National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-10-28

during the trial. could not be held to implieatG
any one party until i was frst shown that he
dressing himself TO the counsel, he said he would
exercise the discretion with which the law IN.
vested him. upon line Of safe precedent
Under this Instruction 70 the Jury the Court
said he would permit the prosecution ofolloW the
line Of evidence indicated BY them.
The examination Of Zerruth was then, after a
considerable interval spent h waiting for him,
He testified that about TIE 18TH or i7tho Of March
be was 70 meet Nettleship az Philadelphia the
next day, at the Bingham house. He took witness
70 his room up stairs got . sheet Of paper and
THE MA1H ENGINEER.
He wanted witness TO 10 60 Washington; asked
witness u he had money enough 70 carry him to
Washington. he said, aDont yea look Tor me for
quainted with him.'i SAID I where can I see
youf" Said be, ".I'll md you So went on. I
Next day INQUIRED for III. Demalne from NJ
Spr0bs-lnfomatio As TO Er. Demaine; then
looked up Nh. Demaine On Capitol Hill, and found
or 18th Of March; walked with him from his house
70 the Capitol, made no Arrangement that day
for = future meetingi nsEt saw him, two days
Of Ninth and ' streets 6I & s least f Els
room at l29 Einth street; was there about two
week. About this time witness told Mr.. De-
name that he had met = man named Butler In the
1~-NSLf
was the list day OF April. At that time had seen
Nettleship at the Metropolitan hotel; had seen
him several times; had also seen q man named
Parker at the Owen House. Saw Hayes, Butler
and Shaler with Nettleship; saw Shaier neariy
every day; he paid witness money tWice-once 9i6
and then S15 or e1d II was in the fore parT OF
April that these payments were made; was told
that Butler was looking for him. Collected to-
s s allowed; exceptions nled g the allowanee.j
ness description Of the man Butler.
An OBJECTION. j 3 X fesslis,a
Mr.. DayIdge objected to this as the converse
tion Of outside parties. -
clared upen their professional honor that they
would connect these men with the conspiracy,
All their words would be admissible, especially
the directions how TO conduct themselves verbal
acts, without which no conspiracy could ever be
proved.
BUTLKR's REAL NAME HAYES. s
Witness continued. About this time witness
aseertained that Buffers real name was Hayes.
Saw Hayes often after this, and once saw him and
Nettleshtp together. Witness saw Hayes and
Domaine together At the Marble saloon. He in.
to be there at that time. 1t was By the appoInt-
ment Of witness that they met. He introduced
them by the direction Of Mr.. Nettleship. Witness
Afterwards. Heard conversations between them.
Hayes told Demaine that he Hayes could get
Ine comments 1s. a1d papers What documents and
would be . :
GREAT THING RoR THE PARTY,
and he would like to see the main party They
left witness and walked down street, AMER
to Hayes, SIN meet You at the place mentionedS
When they parted witness followed Demaine,
who went up Ninth street, for he wanted to hear
and ruled oqt) Went back and Hayes told him
the conversation. (Ruled out.) He saw Hayes
again in fifteen or twenty minutes afterwards on
the corner OF the Avenue and Eighth street.
Walked with him down 70 Sixth street. HAYES |
went into the National hotel barber shop. While |
where Is your ffsndf" Just then HAYES i Zane ea@s
and they had conference In the hotel together. |
Ihen they both walked up To- Ninth |
and Streets witness following them. They |
wENTINTo THE HOUSE OF COLUMBUS ALExAHDER. |
Witness then went That was on Saturday even
ng, Witness never saw Domaine again, but saw |
Hayes the Monday following. He asked witness |
he had seen NettleshiP lately, and witness |
o-niKht. At IL o'clock that night Hayes went to /
ne Sixth-street depot and witness followed; |
Eaited for the train from New York; 6fteen or
Wenty minutes after II O'Clock witness saw Net
leship get out OF the cars and 20 In hack with |
iayes 10 the Owen house. Witness followed on /
GGSt Dut went pretty near as fast as the horses
hat Hettleship said that SIT was
THE BIGGEST PUT-UP JOB EVER DONE
q this country, y and that must leave the city
Immediately: Sad he, ''If you 40 not 90 we'fl
he Monday following after Hayes came. 1t was
arly IN April.
nj. KlaaIe=As matter Of tact It will be shown
Witness said, sim not ready to 20, Hayes said,
you take my advice and 10; NetIteship
links so too Hayes said he was going
0 South Carolina or somewhere else;
let Nettleship next morning. He said: "9us,
thought you were gone. Didn't Hayes tell you
9 leave the eltyfa Witness replied, NYes.n
Why didn't you Rofn ~ was not ready.n
WHAT'S the difficulty, haven't you moneyfr
I'm short OF money" answered witness, and
handed him o $50 bill saving. ~
ant you 70 leave the city BY the one O'Clock
rain" witness said che might 60 that day or
ct. Nettleship said, HYou 20 home and ri
leet you there and settle with you" That
light at nine O'Clock started for NeNark. On
be cars met Hayes, Wholtold witness he WAS 20
% 70 New York, and that witness had better
iAks bimselt scaree foE few months, He there
Mentioned Columbus Alexander's name saying
This Is put-up job on Columbus Alexander.b
itness Is not that sort Of man that needs to be
linked at with club; he understands a word as
ell a. a hit.n He told witness then that Chief
hitley had sent him on here on this lob Just |
asH they parted, witness getting out OF the cars
Al thII POiut 1t being s:SO o'clock, the court ad-
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