The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-18
Is QUIZZING ENMONS
CRoss-ExAMINATIOy OF THE
COMPLAINING WITNESS
IN SOUTHALL CHECK CASE


The Lawyer Gives Ont During the
Afternoon, and the Case Goes
Over-The Court Room Crowded,
but There Was Little New Tes-
fimOny OF Any Interest Given
During the Day.
The Southall case was lacking in de-
tail yesterday. The principal gave it
out that he never felt better in his life
than he did when the case was ad-
journed yesterday afternoon. but Mr..
Nelson, his counsel, was i'll. He looked
the part. There never was a lawyer
who had more trouble in making his
case, for he was making it from the
evidence Of the testimony for the pros
ecutiOn, and when the prosecution
closed yesterday afternoon the court
had no doubt but that Mr.. Nelson was
81.
During the day there had been little
progress made in the trial There was
still the same tendency in the evidence
10 show collision somewhere, but ii
was all indefinite, and nobody could
quite locate what had been going on.
A writing expert was put on the stand
~ AFHAlls ~ tAlE 6dlllEllE5E VI the VIII
ing on the backs OF All the time checks.
lie was quite certain as to the fact that
they were all written by the same man.
Two were presented TO him together
and he was asked II there was any diff
ference in Inc SIS that were shown.
He thought that there was a differ
ence.
Il should think that there would be-
said Mr.. Nelson. "One is an + and the
other an s."
The proceedings during the morning
were without incident. Southall was
quite as imperturbable as he had been
on previous occasions. He was the
most interested Of the people in the
court-and they were numerous, for
many OF them took standing room and
considered themselves well placed.
They listened TO testimony that could
not possibly convey any information
except 20 people intimately acquainted
with what had gone before.
The testimony itself was devoid OF
interest.
WRESTLED WITH EMMONS.
Mr. Emmons was put on the stand
early In the morning and cross-exam-
fined. lie had told all that he thought
he knew, but Mr. Nelson tortured
things from him until he had 10 admit
that his memory was OF a very gen
eral character and he could not tell all
these things as they occurred. He is
a man who feels that he has been
worsted. that he had some money once
and that he has none now. He cannot
show but that he got more money out
OF the Southall deal than he put Into
st. but he knows that he went broke"
on that same deal.
His testimony yesterday morning was
In review of what had gone before.
II l. L.. II.
Df the examining attorney. what he
had bought from Southall He had
bought altogether something like Sl73
boo and OF this had bought half from
the commission agent, Bedell. The
rest he had bought from Southall d.
rect. He had sold 70 Bedell S2.5 Of
the total. He knew In an indefinite
bort Of q way how much he had bought
Of each but he could not recall dates
and he should say that the amount
might be split in two. He was very
indefinite and his testimony. which
had wide range. amounted to moth
ing at all, except that II went to show
that his dealings with Southall were
more or less Of a confidential charac-
ter an1 that S0uthall had the long end
OF the confidence
w. X Mulliken was put on the stand
ms an expert TO prove that all OF the
evidence were written I'm the same
hand Mr. Mulliken so testified. Mr..
Nelson sprung the + and S and let the
discrimination go.
Then Mr.. Emmons was recalled and
testified that none OF the time checks
he had bought Of Southall had been
paid. but that some of those he had
bought OF the agent. Bedcll. had not
been paid He held about $4,000 OF
them that were stiT unpaid.
MR.. NELSON GETS SICK.
The afternoon session OF the court
was without incident and there was
nothing OF incident except the contln-
ued discrimination OF Emmons.
Attorney Nelson was sick and could
do little work and when he finally dis
missed Mr. Emmons. after several
lapses. the court inquired II Mr.. Nell
son was ill and he said that he was
and would have 20 ask for an adjourn
ment II was very apparent that ne
was ill and the adjournment was
granted after the jury had been eau
toned about talking Of the case.
When the case Is resumed this morn
ing Il is probable that a directed yer
dict will be asked FOR on the ground
that no case has been made. IL not
having been proven that anybody was
deprived OF his money by the action