The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-22
PARK GAVE HIS STORY
DENIES THAT HH KNEW ANY OF
THE GOODS WE'RE
STOLEN
NOR WILL HE BELIEVE 1T
Until Hannah Idlett, Who Is In
dictcd with Him, Admits It-He
Tcstifies That He Gave Her Con-
siderable Meney--Assistant Coun-
ty Attorney zollman Has q Dim-
cult Case ON Hand.

cult Case ON Hand.
Judge kelly's court was crowded yes
terday at the second day of the trial Of
Sarl H. Park on indictments charging
MIN with receiving stolen property. Dur
ing the morning session the state put
on witnesses who identified part OF the
dig bundle of silks and wearing apparel
that was piled up In the court room, and
winch the defendant Is accused of hav-
ing In his possession, knowing them to be
stolen. The feature of the afternoon ses-
sion was the testimony of Park in his
own defense
On direct examination Park related the
circumstances of his arrest. He said he
had been compelled to undergo two and
half hours of questioning by the detec-
t1ves at his house before he was taken to
the station, and the questions consisted
mainly of profanity and abuse.
Il told them that 1 did not believe the
goods were stolen,' he said. ''I want to
say right now that l don't believe 1T un-
til Hannah admits It."
Hannah Idlett, the woman with whom
Park was living, and who is indicted
jointly with him, occupied conspicu-
Gus place in the court room near her at
torney, F. L. McGhee. and smiled at the
protestations of belief In her innocence
made by the defendant.
Il told them that / did not know how
the silks came in my trunk" continued
the witness. Hannah usually got home
about o'clock, when she went shopping,
and was In the habit of putting her bun
dies on the table for me to examine, and
L noticed that all were wrapped, or al
| most all, and had tickets in them
Il was arrested about o'clock In the
| morning, and after 1 was taken to the
station I was compelled to undergo a
| series Of questions that lasted until 2
o'clock 1 was surprised at the arrest.
Hannah had money to buy things with,
and had given 1T to her for the purpose,
and her sister was also getting new
clothes. I probably gave her $3.50 to 5000
in November and December, as my
check-book will show. I had made quite
a little money just then doing some
electrical work and other things"
The witness identified one Of the pieces
of silk said to have been stolen, and said
he had placed the marks on the tag him
self, showing that the bundle contained
| sixteen and three-fourths yards of silk
and cost $1165
was born in Boston, and had been in the
stove business, the bicycle business; sold
bicycles and thermostats.
On croSS-eXam amination by Assistant
County Attorney Zollman, who Is con-
Quoting the prosecution, Park told more
of his own history. He had lived at 90
West Third street, where the arrest was
made, for over year; before he had
| lived at 21S West Seventh street for two
| years, and previously at 1910 Iglehart
| street, where he had lived for several
years.
when were you married." asked At
| torney Zollman.
'"Fhere has never been any ceremony"
| replied the witness. 81 met Hannah in
| Kansas City and afterwards / heard she
| was good housekeeper and wanted to
| come North, so I sent for her. She had
| lived In Chicago and during the worlds s
fair visited her there She worked for
| me at Seventh street and .Iglehart street.,
! but we did not start living together un-
| til two years ago, when we moved to
| Third street"
Then Mr.. Zol1man produced twenty-one
| silk waists and thirteen skirts, some of
| which Park said he had seen worn by
| the woman. He had never seen some of
| a great pile of handkerchiefs with the
| Golden Rule tag on them, but others he
| had used. He knew Hannah had a lot
| of laces, but did not know anything
| about them.
The balance of the afternoon was spent
by the county attorney in sorting out diff
! ferent articles from the pile for identifi-
| cation by the witness.
| During the forenoon the state put on
| the stand E. G.. Gutterson, of Schuneman
| and Evans; Henry Stein, proprietor of
| store on Seventh street; Clarence H
| Slocum, Of the st. Paul Book and Sta
| tionery company, and two of the clerks,
| Walter D. Howell and c. E. Thurston.
! Catherine Burns and Elizabeth Cum
mings, clerks in the store of Field,
| Schlick & Co., also testified. All of the
witnesses identified portions of the ex-
| hibits and Mr. Mosher, of Manufacturers
| testified that he had seen the Idelett
| woman In the store acting very suspi-
| ciously.
| The state In order to convict Park Is
| compelled to prove that he knew the
| goods in question to be stolen, and this
| is proving a very difficult task.