, 1875-12-04
FERGUSON.
Sent Up for Sixty Dass...Tllo Culprtt's
Record.

4 somewhat unexpoctod octurrenso took place
Yesterday morning besoro Judge DlodBctt Ia tho
casa Of Hill ". the Baltimore, N.taburg Chl-
cago Railroad CompRuy, nhfch has besu on t7iAl
boforo him for tho eAst few da,s, anc which In
valves about e16o,00o. When court mas con-
venod hfr. Crawford, ono Of tho counsel for the
defansc. said that he had deoaso matter 10
submit to tho Court, End then read the following
AFFIDAVIT:
Wi1lsul ! Walton oath says that b. II Al agent Of
the plaintiff. anl hsA been e1Atntued As ~tncel In
this cAso that on tks evening Of tho lst day Of Do
eember DO arent Tho evening 1T the house Of Mr, H.
Lii re;arn homo twsen Tt s, !" oeioss he ion ~
AEony noto h the handwriting Of tho anered note
srset. betwee, md oeioct Of tbat essatng .Th.a
asnt did not know tho hAndmrtInR tore up the no:n
I'D M n1 % =, o. - rSt o i1e to
can District Ieieeraph. COMPANY. At ha!f.pe.s
mt hAd appointment with Col. Van Arn,an, aud
calls At tbe royoort House for tho purpose Of seeing
.ua So o e h.
vii ing. examined the register Of tba hool Without
nndlug thu mama OF nay person nslt:.n In tho aamo
sfsrw. yaistd k III throush % tho oce q tic hos % To-
ward thn ealoon, aud when tin attes place aant
Apk+ cached by gentleman whom be did not
osolzc, who tapped him op tic shoulder and eai tst
BE- bid written tho notes. and Introduced
so son'sIss'a ,,,, BY ,syips th., 1t. h. S:si .;
ton. auA made eonie inquiries about ny family.
atassi lhM Hnht his NINE "as, anu ~nat 10 "isnoa
he .h,a ~ nane W ~ fssgnson nna .aat he va
alant It b. know thn exact amount Of plaintiff ciao,
.;ema sud amount. of tbs plaintiffs cl.im. Alsant
rdrtaer usys that he declined 10 hlvo any communities
ton upon tno subject with in,. and at once In ana
drove Col. Fan Asman'8 residence aI advised llm
Of lhc interview. and showed him tho uotc. Tnis al-
no h, H.. Hr., VANS H. }t III hc w.s m H.
tury and VIZ mechanical enrinccr.
'' ". J. Walton.
sworn to befors E. 4. Drummond. Uuited States
TIE soTE
rcierteu TO 10 as follows, Written i'll noah put
evidently disguised. back.hand:
II ar. Walton is homo, md Il ahonld DO eon.cnfdnt
ana o9!osk At nFo'oots HOUSE,
=, At. walton fhot, mado statement subetan-
italy the san,o a. that mado IN Ills nf'idas1e, but
moro o. fengih. .- ~
W thta sime. OF course. all oyes we're hxed on
the Jury box, ohd wben tho pamo OF
1as called BY the Judge, dark comp!exioned:
sal!ow'tRced mhn, probably about u yoatB OF
a2c, arose and "sa A"oln, lilo then ndntttod
ne ,,t co9ysrsat'on With WALTON bu; donIod the
Tho judge howoFer. thought that tho oxpla
nation waa enslroly ineullclent, stating that llo
had specially cautioned the futy against having
own admihston. had violated the Injunction, bad
bern guilty OF noss reprchonsiblo PRACTICE,
and deserved sevoro punishment. Walton waa
tue financial nau OF tic paiot'fts. aud any sncli
lhterv'o" meht lr properly % formed contempt
Of court. The Judge shan ssu.eucnd tho gnitty
juror 70 sixty days IN Tho County JAIL and to a
limo OF Sl0D. ......, .-...,
ny aEFcoment or tho counsel. The rsmsInsns
1utote woss Discharged: and tue case vaa sub.
mitscd to tho Judge to be tried bY him. Il will
possibly he concluded to-day.
M. FEaaCsoN'H RECORD
| is not quite clohf aud aptatnahod. In 1870 he
emhcz2led about 81. .uDU. uo WAS tried In the