The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-22
Trial OF Lyman Cole nbx EOrxery.
Before Recorder Smith.
COURT or aENIRAL aEssToNa.

| sooNA VI u1NnhAL bES5IONbs
Yesterday at O'Clock, Lyman Cole was put upon
trial charged with forging, in connection with Ksssns
who was tried and convicted a short time sro
There was much difficulty in seecting jury, az 20
many Of those called upon the stand had read the tes
nSny IN the Kssane case and formed an opinion.
Busted snc the District Attorney was seated by the
d' Of James whitIDs Who Is tanned by the chemi-
After the jury were sworn and before the
opened the to the jury the wife Of the prsonsr
seated BY her accused husband, who also affected
70 tears The accused is large man. full faced, with
His wife very pr ty woman, i younger thsa hisssif
ard very respee.abh in her appearance. rne District
Gentltmsn Of the a'ury-.You have been selected to
sy an Important cha ge that has already affected the
Others We shall carry trough this rapidly
possible he,rssolore' GO tsmen your time has been
life oftbe lost. depraved unfortunats-those, In
fact, who are s.hoolsd in ice Il may have struck
s.fy generally of ts nts Of shrewdnsss and Of
Poss,sn in society The psiasa r st the bar bar viii s' de-
pii.or'r win TO shown TO have been man Who was
.sspeeaSis. who vas virsaous the popular sense OF
crime in state But all cos,d. ratiOns Of this kind
should be laid aside believe Tim guilty We shan
KissaDs aEa Lyman co.'s nsr To- ether ana irAasa
ta tsis sigsn;ic .,,; act q forgery We shall show
prisoner at the bsr-a skilled witt the pen-tas
man who was Sac leader Of sas In the latter part
psrties arrajened had Conversation upon tho
Chemical Bank and Continental Bank ThAse oonversa
tce when brought TO your notice will reveal to you the
gerrs OF this whcs transaction Mr. Findley chosea
10 gJto the bank to get OF their forged caecks
cashef This was tie frst step in the fhe active
In this was Mr.. Fndhy, while the sthers
were asrrotly kept In the back gy onnd Kssane .
large merchant in Cincinnati and brought into COZ
tact with business Cole has beea known
through the West, and other parts Of the Union as
Carbon. Taking this nare he from Ciucin-
Dan to New York, and takes st B;xby's Hotel
Now, WIN show that he upon two hotel resis-
ters at the same time while living at Bixby's Hotel
guest, at the tine he sharing tho Of
another gentle man in town under his name. Now
The echee was concocted while Cole wasin ths city
tween himself, FiDoey aid Kissane. The District
Attorney then continued to state the scheme was
concocted carried out precisely II stated in
the kif case, and before published the HsRALD
At the close OF the opening the the prosscu
ton the District Attorney stated to the court that
much as Horace Clark the assistant counsel Of the
oeence not in court, the court should adjourn tan
tocay, when the first witness would be called
1he eourt then adjourned till IL O'Clock to day
The trial of this will be but repetition Of the
trial of kisssne The prosecution viii can the sams
witnesses upon the stand, the questions will bs
asked in the Kissane trial. but the defeuce may
haps little So similar IL this trial be TO
otber that the defence in qualifying the jury asked
zach the question, II the evidence in this pro-
,seiy the that given in the trial OF Kissaae
an yCu give decision without prejudice from the
ormer casef" This trial will most likely up thia
ntiIe week.