Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-15
THE MULE FRAUDS.
TRIAL OF ISHAM HENDERSON.
FOURTEENTH DAY.

The court met at the usual hour yesterday
morning, General Gillem presiding. Minutes OF
the preceding day read and approved.
The case Of Bruner was called mp and post
poned until Monday next.
The case Of lsham Henderson was then taken up.
David Henderson was called and sworn: ]
live in Nashville; keep livery stable where
did during the summer Of 1864. have known
Isham Henderson ever since he commenced put
ting mules into the Government corrals at Nash
vile. / have sold great many mules to lsham
Henderson; cant say how many; some days
sold him whole lots and some days l did not. He
Gsham Henderson, sometimes bought a. high as
two different lots in one day. Isham Henderson
bought small lots Of mules. varying from two to
twenty these small lots all put together
with those bought from the country, and when he
did not have hands present let him have the
necessary number to drive the stock to the cor
rails. Sometime be would send the stock di-
rectly to the corrals. aud sometimes did not.
cannot give the dates Of my sales Of mules to
Isham Henderson, for did not keep them in any
books, as he only gave me receipts and paid me
for them. ! kept no books whatever.
Cross examined by Judge Advocate: know
from my own knowledge. that the mules were Ia
ken to the corral- for Isham Henderson.
By the Court: Mr.. Isham Anderson bought me-
morandum receipts of me-large numbers ofthem.
This was before the summer Of 1864.
Mr.. W. A. Black was called and sworn: w. A.
Black is my name, have known Isham Hender-
son about two years and a half sold Mr.. Hen
derson some mules in 1861 On the 10th or 18th of
this month sold him 60 head plso sold him
lot Of between 20 and 50 few days afterwards.
These are all know Of certain.
II. Clay Singleton was called and sworn:
/ am u livery stable keeper and have known
Isham Henderson for two years sold him some
mules in July and August. ! usually kept books
but they were destroyed. | changed books on
the 18th Of July, 1864 The books that have on
hands show some entries Of mules sold to him.
Previous TO those entries l sold him a lot Of Sc
mules The entries show some GO mules in the
aggregate. The dates Of these entries were July
18th. 22d and 3lst. I can't state positively how
many were PUT in on the 18th Of July-think that
there were % in it.
Mr.. W. II. Jones was called and sworn: Have
known Isham Henderson two years. He bought
mules, for | have seven oflthem at my fathers
stable There was some lGO Of them. l think
that this was in the month Of November. don't
think that it was thislate as il was warm weather.
Col. Coyle, counsel for the defense, inquired of
the Judge Advocate if the witness said the month
of November, to which Gen. Gillem, President
Of the Court took exception, saying that he Col.
Coyle) must not interrupt the witness. Col. c. in
a very courteous manner replied that he did not
mean to interrupt the witness-ithat he only de-
sired to know, Of the Judge Advocate, what the
answer of the witness was. and claimed that he
had a right to do this The Court was cleared
and the point raised BY the President was sus-
sustained.
Witness proceeded: Isham Henderson bought n
lot of 100 or 10 males. cant say state the exact
number, from Peter Vaughans stable in June
or July. lie also bought other lots about the
same time. Of other parties
Cross examined ~ Judge Advocate: The lot of
mules kept at my fathers stable was not the same
one bought Of Peter Vaughan.
Mr.. p. b. Vaughan was called and sworn:
The first time that met Mr.. Henderson was in
1864. In the middle ofJuly he Henderson, drove
a lot Of mules to my stable; l think there were
about seventy or eighty Of them. There were
some thirty or thirty-ivc more added to this lot
the next day after the first lot brought to the
stable These several lots were taken to the cor
rails. | remember these dates by circumstances
occurring soon after this transfer of mules by Mr..
Henderson.
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