The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-03-01

| that on placing tneu tuSetner tho Jussoo
edges met in such way that it was evident
they had been torn from each other
Crosseramined. II might bepossible that
an order was dropped by the committee ana
not burned. .,
Simon Wolf called ] am acquainted with
defendant. buy great many county or,
ders; ] bought orders from hum on ,he 4s'
and I'd DAYS Of February, lsGl. Keep
hook in which enter the date, the name Of
the person from whom buy, and the amount
of the purchase. On the lst Of Feb. bought
county orders from him amounting to Sl9l;
on the second bought the amount Of 1854 ,3j;
cannot say positively how many orders
bought from him,
have made mistakes frequently in keeping
my book The defendant came into my store
and asked me how much paid for county
orders lie was as independent as | was
Perhaps did little better by him than !
did by any one else at that time.
Cross Examined - ! may have bought
orders from defendant at other times. lie
did not act in a suspicious manner; not u
bit. lie went to door and came back;
think he said he had them from man in the
country; that he was to ge, li,,lo commits.
sion and wanted to do the best he could. !
DfIltNc uc hulu tie mum Nuh''N 6''S ~ '
legal tender in the payment Of debt.
paid him in gold | bought the orders at four
teen per cent discount thought 1t pretty
dear bargain was paying more IN ILLINOIS
money, then, for orders | was glad to get rid
of the money then on account OF It's deprecia'
ton | will not swear that these are the or
ders obtained from delendent.
.Jotn Harper, Cailed- Defendant introduc.
1 A.. .,,l,a,, ,f ,nupty nrlars M m ahnut
n wear ago, several times Once on the street,
near the court house, he asked me what they
were worth: wanted to know if l would not
buy some told him no. ! think we had n
conversation about the same matter in nay
store cannot tell the date perhaps about
n wear ago. think no told me that he had
obtained them from man over Rock River.
In the conversation, near the court house, the
sum he offered me was over SlOO; !
cannot tell the exact amount; | do not recol'
! lcct what they were worth then. lie dId nos
show me any orders.
Cross Eramiaed-I am Il business man and
sometimes. buy county orders and generally
| know what they are worth. 1t lslnot an uh'
usual thing tor men to ask me what county
orders are worth ] think he told me that he
| could get the county orders at n certain price;
! | told him that 1t would be n good investment
There was nothing in the circumstance which
aroused my suspicious; he did not seem anx-
iOus about the matter
NJ d. MrrW-l know the defendant; no
was my deputy nearly or about year, when
was sheriff. He went to Pixies Peak III the
spring Of 1850 aud came back in the fall.
have seen good deal Of his writing; have
number of specimens in my execution book
a IL.
appearance OF the hand writing does not look
like his; have compared the capital letter
> +, ID, NJ 5, A, and the figure in the order
: with the same letters and figure which fine
in the specimens which | have. Their,
is similarity between the Ms, SIS, Ds, A,
and rs In the letters NJ and ID it il
striking; the rs are not so striking. lie j,
n good penman.
Cross Eramined-In comparing the writ
ing in the orders with the hand writing o.
Charles A. Mclaughlin, find similarity
in the make Of the letter A. Taking the gen
cral hand writing it is not the defendants
the writing in the specimens which ! have II
smaller than the writing in the orders. ! vii
not swear that believe that it is the defend
unt's hand writing. He was in my emplo.
over wear; he served papers for me and col
: and honest | knew defendant to have sna
amount Of county orders in his possession q
one time ! always paid him in money;
y never knew anything about his pecnnIary n
Q fairs he always seemed to have money.
y The counsel for the people here offered
< submit the specimens of writing produced b
Mr.. Merrill, to the court, for the purpose c
+ allowing them to compare the orders with thu
! same. This was objected to on the part 0
the Defense and objection sustained.
, The court then took recess until sever
O'Clock p. M, and the prisoner was remande,
to Jail At seven o'clock p. M. the court
, again met the prisoner was brought in, ant
, the hearing resumed.
Amos +. cutter, caiied--l am acquainted
< with the defendant | first met him three
years ago; | saw him at Pixies Peak in tn,
. summer Of 1860 was in Denver he spcn
: most OF his time over the range; II was gen
G orally understood by the Rock Islanders u
! Denver that the defendant did not make mucl
/. money while there
This evidence was objected to on part o
defense. Objection overrucd.
. Cross. Eramiaed.-I did not see deicndan
to have talk with him on his way home
heard from others concerning him ; do 70
know any that talked with him conccrnn!
his success that year it was generally trut
: that no one made much; it was no sign tina
man had not made much because he came
home AZ a passenger in u wagon that wa
the usual mode Of travel then from the Peak
Cornelius Lynde,jr was then called for thu
purpose Of comparing the writing in tn,
specimens produced by Mr.. Merrill with tnt
-. writing in the orders. Objection made by dc
fence, and witness withdrawn.
:, 4. l.. Wait, called. Objection made by
-, defense. Not sustained,
am county treasurer, and well acouaint
ed with orders made out by J, NJ. Beardsle,
> and A. T. Highly, former deputies of til,
n county clerk. | think the name of JosepI
d Comet to these orders was not signed by eithe
If of them.
), Cross. Eramined.- The writing in thu
!, orders is heavier than their usual style.
J might be mistaken, but think not. NJ
!, name to these orders was signed by me
u then signed the orders in blank | do differ
> emily now.
y The prosecution here rested
: The defense produced no witnesses and ais
l. rested
J. After argument of counsel, the court rel
:, dered the following decision.
t Upon consideration of the facts and Gil
l. cumstances proved by the witnesses, it az
y pears to the court that the said charge again:
20 the sad defendant is true, and he is admltte
D; to bail in good and sufficient security IN tn
Id sum Of one thnu sand lallars which the sai