Thomas Baker took thn
stand Tor cross eXamination He ad-
united that he had made a memnran-
dum OF the converse ton with Drew at
ms place Of business and had consulted
II since that time. He had made the
memorandum shortly after the CONVEX
satlon, while it was fresh in his mind.
MI. Harrison went into the details Of
the interview, as to the relative posi-
tion or the parties. Witness denied
mat Drew had asked him who he was
mneie ne mad come from, or how long
ne mad been in the city. Witness
CANNED that Drew had addressed ali
ms conversation to Dodson, from tha
Hrst or the interview The attorney
MADE the witness repeat the conyersa-
tlon, piece by piece, and was renaid
ny an almost exact reproduction of the
ton. 0AeAiiiiiie d
Mr Peterson then announced that
the state rested
Messrs. Harrison and Moves held a
consultation together.
Al thls time we wish to make a
nDOuon to dismiss this action said
Mr.. Harrison. First, on the ground
that the Indictment does not state a
cause OF action; second, that. the evil
dence does not bear out the facts in
ont II ir1
dence does not show the commission
or public offense ON the part of the
defendant; fourth, upon the ground
that there is no evidence to sustain the
testimony offered by the accomplices.
and according to the statute no con-
Vlction can follow upon the unsupport-
ed evidence of accomplices''
Judge Jamison thought that the
agreement came within the statute as
TO agreement, because their minds had
met as to the amount of the bride. AS
TO the accomplice theory, it was neces-
sary that Dodson and Baker should
intend to break the law before they
could be held guilty. They had no
criminal intent and hence were not
accomplices, and their evidence needed
no confederation.
MIR. DREW CALLED.
mr.. Drew may be called" said Mr..
lSOi, dIlu LilS dCCuS6u LOOK The
stand and gave his evidence quietly
with a good bearing
Il came to Minneapolis in 1882" he
said, and am SO years of age. l came
here from Iowa City, where / had at
! tended school and worked here at my
trade, except two years, when l taught
school on the East side"
Witness said that he was married in
1885, and lived in the Eighth ward until
a hn l,Yx 2
in the Eleventh ward. He had been a
regular attendant at Bethlehem
| church.
I'm going from my home to the
church l passed Tuttle Memorial
church. At first it was only a mission
! of the Church of the Redeemer. The
church was built in 1898"
DO you know John Thomas Baker %
Il have known him by sight fer
many years. l saw Mr.. Baker at the
cornerstone laying and have been to
! his church once, since the new church
was built. About two years ago Mr..
| WoOdman pointed him out to me. as
the man who was posting him for his
! examination /"
1T has been testified to that Sept. %,
1886, Mr.. Dodson was introduced TO
! you in the committee room?"
! He didn't meet me where he said.
! was in the fire committee room when
1 met him, the right-hand room, the
! first from the elevator He was intro
duced t. all the members present. I
| was never in any other room in my
life, except the fire committee room,
with Mr. DcdsCn. When I met him
we all talked together. I had no talk
with him apart. We finished our com
| m;ttee business and I went to my Of
! fee At clock in the afternoon bod
son came to my office and remained a
| few minutes and stood up by the coun-
| ter. when I stepped over to wait on
| him. I saw him again Thursday at
my office. about 1:3O o'clock. My office
is fenced off from the compositors'
room by a gate only"
Did you recognize Mr.. Baker when
he cane into your rocm?'
Yes. sir. 1 didn't believe that he or
Dodson were representing any pipe
concern. [ knew the value of pipe
and that the price they offered was i'm
possible, for the city had paid $23 per
ton for It, After he came to my office
tlrst / spoke to Mr.. Dunn, assistant
city attorney, the same afternoon, and
1 stated a hypothetical case: IF a
! man should come to you with a cor
rupt proposition, what would you dc
| If you thought he wanted to tempt
| your He said to let him make An
offer and take the money in escrow"
| After Sept "a what did you say?''
Il received a letter the next morning
which l threw in the waste basket. II
said. L am called away suddenly and
will return and have a financial prop
! osition of Importance to you,' with the
! you underscored. I received a tele-
gram which read: How about the pip=
| deal? Answer, my expense. / remem-
Der it because the word great fol-
loved. but it was meant to go with
Northern Hotel which followed
THAT is all"
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