Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-18
frivolous there was no need to say any
thing about IL.
DID YOU usualIy report?

frivolous there was no need to say any
thing about IL.
Stcrrs-Dld you usually report?
Witness--I usually carried blanks il
my satchel which / had parties to sigI
! who wanted letters back, and then
| compared the writing.
StoTrs-How did you happen to re.
member the time this occurred?
WItness--I was house-huntiug about
that time, and / had been looking around
for five days for 8 house; l had Just
been to the Polytechnic looking for a
man who, l had heard, had a house; !
was on my way down to make cOllec-
tons; 1t was my day TO collect for seven
other carriers.
The cross'exanoinstion CT this witDess
was long, sharp and thorough The
witness had been 3 mail-csrTier for five
years; never gave letters to Colonel
Joyce ct any other time; it was fire.
quent thing to return letters on business
routes; recollected the circumstance par
ticularly bscsu; it was eff his BEAT; mad
opened boxes frequently on the buaiuess
streets and returned letters, but could
not Tec0lleot thu names OF any persons
for whom he had done it. When pressed
very hard witness said he had returned
q letter to George w. F!shbaCk; had re-
turned them to many business houses on
Main street, but could not swear to any
particular firm. He was repeatedly
pressed to rac6llect the name OF any
body else for whom he had taken letters
out Of boxes, but he could not
RENT mber one. He had carried
blank receipts; had receipts with
him when ne gave letters to
JOY tut Joyce refused to give him
receipt, saying: That's all right, hun.
kadori," or some thing Cf that sort, "it's
only blind;n it occurred on the last
day Of F. brdary, 1875, about one O'Clock
in the afternoon; did not tell the post.
master about the matter, Nor any one
else about the office; mentioned the
matter first last Saturday to his wife;
had been reading in the papers the tes-
timGDy OF Mr.. Everest about putting let
teF5 in the box, and IecOllected he had
g ven Joyce just such letters; ruminst.
ei ger the matter q while, then tod
bis wife; tbs next evening Sunday.
after going off duty, went to the Lindell
hotel, saw General BabcOck, told him
the circumstance, and Bqbc0ck sent him
to Judge Potter, to whom he repeated
the story which he had told to Babc0ck;
he gave full details of the matter to no
one but StOTrs and Porter outside Of his
own family. No one las bsen to zee
him about it. Before be went to the
LiDdell hotel, he consulted with no one
but his wife. He req eated the addresses
Of letters given to Joyce IS General o.
E BabcOck and Colonel w. y. Avery.
He would not admit that he had talk
ed about the matter to anybody except
some letter-carriers at the pOstoffice to-
day. Colonel Dyer pressed him very
hard, but ne would not acknowledge |
that he had had any intercourse or con- |
with any other than those |
mentioned above. Toe witness then |
went into long account OF his various |
occupations slice he had lived in this |
city, but gave nothing more bearing on
the case.
1t is understood that the prosecution |
will offer testimony in rebut'a! OF this |
evidence tomorrow.
Mr.. StOrrs then asked for the deposit |
ton of the President, which was LrO- |
1uced by the clerk, and 1t was read by |
Judge Porter. AS several objections had |
been made to questions and answers, |
Judge Dillon, during the noon recess, |
looked il over and marked the objgc- |
-iOns OVerruied or sustained, leaving the |
deposition, however, it is said, in very |
nearly the same form it was originally. |
This document, so far as is now |
known, was suIreptitiOusly obtained last |
light and telegrsphed IN full to q Chi
ago paper. For this reason il is omit. |
ed in these dispatches. 1t is said no |
blame can attach to the counsel on |
either side for the publication in advance |
If the deposition. 1t was on file in The !
,ffice of the CLERK of the court, hut |
whether it was procured from that Office, |
'r whether copy had been made which
ell into the hands CT some enterprising !
opoTIer, q not known.
After reading The deposition, Mr.. |
5.oTs offered the recommendations in |
svor of the appointment of General
M'Donsld SO supervisor of the district, |
)ut the court ruled them out, aud tue de- |
ense closed their case. Adjourned.