The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-16
Tne Forgery Case Conclusion of EX-
animation Of Gel. l. Clark-Hs
Is Held For Trial in Cir
CQit Court,

preliminary examination of Geo. l..
Clark, late Dept Treasurer, on the
charge Of forgery, We gave the ,es-
timony up To noon, of Wednesday.
Tie Court again convened mt one
o'cl"ck, aud the cro-s.examination
If John Randall commenced, re-
sultlny as follows:
was ut work for Clark wh-n the CONVEX
s.tion between Clark and Weibe. took plq CO.
Wiie was also at work there. knew il was
w" ''th day OF April, by looking al the nj.
'sahac that evening. looked NJ the alma.
nae because ] wanted to know what dav If
'he III 'hth II VS.. had charges To enter
ON IN" book over there nj the Office Don't
k"ow exactly what time it was looked "a,
the almanac that evening. Don't believe il
was dark when | looked at the almanac.
Don't RENE mbtr whether il was ar not
made charges In the hook at different ri,ncs.
Don't say that the charges made az chat
time were Tor goods bought that dav. Don't
remember made charges on the book nf.
ter W,lbcs came. The family had nor at,
supper before Wclbes came. Should iudoe
IL was an hour and Il halfaitcr Webcs cam.
before Clark returned. Ate supper about
e'ocA that evening got u. The next
orn'' & bef'r" Clark: Wribes got IN berur.
Clark. Should judge chat breakfast was had
about half past six. After w the STRANGER
ana myself at down at The table. c. came
IN. very soon atcr the, tWclhes an
MaSnan) got through eating they vert into
the other ro m. When | cot through. I
Went to the nara and fed Welbes' no s.s
pail OF oats, each Done Lothing Else RI lh,
barn but feed those horses. C. got up inst
before the bell rui,g for bre, kfast. we had
not finished breakfast when G. came IL:
was most Through when e. came in. IL.
irst passed the time o. day with ". fol.
lowed q and W. into sitting rosm. Isaw
the receipt testified TO. IN che table. w.
and u, Mira. Mary Clark and mvscit were in
ne room. Mr.. Z. went cut while we were
IN there. Don't remember Just what were
thc nrst words said after th Y got into the
room. They got to talking about that lbusi.
ness. i'0n't know who eat dcwn 6rst. think
W. sskcd q. if lie wss going to take that
money, Don't rTmemher stating, about the
tire first commenc, carving The mail. at
Baldwin, IL the hotel. in prcsemce Of VIM
Wood aud Nirholas Wilkin, that W., c. and
myself went directly from tn" dining room
10 bar room Think I would have rencln.
bered IT, IL had said 20. Did not. at Sale
time aud place, IN presence Of same parties,
state that was With q. AMI w. most of I'll.
time that morning, and that they did not
go into he west room at all: or words TO
that effect. Did not give that statement as
reason why did not believe G. hal that
money. W. was sitting at the table when
he took ent the pocket book and pnt it back
Pa I'M a .r.l
time, don't remember What she was doing
In concluding, witness stated that the
money could not have bsrn paid to Clark
while he (witness) was absent, at the barn;
aud shortly after. corrected il by saving the
money could have been paid while he was
at the barn; but he did not bclcvr--n--..s-
paid At that iips re. because he afterwarl,
'hcard welbrs say he would not paw the
taxes for 1872, until Jaly lst1
Re direet--D"n't remember ever saving
any such thing at Baldwin. { answer to
question by Prosecuting Atrorncy)-Never
had any conversation with Geo. l. Clark IN
regard to his case.
MRSJoHN RANDALL, Am acquainted
with defendant; am not acquainted with
Welbes. Was ut work ut Clark's SUNDAY
morning. Apri! 18th, 1874: was waiting on the
table Wclbes aud his man first came II,
and sat down At the table. No one else
came in with Ihcm. as remem Der; think NJ,
husband aud CLARK cane IL anput The same
tint, aud took seats at the tn bic Did not
notice any CONVEX sstion n that ti"'e, be-
tw"en Mr. Welbes and CLARK. Clark toll
lowed Wc'bcs from the dining room
Cross crnminsd-Thik the Ma,is, C. mrnsat
upon the south side ~ the table; do act re-
member where & ark Sat. Don't know where
Clark and Wclbes went from the diuing
room, us was in the DINA. rom. Know
him to be Peter Wrlbcs from This Tact. heard
him say that Was his name. Was in dining
room when they came in; think they were
about halt done eating when Cl ,rk came INK
was the trst tine saw Clark that morning
when he came into the dining rocm, Did
not Hoticc them talking, was in aud out. IA
any oae is, waiting on table. Clark aud Nr. |
Wclnes, his man and my husband, | thirk, |
went ont at the same time. H. might have !
eaten little 10 ger. bat think hc went
out with them. Nv husband did no. get up |
from the table while eating and g. to the
barn. Think Mrs Clark was not M while |
they were atng breakfast. Don't know
whether sht WIS up or not.
Il. W. TR0rr swO,n-Reside at Reed CITY: |
am Postmaster and Express agent. My bus |
iiress leads we to scsutiuizo signatures close. |
ly DO not know tie handwriting OF Cls,k: |
have no writing OF Clark in m, possession.
(P"pe examine d by witnrss Calls the sig
nature "n the receipt close fac simile OF the |
one signed to money order appl cation;
signed iioht. 4. Bgbee; also close &c SIN.
lie ct signature Ia siue hill marked No ~
The shade is u little heavier np"m the money
Drd.r application made out by Big'.ee. but
are very much alike. The style III the let
lers d and Il are alike on the receipt and
application.
II q PADDOCK, sworn-Reside ut Reed
Citv, Mcn. Occupation, ge.cril deal. aud
y. s. Express ag't. Businrss leads e. n
,Iose scrutiny o. names. Papers shown aud
10 witncss) Am acquainted with
lie hand writing ofGeo. L. Clark. On max.
ing q general comparison. IL is NV opinion
hat the siguature thst is claimed to be
orged 10 not The hand writing Of CLARK. IL
The 6rst place, the wriiiag OF Clark IL III
Ways written in u free, easy hand, and the
j gnaturcs claimed to he forged appca, to
De- written In 4 cramped hand.
Cross .rzasi~utio,,-C not swear that
'cc' ipt No. ! Was written IN che same hand:
hat IL the redemption certificate and No I
Taking il as whole, do not think IL IL
'enl close fac smile o. the signature to The
lame upon the receipt or redemption cer-
ihcate; although there is q resemblance be.
ween two lett, r. in tile two The signature
written upon the receipt was written .lo~
md APPEARS to have been written la q
rAnped hand.
Mas GEo l.. CLAsk, sworn. Reside at
,hase. Lake Co: nm acquainted will, the
'risonsr ut the bar; am his vile: raw him st
,has", the 18th day Of April last; saw him
gain the morning Of the 18th. u was after
'rcakiasi. Know u at Clark aud We,bcs
ook b tskiast together. immediately after
breakfast WAS il the sitting room: they
anne into the sitting room--t.lark and Wei
PES. JOHN Randall came in after them !
vas also present when those pa ties came
n the room. When thy ca Q into the
o"in he N"s explaining the law to welLes:
hev were talking about throwing of the in
crest. George said that he couid not throw