The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-19
THE BOND FORGERIES.
The Great Trial Drawing to . uose-Ex-Mayor
Halls Address to tho Jury-Ths Pros Gu
ton Dissected-The Safety Of Every
Innocent Citizen on Trial
The Monstrous Conspiracy
Of the Prosecution.


The trial Of Andrew L. Roberts for forging bonds
Of the Central Railway was resumed yesterday
morning before Judge Brady. Ex-Mayor Hall and
United states Assistant District Attorney Purdy
appeared for the defence, and District Attorney
Phelps for the prosecution. Mr. John r. Dos
Passos, who has been watching the case closely Tor
one OF the other parties who are charged with
being implicated in the forgery and arc awaiting
trial, sat also yesterday at the lawyers table.
Mr.. William L. Gardner deputy warden at Lud-
low street Jail, was the first witness called In
buttal OF the testimony for the defence. The only
question put TO him by the District Attorney was
whether Olmstead, the engraver was ever con-
fined In Ludiow street Jail in 1867. He answered
"No." Crhis was In rebuttal Of the testimony that
Olmstead was arrested for counterfeiting in that
year.l
United States Assistant District Attorney
Purdy-The Secret Service officers frequently keep
prisoners at their houses don't theyf
witness-Yes, sir. s~ ~
George N. Bangs manager Of P1nkerton's Detec-
tive Agency, was recalled by the District Attorney
to contradict part Of the Testimony Of Coumbint
which was published In the HERALD OF yesterday.
He shed no new light on the subject 4.n1
The District Attorney read > few lines OF an am
davit made by Roberts on November 8, ls7S stat
ing that he (the prisoner) had not left his resi-
dence for the last two months, but was always
ready for the acceptance
OF ANY PROCESS OF COURT.
Ex-Mayor Hall urged that he had right to read
the whole document for the purpose of explaining
that passage. Judge Brady sustained this posi-
tton ana Mr.. Hall announced that he would read
1t In his summing up.
Bradie morgan, q servant girl at Mrs. Pettus'
house, In St Marks place. was called by the Dis
trct Attorney to impeach the testimony OF Nathan,
the real estate dealer of Indianapolis, touching his
visits to Mrs. Pettus' house.
Mr. Purdy-WAo brought you down heref
Bradie Morgan-Mrs. Pettus.
MI Purdy-rell US all that Nrs. Pettus told you
to testify to.
Bradie Morgan-She told me that was to testify
about Mr.. Dalton; that was all.
Ex-Mayor Han then proceeded to sum up tho
case for the defence ''Yo0 are about to take into
your Keeping" be began, ''this-I was about to
say, In the ordinary lingo, this case-but shall
call 1t at once prosecution progeny one that has
been fostered IN falsehood by those great masters
In perjury, the Pinkertons, and has now reached
proportions OF the most gigantic character. II
the prisoner were only concerned In this case the
issue would not be so highly important; but
THE VERY SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE
is now on trial Il Smith. whose selfconfessed
not be OF much Importance. Gentlemen, you are
called upon to establish an important precedent.
Pinker1eons then no one Is safe nom
msn anS Ssy at ns
thought that you should be called upon to convict
any one upon such testimony"
The PinkertOns, Mr.. Hall continued, had been
r0bbing the public in two ways, as private detec-
tives Always did, in letting rich thieves escape and
for their prosecution The. Ptnkertons had
selected his client as scapegoat. There were
trtct Httomey AGAINST Roberts and Gleason ne All All
the testimony that could possibly be offered In all
these seventy indictments was given IN this case.
Grand Jury OF allowing all these indictments to
accumulate 50 that Roberts might be unable to
Bonds BONO Of the Central halfway against wilismsOn.
Where was williamson was ne in the Tomosl
Where was Raymond Later in this case he would
give to the jury some considerations which win
prove to them that his client was 20 be sacrificed
ON THB ALTAR or THE PINKERT0NS.
The jury had perhaps asked themselves why
the prisoner had not been put upon the stand.
Why, let them look at this eloquent District Attor-
which this county had ever had-(Mr. Phelps
bowed and smiled ready to find any nav which
were the Pinkertons, ike a pack Of wolves. ready
to weave new network OF confusion and destruc-
Contradiction. He reminded them Of the TACT thai
q conviction could only be pronounced upon clear
and undoubted testimony. Judge Church-whom
the People Va. Bennett, emphasized the benign old
rule that 1t were better that ten guilty men should
escape than that one innocent man should suffer.
Judge Allen, OF the Court Of Appeals, pointed out
the objections against putting prisoner on the
stand 70 testify 10 MS own oehal HIS testimony
to detract from the value OF his evidence Judge
Allen declared that conscientious counsel would
charged with high crime on the stand. Only year
ago be (the speaker) stood here
for poor Blakely, and recently some OF the jurors
In that case had come 70 him and said, 80 If had
Of wa
maniac. o. might they never toss restlessly in
their beds at night thinking Of this man whom they
had sent to States prison; might they never come
to him year hence and express their regret as
having convicted innocent man.
The District Attorney had alluded to the fact
that three distinguished advocates were considered
necessary to defend Roberts. Why the District
Attorney was ten men in one tMr. Phelps. VINO
ieisureiy rocked himself in char and looked at
the speaker with the most placid expression,
laughed heartily at TITS compllmentl. He was
fortified by his Official oath and by those Qualities
which they had al admired In this case. He had
the severity Of Jupiter and the serenity OF Jove
when dallying with Venus. loud laughter.
ROBERTS had been once in the states Prison, and
the mark of Cain was on his brow. Mrs. Pettus,
Jury daughter), had called him Yankee Jew
by which term people generally meant shrewd,
saving fellow, man VINO was IN the habit OF driv-
ing hard bargains and OF saving his money, and
SPENDING IT ON THIEVES AND pNKEEroNs.
Mr.. Hall then read the contents or Roberts, book OF
savings in the Clinton Bank, showing that he de-
posted such large amounts as $4,000 several years
before these orgeries were alleged to have been
perpctrated. 1t was nobody's business where he OBJ
tanned this money. He would admit that Roberts
was speculator and gambler Forgers like vii.
Hanson and Hall ned after they had accumulated
the proceeds OF their forgeres but here was man
who went down TO Wall street every day, transact
ing business as usual, and yet the account OF the
forgeres mad already appeared In the great Ameri-
can newspaper which was read IN San Francisco,
In London, in Pans, IN Chill and Peru. Moreover,
he, the alleged forger, bought bonds from Mr.. Han
nan, tue broker, which the latter subsequently
ascertaned to have been forged. Well at last
Roberts was arrested eight months ago. and the
learned District Attorney would bear witness that
for eight months he had been ciamorng Tor trial
but the Pinkertons, who In the habit OF
coming gold out OF blood, wanted ell this time