The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-22

ework and point to the fact thai bad
blood has existed between him and states
Attorney Bangs for long time. Mr..
Bangs, as in duty bound has done his
best to secure a conviction.
Lindelie has yet to run formidable
gauntlet Besides the present case, there
are pending indictments for compromising
a crime and destroying evidence and a
second indictment for perjury. These will
pc taken up as soon as the present action
is out of the way Mr.. Lindelie, it seems,
Will not be engaged actively in enforce
ment league work for some time.
When the trial was resumed today in
the district court, the defendant was ad-
vised by Judge Fish that he had the right
to refuse to answer the questions of the
states attorney if his answers would tend
to incriminate him in connection with
any of the other charges. Lindelie said
that after O'Leary left the money on the
table and took his departure, Mrs Linde-
lie entered the room and she and the wit
ness consulted as to what disposition
should be made of the bills. After talk
ing the matter over 1t was decided that
they should be placed in an envelope and
put away in Mr.. Lindelie's trunk up
stairs. Here they remained, the defend
they were put in one of the drawers of
his desk. He further said the money in
the drawer was the same he had received
from O'Leary and that he had never used
any of it at any time, and the bills were
the Identical ones that he had received.
He had never made any report of this
money to the enforcement league or to
any of the county officials. as he expected
that O'Leary might cali for it at at any my
day, and that if he had the money would
have been ready for him. He stated ne
told Mr.. Griffith that attempts had been
made to bride him, but he did not say
who the men were.
Asked as to whether he had ever re-
celVed sum of money from George
Downs, of Devils Lake, the defendant
said he had not, that he did not know
Downs
The plaintiff also denied that he had
ever received directly, or indirectly, $3.50
from Druggist -Okeefe, OF Cavalier, but
said that he was aware of the fact that
the attorney for the league had received
such a sum from Mr.. Ulm, of that place,
but that he (the Witness) had not receiv-
mad no connection with the transaction
Llndelie admitted he had received a reg
lstered letter from man in Langdon
containing $3.50. He said he at first put
this money in his desk and afterwards
used it for the benefit of the league, ap-
plying it on his salary account.
The witness was next questioned as to
gambling operations in this city He ad-
united that Pat Doyle, of Inkster, had
called at his house and left $25 there, but
mat he had given the money back to
Doyle short time afterwards when the
latter called for it. He also stated that
rat PhaIen, of Larimore, called at his
mousse the same summer and left SIS on
the table stating that he Phalem was
Phalen back as he was leaving the room
and aj1 wrote receipt fer the money, which
Phalen accepted.
Mrs. Lindelie, the wife of the defendant,
was then called by the defense Her tes-
tlmony regarding the business transacted
by O'Leary at the Lindelie home corrcb-
Grated that of her husband, but the SEN
satlon of the day was sprung when she
was asked concerning the money that
O'Leary left two years ago. She swore.
as had Mr.. Lindelie that it had been kept
for the past year in one of the drawers
OF the writing desk, but that the money
was not the same received from him two
years prior to that time, as on several
occasions she had gone to the drawer
some of the money. getting the same
amount from Mr.. Lindelie when he re-
turned and replacing it in the O'IIeafy
envelope. She SAID that her husband was
not aware she had done this.