The Portland daily press., 1878-12-12
The Conspiracy Case
TEKE THIRD DAV OF THE WIN.
SHIP TgIAL.
Hollands Testimony Concluded.

life previous to the time l went to Madison
Falls continued in the employ of my father,
with the exception of short time while / was
employed in New York and Boston as horse
Car driver. LETT the Horse-car Co. in Boston
because was discharged.
L owned one half of an interest Of my fathers
store in Limerick, while my brother was owner
of the other half This was before 1 went to
Boston about IL years ago. After had the in
terest in the store worked in the mill.
When left the store sold my interest TO
my brother, the consideration being given part
ly in notes and partly in horse trade. My
part Of the stock was worth about So 900. 1
did not continue in business more than six
months. My father gave my brother and me the
stock in the store with the agreement that we
should ruu the store and pay all the bills.
My father paid me no wages for my services
iu the mill nntl was NJ msrried at the age of 10.
| The money received from my brother for my
| share of the goods in the store l invested in
| baldir gs; this was two years sfier I left the
| store. The witness then explained that the
money invested 10 buildings which were erected
| bv him 10 the town OF Limerick, amounted to
| $1,000. His family he said lived in the build
| ings which were burned, insurance $230O He
first began to negotiate with the Madison Falls
| Manfg. Go. FIR the purchase Of their mill in
the spring OF III and purchased the mill in the
| following November.
When l bought the mill at Malisou Falls
| had the $1700 insurance and $500 which [ re.
| ceived from my father.
| When the building was burned down there
| was a mortgage on it of $780, the witness was
| CLOSELY questioned as to whether his Buildings
were burned down during his negotiations for
| the purchase of the mill, but would no. state
positively. He was also asked whether he rep
| resented at the time of the purchase he had
| $1,000, but would net state directly.
| In Jany. 1876 he denied that he made false
| representations to Mr.. Baxter and Mr.. Win
ship.
Between the Srd of March and the 18th of
| April 1876, have no positive recollection of
| going into the office CT Mr.. Wipship with pa.
per drawn up aud signed.
Mr.. WinsDip then asked the witness pun-
| Der of questions as to whether he received any
| money in Mr.. Wnship'S Office alb bout the 8th Of
| April, bat he answered all the questions equiv
| ocally
About the last of April in obedience to the
instruction Of Mr.. Winship, l gave him a
schedule of my property. MI SWEET being pres
ent.
The witness would not swear positively that
Mr.. Wiuship did not tell him that it would
not be safe to rely on the mortgage of the 18th
of April. to cover the goods | then had on
hand.
1 am positive that Mr.. winship said on the
4th of May that the mortgage OF the 18th of
April would cover anything
Mr.. Holland was minutely examined in re-
lAtion TO the two, bills Of sale also to the mort
gage # the 18th of April, and the $1,000 note of
May Sd, but would state nothing positive He
could not remember who WAS in Mr. Winship's
Office May 4tb, in addition toIMr. Winship, Mr.
SWEET aud himself. At that meeting Swett
and said that had about $1700 worth of stock
and that another mortgage snould be made to
cover it. The substance of the rest of the COL
versation don't remember.
During the month of May was in Mr..
Winshtp's office nearly three times week;
while in the office many persons passed 10 ard
out OF the back Office where we were 1 went
to Philadelphia about May 2Otb, aud stopped
over in Boston aud saw o. T. Klnbail
& Co., but do not remember how long
assmaned Naw IL BSston' %ass r,om Boston 9
days and saw Ynle, Bull & Co also John
Seed, Wm Ryan and others, but will not state
positively whether purchased goods on credit
Thence went to Philadelphia aud remained
Pbiladelphis, or at what hotel I stopped at.
Besides visiting the Centennial L went to see
Abbot Bros. and David Scull & Co. L used to
sell goods to Abbot Bros, who offered me terms
not as good as those of Yule & Bull of New
YORK, which was the reason went to see
them.
bought about $1,000 worth Of goods from
Scull & Co. by fraudulent and decsitful repre-
sentatioDs. From Philadelphia went to New
York where BOUGHT goods from Seed & Co.,
Jacob Bash, and VIM. Ryan, from the former
think last. also tried to purchase stock
from other FERNS both In New York and Phila-
delphis. Mr.. Winship told me to buy goods on
that trip on three or four months credit, and
bought some goods from Seed s. Co. on those
terms. The witness could not remember
whether he gave a note at that time to Seed &
Co., or how much goods he bought, or how
toug ne eone the goods on. Neither could hs
state distinctly from whom he bought goods on
two, three or four months credit, but thought
he bought goods on those terms fson Seed &
Co.
Mr.. Wipship here subjected the witness to a
sharp and critical examination as to his busi-
ness transactions after he claimed to have re-
ceived the instructions from Mr. Winshlp to !
buy on four months credit. Thesoriginal notes
aud bills given by Holland to Seed & Co., of
New York, j. Mclaughlin & Sons OF Skane-
ateles, New York, were shown and identified
BY Holland, and proved to be only 30 days
credit
Goods were bought from Scull & Co and
from Ryan s. Co, on 80 days credit, not four
months. He stated that he believed he bought
goods from Seed & Co. on four months credit,
but the schedule produced and identified by
Holland shew that they were bought on 80
days. On the trip to New York he thought he
Dayed Seed & Co. all be owed them with money
he received from Yule & Bull. From New
York he went to Boston, but did not remember
By what road, or how long he remained in Bos-
ton, or at what hotel. While iu Boston he
bought some shoddy stock from o. T. Kimball
q TO-, Oh 0U Gays lnSL6aO )I -FOUR months,
L don't remember to have bought goods dur
ing that trip to the Centennial on four months
credit, except from Seed. L returned home
some time in June. The last part of the same
month was the first time met with Mr. Wiz
ship after the trip He told me to sell all the
goods l coulc, AID get the cash out Of them
and also asked me what friend L had who
could go to Boston with me aud testify tn at
lost money. | also copversed with Mr. Win
ship 10 relation to my bankruptcy. I swear
positively that l met Mr.. Winship before the
Isl of JaIy.4
don't remember sending for Mr.. Winship to
come aod see me at the Adams House. On the
81 of Jolly saw Mr.. Winship in the morning,
bat do not remember who was there do not
remember telling WinsbiD on this morning
that 1 was going out to Wndham to collect
some money Of Herbert Hall, but remembered
going. Returned between and o'clock in
The afternoon. Did not remember having
Isaac GolliDget's check for $1l00, dated ahead,
July 10!b, and getting Freeman Harmon to
cash it for $25 Was positive that no such
transaction occurred
Witness then repeats d the story of the pre-
tended loan of $4,000 SWEET had the money
lying in six plies, Wipship looked at it, bus
did not count it, and said, "a thousand 10 a
pile, suppose" Swett then gathered it up
and passed IL to Holland, who Immediately
handed it back. When it was gathered up in a
pile, Winship measured it. and found it was
about three inches high, and called the atten.
ton of Holland to this circumstance, in case he
should be called upon to testify about the re-
ceipt of the money.
On the 81 Of July. after leaving the office of
Mr.. WlDsbip, | went to the Boston depot. but
missed the O'Clock train, and went to Ssco on
the next train, then went to Boston, and that
night 1. met Mr.. Tibbetts at the Sherman
House.
the next day, the 4th of July, 1 went about
the city with Mr. Tiboetts, and finally was on
the Common with him 10 the evening, Hol-
land then repeated thesstory of his supposed
loss on the Common.
10 the eveeing did not copy, verbatim, the
letter that Mr.. Winship told me to copy and 4
send to my different creditors. He then gave
minute description of his subsequent actions
in Boston in relation to the pretended loss.
When came to Portland, the first person
told Of the lost was Mr.. SWEET in the Adams
House. The next day Mr.. Winship asked me
if could get any nstes for money dae me, and
to date back one Of which received cannot
state any particular day or any particular con-
versation had with Mr.. Winship during July,
Mr.. Sweet told me that Mr.. Winship wanted
to meet Leavitt, him and me in Gorham on
Sunday. When 1 drove to the appointed
place in the field, stopped short time at
Mr.. Winship's fathers house but don't remem-
bsr whether saw Mr.. Winship's father or not