The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-21
TRIAL O. UN|ELIA CASE
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PROHIBIT
TON AGENT PACK THE
COURT ROOM
DEFENDANT ON THE STAND
The Hundred Dollars Alleged to
Have Been rendered by
O'Leary Are offered
in Evidence.

GRAND FORKS, N. D.. Dec 20.-The
interest manifested in the case Of the
state against Secretary Lindelie, of the
Enforcement league, is shown by the
crowd that packs the court room. AS F.
j. OLeary, the chief witness for the
state, was not present, States Attorney
Bangs took the stand and testified that
about Dec. O'Le2ry placed q letter IN
his hands and stated he had received it
from I.indelie in August, 1898. Mr.. Bangs
said he had copies of it made and after
wards returned 1t to OLeary. He further
stated that O'Leary placed 500 III his
possession a week ago last Monday, the
same day that O'Leary claimed to have
received it from Lindelie. The witness
produced the bills, and called Martin the
foreman of the grand jury, to Identify
them as the identical bills that had been
examined by the grand jury, and this
MIR. Johnson did. The states attorney
then offered the bills in evidence. but the
attorney for the defense objected. The
court oVerruled the objection and the
money was admitted
The next witnesses called were DR. J.
=. Taylor. City Auditor Brown, A. c.
Mather and NJ. F. Murphy, all of whom
testified they had carefully compared the
letter signed Jack with a copy made
while the letter was in the possession Of
States Attorney Bangs, and shat the
copy was true and correct. The copy was
then offered in evidence but was object
ed to by Mr.. Bosard as not being the
best evidence. The prosecution then de-
manded the original, which was pro-
duced by Lindele and handed to Sta tes
Attorney Bangs, who identified it as such
and offered it in evidence. This was OBJ
jected to by the defense, but the court
he'd that the letter should be introduced
OLEARY'S POOR MEMORY.
At this point O'Leary appeared and was
called to the stand by the state. Mr..
Bangs finished the direct examination
in a short time, but no new facts were
brought out, the witness stating in sub
stance that he had paid the 500 to Lin
dele for protection, and that l1indelie
had agreed to write him letter under
the nom de plume Jack" warning him
of any action that might be started
against him by the league. He was then
turned over to the defense for cross-eX-
animation and for over an hour was sub
jected to a very hot fire. O'Leary be-
came ratified slightly and failed to re-
member some important details of his
transaction with Lindelie. While he did
not directly contradict himself, his lack
of memory made him a poor witness.
Nothing of prime Importance was devel-
Opcd, however. There was y lively ex-
change between the attorneys regarding
the evidence that could be submitted.
states attorney Bangs contended that all
the evidence that was taken by the grand
jury was admissible, whether or not it
was directly connected with the charge
of perjury for which the defendant is on
trial. He urged that the entire deal was
so connected that all the evidence should
be admitted. Mr.. Bosard objected on the
grounds that there were four other in
dictments against his client, and that the
evidence upon which he was indicted in
other cases should not be admitted unless
it referred directly to the case under
trial. After some lively sparrlng the
court sustained the objection.
In the afternoon the state recalled sew
eral members of the grand jury and ques-
toned them as to LIndelie's testimony
and practically the same stories were
told as yesterday. In addition it was also
stated that the defendant had been very
nervous, and that his face was flushed
with excitement. There was an effort on
the part Of the attorneys for both state
and defense to bring out the exact words
of Lindelie in the grand jury room short
ly after he denied receiving any monev
from O'Leary. One witness, E. K. Ram
sey, testified that Lindelie had prefaced
his remarks by the statement "Well I
might as we'll acknowledge all" In the
cross examination the defense made q
strenuous effort to shake the testimony
elected.