The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-29
PARKS TRIAL
NEAR R CLOSE
Case Will Probably Go to the jury
Tonight or To,maorroew
Morning.
I'M - - ~ sssSs IS Csc
Police Are Looking for MCCARTHY,
Parks Partner, Who Has
~. .srs Jumped Bail.

New y ork, 0ct! = Before the
trial OF Sa11faParks tl1eeWa1kfng dele
gate accused 20 saext Tor fors-ss was re-
sumed to-day, 1t was learned that the
baHbond Of $4,000 for. Tini#McC arthy,
Parks partner in the labor union =;
o ESD peIes Rhhag s 8 pes
cry, rs the sbo11 dasnnaiia but at The re-
quests of. Assistant District At
tcrney Rand the forfeiture OF
the bond will not be. en-
Mr.. Rand, Mccarthy is expectedAto ap-
pear within the next tWenty-four
hours but ;whether-.he will be BRO
duced by his bondsmena Or sappre-
hended by the police the officials did
not say.
Parks was not looking well when he
entered court to-day andzin response
he had not slept very WE'LL Z s:'f s + ~.
Mr. Rand said that the prosecution
would"rest to-daysand the general i'm
pr esslon is that. the. case will Sgo, to
the jury not later than Tomorrow,
and possibly this evening. :
Louis Schmitt, who it is alleged
CAV, Parks $500 last January, the. act
which forms the basis of the charge
ga inst the. defendant, was called to
tht. stand and Mr.8O Osborne resumed
his CROSS examina tom Mr.. Osborne
produced some. papers and asked the
witness If they were correct, in which
Schnfttf repli ed I'm the affirm tive. One
of them swas4ia = receipt: given by
Schmist.:to e2cashief of::t he Tiffany
another: PAPER showed that $500 was
paids to Parks by Schmitt s'for :serv-
les rendered." rr~y%:F ]. - ':sass&..
Before leaving; the. stand . Schmitt
said that be had ot%copsented will
ingly to pay the $500 to Parks.
The .Fine" Money.
Charles Avery, Cashier - r. the Tiff:
fanny studios, testified; to having, ,draWr
< check Ter. 3oo . n JAN for -wh5 Oh
he received three 500 bills at q bank
and these, Ito getl1er wit h. 5 200 iiiiSbills
ard gold,= he handed over to ScFrnit1
on that Gay. the same day on which
Scllnltt swcre to having paid the
"hi.e' TO E'arks. 81
y Robert E. Heidig, for two years and
! three months president Of Local No
2 Of th- Housesmiths and Bridgemen's
union, but deposed this present year
testified that the object of the House.
wa, 10 furtheE the Interests ofTwork;
ingrtn, increase wages aand naintai1
steady conditions in the Trade. Aftel
some minor testimony the prosecution
rested. ~1-e-
j Mr.. Osborne Immediately renewed
Ills application for the discharge o:
the prisoner because Of a defective in
dlctr,ent. The court denied The mo,
ton. Mr.. Osborne then. began hi:
pleech to the jury opening. the. de-
lsnse. lie said:
81 An Initiation Fec; ,sE.T
81 III will show you and Parks will tel
you that this charges, Of extortion il
| absurd. Parks and the Tiffany people
fad a purely business. >transa I'll on. asne
The Tiffany people paid IAN initiation
| fes Of $500, being put on the list o
us}ion shops besides~@gg sEeceivifIg5 ven.
Yhlua ole considerations"
| IT is absurd" continued Mr.. Os
| borne. ito imagine for a moment tina
al man like Parks, dying of consump
tull. would deliberately commit =,
crime which would ,eonsign him t
prison. to di., there. sH a.S.l i:.ss,ss: !.
y; He declared Parks dealings will
the tiffany PEOPLE wsre.perfeetly lega
! and invited The jury to look at Park
| ant! to mark his highly nervous an.
dtlicate condition when he put him OF
the stand to testify in his own behalf