The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-24

".i-hs a. BRADLEY, FOB oBrANiSo moNhfts'
Jvl. II AT the citing 81 the court this morning
dsiencsnts council produced In evidence the part
from the books Of Adams Co a. lsvt In New York ssd
worcester and which exhibited several d.y. sncs
propriate book Of original entries. Asvt In wor..trr
MASSACHUSETTS,, by our agent there, sni eOstaina~ q
statement Of all transmissows nom worcesisr T. Se.
York
loo 1a. on.cA. s. s. 80 II ssr,i p,rS,
This tho only book Of origins, entries asa The .u,rv
Is in the handwriting u l.. l. Mason, assst wOf.
cester
There IL other entry Of ehecs Of n,se tess, l-,n,
sent through ur fer the next fortnight t.s =.
We know since.
New York July :, 1851.
Book Keeper tor Aaams A co
l6anc ~ Vail street, Ne~ iofk.
The check referred o. in the foregoing eertihsate
Mr.. Dixon, was received at once In New orb.
M. A Bradley, Of Worcester, Msssachusests 90 tn,
| 25th Of October.
The following isl copy of the entry in our book.
i Coli. s2Sco. MA. Bradley. sss worcester
There is other collection Of similar tenor ON Ca.
books about this time, for fortnight sfterwsrd
rs far "a know up TO this date.
| Clerk Of Adams a Co.
| 10 and is Wall street New York
Counsel for the people admitted the authenticity o,
| the document and
part OF the prosecution IN order TO explain has former
testimony Counsel stated that he recalled TIE witness
Tor the OF being ecxamined the
stances OF the payment by him 10 Bradley Of the check
for $500 and Of any further In cash q $500 In
October 1857 referred TO in his former examination a.
part Of the payment Of 5. 500,
Counsel for defendant objected to the statement being
entered on the min utes for IL supposes that there
two payments Of $4,000 whereas there was only one
$500 referred to in his former examination he oh
jected to man staying away aud then coming here 10
Counsel the people said that was Sot very eourte
Gus. Mr. Barber had been sick
Counsel for defendant expressed his doubt of Mr. bar
Der being sick.
Finally the purpose for which Mr. Barber was called
stated folows:-0f being examined 10 the cir
cumstances Of the payment by him to Bradley o. the
check for 600 and to how any OF 81 500
stutiDg part Of the payment Of ~ $50 paid AMI
the witness proceeded AS follows After seeing two
three days ago the above paper being the extract
the books Of Adams Co.. and examining Mr. Bradleys
ing the check for $4,000 before referred to bearing even
date with the 81 500 receipt Of Bradley smcy, October
2lst, 1850 became satisfied that COMPOUNDED In my
former examinati IN, tho two payments. one Of the
check and the other Of the 50 500 In cash received
three Geographic dispatches from Bradley from worce
ter October 25 1850 also OF the 23i October from
woRcrsrrR, October %
All right. Is check good Wrote you by mail.
WORCESTER, October %.
All going well. Get cashier to say check good.
woRcEsrrn, October IS
Your checs was sent by Adams Co express. IT..
money is not received. See IL 1t is paid IL not make IL
good to-day, without fail. Answer at once, by tel.
WogcrsrrR, October Is
Get cashier to say crock (chees) good Immediately
woRcrsrrr, October IS
Have drawn you, to-day, s3,7oo, on sight
The witness here produced the original check Of which
Nrw YORK, October 81, 1850
AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK, NY,
p. NJ. Bradley, OF bearer, $500. X. BARBER.
II is endorsed N. A. Bradley.
The witness then produced the following letter.
WoecEslrR, Mas, October q 1850
DEAR srn-I arrived here at quarter past 4P. NJ;
got horse and buggy and went to Oxford saw Mr Bar
morrow, with Mr. Hobart All will right. win
Is the check good We shaN be obliged 10 in ths
,en ., 70 R kssp sS, DO
ming Remember me to wife, and your lady, and believe
Inc truly yours, NJ. A. BRADLEY.
The letter bears the posmark OF" Worcester Oct 49,
first got the foregoing letter dispatches aud check
Saturday last they had been sent BY me from ST Louis
last winter to Mr. Eagar, of my counse did not
Saturday last; the bundle, bat did not examine
the papers; knew that contained papers relating to
to the American Exchange Bank that received the
4h of October 1860, Page Is Becons draft, Of st.
s. Coe, John J. Anderson's draft s2ooo about 18th
October received from Anssl St. John the proceeds Of
John J. Andersons acceptance $500 l received from
the American Exchai Bank, November ~, 1850.
Page Bacon draft, $4,000 making In all Si650o; the
facts stated them before, to the payments made
TO Bradley correct TO the amount but the CHI ch
for $500 given by the 2lst OF october. a.
part Of the s. 500 and the payment Of made seven
eight days thereafter in cash. and not In check
Crosse xamined were the papers, retired TO
by you sent to Mr.. Bager'
k-They were sent from St Louis, by mail on the
21st Of February 1851 that package included believe,
all the papers in possession reties to this transac
ticn.
e-whO drew the complaint on which Mr. Bradley
arrested ,
OBJECTED to by counsel for the people, as having
be. n answered In the direct examination; II partly
drawn by Mr. Esgsr and jointly by Justice Mountfort
Q.-When BIZ Eager drew .hAi part OF the complaint
which drawn by him, dld you or lac examine the
Al gave bin statement to draw Il by: don.
know that examined the papers Mr. Eager had them.
q Who prepared the statement exhibited by you to
Counsel for people objected to going into anything,
except the new matter introduced to-day but subsc
quen,y wa.rod the objection.
The witness then snsverrd-I drew a memorandum
of the fset and referred him to the papers In has
o-Did you not examine the papers before Saturday
A-No, sir
Q.-Ntre You not called upon, in your xauina
ton to search for and produce the telegrsphic dispatch
from Worcester advising you Of the forwarding OF the
check,
Al was; and AID examine all the pspers In my pos
session at the time, and answered that the balance
In Mr. Eagershaais; think thej principally all in
HE bands have not been in Mr. Eayers ofce than
three since the investig ttion commenced;
requested MIR Eager TO bring the papers up and he neg
V-Did you hear Mr. Hobart testify on this exsmins-
ton about the 18th 81 June, that the check for
$1,000 had been forwarded from Worcester by Ada
Go. express day two after the ed Of October
Al don't recollest whether did or not; was not
present at the exAmipa all the time; did hear
that be testified paid attention to IT, had none
Of the dates Of the aespatches or check that time
heard part Of Mr. T.. st Johns Testimony on tbs sub
ject q the receipt of the check but my attention
not drawn 10 IL tn reoently don't rccOllect that
that either Hobart St John had testified that
the cheek was used by Bradley early as the sd or
cath Of October.
Q.-wheu and how did you irst lean the purPor. Of
the statCme nj from Adams CO. express once,
Prom their written statement saw Il about
reek sgo being portion OF papers served on me at
the suit Of Bradley
Odd you on the 10th of June last make shia
Wit in civil suit brought by you against Bradley n
which yvu made the same statement 10 the time
Of the advance OF The check Of 50 900, that whch
you gave in your complaint, and your cross-exsmna
lion,
A II did believing Il 60 BE correct
S-Ners you aware, during this examination that
the ptpets "a the puport OF which you testified THIS
morning. in this city
Al aid net know whether papers 81 that purpor,
here; / knew eli the papers in the city
knew inst among them letters AMI Geographic