The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-26
THOMPSON IS ACQUITTED
TRY EXONERATEs THE ATT0R-
yry OF THE CHARGE OF sUBOR-
NATION OF PERJURY
WOODS STORY INCREDIBLE
.J1rv Concluded That of the Two
Lawyers the Defendant Was
Entitled to the Benefit
OF the Doubt.

It only took the jury in the case of the
state against Edwin s. Thompson the
attorney who IS charged with attempted
information of perjury, fifteen minutes
yesterday to bring in a verdict OF not
guilty"
Mr. Thomson came into court yester-
5ay morning with mis- counsel, c. d.
d. B~ien. feeling confident that the jury
,vouI5 aCouit him, and in this he was
not mistaken.
Mr. Thompson took the stand in his
,go behalf and was the first witness
called NV the defense. He testified that
na had practiced law in st. Paul fourteen
wears. and had known e. II. Wood the
complaining witness, since 1870 Last
January the witness had been retained
IN prosecute the personal injury case OF
Ami Walden against the city railway
company. and the answer was served on
aIarch IL. Mr. Thompson said that he
lad met Judge Wood on the street one
rav. and that the Judge signaled him to
Stop. Then he says the judge said TO
Linn:
-T think can help you; an old friend
mine mas a. son III INC NLe1li-i N'NA''A =
rnert of the city railway. l think l can
helm van get information from there
The Judge said he had no office, but he
mostly was at Mic Pottgieser's saloon,
.uI he had charge of Mes legal business.
Monday March 5th, there was a meeting
30 MICS The Judge said he had not had
time tn make connections and get the in
formation from the claim department.
There were other meetings, one on
Tuesday. enc on Wednesday, and at this
latter meetings the judge smiled and re-
ported that the young man of the claim
department had given him the name of
a. witness who lived on the West Side,
hut he did not give Mr.. Thompson his
name Judge Wood asked Tor a state
m,ut of the case, and, finally, Mr..
Thompson gave it TO him, as his client,
Walden, had made it to him, which state
ment showed the number of the conduc-
tor and of the transfers.
The statement was given on Thursday
night at The saloon II was the original
statement, such as witness was accus-
toned to take down in all his cases.
Nothing had thus far been said of what
Judge Wood was to receive.
This day Mr. Thompson gave the judge
"a draft of the testimony in the Walden
case. A week later they met again in
Pottgieser's saloon. Witness said:
Judge Wood then told me that he had
seen the witness and that he was a crack
uiack and a Jim Dandy"
lie did not give the name. Witness had
asked for the name, and Judge Wood had
asked how much Thompson proposed to
pay him.
81 said didn't have to pay him any
thing. He would be there as a witness
for the defense, anyway. Wood thought
counselor should pay $50 and one-half the
verdict Counsel was to get One-half the
verdict and pay all expenses Of the trial
'1 told him 1 would not do 1t. Then
Wood said that If I would pay one-haIf
cash he would put me on another witness
just as good. I was willing to pay Wood
for his services, but refused to pay one
half my fees, and I don't think I speci-
fed any amount I would pay. I met him
q week after that, and when asked him
for my original statement he said he had
forgotten 1t"
Mr.. O'Brien showed Mr.. Thompson the
envelope and brief note which Wood had
testified was a letter sent him by Thomp-
son.
Mr.. Thompson said he had not written
the letter, nor sent it, nor caused it to be
stamped, nor had he seen it, nor could the
letter have been written on his typewriter
He had first heard of the letter about a
week after the trial of the Walden case
through his friend McGrath.
Daniel W. Lawler, ]. c. Michael Otto
Kueffner, J. w. Pinch Charles G. Law
renee, H. W. Mcdonald, a tailor, and
Samuel Brandt were called to the witness
stand by the defense, and said that they
would not believe Mr. Wood under oath.
County Attorney Bigelow in the after
noon called Charles E. FIandrau, S. Lee
Davis, Gilbert B. Nafev, Daniel N. Nc
Carthy and ]. J. McCardy to testify to
the reputation of witness E. II. Wood.
County Attorney Bigelow then summed
up his case, after which Mr.. O'Brien
closed the case for the defense. and 1t
went to the jury, with verdict soon
after