The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-01-01
Yes, sir, very violent indeed

j The jury was then slowly empannclled
and the opening statements Of counsel wer'
| made. 7t siesiae9 il
| as Mr.. Black, Samuel Black, in court :
said the states attorney. a3aag
Yes, SIR said Black, rising and coming
forward. s
very well, then be sworn, il you please.
Mr.. Black was thcr sworn, and took hi.
place upon the stand that place, wherevc
il may be, that most comedies with the idea.
that counsel have of the best ssplace for I
witness to stand. He then identified thu
receipt that Morris had given him for tht
note, and also the note, and swore to the
alteration and changing Of the figure l, ir
the body Of the note, to figure 4.
/ Billy Hamilton, the boy who had formerly
been employed at the hotel, then testified te
what he had seen upon the evening of the
oyster supper. Beauchamb swore to the
fact of Morris persuading him that he was
mistaken as to the day Of trial, and the ef
feet the coffee had upon him. After cross.
examination. which was very rigid indeed,
(and Sloan was mastcr-hand at cross.ex-
animation Beauchamb stepped out Of the
courtroom, and soon came in conducting q
young man Of about eighteen or nineteen
years Of age. He conducted him to the
clerks bar, where he was sworn and then
Beauchamb, after placing him upon the
stand, asked him -
What is your name p
Joseph vinton.'
please to tell the jury what you know
abont this case
We'll, sir, lam student in Morris's office.
One day last fall was sitting in the Office
reading, when Morris came in. and seated
himself near the stove, and took paper out
of his pocket. book, and commenced reading
it. Having his back toward the, looked
over his shoulder, and saw what it was. He
then looked up, and suddenly asked me to
go and get him some paper at the store just
below the Office. started out but as soon
as shut the door, I looked back through
knot-hole. ard saw him take pen, and
make two marks on the paper. When he
had done so, he placed it in his secretary.
and went out, leaving his keys in the door
Of the secretary. opened it, and found the
paper
| rs that 1t p said Bcauchamb.:
YES, sir that's the same found that
it was different from the note as I read il
over his shoulder +; for as re ID it over his
shoulder, it was one hundred and fifty dol.
lars /; but this, as found it when took il
out OF the secretary, was for four hundred
and fifty dollars
] Are you certain that this is the same
note 2
yes, sir, am
Did you eyer mention this to Morris p
Yes, SIR
did he deny t?'
Stop, witness, don'tanswer that question,
said Sloan we object to it,
Very well. then, I'll ask different ques
tion. What did Morris say when you told
him p
He at frst denied 1t, and then admitted
lit but begged me not to say anything abou
it. promising me half the money, and to take
me into partnership with him.
'All this happened within this county
did it p
j 'Yes, sir
j very well. then, you may take him.
Sloan then took the witness, and com
mencing with his birth, made him tell hi.
life, every now and then slipping In som,
sly question bearing upon the case. but
vinton did not swerve. Sloan would mistat,
the evidence, and vinton would correct him
and all through rigid examination Of more
than Ave hours, until Sloan gave it up, hav
ing only succeeded in making the case agains
Morris more hopeless than before. Beau
chamb then asked question or two to clea1
up one or two points, and rested the people.
side. Sloan announced his conclusion, ani
the case being submitted without argument
Morris was found guilty by the jury, and I
few days after was slowly dragging out hi!
term Of ten years in the states prison.
i We'll, Beauchamh, you have done won
ders,' said Murray, the big lawyer Of th'
bar but would like to know how 20,
found out that fellow yinton?'
4 We'll. you see l sometimes call on younl
lady named Vinton she is . sister Of Jo
seph. have occasionally seen Morris there
To tell you the truth, am engaged to her
Joe thinks there is nobody like his sister,
Not long ago, I told her Morris's adventure
with the case of Black v. Horton. And
few days after that she told me that sh
thought her brother knew something abou
it. I then concluded to find out, and sen
Billy Hanilton, right smart young fellow
for whom managed . suit without fee, +
watch them. He planned 1t out. and hire,
himself 10 Norris, and kept himself aroune
until he overheard the conversation vintol
sworo to, and then he told me, and I ha.
Morris arrested and got Fannie Yinton t
make Joe promise to come up rs awitncss.
We'll, you,are well paid for kindness I
tpoor people. anyhow -
Fannie, said Beauchamb to his wife, on
q day, few months after this, what do 70,