The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-06
- The Minnesota State Medical Institute

record. 1t was recorded in book 5li. In
this book the record was erased and she.
deed recorded in what is known as tha
miscellaneous book. No other deeds had
ever been recorded in this book. By tha
defense it was claimed that, for d sec
ond time, the deed was lost. Repeated
demands were made by Zeglin for a GER
titled copy of this deed, and finally Regis
ter Metcalf rendered him what purported
to be certified copy. This he refused to
accept
BY the prosecution the claim was set
up that no discovery of the original deed
had ever been made, but, from data Sc
cured. new deed was cooked up and
that it was the false deed which had beer
recorded.
1t is conceded by Gov. Lind that the ex-
animation is not a criminal action, and
Attorney Haynes indicated that 1t was
for the protection of property owners,
adding that a removal from Office was
not very heavy punishment anyway To
this statement Attorney WEIGH took In
dignant exceptions in his argument, say
ing that to blast the reputation OF a man
for life was by no means light or t-iAing
affair.
1t was the line Of defense, as presented
by Attorney WEIGH in the afternoon, thar
the deed was a true one. In his arraign-
ment OF Miss Mueller, who had testified
against Metcalf, he was severe He said
that counsel for the state had suggested
by innuendo that g. certain record has
been obliterated. 1t was their theory hat
some one had caused to be made an ex-
act duplicate of the deed and recorded
1t. But was Metcalf trying to hide any
thing? No. The motive for taking out
the record was exactly as Miss Mueller
had stated 1t on the stand. No one had
been injured by any of the transa ctions
OF which Metcalf stood accused. SO far
from being false, they showed truthful
intent in every particular. April Il the
deed came into the Office, as stated by
Miss Mueller. All was correct and reg
ular. Book 494 was filled on the 18Th of
April. and, consequently. another book
must be found for this deed
AS an official Metcalf could not be re-
moved unless the record was false How
could the governor say that this was
true? To be false 1t must be contrary
to the original. But all the records cor
respond with that made April H. The
testimony of the notary verifies this. A
preponderance of the testimony went to
show that the record was not false
one. To all appearance 1t was a gen
uine deed. 1t was true that Miss Davis,
one OF the witnesses of record, was a
cousin of Mrs. Metcalf, wife of the de-
PENDANT. The attorney believed she had
told the truth. He would believe her
word against that of a girl who swore
that she would lie off the stand, but tell
the truth on 1t.
In conclusion Attorney WEIGH said he
had thrown upon the case the strongest
searchlight he could in order to find a
motive for Metcalf's committing
wrong. He could not find such a mo-
tive. 1t had been claimed that he had
done it in order to avoid responsibility
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attorneys had told HIM that he had in
Cured no responsibility. Some miscreant
had cut the leaf from the book. Then
he had sought to repair the loss by
providing a new deed. Everything had
been open and above board on the part of
Register Metcalf Mr.. WEIGH said he
believed Miss Mueller had told the truth
up to the time she had become vindictive
toward Metcalf on account of his testi-
mony which had conficted with her own.
Judge Larson, of Minneapolis, spoke
briefly in behalf of the prosecution, in
reply to Mr.. WEIGH. He said the state
had been compelled to go on a fishing
excursion after evidence from the start.
They had obtained results little by little
as 1t had filtered through the testimony
of many witnesses. Judge Larson stated
that Miss Mueller had written a letter
to Mrs Metcalf as one woman to an
guish of wife over the wrong done by
her husband.
This Attorney WEIGH denied, and said
the record showed no such thing, but
that Miss Mueller had written a letter
stating what she at that time believed
to be true. Attorney Haynes INTERCEPTED
the information that the record showed
that Miss Mueller had offered to see Mrs.
Metcalf personally, but that Mrs. Met
calf had desired her to write a letter In
stead. Attorney WEIGH said this was
not true. Attorney Haynes insisted that
he was right, and when the official rec
ord was compared with the stenographic
report Of evidence prepared for the de-
Tense it was discovered that they did
differ and that in the main each at
torney was correct.
This concluded the summing up of the
case, and the governor will tomorrow an
nounce his decision.
WOULD NOT STAND FOR 1T.
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