The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-15


to Make 1t as Unpleasant for Him
as POssibIe-Omcer Christian. the
Tool of the Police Force, Fright
ened Before He Is Hurt-Verdict
Returned in Twenty Minutes.
The second trial of Franklin c. Bishop
on the charge Of selling liquor without a
license at his house, on Wabasha street.
came up before Judge Hine yesterday
afternoon. The trial presented several
exciting incidents, and but for the in
tervention Of the court and the bailiffs
the closing arguments would have been
interrupted by a scrimmage between
Attorney Hall. acting for the defense.
and Officer Christian. who is regarded
as the catspaw of the police force, with
whom Hall had a serious disagreement
in former trial Of the defendant.
A recess was taken while quiet was re-
stored, after which the jury retired,
They went out at o'clock, and twenty
minutes later returned with a verdict of
guilty.
Bishop was tried on the charge of sell
ing liquor without license once before,
but the jury disagreed. A trial on the
charge Of keeping a disorderly house
followed, with the same result and yes
terday the retrial Of the liquor charge
was had. City Prosecutor Arnold intro
duced a witness against the defendant,
Mrs. May Smith, BIT Wabasha street.
She was one of the last witnesses put on
the stand, and her testimony was the
sensation Of the trial. Attorney Arnold
secured her affirmative answer to a ques-
ton as to whether she had seen Attor-
ney Hall since the previous trial.
e II have seen him once" she replied.
State to the court the circumstances
The witness hesitated and cleared her
: throat half audibly and then began.
Mr.. Hall came down to my house and
wanted to know why 1 testified at the
former trial. He said he wanted to know
why L had not seen Bishop, because he
would have fixed me out. He said BishoD
would have stood by me: The other girl
margaret DEAN she done what was
white" Then turning to Attorney Hall.
You asked me then If I would help him
out. 1 told you to get out of the house.
Didn't you tell me that If 1 got into
trouble that you would stand by me?'
The witness turned half around in her
chair and continued, angrily, and with
unusual emphasis:
II was just coming out of the bath
room when you called to see me. didn't
know at that time that you were city
prosecutor, and you told me and said
that you knOwed all about the police and
their methods. What did you use my
name In court for? you said"
During the testimony Attorney Hall
sat in his chair growing more and more
excited. At little distance sat officer
Christian, Lieut.. Boerner and other wit
nesses. The testimony was closed, and
Attorney Hall took up his argument for
the defendant. His fingers twitched
nervously as he delivered his opening
sentence, and as he progressed he be-
came increasingly excited and angry
His arraignment of the. methods used
by the prosecution was scathing and
sharp, and as he became warmed up to
his subject grew pointed. Officer Chris
tian seemed to expect that a repetition Of
former scene was about to be enacted.
and quickly rising from his chair, inter
rUpted the attorney and dramatically
implored the protection Of the court on
the ground that he was about to be at
tackled. He faced the attorney awaiting
his action and the court raped for or
der. Fearing that the two men would
come together a baiif interposed and
considerable uproar followed Quiet was
finally restored and the argument pro-
ceeded. The prosecution made its argu-
ment, and the court delivered it's charge
to the jury. after which recess of five
minutes was granted and the Jury re-
tired. Their deliberations were short
and verdict for the state was return
ed. Bishop was convicted of the charge
against him.
Attorney Hall is bitter IN his denuncia-
tion of the tactics assumed by the prose-
cution in conducting the trials IN the
Bishop case He claims that he has been
unfairly attacked, and states that owing
to the methods employed by the CITY
prosecutor and his assistants his daugh-
ter has been forced to bear the unde-
served disgrace of being publicly in
suited upon the street. Mr. Hall made
the following statement last night re-
garding the trial:
This Witness Mrs. Smith, told a.
friend Of mine that the police had in
formed her if she testified as she did re-
garding Bishop she would be protected
l called on her and asked her If she had
made this statement and If 1t was true
She did not give me an answer, and I
was not in her house more than three
minutes. AS for her statements on the
stand, they were made up out of whole
cloth, with malicious intent.
1.-The scene in the court room was not
my fault I did not attack Christian in
my address before the jury, and his ap-
peal to the court was evidently founded
more on fear that would than on the
facts of my argument. There was no
scrimmage between US. No one tried to
separate US. Christian did not make a