The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-01-16
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retail dealer TO dothe anont of goods in the secre
store house were valued in round numbers at abou
T40'oVo or oo,Wl-when witness entered the cellar
SOME goods mad been removed by creditors who has
SAecu'ed 'ner repievies-a great many however, were
lying on the floor of the cellar lramped on by ever,
body, and they appeared they had lain there SONS
ume-anong the articles in the cellar and store room
were hhe broad cloths and very fine Holland lnen and
articles OF similar nature and equal value, all damaged
more or less by moth and dampness-Nrs MiK;nlev
accounted for having her and witness unpad nv
stating that she had loaned some money! which had no,
been repad-said that she was not eInbarrassed-sbe
ooected 10 sign Judgment note for the of wit
ness claim when presented saying that she never had
slgned such paper-hat witness need not be uneasy
,nat she mad sutcient property to pay all her debts
,iei oeD!s ia rhiiadelpha amounted to about $4,000
e Pnclpai oil which amount had been contract ted since
the LIST OF January-her bushes did not REQUIRE suoh
large amount OF stock found on her premises and
the nature OF many of the goods, not in accordance
with her business.
Cross-examinedby Mr. Price-does not know vhe,her
he was indicted by the Grand Jury of Philadelphia for
breaking open Mrs. M'Kinley's store room[knows
nothing OF Indictment but has heard that suits were
instituted against some of the persons who were present
when the secret store room was broken open-thmks
there were perhaps twenty persons at that time and
some among them had no personal cause business
does not know exactly how many went 10 the store
room with hlm--has never been sued by Mrs. MIX for
debt-saw the door when it was broken open but does
not know who broke it-thinks there were more thpn
three or four pieces of bread cloth amoug the goods in
the store room-does not know how long she has been
IN business for hersei-sued Dir. Edward kiney her
husband for the recsvery ofthe of the note due
by Mrs. Mk.-knows that she has sent goods TO auc-
ton to the amount of between three and four thousand
doiiars-the goods so sold were purchased of Messrs
A. ). Stewart d Co., Broadway, New York--the goods
were sold Tor one Edwd Cannngbow and the proceeds
given to him-they were sold early in March, between
the 9Th and 9th.
Attended meeting of the creditors in Phiadelphn
at which a committee of merchants were present-she
n nf1 erah tn Larrr IL IL
creditors but refused acceptance on the ground
that she had large quantities of paper in the market for
the purpose OF raising money Thinks that Mrs. MIX.
had not been indicted when witness the secret
store ro0m-does not know that Mrs. MIX. defaced the
marks on the goods but does know that the goods were
seen on the evening previous entering the store room
and the next morning they defaced. a ss
Ke-examined.-Sued in the name of Edward M'Kin-
ey as he WAS legally advised to- and he knew that
as married woman Mrs. MIX. had no legal existense
The cellar would not contain all the goods that we're in
the secret store room. 30 f-.s, 3
The whole cross-examination of MIR. Wiltbank was
conducted with severity and critical accuracy, such
as none but a censummate practitioner could have
used bat the witness although totally uDprepared for
such terrible fire, shook or wavered from
his direct testimony and material evidence could be
addnced from him. that could in any wise the de-
fendent. afe ,.f.. 81
E. E. Michel then sworn.-He is one of the
partners OF the firm Of A. T. Stewart d Co. ia Broad
way. -as
III e carry port Oh FEBRUARY, 1850, he sold goods to
Mrs nj kinley to the amonnt of $4,000. They were
delivered on the 18th of February. Here again the
counsel for the Defence vchemcntv opposed the recep
ton of MIR. Mitchels testimony he was one of the
hrm VINO held an indictment against Mrs. MIX. and of
course the question was long and warmly contested
Ills honor, the Recorder was decidedly opposed TO
hearing Mr.. MITCHELL but Mrs. nj KinIey through her
counsel desired that part of the prosecution should
be objected to. and the examination was resumed.
= The goods were sold on their usual terms of credit
NAMELY mOnfhs-tbe bill has moi been maid The
Court here strenuously objected Mr. McheIs tee
timony and the counsel for the prosecution waived his
examination for the present
MIR. J. b. Myers was then caled-He resides in
Philadelphia, rs partner in the house of Thomas Gill
d Co. auchoneers-has sold goods for Edward Gun
nngham-sold ia March, 1895 goods TO the amount Of
$438a for MIR. Cunungham-bas heard that Dir. Cum
nnghan was relation of Mr. M'Kinley. One Of the
shawls purchased by Mrs. M'Kinley of Messrs A. J.
Stewart d Go. was identified as having been sold by
Mr. Gill for Mr.. Cunningham, by the private mark Of
their firm paid the of proceeds of sale to Mr.
Cunningham. -. -
The cross-examination of Mr.. Myers, elected only
a repetition of the facts above stated 1888
John Stokes called.-Is dealer in gloves, keeps q
wholesale French silk store in Market street, Phiade-
phia-is perfectly familiar with Stewards private marx
he bought a lot of 81 dozen of gloves al Mr. Gips
in Observation-Disclosures at dollars-he has bought
the same quality Of gloves Mr.. Stewards at eight
dollars and quarter and those he purchased at AUG
ton, were at seven dollars-Mrs. MKiney afterwards
purchased the Gloves which he bought at ellis from
him, at nine dollars per dozen. st.f
Gross examIned.-fias recollection of Mrs. M'K's
having said that she had order for that quality and
kind of gloves. Mrs. NM, at the same time she pur-
chased the gloves, made purchases the amount Of
two or three hundred dollars. She was in the frequent
habit of dealing with Mr.. Stokes-wness has been in
business ten years-did not like the s,anner in which
Mrs r. made the last purchsse-he thought she pur-
chased too largely for retoil dealer -sH