Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-12

Trial ot.U. A. RiinckIsy.
sHOoNp DAY.


Continuation Of ]. D. Green's testimony
was witness in the trial Of Lynch be
fore Justice Foljambe; I knew nothinl
about the watch having been foundj wa
not over there.
Cross 0xamined-Have quito q number o
Signs at my sh0p--at least elk at the door
on one OF least are painted three balls; righ
under Is q sign Of Money 10 Loan by j
| D. Green; the balls aret to attract attention
don't know what they mean scientifically
| in different languages; have seen such sign
in Eastern citiesj didn't know that thes'
three balls with sign Of money 10 loan
is considered by thieves as place TO buy
stolen goods; don't know a man by the
name Of L. A, Munseyj never did met q
man soon after l was arrested near the
Weddell House; asked him If he was q
policeman; he said not now, but had been;
did not ask the man WhetheT ho had seen me
on the west side of the river within two
weeks; he did not say he had been police
man on the west side Of the river; know
Peter Drone; did not tell Drone in my shop
after my arrest that had been on the
other eide Of the river with fellow ofwhOm
got the watch, and that was all knew Of
the watch; didn't tell him that bought
the watch; Drone was in my shop last
ks
of; he had not been in my shop for three
years before; do not know Thomas Thomp-
son; did not tell him while was in the
cells had nothing to do with stealing the
watch, but that went over the river with
the watch; never spoke 10 that man (polnt-
ing 10 Thompson); did not make any such
declaration 10 any body while l was in the
cells; did not say that had hardly got in
10 my shop with the watch before Captain
Minkiey came in and took the watch from
my pocket; do not know Z. G. Stevens;
stevens appearing said ho had
seen bim) Stevens had been in my shop
within ten or fifteen days several times;
never before; either cut his hair or shaved
him last week; don't recollect that l con-
versed with hi7 about il; he asked me
about the case several times; do not recol-
lect he said it would 60 hard with Minckley;
I did not say that it ought 70 60 hard with
Minckley; cannot recOllect all he did ask
me; did not say to him that when got
back from the river with the watch met
Lynch at the steps; did not say that was
'one an hour; do not know, to my recollec-
tic q, VIM. Taylor; there was no man came
jn get shaved between II o'clock and the
lime .7fmy arrest; did not tell q man about
10 o'sl, Nck that had to 60 over the river to
get wa SAti OAu NV va . ---a--- N--'-' ~ 49,
time.
Direct r.Numed-I repeatedly refused to
enter into conversation with any one as to
this case wheu they came in my shop;
had but little TO fay with Stevens about this
case; because did not like his actions and
language as he came in; also because did
not feel like talking about the Ease.
Mr.. Robinson.-Am an Attorney et Law
Was present at the examination Of James
Lynch before Justice Foljambe, in august
asst heard the testimony Of Mr.. Minck'Y
ss given then. (The witness testifes con-
,erning that testimony substantially as did
Justice Foliambe on the previous day. He,
n addition, said that it rained during the
he was watching, and that he
vent home to change his wet clothes and re-
,urned; he did not remember that police
nan Mix was in the shop at the time Of ar
-est.) Minckley said that he saw German
and his wife and child in the door of the
slaughter house; Mr.. Plaisted, Birnsmade
and myself wentto fRd the log between the
sessions Of Court on the day of examination
Of Lynch. was able to find no log on the
of the orchard; looked over the lot
and found only small log in ditch some
distance from the slaughter house, there was
an old stump; the upper or cut end Of the log
rested on the bank; the roots rested In the
water; under the side of the log the dirt had
washed away so that a hole large enough for
a hog to 20 through had been made; the cut
end Of tho log rested on the top of the bank;
some dirt had been moved from the cut end
of the logs hole had been dug near the
bank towards the slaughter house which
looked a. if it was done with cane; the soil
was of clay and did not look as if rain had
fallen on It since the dirt had been moved.
Minckley before being recalled in the after
noon said that the hole was not at the side
but at the end of the log. Minckley referred
to Green who was present while testifying;
Minckley denied leaning against the railing
in front of the johnson House.