The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-05-01

The Ever Ready St. Pdul Flu
Bob Makes Hffidavit in
a Dam Case.
P6dI0o and Manu- Others TO
Furnish HHidaVItS TO the
CONTRARY.

FurnlSn fiHlQdVlbS 10 Jn6
Contrary.
A motion for a new trial has been.
made in the case Of John Clark, Jr, !,
VS.. a.. g. Burmeister, wherein the
ious jury awarded Clark s400
damages by reason Of the proposed
overflow o. M r. Clark S land IN Red
wood Falls township, which will be.
caused by the erection Of what is
known as the Burmeister mill dam.
I Thesnaotion will be argued at Judge
Webber S office in New Ulm, some
Istinesin June, a stipulation to that
effect having gone on record.
The motion Of A. b. Clark, who is
acting as attorney for his brother,
cites various errors In the rulings
Eof the Court, and in charging the
/ Jury as well as misconduct on part
of two jurymen. as grounds for his
motion for new trial. To sub
lSstanfiate the charge Of misconduct
on the part Of julymen afidavits
accom- gany the application for a new
trial e he first affidavit relates to
the eondnct Of the Jurynan. 3. w
Pedlgo, and the second set of affida-
| Wits pertain to j uryman Peter Scott
55of Und derWood
Itappe that Mr.. Clark engaged
|. thesseryices OF a detective to work
on the case, and that Pedigo, learn
Liinga eng cement, I,
ALLOWED himself to be pulled on for
| the humor that there was IN il. e.
| ( 5FF. e. Ryan was the saay-bob, and
/ VIM. G. Smith, a cook, was an ac-
Ieessory to the fly. The date Of
the show was Feb. 18th last. The
place was a room in st. Paul, occu-
@pied by Smith, to which Ryan
brought Pedigo. Smith claims that
Pedigo said that be was a great
friend Of Burmeister, that he was
put on the jury to keep down the
damages as much as possible, that
/ he worked for Burmeister all the
time that be was on the jury, that
he worked to keep the verdict equal
to that of the award Of the apprais-
]ers, that the day after the jury had
been empanelled, man BY the
name OF George King, who did bus.
]iness direct with Burneister, came
land told him TO stick out for the
I$l00, and that he would be all right,
land later he handed him a note III a
telegraph envelope to the effect that
if Pedigo hung out for Burmeister
/ there was a quarter section of land
IN Oklahoma init for him, and some
leash 4 be affidavit states that: Ped
i igo admitted that he worked for Mr..
Burfneister on thesjury that he re
Iceived someEcash of which he sent
$50 home to his folks, and that Mr..
Burmeis told him that he would
]get the land.
Ryan, formerly ia the employ o1
Ringing Bros. cireas,. and now a
/ member Of the detective and secret
|service bureau Of st. Paul, said that
| he was instructed By Chief OsCon-
liner to come to ST. Paul and make
the acquaintance Of Pedigo, which
he did. He induced Pedigo to &c
Ito st. Paul TO secure a job with
Rim Cling 5 circus, paying his ex.
ipenses to that city, and while there.
He accuses Pedigo Of having
boozed & ID ST Paul and then Civ
ling away the story mentioned above
TO Smith and the He says
that Pedigo, at the central police
station on, again admitted his state
nents made il Smith s room, and
THAT he had been q fool for talking &
SO much
Pedigo IS now III Red dWood Falls.
Heis to make an affidavit denying
1.-The statements of the bob & and
his accompl lice, the cook, and tel
fhow he worked the for trans
portation 70 ST. Jul and hotel Bill