The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-28

Boardman, ''but he has told you the truth
in this case. When the defense talks to
you, gentlemen, they will dilate upon
Edwards character. and when they 40
that want you to remember what sort OF
a character this defendant King has ad-
mitted he has. He himself has told you
he has been convicted OF a felony In this
court and that he has conducted gam
bling house in this city. Yet. with that
record behind him Mayor Ames appointed
King to be chief of all the city detectives.
When Billy Edwards was swndling his
victims in a small. retail way, this man
was robbing citizens on the wholesale
plan in his gambling house."
'I object to that statement" inter-
rupted Mr.. Welch.
"I know it hurts,' retorted Mr.. Board
man, ''and I don't wonder the defense
winces."
Referring to the alibi the county at
torney said the state would admit that
King was away during the dates to which
he has testified. and added that Charlie
Adams, the only witness who had at
tempted to fix the date, had not done SO
positively. At one time he said 1t was
early in August, and later in his testimony
said it was about Aug. 20.
"Billy Edwards said Mr.. Boardman,
"hxed the date as late in July or early
in August. So did Tom Murphy, and Ed
die Martin, his bartender, who fixed the
date by his return from vacation trip.
Mr.. King, in his testimony. is In direct
conflict not only with Billy Edwards, but
with Albert H. Hall, the attorney; with
John S. Hooper, the business man who
lost that diamond; and with William c.
Leary, one of the assistant county attor-
neys; :gE,tnor Mr. vino ,,ss or y Hall
lies. Either Mr.. Hooper lies or Mr.. King
lies. Either Mr.. Leary has told you an
untruth or Mr.. King has lied again. Who
would have had an object for committing
perjury here? Would Mr. Hall, Mr..
Leary or Mr. Hooper?
Here is Mr.. King telling Mr.. Hall to
stand pat, that they couldn't convict; tell
ing Hooper to keep away from the county
attorneys office. and promising Mr.. Leary
to secure evidence in the Adams case. He
worked them all
"rhen there is the evidence Of the sta
tlon master at the union depot. Mr.. King
said he had never released Adams after
he had been taken in custody at the union
depot. He repeated that several times;
but the agent says he took Adams into
custody and that King released him
What object would that man have In tell
Ing an untruth to you In this case? Then,
Captain King has directly contradicted
the testimony of his friend, Attorney
8. Mead, and on a point which, If he was
correct. could have been corroborated by
his son, but it was not.
"Now, gentlemen, it is noon. I have
80 far as can remember, touched upon
every vital point in this case. You will
have difficulty in deciding it and in
your hands I leave it"
The Close for the Defense.
Mr. Welch began his address at 1:4O p.
m. He said:
II am not going to appeal to your SYM
pathies-this case does not require that
but I shall appeal to your powers of rea
soning.
1.-The defendant is not charged with
bribery, nor with theft, but he; has been
accused Of aiding, harboring and abetting
Harry w. Adams, to escape just punish
ment for crime.
at shall be my purpose to take up first
the argument Of Mr.. Boardman, and after
that to lay before you the facts as l un-
derstand them"
"Mr. Welch then called attention to a
statement he said Mr.. Boardman had
made, to the effect that Flick had pawned
the Hooper diamond after it came into
his possession. Mr.. Welch said there was
nothing in the record to show the gem
had been pawned and asked why, if such
was the case, the state had failed to fix
the date Of the occurrence.
Referring to the testimony of liver John
son Mr.. WelCh asked why Charlie HowarG
had not been asked to deny Johnson,s
story that he had seen Howard buy a
diamond from Edwards after Edwards ha6
testified he had not sold a diamond tc
anybody, ...,. -. -.
A Confusion of Diamonds.
THE state has shown you,'' said Mr.
Welch, that the diamond Carrie Emerson
bought was not the Hooper diamond. We
never claimed that 1t was. We went into
that merely to show that Edwards is ar
arrant criminal, and that he lied about
these diamonds as he lied about Other
points in the case.
''The county attorney told you Edwards
and Murphy had talked in Murphys office
at the time Edwards went in there with
the diamond. Edwards said they talked
standing against the end of the bar. Eddie
Martin said he saw them there. So die
John P. Wall Murphy, Martin and Wal
all said Edwards tried to sell the stone
Little Charlie Adams didn't hear thai
talk. How can you reconcile this with
Edwards story?
Now, did Edwards ever try to sell tha
diamond TO anyone else? Johnson says
he tried to sell it to him. This leaves
a diamond in Billy Edwards possession
that the state hasn't accounted for. The,
can't account for it. But I can. Billy
Edwards sold diamond to Charlie How.
ard. 1t wasn't the stone Howard after.
wards sold to Carrie Emerson, for wher
he was asked where that gem came from
Howard said he had got it from Paddy
Irish. Now. I can't show that this dia
mond Edwards sold to Howard was the
believe 1T was the same identical stone.