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/ went baek there then with Mr. Prene-

yost. s. ~s
i: The chief asked me il had !:
&; signed the draft. I said had, and -.
he told me had lost my money
-: for good. He said he had worked !:
| in a bank and knew that a draft, ::
| once indorsed, was just as good as !:
currency"
o.. -. :. =. - 80 p
"Did you tell him you had stopped pay
| ment by wire? %
"Yes, sir" ...- --'..- III. =
when you went back there at half
past seven did you talk to the chief?'
'I did. He said I'was just as liable to
punishment for gambling as the other
| men. I told him I had ticket for home
and he said had better use 1T and get out
| of town, that he would look after the
matter. The next day went down there
again with an attorney. Harry Lund. He
asked the chief If he could do anything
for me and he said he could not. He said
he had told me to keep quiet and hadn't
done 1t and he said he couldn't do any
| thing after the story had been printed In
the papers. My attorney said it wasn't
my fault the thing got into the papers"
Ibid you see the chief after that e.
~ went down to the headquarters with
Detective Norbeck the next day, but we
didn't 90 in. Afterwards Norbeck came
over to the st. James hotel where was
staying. He saw me off on the train and
gave me his address. i wrote him one
letter afterwards" - ....
| about Norbeck's being given the case In
stead OF Brackett. the man the chief told
you you would have to wait for?"
"No, sir; did not"
did you ever get your draft back?"
'Not the draft. no. I got s4oo back
through an Attorney
This concluded the direct examination.
MEX had made an excellent witness. He
told his story in Straightforward
| fashion, without hesitation. He Is a
young man, Of medium height, we'll built,
| with a rosy complexion, blue eyes. light
hair and deep dimple in his chin. He
was dressed In dark blue suit, negligee
| shirt and four-in-hand tie. He wore
no vest.
Mfex's Dramatic Entrance.
His entrance into the courtroom was
highly dramatic. Orrln Crossman re-
sur1ed the stand when court convened
this morning. He was permitted to cor
| rect an error in his testimony, given
yesterday, and then Assistant County At
torney AL j. Smith asked:
would you know MEX II you should
see him."
II would" replied the witness, de-
cis1Vely.
Mr.. Smith rose from his chair and
walked quickly by the witness and into
| Judge Simpsons chamber. A second
| later he reappeared accompanied by a
stranger.
"Is this the man" he demanded, ring
Of triumph in his tones. A buzz of ex-
| element ran around the room. Cross
man turned and surveyed the newcomer.
1T is,' he announced confidently.
ma n itd y
preston. Perhaps his Jaws worked q
trife more nervously as he chewed his
! gum, an occupation he has never ceased
| for a moment since the trial began. But
| he gave no other sign of perturbation.
His demeanor was that of man who ex-
poets the worst and has schooled himself
| to bear it.
MEX was at once put on the stand.
His testimony has already been related.
1t was direct, conclusive, and highly dam
aging. Considered In connection with the
evidence introduced in the Gardner trial,
| the testimony Of Roche Prenevost, a
! newspaper reporter who accompanied
MEX on his visit to the chief and who
| tricked Ames into believing him a green
| horn friend of the man who had been
vict imized, Miex's story is of the utmost
| Importance. 1t damns the chief in un-
measured terms. It displays him to the
public in the guise of an accomplice Of
crooks. The chiefs most vindictive enc
mics could wish him no deeper humi1ia-
! tion than came to him this morning In
the relation of the details connected with
the sale of his manhood for $25. 4
| The cross examination to which the wit
ness was subjected by Mr.. Welch was ex-
| haustive, but developed nothing Of I'm
portance. MEX had told his story. He
could tell it over again as Oft en- as re-
quested, but he could add to 1t nothing
new.
ga Man Named Brackett."
The witness said that on his first visit
to headquarters he had told the chie1
Henderson was to meet him at the depot
and had asked for man to arrest him.
Il told him. said Mick, that II he
would send man over there with me, he
could probably get Henderson and the
whole gang. Henderson was to meet mt
there at 7 o'clock to go with me as far a:
the 500. The chief said he had a maj
named Bracket who knew 1.-THE men bu
he wasn't in. He refused to send any
one else and told me to come back a
7:3o. I said would. My train was tt
leave at 1920 but had got my ticket ex
tended and meant to stay over a few days
OF course there was no use in my meetin,
Henderson alone, SO I didn't go to tn
depot. At 1880 went back with Mr.
Prenevost, reporter"
| NOW, dltcF LndC StoIy was PItuLcu II
the papers the chief appeared pretty mad
didn't he?" queried Mr.. Welch.
Yes, SIR
He had told you to keep quiet?"
"Yes."
why didn't you do it,"
II would have done 1t II he had give,
me man that first time. didn't thin
, he had done right
You were mad at him?"
mot mad exactly. / was indignant"
You went in there with your attorne
after that article was written?"
Yes, SIR g.. ~:--.
THE chief said you had handicappe
him by talking, didn't he?"
Yes, sir" -. .=
And Mr.: Lund. your attorney, agree
with him?''+ .> i..'' 49,.
II think he did. Yes, SIR .~:...
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Further cross examination de-
: veloped this interesting informa-
ton: 49,
."I told the chief I was going
home and he said 1t was the best
thing I could do. He said the
{: men who had swindled me prob
ably wouldn't turn up while was :
!: in town. ~.. ~:
Before the witness left, A. P. Loomi
called upon him at his hotel. What wa
said at their interview, however, Mie
was not permitted to tell. Later he ha
seen Loomis again and the settlement b
which he got $400 was agreed to. Tha
was in February, and the money was pal
by the Union Bank of St. Paul. s
"Who brought you here to- testify