The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-23

witness or the lack OF interest. What would
be the interest of three young women to
falsify one iota of what took place that
night? Search the whole country from one
end to the other and you would scarce find
three such honest, straightforward witnesses.
They had not one motive for altering their
evidence in TIE least On the other hand,
Gallehugh has every reason to say anything
to aid escape from the penalty. of his crime.
His wife. as is the habit of women to aid
those whom they love, naturally is prepared
to corroborate anything he says
Defense Called Absurd.
But how absurd is the story Of his defense
against the negro. There stood Gallehugh
with big loaded revolver in his hand. If
Collins had come around the table with
big knife and slashed Gallehughs head off
that would have been self-defense.
The three women in the room saw the re-
volver. Mrs. Gallehugh saw the revolver
She knew that he was about to do some
thing desperate and that is why she chung to
him.
No one saw the knife except Gallehugh-,
who describes the knife so accurately SO
minutely-and his wife. who Is trying to
shield him. Even when the negro grasped
the handle of the knife and coming to-
| ward him, Gallehugh could stop to notice
| that it had dark wooden handle, that the
blade was fifteen inches long and rounded
at the end.
| No one heard the knife fall. heavy
| butcher knife would have made ringing.
| sound as it struck the floor, but no one
| heard such sound. No one saw it after the
| murder Well, there was no knife in Col
| Inns hand.
You have heard the story of the tragedy and
of Galehughs fight. Is that consistent in
a man acting in self-defense? He didn't stop
| to bid his wife good-by; he didn't stop to get
his hat; didn't maintain his action, but ran
| away in the night across the city. When he
realized that there were witnesses, that he
was known and escape hopeless, then he de-
| cided to give himself up. You noticed his
attitude while on the stand. He acted like a
man who had not only killed man but
| gloated over the fact. He has been out on
the frontier where human life does not count
| for much.
! Collins Alleged Assault.
Coming to the charge that Collins attempted
an assault on Mrs. Galehugh in the laundry
| say that that charge Is trumped up one
for the purpose Of prejudicing this jury
against Collins. She never told Gallehugh
that story in the kitchen or any other place.
It was story concocted after the crime.
! No self-respecting woman would have re-
manned in the hotel one day, nor one hour
after such an insult Why didn't she tell
her husband in the afternoon? Both say that
she had no time. Yet Gallehugh was not
working and Mrs. Gallehugh was not busy.
| They together at least ten minutes and
still she had no time to tell of the assault.
She said on the stand that she told one
OF the girls, but later said that she told no
one but her husband She may have in a
joking manner stated that the colored man
was flirting with her; was making love to
her and that made Gallehugh jealous and he
killed Collins in cold blood Gallehugh would
have had no right to kill Collins if the whole
story were true. There are other remedies
No man can appoint himself judge, jury
and executioner in his own case.
White Skin and n Black Heart.
A man may have black skin and white
heart and he may have white skin and {
black heart.
: Gallehugh did not move muscle as tn
county attorney directed ell eyes towart
him with this shot.
Mr.. Boardman reviewed the testimon,
in detail and especially that of John G
: : Stewart who identified the revolver
belonging to Gallehugh, and DR.. j. N
) Lewis, who said that man shot as Col
Inns was could not drop at the first shot
Stewart was accused of deliberately falsi
flying when he identified the star on tn
handle as having been on weapon
had often seen in Gallehugh's possession
: The star had been made by, Mr.. Board
man himself few days ago. 1t did no
: make any difference who owned the re
volver, and Stewards testimony woul
have been of no consequence but for til
fact that it showed the whole defense ma
been manufactured and trumpet UP ate
the crime.
DR.. Lewis, said Mr.. Boardman, had bee
: introduced simply to give bit of coined
. to the intense dramatic trial. He coul
, conceive of no other purpose. His ties
l timony that man could not fall instant
ly after being shot was only laughable.
The prisoner listened attentively t
: Mr. Boardman's summing up and occa
I sionally made notes which he handed
his attorney. His attitude was one
complete self-possession... Mrs. Gale
hugh maintained her composure through
out but did not assume the air o. cas-
assurance which her husband malntalne
very successfully. DR.. Gallehugh, nov
Z ever, was visibly agitated, and, durlr
the first portions of the address his teal
: flowed freely.
|, The Defense Sums Up.
Thomas A. Garpity summed up for tt
defense this afternoon. He spoke feeling
\ ly of Gallehugh's early training by foI
"a and Christian mother. For the first tin
ly. His father was already much broke
j. and his large frame shook convulslve
% from the excess of his emotions. It WI
r some little time before either regain
- composure. -,
n. Mr.. Clarity congratulated the jury tn
the trial had been brief and without FRI
ticn. He spoke highly of County Attorn
O Boardman and his assistant, Al }. Smlt
but complained that some one else W
- responsible for what was unfair in t
trial. He said:
Take the case of Officer Bracket. Had
been called by the state, as he should la
been, as one of the officers who made t
investigation could have secured the e.
60 dence | wanted. Other evidence | desired
y Gould not secure. | was compelled to go III
-. the camp of the enemy to get certain e.
. dence favorable to this boy.
% It has been attempted here to tell you tt
ce This boy has heen desperate man, tt
ge h, has been a bad man on the frontier a
to that he was fully capable OF any deed. 1t
ay the most industrious charge have heard
1T Does honorable service in the United Sta
a army for three years make man a d.
,ct perado because the service had been in
bo west? sza~
~ They tell you that the wife and husba
III concocted this story. Now, gentlemen. b.
ny these facts n nilnd. The boy ran away fr
an the scene of the tragedy and gave hims
ID I'D to the police His wife was taken
nv police headquarters and questioned. TT
.es were not together and it cannot be presun
a that the police permitted them to meet es
no other aud COZ coct the story. This yor
It's s,,,,,, to1d .,,,tshe knew She to,d the ga
he storv then that she told on the stand. F
|r,1,,, ha1,o thou not witnesses