National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-20
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TESTIMONY OF J. 8. NoLAND CONTINUED.
Q. You never saw any Of these silks at all
A. No, sir, never.
q. Did you see any writings connected with
themf A. Yes, sir; I had an order for piece Of
silk.
Q. Who did you get that order froms A.
Charles Fisher.
Q. How did it read9 A. As near as can re-
member IT, Parker, please give the bearer your
piece Of silk, !" or something like that.
Q: Who wrote that OrderT A. Charles Fisher
wrote that order; he had o motive In doing 30;
young ladies at the time, and he made this young
DO The same, but / didn't get it; Parker didn't
give up the silk; he couldn't md 1t.
Q: What Parker was IT. A. There was no
@. No Parker in it2 A. No particular Parker.
Q. Let me see If understand you correctly. !
ought to be a true friend at least. Now, acting
upon that theory, you intended that silk for some
particular lady for whom you had some regard
A. No, sir; did not intend the silk for anybody
at all, because could not afford II.
@. But you thought you could get piece Of
world that i would get IT; I knew that 1 would
q. What did you take the order for A. In
TO give her piece Of elk.
q. You did not think that Charlie was playing
on you when he gave you that Order' A. II was
q. You were not playing on the lady were your
mean by that you were not practicing any de-
conclusion. that you and Charlie didn't mean to
give the ladies elk, but that you and Charlie
were n1nE up matters 50 tnss d they mGnsa oe s
do yCu2 A. We wanted TO create the impression.
Q. Then you did not expect TO get any silk on
o. Where is that orderP A. 1 do not knox ex-
actly where It is now; have not seen It for some
time.
Q. wha. did you do with it? A. I gave It to
McDevitt:
q. We have been talking about silks for the
and things of that kind. Do you know anything
about any laces or any shawlsT A. No, sir, do
not.
q. You did not hear any talk Of Iaces or sharls
being divided? A. do not know.
Q. Don't you mean by that that your recollec-
ton IS that there vssP A. think silks.
Q. The sole thing mentioned? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was not the idea to rig the ladies out in
silks and shaTls and laces and all that You
think there was nothing tut stlssH A That is
all.
silks was to come froms A. No. sir.
Mr.. Cock. might ask Mr.. Nolaud good many
other questions, bat presume he has given US
the que stions, is this: AS far as the bail Is con-
cerned there is q note from Mr.. Fisher In eonaec-
ton with It which justices US perhaps IN going
'ni By ms ms CS6oF Have you any Acquaintance
with Mr.. Evans particularly? A. Slightly.
Q. Did any Of these statements Of Information
him In any way with f.? A. never heard Mr..
Evans ever mention anything about 1t In my life.
@. Or Mr.. ClaryOs? A. Never. l never heard
Mr.. Fisher mention Mr.. Clarvoe at all or Mr..
Evans in connection with that thing.
By Col. Berret: Q. Or any other detective? A.
Excepting Mr.. McDevitt
q. He did not connect Mr.. McDeTitt In the d.
vision Of the ellk5? A. No, sir.
q. He merely said that be understood Mr.. Nc
Dewitt took the silks from Soyder?
BY Mr.. Perry: Q. Did you ever see or hear any
thing of this whole transaction-ever see or hear
any mention made Of any black or white Llama
lace Jackets? A. No, sir.
O. The reason ask that question is this: there
are some lRckets-short ones that the ladies wear,
with sleeves to them-you have have seen the la
dies wear them: you know what mean? A. Yes,
sir; know what you mean.
@. You never heard them mentioned in cQpnec-
ton with this matter7 A. No, sir.
Q. Never saw anything Of that kindF A. No,
sir.
@. Or know Of any woman being promised one,
or taken onef A. No, sir.
By Mr.. Nichols: q. What did Mr.. Fisher tell
you that McDevitt would do when he heard that
Snyder had been releasedf A. do not know.
do not know as heard any conversation in regard
to that at all. He might have said something to
me. remember that he told me Mr.. IcDeyitt
had taken Snyder, captured him, and he would be
very likely to be interested in his conviction, or
something to that effect.
Q. Did he tell you anything to the effect that
hcDevitt would make fuss-kick up thunder?
a. He may have said something like that.
Q. When he heard that Snyder had been re-
leased? A. should not wonder If he did not say
that I think II is very likely, 80 go