Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-06-28
LOCAL. NEWS.
The North Carolina Narshsl's once
HEARING IN THE CASE or DEPCrN

HEARING IN THE CASE or DEPUTY
FRANKS.
Yesterday aisernoon the case OF Joshua A.
Franks, charged with defrsGdlng the gov
erDment by pre- renting false vouchers, was
Continued before L. =. Commissioner Plant.
afier our report closed, District Attorney III.
II. Wells, IL. II. Wells. tr.. and Col. Lpsk. 4.
= dlstrict attorney for the western district
oI Noith carolina, appeared for the prose
To- Pool for ne defence.
Mr., Payne examined the abstracts and
found several ensures on the original
r. I. Olark, late deputy marshal. tee lncd
that the accounts were presented 10 the court
~ GreenshorO for approval; saw them pre-
xlouSiy AT the hotel an which Franks and
Eastman Were stopping. On eros exami-
nation said he had resigned his place AZ the
suggestion OF Col Douglas. having been ar
rested on similar charge 10 this against
Col. Robert NJ. Douglas. United states
marshal for The Western district OF North
carolina testified that Franks had accounts
In bis Office for arrests. furnishing guards.
siOo. Franks presented the accounts % him
I'm person IN order 10 get an advance. That
wa IN February some time; Eastman and
Franks were there together. 10 was iled 81
The marshal's ofice. and then took It's regu-
lar course. and was passed b. The court
AHerthe court passed u one duplicate was
nled with the clerk OF the court. and one was
sent To the First Auditors ONCE. II am
davits had been sent out with blanks un-
filled IL was without witness Knowledge.
FRANKS reputation for integrity was good.
hut recently he hal been informed that
Franks had been drinking "A good deal OF late.
This closed the evidence for the govern
me1i, and the case was adjourned until to-
day.
TO-DAY
there was quite a number OF people present.
when the trial was resumed.
Mt. Rogers was called for the dcfence and
testified that Franks was not an educated
man. thinks II was ir March when Franks
Went 10 arrest lCdfOnl, an attemp' having
been made previously. Ieiiorl lived over
iorty miles rom witness. Franks n 81 an
affldaVt charging l.sifDrd with Illicit dis
llliBg, and witness issued uIp warr,luf lated
January ?fh. Witness went wIrh Franks
arc otherS 10 Clay county ID arrcs. Illicit
The government here objected. ana an ar
EEuent ensUed, an which tie govern fnenf
claimed that the warrant FOR fle arrest OF
Iodfnrd was not IN evidence and that In a
case LcdfOrd was NOT arrested. nor hal rs
case ever been called, bat charge was male
FOR The same. The defence urgsd that they
had q right 10 pursue his examination. and
they would show, ~ allowed thai Franks
was The victim OF a conspiracy.
witness was al length ailoWei % proceed
He could not say that he ISSUED more than
one warrant. Mr.. Jarett's son gave witness
information as 10 the eases 81 the Ladfort's
and early In March when they went - CLAY
county they failed Ia arrest IsedfBri. VIII
ness thought that Franks had the warrant
for1homas Ledford, because he had issued
the warrant and did not think that Franks
was without The writs. Ind not see the
papers; saw Franks and others gallop their
horses and surround Ledfori's house. Mr..
Eastman was with the party at that time
and witness understood thai ne was with the
marshal a. guard. Witness could not
swear that the endorsements on the warrant
we're i'm Franks handwriting, but they re-
sembled his writing.
The. case was on trial when our report
closed.