The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-09

brought UP in Youngstown, O., was
working in Chicago, and he decided to
look him up and get him to go to the
express Office with him and identify
him. They found O'Neil in a restau-
rant and the three spent the night to-
gether making the rounds Of the town.
In the early morning, about 7.30 or
8 o'clock they went together to the eX-
press office in a cab which they had
been using in their rounds of the town
during the night. The express office
was not open and they drove eff A
few blocks away they stopped at a
restaurant to get breakfast About 9
or 10 o'clock they went back to the. eX-
press Office afoot and were arrested.
To Major Warren's question as to
why he had given the name of Harry
Johnson, he said that he did not want
his real name to get into the papers.
lie admitted that he and Bixler pur-
chased complete new outfits Of cloth
ing upon their arrival in Chicago. Blk
Ter paid for the clothes but he. the
witness. contributed half the money.
lie denied that he admitted to Chief
Robling that he had been as far east
as Michigan in June, picking strawber-
ries.
O'NEILL ON THE STAND.
Michael O'Nel was next put on the
stand. He gave his age as twenty
eight, and said he was employed in the
hardware store Of ID. w. Bosley, Chi
cago. He was raised in Youngstown,
Ohio, and knew Bixler there. He de-
MED the burglary and contended that
he was at work in Chicago on Sept. 30,
1897, when the burglary occurred.
On cross-examination Major Warren,
referring to the meeting on Sept. IL,
in the restaurant in Chicago said, af-
ter some preliminary questions:
"BiXler introduced you to his friend,
Johnson, I suppose"
YES"
Didn't tell you anything about him,
did he?"
INC. only introduced him"
Merely said MIR. O'Neil, this is my
friend Mr.. Johnson or something like
that?"
That's ALL"
There was low murmuring through
| the court room, but the witness gave
! no indication of being aware OF the
| damaging admission he had made. His
| attorneys however, noticed it and
| when Major Warren was through with
| the witness, called his attention to what
he had said and asked him If that was
what he meant to say. He, of course,
said no, and explained that it was
Reilly" and not johnson" that Blk
| Ter introduced him to. On cross-ex-
| animation on the point he said he had
been reading Reilly alias Johnson"
so much in the papers, that he got the
names confused.
Major Warren asked him If he had
| not admitted to Chief Holleran, of Chi
| cago, that he had been arrested on
| suspicion of holding a man up, but the
| question was ruled out.
John G. Holt" was called by Mr..
Vidaver with a flourish. A we'll dressed
| and smart looking tall young man
| came from among the spectators and
| took a seat in the witness box. He
| was a resident of Chicago and en-
ployed as bookkeeper for d. w. Bas-
! ley, hardware merchant, 20S and 210
| Washington boulevard. He was also
time-keeper and his first duty in the
morning was to go through the shop
and check off the employees who were
| at work. Refreshing his memory from
his time-book he testified that O'Neil
was at work on September 30, 1897,
and for some DAYS before and after
| that date.
Major Warren critically examined
the time book but if he found any
weak spots in it he gave no indica-
tion of it, An effort was made by the
defense to show that O'Neil's en-
ployer paid the bookkeepers expenses
for his journey to Scranton to act
as a witness, but court would not per-
NIT it.
DEFENSE RESTED.
At this juncture John Power O'Con-
ner identified his notes of a conversa-
tion between Reilly and Chief Robling,
in which the former told the chief that
had been in Michigan in 1897 and that
Bixler had paid for his clothes in Chi
| cago.
Mr.. Martin argued to have the case
taken from the jury but Judge Gunster
| would not hear TO il.
Adjournment was made at this juno
ture.