Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-03-25

! cord at his Office, and it had not been
traced further; a man named Jackson
was attending the Office.
: Charles Buck, mail agent between
Portsmouth and Hamden, testified he
received the mail from Spicer on the
10th; pouch for Cincinnati was in good
order; took it to Hamden and delivered
it to Jones, in charge of mail, same
day; carried it in the. mail room, and
was with it all the time; have never re
ceived pouch opened, or in bad con-
dition; have no key to open through
pouches.
Cross -examination--The pouch lay
on the platform at Hamden, two or
three hours; my attention was called to
this soon afterward.
Benjamin Brown, clerk in the Gin
cinnati Post-office, was called to testify
as to the safeereception of the through
pouch from Gallipolis.
When the Gallipolis pouch was OPEN
ed, the outside envelope. containing
registered letters" No. 90, in which
the Kanawha Courthouse letter, con-
tanning 500 was iDclosed, had been
cut open and sealed up again.
Several witnesses were called to tes-
tify as to the sending of letter from
the Kanawha Post-office to New York
city. From their evidence itappeared
that the letter containing a check
drawn by the Bank of the West of
Charleston, West Virginia, on the Bank
of America, New York, for about $50,
made payable to order, was mailed in
May, 1868, by J. I. Waters to o. W.
Faber, No. 36 Beaver street, New York
city. The letter, when it reached the
destination, was found to contain the
enclosure uninjured, but the envelope
was directed in strange hand, and
was without postmark. This excited
suspicion on the part of Mr. Faber,
who was acquainted with the hand wri-
ting of Mr.. Waters. He Immediately
wrote back, stating that he thought
something was wrong, and enclosing
the envelope.
On ross-examination, Mr. Waters
stated that he had before sent letter
containing money, to New York, which
did not go by way of Gallipolis, and
which mis-carried.
L. L. Comstock, Postmaster of Ka-
nawha Courthouse, testified that, at
the time this letter was sent, the mail
from his post-office to New Y York, gen
orally went by way of Gallipolis. The
envelope referred to was brought to
him by Mr.. Waters, and was sent
to the Department at Washington, to-
gether with a letter explaining the
| facts.
SECOND DAY.
w. j. Rand, President of the Bank
of the West, Charleston, West Virginia,
on examination, testified that he mail
ed letter directed to S. S. Bruce, Gin
cinnati, OH May 11th, 1868. The
letter was not registered, and contain
ed check for 1899, directed to the
First National Bank of Cincinnati, and
made payable to the order of McAlpin,
Polk d Heberd. Sent other checks at
different times, and July 2 mailed a
check for S19 to S. Manning d Co., of
this city; July 10, mailed check for
$50 81 to Willis d Thorpe, Cincinnati;
October 10, mailed check in favor of !
Willis & Thorpe for Sl17 40 to this
place.
L. L. Comstock, Postmaster at Ka-
nawha Courthouse, recalled-Letters
directed to Cincinnati and New York
passed through the Gallipolis post-of-
fee. The letters to Cincinnati, New
York and Philadelphia were put up in
separate packages and tied with a
strong piece of twine.
Garnet Richardson examined-Live
at Gallipolis. Have known the defend
ants several years. On one occasion
while walking with Ed. Newton, he told
Inc he had received his three months
salary, and that he had a 500 bill
changed to make his pocket book stick
out; never saw him with more than
one dollar at time; he has made a
great many presents; he made me a
present of a set of garnet earrings and
breast-pin; this was last fall some time;
he also gave me set of bracelets and
several small things; he made presents
of jewelry to Miss Miller and Miss
Cromley; he has given me music; told
me if his father asked me about it to
say he had not given me anything; that
occurred in the fall; last spring he gave
me small set of coral earrings;
was not with him when lie bought
them; in November he told me he had
received 500 bill, and had just got
it changed.
Cross examined James E. Richard
son is my father; he keeps the Dufour
House at Gallipolis; he is Deputy Mar
shal; Miss Miller was present when the
conversation about the 500 bill took
place; spoke to Shallcross about it in
Gallipolis about three weeks after it
happened; can't repeat the converse
ton; Miss Miller and l were in the
habit of going out walking, and we
frequently stopped at the Post-office;
Ed. told me the garnets cost S23; the
other trinkets were not expensive; was
not present when he bought any of
them.
Annie Miller examined. Reside in
Gallipolis; know Edward Newton; had
a conversation with him in which he
told me he had received S1OO bill as {
part of his salary for three months; he
did not say who changed it for him; he i
said he was going to spend it for pres t
ents for the girls; he gave me writing !
desk, a set of jewelry, and other small
presents; IN another conversation he j
told me he had $500 in bank; these t
were the only conversations had with {
him about money; never saw him with S
any money; don't know that he gave t
many other presents; he gave one to e
Miss Lizzie Cromley; he said he got f
the 500 changed to make his pocket .
book stick out. '