, 1877-06-14
II Indictments Arc Found, They Will
Probably nc Regarding The
Cut.Stonc Contract.
A Brief History Of That Interesting Job,
aud the Mon Who Voted for It.
That Ssttea Hett[ug whlth Was field Last Week
..Cuud.BY, athlitk.

fnfflCu III no nti1tf way tnAn LnAL, ku1W1DE Inc
work bcforc item, they were 10th to enter upon
It. I'ts corridors and halls wcfc filled with
anxious spectators and cur!ut,s reporters 1ong
In adyanct Ut the iuTY's being ca1lud II ofdcr'
and among the crowd were fcw patient wit
uesscs who tad appeared from day to day with.
ont being ablc to ret hearing. The observctl
Of all observers, however, WIS the man
Of icstcrs,--C. Z. T. Holden,--who hat1 bean
called to answer such questions as might BE-
proponded affecting hts stewardship ~ County
Commissioner. fic WINS surrounded BY tho
cagrr crowd in advance Of being callcl and ask.
cd ali nanncf OF questions, aud hc responded
as one trcallng on dangerous ground aud ut
the very Threshold vi destruction. Ills cJas
were watcry, his uctiou nervous, and tic might
have impressed one aot knowing his pecullar1-
ties as icing on tito eve Of telling tho truth.
The reporters, however, were not Of this class,
and consequently were not mtslcd, understand
ing full well THAT he setdom does good thing
unless by mistake, and that, when f,c tnnkcs H
mistake of this kind, he loses no ttn1a IN cor
rccttnE It.
When tic Jury got down to work the first Wit
ness called WAS
COMMISSIONER HOLDEN.
uc answered promptly, aud, being put on tho
stand, was detained over two hours. It Ia TN.
necessary to undertake 10 give his testimony IN
full, embracing the questions and n.lsNcrs, aud,
beside, thu want Ok spacc forhils:. Huflleo It 70
eay that he had q severe overhanlluR, and uade
to give an emphasis to certain Btorics that
would have bfIstcrcd an orlnAry tongue. The
picture llc painted was ono Of luuocetcc, and II
there WAS amy one thing about which be was
osi "a ~ba sqs1sas L soxn @ m s
be did not know tho man; had never
hearu Of him, antl II he was = bud
nun lo hoped 10 never would. The only sin he
had eyer committed was In coming 10 the assist
ansc Of Mis-. L'eb In bur CONTRACT to do .1ulc
folio writing for her husband, anu this 1e had
done IN the Kfndncss of his heart. fut ehc was
likely to fall on her contract lc bad taken
because le could do 1t BETTER thcrc-thc Hight Of
his parlor windows was better than could isc
fund elsewhere, aud bcalics lie lad agreed to
ply nau 5u cents week to g,aarl lls house ut
safe III his kecping than they woa'd l,ayc been
tn the best DOWNTOWN vault When llls mcHs-
osy Ind bcc,i refreshed by d Juror calling Ills
attention. 70 TIT TH1puTE 9f yss,ter'iay r, ,or'~
COMMITTED ANOTHER lNniscNEriUS,
and thru proceeded to reIatu iiow he lml found
!, great robbcry EolnE on at tae Insane Asylum,
tr t act @ and % snSseucntiy s % ropcd d. tic % woc
matter. In hts explanation tlG came very nchr
establishing the fct that t.c had heard of pcru-
lat before. by mentioning Ills nanlo III eo,lnec:
tluu witt, tLa robbery, but l,u corrected hnisclf
nouncs tic wot, l'critlat. Tic whoo tLlng,
Ii. present experiences hc could not make It
for. wlsel. he lad afwaYa becn sorry,
In discovering the robbery, OF at lGaat
!n speaking Of It, and Mocat.
ttcY haa tosA MIN OF u ~ TUG
time. lie hnt1 Geeta Slate CONVINCED tha! therc
bad been no robbery committed, that lo III! not
EIow the l,cal'lilEof tic T1Fd anl assured THO
Jury that ho never ns4 since, a',d n, 1eyst would
aali1>, do tle lke. These wcrc hls confessions,
f"a il & sssa s to os ths' oy s{s*,s @ s
realer The jury aid not bevrs h,s stSty IT, 81, on
tas Inside. Gna ceEtaaaly THO FepotteFs oaa nut
on tho outside.
The next witness called was ny lesa person,
agc tlan tle Commissioner lFom Ashland
&senac-
PAT clnHoLf~
e entered e room VIII! '* fpce ;' us'sa, M,a .est an
not Knowing, what to expect. to toak MS scat
xas sworn, ata giving hla eycs hcnyenwnfu Ia,,f!
glance, which is q fayoritc gesture Of l1ts wien
~ va not uS
FAYE to y Thy st os hs hroEnS. hsf ~. tniai.y
et BIZ eXes and s',a!se y, Of his nsad 10 was
"Aid what Is that namet' was tbs answer.
npo you know PertnlatW
land, II ~ plase, who u your FoorlotF"
"Ans"er'the Huestln1; w. OF no."
W. @HN tVs"osi "fsS s'4
Chicago twenty ycars, aau n!Ycr beard the naine
tcinrc." --
"Then he never gaye you any money Tor your
TolcW
"Ana how should be when don't know the
hatt." .
ado You know of his llaFing paid my other
Comm miasloncts any money!"
AN sure don't, upul nc honor"
",fhat do you know about the letting ol
eontrartai"
And Is 1t that COW story that yea wants tc
hear1',.
MI. Carroll. be Kind enough to anawcs my
qaest!ons."
"Well, gentlemen, II ! Inust must. Yc
se. bought ttut cow"
". Carro!is sow story wa here inssrtupted ted.
ton. liz was found, however, to oc Us innoeenl
~ ~. 'a,nb ara aar1nicss Al dove md tho re',
The next Wftllgss was e4-Complss!oper
JOHNSON.
llia memory was fund very defective. aud fol
The life Of lin be had nj recollection of having
e,er seen or beard of periolut. liz could 10,
tTeu 1euIcmbaf Ills nlauu!tn converse.
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