, 1875-04-11
THE TURNER'S.
Wm. Patton Tells Of tho Attempt to
Run Him Of.
How He Went to Reed to Get Pew.
ers Of Attorney.
Tho Cese Continued Till Monday.

Tho Cese Continued Till Monday.
MORNING SESSION.
PATRONS AHDUcrIuH.
The examination Of r. K. and Howard Turner
upon the Charge OF forging title pApers with =
view OF obtaining tract Of land IN HYDE rark'
waa resumed ba{ore Justice Haines Yesterday
morning. As On tho previous da3s' THO a1tea-
dance was very large-thc room being cfonoeo'
md the proceedings were watched With much m
tAness The whole forenoon session WAS consumed
in tho cross examination Of Patton rho adhereo
sz;ctly to hia original statements and vas noe
shsten to such an extent ~ to create the I'M
PRECISION that be had been guilty OF fabrication.
Buhfoined will bo found the testimony olc1sea: =:
H. J. PATTON,
Turner'S conhdential clerk, continued MS test-
rnopy: The Calhoun County deeds represented
three different STYLES OF handwriting. and 1t Is
difficult for ne to tell from tnH phoiosapn sdr ,Sa 6a
Trit,ne is the natural OF disguised handwriting
Of Reed. I think there is evidence OF bota.
When saw Reod in St. Louis At the t:me L. E..
Turner called on him, no did not Niah me to 70
main In tho room At the Southern Hotel while
DO talked with Turner, because he was not aware
st the hmo that was Turner's confidential
clerk. do not know how many style& james
Reed can write. I have seen him .rlte different
hands. said Friday that he could write three
aande, but not that he ever E::owed me how
oany be could write. have -ecelved letters
'f1cm him, and thus had good opportunity to
1udeo Of his handwriting. / hare never seen
him force deeds. 4 portion Of Mra- O'Hara Har-
rolls titles to lands ~ero bought, and portion
Tho witncas Was then questioned In regard to
hin Tieit to
Mr. swITr's OFFICE,
when r. K. Turner told him there ras nu1se OF
$4,000 made up ''to beat tho case" He said:
did not tell you (Mr. Swett) that had CO.., eoms
hero in obedience to = telegram, and that Hills
attorneys had fooled mo. did not tell Tou that
I knew nothing about Turner's ca6e,-nothing
tending to show bis guilt.
Tho Witness then related bow he Was
HUN OUT OF TOWN.
h said: After Turner told inc about the e5o,-
600 pu1sa. be put into nv hands three $50 bills.
which l now hand to the Court (doing ao), and
spoke about my having town. Said be: Pat
ton, don't want you to 20 on to the wltnoss-
Vii, it certaio deeds are shown to you, tbas you
DO not know anything about them" :, I
stand, I would tail the truth, and
il went could not avoid duplicating him. He
1nan in the Office {Bisbee YOU cal him} q $40 bill.
In the meantime you (Mr. SrctD came into the
Office and mentioned Riverside ~ being the
point Of destination to which was 70 be carried.
I then went do"n~stsirs With h;1bce and !ou
fionate good bye. Bisboe aud got into csr-
riaRe and were driven out Of town. had 3
drink before we started. asked repeatedly
whore Riverside vas. l had never been there
He rode long distance: md finally came to
took drink NTH Bis5ee. He paid tbs hackman
41V, Mestayeo there . few minutes, and the train
came along. got On, but rhether Risbee did
or not I cannot eay, - ON in bad condition
bodily and mentally: The first thing distinctly
reooI(cct Afterwards was some ono in the car
picking me mp, and setting me on the seat and
telling me to got ont Of there. found there
was no one in tho car except myself: l got out
Of the car . and want to the Fitch House at An
and A. came back to Chicago. I found railroad
tickets IN my pocket. fine tickets we're handed
to the Court-] did Eone work for James Reed
onoo-got descriptions Of property in Fayette,
Madison County, Mo. never mas engaged in
cause Was starving to death. because had been
associated With r. T. Turner aud could not
get into respectable employment: On account OF
the ouium attached 10 him Mr. Reed had four
q five $100 bills which he said be bad received
up there, promising to pay nY expenses. He
sent nc onlv $40 and wrote apologizine. saying
be could get no more rnoney from Turner; and
WAS obliged to leave my c1osh;ng there, having
20 &1U VI bGk AhAf. \ AnFG
NEVER BEEy ARRESTED
for \ criminal charge; and VAS reyer ~ accom-
p1ioe Of forge1s. On voe occasion obtained s10
from Frank Emo IN attorney Of St. Louis.
told him that l had no money. and wansed to go
Guna' 4ae.aqsona ne aeb be- snd
Mr. Turner had had together for
thsy :wera also specnlating in landh in the
Missouri military trsct; and he satisfied him
eelf that had been in Turners employ. He
H. $.1u
acknowledgement and order upon R. 4. Turoer.
Subsequently Reed told mo that Emo WAS going
to instatnte = suit against me for obtaining
money under false pretenses. called on him
and gave him S., aud said would pay him tho
had got the paper, and psia the 81. Turner
never threatened to prosecute me- He said DO
understood that I was "a enemy OF his,
aud' he thought it best to have
little paper Of that ki1d on hand IN case y there
opened my mouth in connection with any trans
actions which occurred while in his employ. he
would jug me. I ca'led at your {S"otts) office
10 seo Turner because wanted to go to bed. I
did not toll you {swett) that vas going out OF
presence that ho wanted me to go out Of town-
hat tho carriage wins down stairs waiting Tuln-
ar's reputation in Quincy is horrible !eft hin
~ eoon "a / co3id after I discovered his buai-
nssa. considered myself innocent, and nv
khere. went to SEQ Reed in tho {au, and be
told me that be vas Authorized By r. &. Turner
10 give me 81, 600 after left. / hRve rece1Ted
no TnoH1sEs FEoN ME- HILL.
He has given me SIG siuce have been here,
go Of which scut TO my wife. do not feel |
pe1sona1]y v1ndicaye toward Mr. Turner hAVe
20 desire to see him personally harmed in Auy :;
way ut I'LL. know BIZ Turner to bs d bad, un- :
p1nctpled man, and know be has robbed me.
know bo Justly owes me- money cut Of which !
ha h,~ ,nhhad dafraudad and rl1natAd y7e: and /