The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-23
MAKES NO DEFENSE
BOURNES ATTORNEYS OFFER NO
EVIDENCE IN HIS
BEHALF
MAY QUESTION INDICTMENT
Rumored That Attorneys VIII Hold
That Under Indictment the Crime
Is Nothing More Than
MisdemeanOr.

When County Auditor Johnson left the
stand about o'clock yesterday after
noon, County Attorney Kane arose and
said, 1.-THE state rests, your honor"
A. E. Bowe, for the defense, immedi-
ately addressed the court, saying "Your
honor, we move to have this case against
Walter B. Bourne, the defendant, dis
missed on the ground that the state has
not proven the crimes charged in the In
dictment."
Motion denied, said Jglge Bum from
the bench, and then there was a short
discussion as to whether or not the case
be given to the jury last night or not.
1--WE are ready to have the case go to
the jury" said Attorney Lawler, and
will divide the remaining time with the
state
Mr.. Kane objected to this stating the
evidence was of such a technical nature
that the state desired time In which to
codify it and present it to the jury in
such a shape that they could easily un-
derstand it. In view of the fact that the
state has offered seventy-six different
documents, books and records as evil
dence, the court thought that Mr.. Kanes
objection should be sustained, and az
journed the court, dsmissing the jury
until 1890 o'clock Monday morning, at
which time the attorneys will present
their cases.
At the morning session, after Mr.. john
son had concluded his Identification of
the writing and records In the case,
Frank Underwood, of Kenneth, MIMI,
was called. Mr.. Underwood stated that
he had never lived in Ramsey county,
had never paid any taxes here and knew
nothing of the affair at all until he had
received Bourne's check on Ramsey
county for $442.90 in payment for lumber
that he had sold him.
bourne Sent Him Check.
Alexander A. McKechnie testified to the
fact that the certificat ties on which Bourne
had issued the order In the Rowley mat
ter were his property, and We're in his
possession at the time the orders were
issued.
e. T.. Bracket a lumberman of Farm
ington testified that Bourne had sent
him a check for $1,000 in payment for
lumber purchased of him, and that the
check was drawn in the same manner as
the Underwood check.
Among other witnesses who testified
that they owned certificates upon which
fraudulent orders had been issued were
w. O. Denerge, John Rentz and Lucien
Warner.
Deputy Auditor James Drummond and
former Auditor u. M. sullivan were DOtn
on the stand and testified to orders. rec
ords and the handwriting in the body OF
orders, receipts, etc, and to the sigma
lures, which in every case they declar-
ed were Bourne's.
The minutes of the county commission
ers' meetings were introduced a the aft
ernoon session showing that that body
never authorized the issuance of the
Rowley orders.
Miss Hannah Meyer, of the treasurer's
Office was again on the stand, and iden-
titled receipts and testified to paying
money to Bourne on the Rowley orders
number of clerks from the auditors
office were called and testified to the fact
that Bourze never made out sHy of the
fesfffry-re orders, leaving that work TO
the clerks who were working under him,
and only signing them The fraudulent
orders, however, were all made out By