, 1874-12-10
TElE CITY.
FATHER EORHAh.

EXAMINATION Az TIE EDAtGfa %0uNA*
At IN emily hour yestorlny u,ornnR Justice
bpyden'a Sonth 6iao Police Court wAs crowded
" many attracted ttithcr to hear Tho oyitlonco
naiust Father Torl,au, tho young Catholic
Irlcst, who was aryoBtcd in Now York Sonic l1yo
,r Htx days ngo by Dotocttve stnamons. Tho
,rgonor stn1lisu cl,nrgod' with abscondlng with
$4,000 ho!ongng to tho Church Of tho Nntivity,
# this city, OF which ho was tho priest. Tho
funds worc tho proccods OF church mir, hold
October Inst, for tho benefit Of thut church, aud
were handed over to tho accuHo1.
Aftor tho minor cagoB before tho Court wo1o
disposed Of. tho rovorcnd Fathor walked into
court under tho custody Of Capt. buckley, mud
stepped Into tho prisoners dock with tho mir Of
IN injured person. Father Forhan'a iiupr1Hon-
mont, n11d tho lnontnl trouble le has passed
through for tho past weck Aavo robbed him.
to certain extent, of tho bloom. Of health which
tiugod lis youthful faco whon 3'rat nrrestot.
The Catholics Of tho Church Of tho Nativity aB
wc1l as throughout tho cit7 ovl1oo deep ihtoress
in tho r1nttor. In tao toirt"ro1in ycsteruay wofo
rho GG,iurk Of tho Court rend tho el'argo-lar-
con1-ftr which tho prisoner wag nrrn'gl'ou to
' tero; iMr. IT, oharles j. Cameron, Of lie city Law
Dopartn, unt appeared for the prosecution, mud
1Ir. 4. g.. Trt1de for tho tlefcnHe.
TESTIMONY FpN rRoSECUT1ON.
Tho frat witueay for tho rrouecutton Vas
Florence Harmon, who stated tl,at ho received
front tho proceeds Of tho rafile of q gold watch
e1,401, m i that ho paid thut amottt over to the
prisoner. The next witness wah as1rgsrot sina-
The l,ousckeopor Of Father O'Ncill. She testified
to having placcd IN tho hards Of ti,e ACCUSED n
certain amount Of curroncy-lno oxact sum Bhe
did not !2now--shat was LOTT will, her BY several
Indies Of tao pnts!t, tekon IN at tho festival. AN
other witpc cet, Catherine W4to sworo slo turned
over to Father Forhan 9245.. received at her
4ablo. l.. i. Boyer who had Charge Of tho bnr,
turned t,yor 360u, ho Ea'd, nsld Baw othors hnnd
him funds to tho amount OF 81 1,0oo; 7. ".
rraey sworo ho paid over 310o Sarah Nc
Iuncrny testified TO 1uyinE placcd in his
hands 10 % ; h1rs. Agnes NtcGarrv Bwore Hlo Ind
paid oyor to tho aecusod about 5200. aud Alat-
Chow Flel,antng testified to having given linn
uosH callcd i'll behalf Of tho prosecution, only
gave his eyllcnco showing whore end whcn tho
ilrreHt wns mado. Hero the prosecution rested
Their cNuo,
Hn. rnunE ,,.....
then deBir I'd MI adjournment. Us tho Pres
once Of bishop Foley wns promised aud llo
WIS not rroHeut. Mr. Trudo maintained Tint
title to tho money alleged to havo boon utolon
must DO established III eithor porson or per
Hous, corporation, or corporations; proof that
1t was tho property Of general congregation
not recognized by lar, lie ualal, was not sut1i-
ciont to hold tho prisoner. 1lo further said TINT
if BY any logical syllogasn, tho Court wns !ed to
tito WAS provor, thon he would say 10 arswos
TINT tho Bishop could not talo tito to money de-
rived frc N
h LOTTERY SCHEME,
HAs WAS proyon i'll this caHe, nny moro than IL
tho money were Won ut gaming. Tho las. ho said,
did not oonnteuHnce lotteripa, but iuterlictel
them, uud If tho Btshup Of Illinois ran or nidcd,
or abet1od THO running Of lottery no Tlolntes
by ncans unlawful. Furthermore. ho hold that,
if the Bishop did not tnow OF tho lottery in quos-
tiou, Or aid in tho SUCCESS thereof. then ho did
nor wish tho presence OF tho Bishop, md titlo to
tho money WAS not in him but In Tho congrogn-
ton, Which waa not corporation, and which
In itself could not own property. A1r.
frudo held there was m utter absence
Of Testimony as to who owned the. property,
must be m owner alleged md an owner proven.
ue said, us tho monoy takon in by tho bar, Ms
testified to by ono Of tho witnossoY for tho
prosecution aud from other legitimate aorzcoB,
sAat could ba
FULLY EXPLAINED,
md the inrgo amounts proven to hnro bum ro-
ncivod b5 tho defendant would bo reduced III
amount.
stand, mud sSia that this, among other fraudulent
prieetcratt." He lid % tint there were wero two
'sosa1raeting parties for Ma watch used in tho
sar part ana to avo I'D tonsn ana op ao tao
sunas of money were talion ont If thu general
fund by priests and others, and used III behalf
of the weaker ma1l, which found its way back
lgain to tho general fund. which led tho atrongor
nan to neliaqe he waa in danger Of deleAt, md
Hhich, I'll a matter OF course, caused largor
disbursement OF funds from his side of tho
houSe.
JusT1cH noYDEN
patiently heard Mr.. lrl.do to tho ond, and thon
laid t4at ho mutt decline to adjourn tic case ;
!hat while ho was willing to coucede oil that Mr.
Trudo presented, still tho prisoner in his mind
sas guilty Of taking tho funds placed in hiu
custody, and loft the city with MI intention Of
leaving the culntry, and therefore lie fot it his
huty to hold the accuHod to Tho Criminal Court
In bail Of $1,000. Father Forhan WAS u.1abio to
furnish bull, and WIS committed during tho
afternoon to tho County Jail. Ills counsel pro-
poses 10 liboruto him on writ Of Aubeas corpus.