The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-18
EP1sTLEs TO ST. PAUL.

An amusing denouement In the police
court yesterday afternoon ended the case
Of Charles Cohen and A, Rogan, charged
with having worked Short change"
| trick on Charles Pettwick, a confectioner.
at BIZ st. Peter street., Pettwick was be-
ing led along by Assistant County At
torney Zollman to tell how he was vic
timized. Attorney Stan Donnelly. ap-
pearing for Rogan, sat near the stenog-
rapher's desk, while his, client sat at the
desk with q pencil in his hand and pad
of paper before him. Former City Prose-
cutor Hall, appearing for Cohen, sat with
his client, close to Pettwick, who was
wheeled into court in an invalfd's chair
Both defendants demanded a jury trial.
but waived this privileged and Attorney
Hall insisted that Attorney Donnelly face
the storm first
you were given a S. bill to change by
two men and then in some way a 81 bill
was substituted. for which you gave the
change intended for the S.. That was the
trick. was it not?' asked Mr. Zollman of
Pettwick -s.sa.r..: -
Yes, SIR answered the witness.
DO you see the men in court?'
Yes, SIR
Point them OUT said Mr.. Zollman.
leaning Eanguidly back in his chair
There they are declared Pettwick,
pointing at Attorney Hall and his client,
Cohen.
Hall. jumping to his feet; then to the
court: This is an outrage and I protest,
your honor, Inever saw this man before
in my life i can prove an alibi.''
By this time everybody In the court
room was grinning from ear to ear, and
the smile Illuminating the countenance
of Attorney Donnelly's client showed
that he fully appreciated the case Of mis-
taken identity Still facing PettWfck,
Attorney Hall shouted:
do you mean to say I helped work
that trick on you?"
Eyes, you are the man. reiterated the
witness, land besides it was you who
gave me back the s5 the next day"
This was too much, and the grinning
audience broke into uncomfortable laugh
ter; Judge Hine couldanot repress smile,
and finally Attorney Hall himself Joined
In the laughter.
Pettwick subsequently explained that
the person for whom he had mistaken
Attorney Hall was about the same size
and was dressed like the attorney This
was about his only means of Identified
ton, and of course he. was not certain In
any event, he said.
Upon this lack of Identification Judge
| Hine discharged the priso.grs.
A Western railroad man who was in
the city yesterday told of a peculiar acci-
dent which happened to westbound
coast train near Hilkyard.s Wash. about
two weeks ago. in which the train car
| ried tree for considerable distance
through a series of snow banks. During
a snow storm a tree of medium size be-
came loosened from Its position on the
side of a steep cut and fell iengthwise on
the Great Northern's tracks. The snow
swept in and in few hours entirely COW
cred the tree with a heavy drift. When
| the coast train came along the snow plow
cut into the drift and strueks an obstacle
which it carried ahead for several hum
dred feet. The engineer WAS unable to
decide what had been struck until he saw
tree top rise out of the snow ahead of
| the engine and careen to one side of the
track The butt of the tree had been
| caught fairly In the center of the snow
plow.