National Republican., 1877-10-04
TIE LOG CASE.
THIRD DAY or TIE TRIAL oFJULIUs
WITOWSkI.
The Scene In the Timber Lands Near Nash

The Scene In the Timber Lands Near Nash.
vilic-Lively Tits Among the Lawyers
| The Criminal Court was engaged yesterday FOL
the third day, with the trial Of Julius witkowski
for conspiring with General Noglcy and others tc
obtain payment from the Government on a false
| claim OF s27,S07 which II Ia alleged were moi
furnished by witkowski and the parties who
claimed the money.
| All the coun sci except Mr.. Carpenter were pres
cnt az the oncning OF the court. Mr. Carpenter
| The question whether David C. Stewart. one Of
the dcfendants IN the Indictment, who had plead
| not guilty, but who has not been sentenced, is a
c"sd s pSrh Sy Mr. eS GeoE sssn, hs ~ Somps
iency and by General Wells in It's favor unil amer
The Court then said he would hold his decision
| under advisement,
a. This point Z was proposed to require the wit.
Cen Wells The Judge can stay. II Ia a misior-
tune to exclude Judges from listening 10 such a
Mr. c6"E No from T ESs Eon % %N"rnor %Sm nn%hicr
Gen, Wells My friend Judge wilson wishes 10
exclude my Ohio witnesses from the room; he
wishes them TO go QUITO vote.
John Burke was then examined Knew of the
building Of Fort NcglGy aud other works In 1852:
cannot say whether 1t was near Christmas or near
The Court; They. have fourths of July in that
country: don't the~
vHNtN yDut II u tne iOutul
OF July there all the time.
witlcss testified that logs were haulcd by him
aud Others to these works. No receipts were given
Tor the logs when they were loaded aud none taken
when they were delivered at the snw-mill Capt
Norton AMI Lieut. Burroughs had charge Of getting
the logs. They employed the choppers; never saw
Wiowssi or Pick there at any time
CtoS-eSamined: Witness might have seen WI
tow,ki IN Nashville aud nn recolect now that fact
John Fox testified that Witowski hal a contract
with one Nichols for bunch Of timber near Nash
yllle. and cord;wood WAS cut there. Never knew
ISTrS, i, S , ,hS,S w'ne., had seen logs e1 a,
they were cut for the United states Mr.. witowski
had some ten arrcS Of his own; the only timber on
That land was peach and apple and Wild cherry
trccs-no heavy timber The cnlnrcd labOrcrs ut
work getting out logs were impressed. They told
witness so.
The dc 'ense objected that this was not compctent
to timOny hut witness went on.
Mr.; Cook. lin stentorlan voicc) stop' The sud.
den louincss OF the halt nonplussed the witness
General Wells. Don't be afraid; he is always In.
terruptingus
Witness. I'm not ofrad More laughtcr.l
Mr.. Fox was crnss.eNnmincd at some length and
then the court took n recess
AMER rccc.s the pro.rcnt'on called the following
w'tncs'c5: George W. Harding: Witness was u
resident near Nashville IN 1867 4 knew Witowski
well, wa' ncighbor to him. lis farm was about
eleven acres, and contained no timber but fruit
tre.; Witncss saw him in the woods cutting up
the laps" nf the timber nfwhch the United states
had taken the logs Laps" are tops aud s,umps of
trees This was made into cord wood.
lengthy cross examination followed
Samuel 7. North: Witness Il now United States
deputy marshal In Iowa, but in isiia69 was IN the
United states engineer corps Rt Nashville. under
Capt. 81. Clair Norton Witness was detailed with
a,Sqnhd 81 men to go To linrlinG's farm aud take
chnrgc OF body Of men who weIc telling and
scoring timber log. There were Snruc 9lD men
there. Wines rvrnainch at this work about three
weeks aud this timber was moved 10y Government
teams t. Nashville and employed IN the fortiica-
tinns The. white mon employed on the work.
were paid by Government vouchers the rolurcl
men were impressed aud not paid ut all. Witness
never saw WitOwSki until he saw him q few days
sinrc In this city,
Mr., Carpenter eros examined the witness at
length.
James n, Cambell testified that he worked with
Mr.. North IN the woods near Nashville getting out
log for Notifications AT Nashville. There were a
large number Ot persons nj work there.
Mr.. Carpenter began To cross examine the wit.
ness with considerable npidity.
Cen Wells. You talk so much he does not have
any chance.
Mr. Carpenter. wci don't you spoil the rest of
the time.
At the close Of the cross examination Cen Wells
said II was o'clock and amer the time of adjourn.
mcnt
The Court Call your next witness.
Mr. Carpenter. hope the court will respect Its
own rules.
Mr.. Cook. I think your Honor Is slow.
Gen. Wells. HIS Honor is not slow, but his
watch Is.
The Court. Let us go oil with the case.
Hugh Douglas. Witness testified TINT he knew of
Here several Of the counsel for the defense ut
once made gestures and told witness not to tell
what he thought
Gen. Wells. Don't he alarmed These gentlemen
have TO do that every now and then.
Witness testified that he knew that both logs and
wood were gotten ont under Witowski's orders.
The cross examination OF this witness lasted until
the court adjourned.