The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-04-11

I'll IL, 1901
lssarrest. Her. husban had told her he
was going to the woods to secure work
and would be home in time for Christ
mas. McGinnis was taken sick and
they returned home at once. She de-
MED that Ray brought home any large
amount OF money, or that she bought
|dry goods, etc, between his arrival
and arrest. II s -
f Ray next took the stand in his own
behalf and told Of his starting to Hook
for. work. How he left his wife $40
and took all the small change in the
house, because he wanted to be- as
saving as he could.'' How he beat his
way on freight trains to Elk River,
where he remained day and a half.
Then of his coming to Princeton by way
OF Zimmerman and calling at Marks
barn IN search of work but found Mr..
Mark gone. He swore he left Princeton
on the evening train, again beating
his way and that when the train
stopped at Longs Siding he got off
thinking he had reached the junction
at Milaca and then how he and Nc
Ginnis wandered around in the coun-
try and became lost sleeping that
night in a school house McGinnis
was so sick that they were obliged to
remain there all day Sunday with moth
ing to eat save what Ray had put in
his pocket from Saturday nights lunch.
The next morning they obtained food
from Mrs. Nyeuhuis, paying for it with
some of the pennies he had brought
from home and then gone to Bridg-
man. He admitted being in the Neu-
mann store, but said he was not there
to exceed few minutes and then went
to Mllaca. He was never in Bridg-
man again. At Milaca he asked one
man for employment and after staying
around there all day started for home
with McGinnis by way of Hinckley.
4 The cross examination lasted for
some time and was very searching.
Several times he denied emphatically
statements that had been made and
claimed that he intended to see if he
could not secure work from the Min.
| neapolis lumbermen on his return in
stead Of hustling around among the
upper camps by himself. =
In rebuttal the State called Edna
Grant, the lady of W HON the defendant
rented rooms. She. testified to the
purchase of large amount Of dry
goods by Ray and wife on his return
from the trip. While this does not
really concern the case on trial it con:
meets the defendant with the loss al
Bridgman If
Harry Pratt was also called in re-
buttal and testified that he met the de-
PENDANT and McGinuis in Princeton on
the Saturday evening in question at
10 o'clock or after and he thinks at the
time they we're clad in overalls. An
other piece of evidence which hurt the
defense was that given by J. v. Wick
lund. The defendant testified that
they bought no meals in Princeton,
but subsisted on lunches purchased at
grocery stores and butcher shops. Mr..
lWicklund testified positively that the
defendants were at his hotel for dinner
on Nov. II. =
In surrebuttal Mr.. O'Neill, rail
road man was called, who testified to
meeting the defendants ia Minneapolis
early in the morning of Nov. 20.
This closed the testimony and after
the pleas and the Judges charge the
case was given to the jury The jury
took the case at about S o'clock last
night.
The case of the State against Ed
Veal and George Stanley was next
called and the remainder of the Jury
panel was exhausted before twelve
acceptable men were secured. The
defense exhausted its peremptory chal-
lenges early but was fortunate later in
finding the men called either so biased
as to>be excused by the court or happily
ignorant of the facts. When the jury
was completed the court adjourned to
1880 in the evening. - ;, II. - -.
/ When the court was called to order
the examination of witnesses was i'm
mediately taken up and the attorneys
on both sides seemed to be willing that
the truth should be known. .
The first witness for the State was
Lars Anderson, the victim of the as
sault. He told how Veal and his party
had attempted to force him to pay for
! their lunches and on his srefusing to do
so Veal assaulted him. He swore pos
itively that Veal kicked him in the