The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-07

ner case still continue their policy of de-
NAL. Detective Christopher c. Norbeck
was the only man called this morning, and
he had a hard time of 1t. o..
The arrest an, conviction of ". B. An
derson proved an exciting feature of the
days proceedings. Anderson has inter-
ested himself in the Gardner defense from
the beginning Yesterday he rode down
to the courthouse with the defendants at
torneys and insisted upon sitting beside
them until Henry S. Mead was finally COM
PEELED to push him away. He appeared
somewhat under the influence of liquor.
Anderson is dope fiend," and his
rawlings against the assistant county at
torney are not regarded as important in
themselves. However, the fact remains
that he is engaged in some business that
seems to bring him into touch with the
present case. ct. '-.1 ~.
"BilIy'' Edwards Comment.
Billy" Edwards was much interested
in this mornings proceedings. He SYM
pathizes with Gardner anas declares that
all but one of the police officials who have
taken the stand ii defense have pertured
themselves This morning he said to T h e
Journals: H..
/ THE only one feel sorry form the
whole business is this little fellow
Gardner. There is more honor in him
than in all the others put together. I'm
crook and I'll admit it, but I'd rather
be crook than perjurer I'm a - =
- - If wouldn't - Why, in that Tweeden
case skun the man right here in the
court house and Norbeck and De Laittre
watched me do it. They knew what was
doing, and they even told me to have a
little sense and not skin men in the court
house, because the county attorney would
get wise They were looking through a
door at the time. That was their testi-
mony on the stand. They even, ran
Tweeden out of town and they got paid for
doing it. -. =, s-'
Now, that place down at Minnehaha
Falls that they say tried to rent; I sup
pose was going to sell snowballs and
such things down there. The only police
official that has come near to telling the
truth in this case SO far is Officer Long
7 The Innocent Norbeck
| Norbeck, Oil tile stand proved himself
a worthy henohnan Of his chief. Colonel
Ames' ignorance regarding matters OF
which he should have full knowledge: was
monumental. Norbeck's is colossal. An
inspector, drawing 500 month from the
city, he said that he didn't know what a
big nnitt man. was, nor what ICON
fdence man" was.
"You are a dectictive, aren't you?'
asked Assistant County Attorney AL J
Smith. do you know what that is?'''
| Eyes, sir. When a man breaks into
your house it is detectives business tc
arrest him. replied the witness in al
seriousness.
oh. remarked Mr.. Smith, with equa
gravity, and a litter ran around the court.
| room.
Norbeck denies when he has to, ant
forgets when he can. Sometimes he make
mistakes. This morning he fatty contra
dicted witnesses for both the state ant
the defense without Partially. He claimed
| that Edwards had acted as his "stoo
E.
laugh from the; confidence men.
He Contradicts DeLaittre.
Nerbeck denied, also, having gone be
hind the piano at Gardner's house, tn,
night Fred Bonge was entrapped, an,
swore positively that he had gone be
hind a desk and that he was alone. De
tective De Laittre. who has been sen
out of town on official business swor
that Norbeck had shared his hiding place
back of the piano; and that he had beel
in sneezing.
i Norbeck's testimony is at variance wit
that OF. previous witnesses on many othe
1 points as we'll. He makes a better ap
pearance on the stand than expected, bu
he is not sure Of his story and his uncer
tainty is evident in his manner.
He accused. Attorney A. P. LOOMS Q
! having offered him money to quiet Roma
MEX and persuade him to agree to a set
i Element He said he had dropped into
; the big NIT Joint at 327 Second avenu
II S, but claimed that he didn't know 1t
!. character. How he happened to "dro
!, in remains mystery.
!. AS Norbeck continued his story BILLY
Edwards ceased to smile. He had bee
, obviously. amused at the ingenious an
/ .specious tale told by the witness; bu
as the morning wore away Norbeck
statements no longer excited his risi