, 1877-06-13

gentlemen, I VIII etate
on which will answcr TINT qucation."
SWELL" said tho foreman, .'go ahead."
~ am ready" continued Mi: 1Iinsdale, "to
tell tho names OF she persons u whom those
munfty from any criminal liability which i may
have INCURRED by drawing and giving those
"Ti!.t ,is = thing" saId the foreman, after
ctlsn IN your presence. Whatever action !s
taksn e sss to /, yop will bo advised OF 1t
And then str. Illntda1e took bis hat and left.
tho man Of mnny stories, aud Who has been re-
pcatc'i!y aecuaed Of being tho go-bctween be-
tween the COMMISSIONER and certain contract
ors, was next called. lie entered Tho room
be indicted for perjury, and II rcrnains 10 be
seen whether he would have won or loat. He
confessed TO having an intimate acquaintance
many rumors Rejecting On tletr several char.
acters, but, a. matter Of fact, he said he knew
nothing: After leaving The Jury, all he would
say 70 the reporters Was that tho 1urY appeared
go-bctwcens, and there Va. stlll another, tho
name Of whom they sought to find out.
The next witness was Dr. TIL. Diuthardt, for
mctly cuntraetor for supplying tho county with
drugs. Ills story Vas bref and un1mpOrtant
Tho next person called was man BY tho
name OF
cnAnLxs GREENS,
who claimed to be a. bookkecrer, and to havo
been In tho employ Of Farmer fiar1ns. lie had
lad tho appearance Of having been gathered up
promtscuouslr tn iunk.shop, but which lle
called books. Arc you q, bookkccper''' asked
one of the Jurors as The chap uncovered n face
passed through thresh!ng.!nachuc. "Y-c~e,
s-l-r.," was the response, "an1 am good one,
too" With The last remark he opened Up hts
junk:s!'op. parcel and displayed a set of books
II they hatt passed through and been worn out
In Wah.llop's laundry. "Besworn, sir" said tho
foreman, and Tic fellow arose and went through
thc form, and was reody fot tl.e aucstioncE. III
hIs manner kept the Jury in rear Of
laughter from iho time he entered the room.
Ills testimony Was untmportant. but what l!ts
books may show upon MI Interpretation Of the
olote adorn!ng them remains to Ge seen. Tho
most service lie rendered was to etre tue tur95s
an appetite for dinner. and, when through with
him, that appetite was apncasc.l.
Tic first witness after dinner was
n. .. BAKER,
the contractor for supplying the county tnEt!tt1.
tious with coal. lie had been noticed around
tho building all tho forenoon In consultation
daic and jack O'Sici, 6ns at Tie fins il was not
known that he had been subptr1iacl 10 appear
before the Jury. Looking back at l,is conduct
now,-his consultation with an attorney,--he
fOGBk UG pEnrEt& AEMUH1 [uE C9AG& VI HtLnCfHGb
TO testify before first taking legal advice. Wheth-
CT he went 10 far as TO retain IN attorney
before going before tlie tury. Of not Is nos
he DID, since men less likely to be, but since in-
dictcd. had dono 1t before lin. And there Was
anothcr thing about Mr.. Baker that fookcd bad,
for he had failed to observe 50 much Of thu
subpoena as cafletl upon him to bring hts books
With him. His c1cuao for this neglect was that
h98 boQkkCeper wQS away, mud without him tho
books would bo uniuteiitglblc. Tho Jury, of
conract most OF whom arc E,lalncth men, Will
ii, for books ordinarily arc IntellgIb'c to my
one who rnn read and write. and more especially
to one whose business Is represented by them,
as Mr.. Ualcs's Is by his. 1n tho abscnce Of his
books aro expected to D. forthcoming today,
aua when presented and their cuntcnts arc mado
public 1t rill be a good thing fur
baker. In this way some days ago
County Commissioners TINT ho Lad had iora
scar past in q few hours. getting nancy which
he would otherwise nevcr Aayo gotten, and III
fart lid not expect tn get.
Tho next witness was
ARCHITECT DIXON.
Hc had hccn called 10 tel! some tales on HARMS
but like most wttncssra lie happened 10 havu
no,c to tell. lie denied emphatcaliy that ho
Rncw anything Of Harms having paid the Conn
thnt iu lad l,at| to nav out 5l0,Oo9 to rel the
so way aav aIso ene s hsyin oercl E,%
for % IIaru,s @ si,0o0 t., stsn a lii Tor "extras," "
a,, al sul,c,ts from Tia hast 1T IIs recoi1cciot,
tut Il iiat}o to hayo his mind rcircshcd bcioro
fns fhc ~ sairnrnn,sns ri ti,n ,mrv' '~@
W hr H"Tt md lnst witmnss rol,cf, FIR tin day
was iosenh cooncs, liz tcstIded Simply 70
having borrowed money for Harms during the
progress Of tho Courtilouae work, md that be
nfr. u,nsdals has % nut yct i been atlvtscd by tho
Assistant Stato's Attor,oy of tbs tlecistan Of
at,rtr @ '"'s rnr Tn,a,,xr M tcrcforc vii mi lin
Tn,Inr :,,,i "nnticr .,rstfrn hv infnr,Itrr him
nnueI s a. ans .cto ~ s2c n raas, .'.i -;
apY % kinJ I With @ lin. Teir ss rcasons w for doing
thrr tu ~ ~ a"''e'S '""'
'"1!.' ru.,. ax.,.., ,u,,,
Lass fea! ut. r"fs!t,' ~ Elan.isa Eass ti h..11a
oy tne ufa'lu 1nfy anu tne ntatss ,.s ,h.totncy,
utrr uu h1an al a., iot o co pex1'G peeet
u.Ea nim@. .a .1t HI su"nt ,. IT, sn's.,,s
amounted TO nothinS Mnatt.gsr ~. Mo ,t:,. migi's
nase KNOWN 't nau va.seu @ ,ro,n ,n ~ nu,