The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-30

New YORK, October 29.-The bank
ruptcy proceedings against the Union
Truat Company and Apson G. Phelps
Dodge were the chief topics o. Wall
street yesterday. The Broadway Nae
toual Bank has filed petition Eraylng
that Anecn q. 2. Dodge, D. B. Cham
bers ard w. Jay Hunt, may be adjudE'
ed bankrupis. The bank has claim
against the firm FOR 100000 on
pro,nisory note OF the firm, payment OF
which was refused.
Indicted.
II is reported that C.. L. Carlton. ds,
laulting e1ssecretsry Of the Union
Trust Company, has been indicted bv
the grand jury of General SESSIONS,
upon charge Of forgery in the third
degree. Carlton ia reported to have
sailed for Europe The papers necesss-
ry for his arrest are asked Tor.
Effects ~ she Panic an Building.
TIE condition Of the baLks improves
daily. The increase in legal tenders is
reported at over ooe million dollars.
The work of erecting new buildings
has diminished in each degree that
the presen; rate OF expenditure is only
four mllioo Eve hundred thousand dol
lars veariv, whereas last year 1t was
S24,500.000 Very few, il any, fine
tu ldiugs have been commenced srce
the panic, those in course OF erection
beins all email or tenements. The
boss builders and mssons, At secret
meeting lately, received after November
first TO reduce the wages OF br ok layers
from 81 so to 3 so per day. This will
prove revere blow 10 aborers and
NAV cause trouble. Tie prospect for
carpenters is much similar ss no houses
can be flushed until the brick wall
ore up. Many leading members OF the
Trades Union are iu fever The
coopers are still on q strike, but neces'
sty, it is thought, will soon compel
them 70 go 10 work.
The Stokes Trial.
The Stokes trisl was continued to-
day The court room Was crowded, 3
great run.ber OF ladies were present.
The prsoDe7 was very pale but conf
dent. District Attorney Phelps re-
sumed his argument and said that
every cne of the Witnessed, council,
relatives, aDd acquaintance OF the
deceased had all been calumniated,
even Recorder uRckett, q magistrate
OF unlm pescbable character has been
attacked. The Morse girl, were mere
cai!drep, they also have been attacked.
Then the defence spoke o. q conspiracy
agsiust them. Where WAS the con-
sp;racy? The defence bad utterly
tailed 10 show that Stokes was or ever
thought h. was in danger from Fisk;
even if Fisk had men to watch Stokes
It was no more than Stokes had done,
for from his own admission he had
men employed to watch Fisk. Neither
Mansfield or Mrs. Williams ever heard
Stokes cav that he was in the least
fear of Fisk Grass has been growing
on poor Flsk's grave near two yesrt,
and any one may traduce him with I'M
punity. No matter what be was, even
though monster, as the defense claim
ed, still all thev had to do with it was
,ts Ia. and justice. Still It did appear
that innocent children loved and hung
around him, and there was not one par
ucle OF evidence that be ever, in the
whole course OF his lite, raised his hand
against q human being. Clark and
Vanderbilt and orhers testified that
be wss bold, bad man, and reckless
in his dealings in stocks, In vew oi
facts brought TO light in and since the
ate panic, would not this testimony
better have been untold7 He then re-
viewed the evidence, aud said that the
portion where Stokes says be saw
woman lie knew st the Grand Central
Hotel was ralse He was waiting there
to meet Fisk according TO one OF his
own witnesse who said be saw Stokes
at the hotel. and when be, ithe
vitness) left, Stokes waited in the no.
tel, waited for no other purpose than to
shoot Flek. When he found he did
not kuow the lady SO claimed, why did
he remain7 He could give no reason
except thst he was looking around
when he had asked his friend 10 wait
for him on the steps. Could Fisk in his
mortal agony in the hail hide away a
pistol so it could never be found 2
The District Attorney then reviewed
the evidence Tor the prosecution. DWELL
ing especially on those points showing
thst Stokes was waiting in the hotel
for Fisk and that his action while
there showed be intended 10 murder
Fisk; he closed with powerful sp-
peal TO the jury to do their best TO
MAINTAIN the lew and not allow their
verdict 10 stand IS q license to q bad
man. At the conclusion Of District At
torney's address, Mr.. Tremain ssid
be considered it his duty to
correct portion OF the u strict
Attorneys statements regarding the ev-
idence. He asked the judge to tell the
jury thst the insinuation Of the Dis
trict Attorney yesterday, that there
were rumors affecting the honesty OF
one OF the jurors and that it must not
influence their verdict. Judge Davis
SAID, certsiDly, ! shall tell them. He
further asked the ju dgs to tell the jury
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