The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-26
. KING IS CALLED
Tells the Story of His Life to MIR.
WEIGH. .'

Tells the story or His Lie to MI.
WEIGH. -'
Detective Thomas Gallagher was the
first witness of the afternoon session yes
terday. He was called earlier in the
trial, as one of the states witnesses, and
was put on by the defense to testify re-
garding the telegram and letter sent to
Peter S. Nielsen by Roy Pearce. He said
Mr.. Nielsen had given him both commun1-
cations, but both had been lost He was
not allowed to testify as to their contents
| for the reason that neither letter nor tel
egram had been shown to. have been
called to the attention of the defendant
To get around this obstacle Captain King
| himself was called. -.s' s..
| He said he had seen both letter and
| telegram, but he could not remember who
had shown them to him. It was either
Gallagher or Bahan, however.
Mr.. Gallagher was then recalled and
testified that the telegram had told Of
the theft and had indicated that Reid
was the thief. The letter was OF the same
| general tenor but went more into de-
tails. No other name had been men
toned.
| Charles Adams came next. He told
again of his efforts to raise money to re-
deem the diamond and said Edwards had
told him he was the only man King would
accept it from. He and Edwards were
good friends at the; time.
-"Mr. King, take the stand,' said Mr..
WEIGH. -:
How long have you lived here?" he
! asked.
'Since January of 1884, I cane here
from Milwaukee, where lived from May
1874 I went there from Detroit, Mich,
where I was BORN '-,<
You are a married man."
Eyes, sir; and have two children 80
| what did you do in Milwaukee? %
r 81 %hor> G
connected with the fire department. and
ran saloon there. I afterwards was en-
ployed by the Milwaukee road.
! GLOW long were you in the lake trade? p
E':I first sailed out Of Detroit in 1863"
| "What did you do for the railroad?"
81 started as Waterman and became
detective. I stayed with them two years
until May, 1886. Then / came here and
went on the police department under
Mayor A. A. Ames.
Met Reid Mt Fargo.
| Continuing, the witness testified that he
had first come in contact with Reid at
, Fargo during the fire festival. He had
arrested him at that time for vagrancy
knowing him to be a crook and wishing
to prevent him from making trouble. He
said he had issued instructions to have
Reid Adams and Miller brought to head
quarters, following the report of the
Hooper robbery When Adams and Reit
we're brought in he, had talked to both
Adams denied all knowledge of the af-
fair, and Reid, while he admitted he haG
been in the car at the time the stud was
stolen, denied that Adams had been there
and consequently the detective had lei
Adams go free. He admitted that some.
one had told him, over the phone, thai
. Miller was at Lyons saloon, but said the
department had been unable to locate
him.
] Captain King corroborated the story o
Charlie Adams as related on the stand
e and said he had known BILLY" Edward:
/ about three years. His reputation was
that of thief and all-around sharper
He denied point blank that he ever hat
! any talk with Edwards about the Hooper
r case or that Edwards had ever given hin
!. a diamond
, The witness admitted the truth Of thu
story told by Assistant County Attorne!
/ ILeary He admitted having told MT
i Iieary that he could get no evidence
against Adams, and having acquiesced II
, his decision to nolle the case.
"Do you know A. H. Hall?" asked Mr.
Welch.
yes. I have known him for ten o.
twelve years. IS
: "Did you ever have talk with hin
about the Adams case?'
t Eyes. sir, I met him in the hallwa!
l here in the courthouse, about ten day
: ago and The witness was Interrupts
Y at this point and the court ruled that thu
conversation was not material.
. What was that other talk you had Wit
Mr.. Hall about Adams ?"
Contradicts Halls Story.
t "Hall said that Hooper had been afte
him about that diamond. asked him
s he thought had the id diamond. H
said he had no such idea. The CONVEX
d sation Hall relates concerning his fee
in the Reid case is false. No such con
lversation ever was held. 49, 4 &.
ibid he say to you that Hooper wa