The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-09-05


pin, or one exactly like it, to Frank
lin.
John Hanptmann. dealer in boota
and shoes. testified that he had Sc.
cured small consignment of arctics,
the only shipment of the particular
kind he thought in the city. He had
made only tire" sales of this kind of
overshoe at the time of Wrimllt's MUIR
der: Que was to the mayor: the sec
ond was to the chancellor. and the
third was to Frank llilsman. He
sold these three persons all their
shoes. and as they wore different
numbers he had sold them different
sized arctics.
Mrs. Herbert Wright and Mrs. An
derson next testified to the disap-
pcarancc of the old pistol, and the
substitution of the new one with
which Wright was supposed to have
been killed. Mrs. Anderson also told
of the visit of the man in the red
flannel shirt.
The taller and the doctor who had
attended Herbert Wright testified to
the attempt made to poison the ac-
cused, and their suspicious that the
man in the red flannel shirt had
manipulated it.
Then, to the surprise of many per-
sons. Old Tom, whose real name was
Bob hathaway, was introduced and
he made clean breast of all his
workings in the case. He admitted
having been party to the trap set
fer Irving Wardc, for which job he
and his partner were to get a hand
some sum conditional on the success
of certain scheme. lie confessed
that Franklin bad hired him for this
purpose. lie had also logged Wnrfc's
steps on several occasions for Frank
lin.
His companion, Dick padgett, con-
frmed his story in all he essential
details.
Finally the man in the red flannel
shirt was put upon the witness stand,
but this time he had on Il blue flannel
shirt. He was Il very crooked look
ing customer, brt he told n remark
ably straight tale. Nc had done Il
great deal of "worll" for the colonel
The day Herbert Wright was put in
Jail the colonel had given him the pis-
tol which was in evidence. and had
told him to 90 to Wri%llt's house and
substitute il for the old rusty affair
which had belonged 30 the prisoner.
The colonel had learned from Mr..
Wardc that Mrs. Wright was on II
visit to her husband and bad snnt him
II, :, u, IA
Scnce. AS he was coming out. how
ever. he had been hailed by lady
living near by-MrS. Anderson
whose testimony he confirmed. Later
on the colonel had employed him to
go to the Jail and gel one Of the pris-
oners to slip a white powder into
Wriglt's food. He had paid negro
whose name he did not know. to do
this. He did not know positively that
the powder was poison, but suspected
that ii was. The Hummelshine, man
admitted very naively that he was a
general bird-of-prey, who did all such
odd jobs and chores as this for the
requisite cash. Col. Franklin had
been Il particularly valuable client of
his and had always paid him we'll;
but when at last he had been corncred
the colonel had thrown him overheard
along with his friends, Padgett and
Hathaway. A contemptuous scowl
enriched the deepening gloom of
Franklin's face as he listened to all
this testimony, but he did not open
his lips. just how these men were
caught and made to tell what they
knew was revealed further on in the
trial.
Frank Hillsman now took the stand
and told the following story:
Several months ago when Mr..
Wright's safe was robbed, and be-
fore the news was out, l met Tom
Morris at the N. & L. depot. He was
just preparing to leave on the out.
going train. Seeing me, he came up
quickly and said:
"1've got a paper here for the
colonel, but I've been called away
suddenly and will not have time to
see him. l wish you would give it tc
him and say that ] will write about
it. 1t is Of the greatest Importance
that he should get it,
81 didn't see the colonel that day
and the next morning l was mildly
surprised that Morris had been doing
the light-fngered act. This caused
me to reflect, and made up my mint
to look at the paper he had handed
me, which had supposed was some
legal document. I found that it was
an old agreement between Wright
and Franklin, and that on it's bacl
were the words John Il. Wright's
copy, etc. Putting nose and chin to
gether, concluded that Morris hac
stolen this paper from his employer
and that Franklin was aware of it.
have always had fondness for ole
documents, curious subjects and oc
cult information generally, and, a:
this paper evidently did not belong
to Franklin, saw no harm in keep
ing it awhile. 1t was possible, if i
were of value to anyone, that re