, 1876-01-25
KlBBE VS.. HILL.
An IncfIcctunl Effort to Exclude
tho Reporters.
Tho Defendant Relates Ills Frauda In
Search Of Testimony.

Search Of Testimony.
Public tntersat IN Tbs Kibbe-1liIl eiec!mont |
suit continues unabAtsd, ~ wss shown by tho |
crowd In attendance upon tbs opening Of Judge |
Hopkins court Yesterday morning. Tho frat |
vltncss Mas Mr. H. 8. Tuthl, Assistant City |
Attorney. Before proceeding with his e1amina- |
zion, Mr.. Barpuu,. counsel for tho defense.
asked tho Court for 40 order 10 prevent the pub
ltcAtou Of reports Of tho trial IN tue newspapers,
alleging thlt his client and wsnesres were placed
In falss Light and their tntetssta greatly In |
jured. Judge Hoptins however, promptly 70
fused to sntortain any such motion, stating that
It Was Too enlightened Al ago to talk about BAN
tshing tho representatives Of tha press from tho
piAce Of the proceedings OF case thAt had OK
cited 30 much public intoroet 81 Ind tho one In |
progress.
THE EXAMINATION or In. Tr7HtLL
Was then begun. lie stated that ho vaa IN
attorney &nd In April and alay 1aa. hld
desk In tho Office Of Leonard svatt. lie do
clined to say whethor or not ho wont to rilsla-
de!phiA About that tlnn, on tho ground that ho
waa then actiog a. attorney for James 1icod, and
II would be violation Of professional honor TO
dlyulgo what took ptaco whilo TO was acting In
that capacity. He was not employed directly by
Heed, hut acted for Mr.. Dishoe, who wsA Road's
sttorueJ. Witnesz had mover hAd anything 10
do With The Tnrner casc.
At this point Mr. Da1uum stated that 1leclhnd
given h!s consent TO Tho witncsa telling ali ho
might know, nhcroupou Mr. Tush!ll declared bis
Willingness 10 anBwcr any questions.
1t WAS In April las. that ho went 10 rhita-
dolphia, being requested to do 60 by Mr.. BiBbec.
Arriving ihere, ho told Mrs. Recd that ho want
cd 10 got whatever would be Important for
neods defense Oh tho forgery tfia]. and she
gavo him trunk With books aud papors. Ha
delivered tho trunk to Mr. Disbce.
Al tho conclusion Of hia testimony tho Court
TOOK = reco18.
In tho afternoon,
NIL. GEORGE ". HILL.
defendant, WAS tlrBt placed On tho HltneaB.stand.
llo tesllticd that hn camo to Chicago from Irwin,
O., IN September. 1861. His intention was to
get into bualnesa.
lie had been LAW student. Ills ilyst effort at
handling real osthso ~as probably some tina III
1868. uo wont into the oiiico Of Judge Dlodgest
IN 1861; Ho mover pFacticod law to any extent,
lie hsd never been In sny business practically
ed with II. X. Tufnor In 1874, aud made an effort
to hscertuiu tho whereabouts OF Turner sftes
learulng that he hnd obtained the desds. On
Turner, Howard A. Turuor, alr. Price, aod Mr..
wltness' oflco, and hlr. Nichols aas !
resident Of Racino. At that interview
hfs 4QFEEF Nlt11 ul1 uEOku8E C4CQ0 70 ku0 OulC2
aud sa:d ho had heard that witness was looking
| for him. Hill replied that was so. ~ ho wished
to Beo tue deeds. Nr. Turner then told him
that tho deeda ~ero III Quincy. Tho convclha-
torviow waa hold boforo tho Witness mado the
! AiIldayita before tbs Court In the case. The
| dac1s zcforteA to In tho interview ino,uded two
! dooea that weto ou record. No alluson WIS
made. as far ~ he could fee0llecs. to tho fact
that lstehard =. Robinson MAS minor, nor was
| anything said nbout q couirmatory decd that
| would be IN forco on RoIlnann's coming OF age.
| Altnat lie xanted was 10 seo Noblnaons signature
! to tue dceds lie wRs positive that nothing waa
said about noblusou's mano,itY. He uu oct cali
| tue deeds In question bocAuYc OF their not har-
lug boon recorded, but because Of tho Formally
observed ID mating taem out. W,tneAs deed
assignment from Ropiuaon 10 Hoxio uaa record
Cd III 1a7U. In that interview tho mama OF Emr-
sou Hamilton mas not mentioned. lie waa posi-
tive that Mr. Turuor did not tell him that le
| (Turner) bRd q copifrnh8oEy d9ed; and 4e wAa
equally positive that Turuar did NOT say that
nublussu'a auslgumeut To uox!o was made dur
lug kooinsDn's n1nuElty, and th1refors tuvalld.
Two weeks after the conversation, proceedings
| Wers begun before JuuKs Biudsett. AfEor Tur-
| uer showed lilo dcods III hin pussossson, it Waa
two months tefore wltneas heard Of tue man
| JAMES FAHHISa.
He started for tue laultauuaty On ths mol ming
train, aud took iottcr from ". ii. Taylor, u
tho Post aud Mait. to the Warden, asking hiM to
allow an intory4ow with Fanninx. Tns inter.
vsbwa with Eaun!ng wore before and after dl,,-
uer, tho Warden being proscnt each tune. lie
lIhorsy, In oxdsr that tue latter might work u&
tAa oaso. the petition for FAnnngs pardon
wa rgnod byJ. y. scammon, Fsauk pAmor,
Q.-uow many Of thu Bigutrs were members
OF tic Cook CoAnty Lsud CVuiphuyf
Thu question aas objected ".
Mr. ko.chun slated iu explanation that tho
Land Company aRa Interested III tha very land
nov In question.
! Tho question was withdrawn.
| Wltuesa contindoa tuat no carried photographs
Of the daeds TO Jollos to SHOW thom TO Fanulnl,.
11e did not ysy to Eannhg that II ue would aoip
faa,lng ~ got pardon. Hs got the pardon,
and tuck It to Jollot. Fnunng HGs ss1osscd,
aud came tu Chicago 10 seo his wlfe nul son !;
he went tho same day to PhlIadellh IT'LL On tho
tile Continental Hotel Fal,utnG hal .1et HtagK,
forger, aud lad loasnn4 tLat tho handwriting
Wa thas Of
| JAMEa REED.
Witness romalnsd III philAae!phIA ono day, goin1
thoucs TO Nov York. liza 0oleot Was " i.l1
Jsmss Reed. flaming went with lin. and to.
gathor they met Joseph u. Lawrence. Lawrence
nfomlAea to 400 Adauas, tho fAther.ln: law Of
letter Addressed to James Reed, M, Goo South
Forty stseet, West pn,ladelpha, would
roAoh Heed.
Ten days after leaying Philadelphia Hoed was
III his po.ses.!on. Witness was in Quincy II tLe
t,ue 81 the as1est. As le:t pllisdelpuia March
23 1875. aud heod w2s arrested Murch -. A
writ for Need's erEoat wAs procured BY sncaus ol
davit 10 employed Mr. Ewing. ue paid III
Ewing $50 Tor hla assistance. LIVING was
Blate's-Attorney A. Quincy.
Q.-Did you pay Ewing $1,000 for coming X
ChloAgo7
Tbs witness said that as Reed refused to con.
| fesa, to sent for Ewing TO cpEns to Chicago ~