The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-20
Court OF General Sessions.

Before the Recorder and Aid Franklin aud Conklin
TRIAL OF GEO. w. NILES AND NATHANIEL w. RoBKR1s
FOR OBTAINING 81 600 By FALSE PRETRNcKs.
De 49, On opening court this IN orning the cham
Der again quickly thropged with spectators among
whom were quite number OF elderly gentlemen.
scme preliminsry business having been disposed OF,
the Niles ard Roberts case vas resumed.
LucieB Tufts tworn--I reside in Albany; I know
Geo w. Miles by sight; I have but slight acQuaiu.
Il nee with him; know Roberts have kno wn him for
yfsTs; two years fgo had conversation with Niles,
N which he said that he bad had Roberts arrested on
a stnluoll warrant; think It was year ago last
sprirg thercAbcuts that SIR. Roderick Morrison left
Cox SsH, SD u was bss yitS taSrt si%s brp tore
Con-, hsfs called on ne Prosecution 70 eonhne them
saw Miles ut the CITY Han IN the Court Of Comm on
Pl. and he told mo what have above stated
William y. Davis. called and sworn--I reside In
Brooklyn; ny business s,in mineral and soda water,
and general bottng business L have known Niles
for three four years. was In his oce In the spring
nd summer Of 1s4p frequsntly; he had cole ;tsd
scne money tor me; tsw Mr. Roberts at Mr.. Niles
office several times during tine spripg think saw
him there In June Miles and Reb-rts appeared like
persons who bad business together; hav.
Niles Office; Ellen williams there while Mr..
Niles absent on his wedding tour Ellen williams
wss at nr Doyles desk next saw her there In June
July she alone and seated herself 10 the front
Office, Mr. Niles in and sbut the folding doors
he then sad 10 her, Have you seen old llavens'
dent hear her answer. but heard Niles say d.
reety. "No, 10, it won't dO-teo late nov, cant
,toP It now l got up and LETT a. si~ays aveid
having anything to Do With these cases; have seen
,,verbl women there; Nll,l never ssii saything to
about women he had there; hetold me that he had
woman she had several men on the string Tor Grim
cen; hr Niles said he bad woman aud u man who
had several men ON the strlng, aud that some
OF thsm vefe fat ones went ~ there at one time,
ard Mr. Niles had I've or tiK Ave hundred dollar bills
u raid Don't that look nioe!" and then stated that
he Lao Ht got that Tor bis Fart Of OF bis Grim con-
suite said, Mr. Nes, = locks very nice but Il
would look better IL from some other source"
lie smiled, rolled the money in vst, and put II In
hi vet pocket At that time think Mr. Niles did not
tell toe name Of any whoa he had on the
string; he do a. subsequent time he asked me, i'll
knew Mr.. Richards
The council forthe dienes objected to the ntrodne-
ticn of evi,Ioo Ia Inference TO Mr Richards. The
Court ovenuied the ohJsetion, and the defence ex-
c,pitd
firm OF which be member; then ko-v who he
neat; lie raid SIR Rich ards tat nan, and worth
slGOtO aud be could get $1,000 ut Ct hin ne then
stksd me III tnsv ar Brown. AZ oil dealer; he then
faid this woman had him on The sirisg. ana thu he
CSieD yanied hsr 20 Sc him (BfoWnl on to boston,
icr there &c was state prison offence Brown, he said,
was D client cf his he sid he had aawysr Ina Boston
10 would attend to Browns arrest, ard that thin
Brown would. a: eno., send for Lin 70 deieod the
iuit o. thst time. or another, he told me that .e
bad builder up towr, Who was n lean one he
couldn't make much out OF HIM but that he was
o church member. and he thought he would bleed
some. / was going 10 Boston, 90 pend tho sun.
mtr, and Er Niles said / mus.st be surprised
20 SEQ him there shortly ~ that thing worked;
crut cay that H. ever told What hs got %
The builder; suetime IN the sumner q ls4D, met
Mr Ni,s al the City Iisli ne said lave juw st,ltd
oreof ny erin but didn't get much;
cannot 10y vhethor q vas $500 or 500 said |"
know he Then became much excited sui said how
tag he vas excited raid it 4 that bank PRECEDENT
81 Brooklyn; he said NJ " amt b. ID he once
ngkCd ne n I knew David LeaWt; nid az mo-
well h. fa.d he tf enc 81 the heaviest men Ia frooh
lyp vtrth immense deal Of money aud pr,slirnt ~
tank IN Wall street aud lsrge oEn'i' y osuid
get hold OF him would make him sbeii out SblO-o;
be faid sr Levitt bad rev N the sane church vish
him (NiisN and he thought " he could Eet uomsn
% 40 ipd ~ in toe pe~ vilh bin DC cost wors ~
did 81 itterd 70 ten Justice Mouatiort that Nus.
told me the namst Of Tie women; ] kuaw them all
however. from other sources; krs~ from hles that
10 va about TO attack Mr. Richards he also msn.
toned VT hfrwu's name. and that OF the president o.
The barE; know Wilian y. Smith. the preic adet
lufisnd - the woman LsogWOrthyi he was a. hiiess
tffcp very fr,gucntys cav woman there Who ppo-
yle call sinith woman, hoard Mr. bosorts dsssrip-
ton ~ vtmtn who 20 his OF 90 60 make oath
before lin. fhould think the desrfiptiou ansvsred
that q smith't woman ,he bed dsrk eyes end dar \
does OF at all reesmb,e sAsiths woman; have seen
this vcman Of Nilrs Cfics orct o. tWce; kspt cut
Of The wsy whsu sac her, Niles teid NJ one tius
that TIE man whom this woman bae. ~s-a pusisni-
mou, d thing, ana that she was going ~ set bet
ter leokirg ran, and che ofmore ccmrtnd'ny appeal
ance thia WIS While speaking ofNr Richards end Mr.
Brovn end az the time Of ths operation on Richards
iave nfoyed Miles counsel and paid ham Tor BIZ
fsrvicss; my business was purely Of mercantile
Spiire cssp.r shown The A All iavis and r.
lsasa % Sullivan TO Havens0 7 bflisve ire huing
up Of that paper % be- in Nhss hand vrhns "a lev
ter tfcvu); that r. In Niles hand vftinz, ilNss r.
ceited y me ~ syracuss. I know nanil vslei he
vas IN Niles once ~ jane last recrel inees,ps
Nn'f m Nentre street ~ Ire corhtt "a
wsr before vas examined before su'.. 49,, y, n
o. Osborne; he came up ~ ne sni ,aia vooa !, 80, !,
Nr Davis you have BEEN w there - nfh. - a.ly,
| VII sgaiuft me- aid, / havs not ne sho
y Van haze 8 \ have not bsen inside.n could not
con,iuce him tod files that The butines' ne vas
epcered IN vas q dangerous one He said might %
In danger but that lawyers had more Inn renee ana
i mcfetfofecticp.' :. 80.
/ a Cross sxarnined When hrft went % VIZ. Niles
sfsee to have my busness done. vas not IN sny 70
snia~ srppinymen,. had not been IN regular IN
4 rIovfnept for ten tvsipr years lived IN ero"hyr
sisit on nire vesrs. srd w New YORK about twtnt,
wears About two ~ tar~e y~ers sier hrss ven. ',