, 1877-10-16
rha Defendants Introduce Testimony
to Prove Previous Good
Characters.
onr yirtuous Holden Comes to tic Re.
lief Of tic Gang..'tlts In.
ycstigati0ns.
e.rae Of tho observation-disclosures Called
In to Prove Kimberly d
Liar.

nc.te. alt tlay. 20 much progress, In Eact+ was
made TINT II is probable the dcfcnsc will close
.hci, casc to-day. Az tllc en1 OF tho long trial
.nnrcacllcs tho attendance improves, though
therc arc nlnny unoreuptcd seats wien NIL tic
.ncrtaturs hare taken their positions fur tho
a.v. NcCaf1rcy mud johnson sill seem unxfous
- II tho result. Swcetzcr aud Carpenter,
hoveYcf, nre as Indifferent rs ever, md now
that tho smiling Carroll Is gonc, the former does
slt thu laughing for tho accuscd.
FL Commissioner liarris Wis tho first Witness,
.nl lie testified ttat neither In May, 1871, nor
It any other tilnn did he or johnson tell Kim
berlF at thu Poor House to add l0 tho meat bills
NJ Reinhardt or O'DonncE 50 as to raita tho
nrlee, The matter llal t,een spoken Of by tho
contractors, and witness brought It before the
Committee Of which tic was Chairman, and they
rr|crtetl II. ..-..
lai lIavc had bushes. transactions with him;
PAID him ior nOotls obi salHcu. Could not tell
Wien. Did not ecttle thu account. Couid not
tel how much owe. Hare never been to tho
stose to pay It. Do not knox that tho account
thc flrm aslowcd, whit they ,owcd butler
4 Co., wlth whom 1yns connected, don't think
] would owe them much. The atrount. has
beyrf been presented to mic. was Indicted nnd
Idctl. Was llot arrentcsi fos taking plants from
Jefferson Park carly IN tho morning, and tho
charge tliBnlesctl because Wus Insane.
lsetiiscvt: III my case Judge Rogcrs in
t,rslctc.l tho Jury to return n verdict nf not
FULLY, wlcnthc prosecution put In oil their cvi-
dencr. .... ...-.,-.
PROVING GOOD CHARACTER.
Then came witnesses fls TO character. On be-
bat o! johnson, Alexander Wole9tt, John
oSf esHIEe @ ai" aiy9f' }n,k Iavia NJ ., q
4, D. tsrny were callctt. They testlffcl that bis
reputation for honesty and integrity was good.
None VI tfIrn however, Ind heard II discussed
einrc he l9tatne County Commissioner.
Tic defense wanted to call MUres hut the
Court limited them.
is to AcCa!frcy, James Thompson, John
coetelln, Michael Sullivan, Bnrt!ey .Langan,
John r. barrett, mud William lIanlcy were
but their knowledge was pcrsonal and not gen
eFaL The charges r.Iw pending wcro tho only
onea they had Gver heard VI at.atnst him.
Fur swcetzcr, ". Il. Gray an.a papicl 1'ooth
fesscd 70 crimes, but previous 10 tho present
matter hls reputation had been gUOI.
JolMson was then nut Oh the stand. lie
testified tint llc haa been III tue lumber huxi-
ness nuinly sInce l,e had lived +, Cht;nao !!c
Previously he had been member 1f tic Board
Of Supervisors, and at QUO time President.
During the War llo paM hounties. to SOL
dlrrs lor the county. !le kncw Kimberly.
u lie l,a relatc.l att'!it advancing tho prc" of
meat-cbeatlng IN wutghts-iook place. 1lc .atl
bouEhs goods u Forsytlle T. Co..-ttc first tIlac
In Echr1lury 1b74, VI hen llu was nletnbcr u tho
Petioiat Ut tic County building. Icrulot was
furnishing supplies tlHn. Never hady any ura-
desta1ldlllR with him tint lia was to cheat thu
county. Dbl not know IT VIA being done. tlu
paid ict!olnt for his groceries IN the County
Bu!ldIng. lid not know that there was I'D ae.
count uH ForAyts,o T. Go.'a buoka against hin,
until TIC eaw II III the newspapers. Tint was thu
teason he went tn tlle store ana saw
Bss,slsy Ile sowfd nsa,ssy pcfi3,ats r.
baawc on The louk., lle prH!uecd tllss LILY.
II WIS for siOi.5l.l That was the only Till
BearJsley gave. him. lie did not get 'tran.
sript Of tho ledger.
tbe meat contractors tslat they wcro not getting
price cnoughi Objected to.
Nr. Reed proposed t0 provo that nppligatio1
Nas r,ade to conm!ttc. 1T wltc! Jot.1,'on Va.
eusted and rejected, ani lseiusnrdt TOLD 10 gt
to thu full is0artl.
The Court admitted tbs evidence.
Witness katA krinhasdt wanted resolution
1NcREAstSo THE rH1cE,
aud wah told that tho unIy thing tic Commit
tec c0ull t!n was to rcce[Eu la cuntract, II he
Wished TO throw 1t up; tl,st It was his privilege
70 send communication to tho full Board
siAat tl'c matter. lte was surprised When III
heanl of the cheating. saw Kimberly attrl
charges were tnalto IN this newspapers anil askrt
bin about tt!e frauds. 4 thordllgh Inycsttga
tiot Ha. !lalc. and everything was found cnr
Il. md hc said everything wis ali straight. ila.
no tmst IN Any arrangement tn cheat ttle eu,tpt,
With Kimberly, perolat, Or a1Y other man, moi
da my one ever utfer ur pay hip my noney fo
hs influence, or tlini to him to Let curtain tLlng,
70 through.
cross-exam!ncd: Nnd known pcr!olat for ut
teen ycarB; bcen intimate with him. NothIns
hal disturbed their rc!attuVs; lmst hrcn 10 I'll.
sluo.roou.; iai MT traded With Fursythe 4
20. after BIZ EAs County Commissioner; askct
Pertolat why thv hills were charged to prof.
snd lohs; thought II strange. Us he had paid thu
amount. l!a.l l'ccn to the INSANE Asylum a1lt
sesuparca n'xxla viii, tliu bills; wns there witt
himftrly, aMl Walsh, and sweetxrr, nnd Rein
Aatt neoMt gotnIs, but nut Ut l'csiolat OF For
a5the. Witness prtNlucrA twa other bills To-
E1n14 Witch he la.l pull.
. lEdlrett: Prrinlat * p5alilel why ny ac:oun
ha.t t~en charged 10 prulit ut,u loss.
.V-Dld ti'at cxplanatfon have reference Il
ats teiatiHns with thu tfrm. especially with For
Eanet Ub]eesedt IL; Objection ovcrFulcJ. A.
Alter recess, i. 8. Watts testified that Ca.
peater's reputation for honesty anl intcgrit
"a! always Gecn gnNl.
IT, capt. Ehar!es Walker WIS next sworn: 1lay
ayt.l III Ch1sugo twenty-iiyu ycara. l,ccu ln th
saloot business, cunt raetor, cxravat!ng bu.
Ssss, ailtl y LAKE Captain. Remember scciu
Kimberly about thu Tins Ae was = witness lx
soso the tiranl jury l,l lb7i Think It was i
August saw him Ia Iiol4ietn ia Stelubreaker' r
stao'n. sal'n. Heard him taY to men who wcre wit
n,nl that Il snonoy and swearing could do it b
BEND THEN TO HELL.
CrosA-examtnnat: llaycknown 5tcCaf1scy sine
ne Wa boy, First told this story 10 lie Su
petiateudcnt Of tho County Court-il0use Tha
80 when the cases were coultng up for tria
Anl excayatlng {or the cIty's portion OF Il,
Iourtltuusc now. Do not know tic names 9
tls parties who were With Kimberly IN III
kalooa. Never SAW them hefore.
H-Wlnt were you fuluE Ill tho sa1oon1 A
houlcyaId.
Martin U'Seil sworn: Drive tho county atr
o1AsKe wayu,i. Know Kimberly. llRye bee
osiEtng tbs ambulance for nlnro than thse
}safr. Carroll aud Mct'a!irey were u the poul
aouse oie daY eheckis1s gootls. When the
s,..n nen away ktubcrly paced tue aoor aud sat
shey bad been there to receive gxxfs.-tnat
~ not their business to lO ~ willis b. wa
'nralaet,-that ilc you'd get uyen with tlel
tGakine use ot AecatIrey's name, II II took al'
twenty ysars.
ltosse1uuinel: Am In the employ OF th
county.