The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-09

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Anderson yesterday; J. and it is said that
Eployed to spy upon .Hovey Clarke, fore
man Of the grand jury, who resides at the
West Hotel, where Anderson himself has
been doniciled Captain Alexander re-
fuses to discuss the matter fer publica-
| ton: but there can be little doubt that
| Anderson has confessed to his part in the
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| Policeman Purvis' Bad Break.
| Yesterday morning, as the Gardner jury
was returning from breakfast, Officer
Purvis followed them from the corner of
Third avenue S and Fifth street into the
corridor of the court house. There he
stepped up to juror and said:
Excuse me, what jury is this?''
| The juror at once referred him to Dep
uty Hamilton, to whom the policeman
| explained that he had heard complaints
on the, street about the Gardner jury
! being allowed to read the papers.
| This jury is under my charge" re-
| torted the deputy tartly, land will see
| that they don't read anything they
| shouldn't read
| Purvis walked. away without further
| parley.s He was before Judge Harrison in
| chambers this morning where he ex-
! planned his actions. The court is salts
| fed that nothing out of the way was in
tended and the officer will not be disci-
| plined, although he was given severe
reprimand and warned against the repe-
tition Of like offense.
| Both the assistant county attorney and
the court have known for several days that
| an attempt had been made to tamper
with the jury; and consequently the most
| trivial incidents are regarded with sus-
picion AS the jury passed out of the
| court room, this noon, one of the jurors,
| who had started first, was called back by
the deputy and placed further down the
/ line. In the light of recent developments
this, action is regarded as significant.
The defendants wife and his mother
were both in the courtroom to-day, as
| they have been for several days past.
Mrs. Irwin A. Gardner is aarather pref
ty woman, of slender build and with great
appealing eyes that are kept constantly
4 upon her husband. She pays less atten-
tion to the jury than the jury pays to
her; but all the time that her husband
was upon the stand her eyes never
1 wavered from his face.
Gardner Under Fire.
i In the course OF his cross-examination
! this morning, Gardner was asked if Fred
j Bonge had not been intoxicated the night
4 he called at the Gardner home and was
i given marked money Gardner replied
I that he Gid not appear drunk. One of the
4 newspaper men at the table remarked,
/ soto voce. II never saw him when he
4 wasn't. He didn't stagger," retorted
4 Mrs Gardner, quick as a flesh. Then she
! caught herself and blushed
4 Gardeners cross examination was brief.
4 Mr.. Smith contented himself with draw
1 ing from the witness an admission that
4 he had been on unusually friendly terms
4 with BILLY" Edwards and Crossman; and
Il that Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Gardner were
Friends. This agrees with Edwards state
i ment, that Gardner Is the only man in
lcrininated for whom he feels any SYM
Ipathy.
4 Under direct examination the defendant
4 testified that he had called upon A. P.
LOOMS to learn what could be done for
Edwards after he was arrested. LOOMS.
he said, had told him that Edwards
Chance of escape was good: and had add
!. ed that he intended to go TO Iowa and get
the prosecuting witness out Of the way
where the state could not ind him.
on cross examination Mr.. Smith asked
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