The New York herald., 1878-10-13
TWO MILLIONS IN 1T.

AMOUNT OF BAIL BEQUIRtD.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IL. 1873.
There was partial examination into the w Whittaker
will case this afternoon In the Court OF Quar-
TER Sessions, before Judge Brggs, where the
three prisoners were arraigned upon writs OF
haoeas corpus sued out by their legal defenders in
The endeavor 10 procure their release The testimony
elected OF the startling and Interesting
tures and reveals In still more strikiDg manner
than anything heretofors shown the dangerous con-
spiracy underlying this romance OF crime, by which
an alleged cunning scheme was cencocied for
tho purpose OF defrauding the heirs of miiionaire
estate OF fortune worth nearly So Oo0, ooo only a
1.-THE OF tho evidence In possession OF the common
wealth against the prisoner given to-day-morcIy
enough to convince the Court that ,nsy should not
bc released. 1t appears that there was conspiracy
within . conspiracy. Tne partners In the affair
were evidently playing false 10 each other and IN
stead OF Dckerson being the principal, with his hu-
mansarian Will btqusathing all OF whitta-
for D.ckersou, and tho remission OF his
tDickerson's) debts 10 the testator would
ana endeAvorsd forge another viii 10 defeat both
tho lawful liens and D'ckerson himself
THE PRISONERS AT THE
The three prisoners William r. D,ckerson, the
venerable locking lawyer; Joel vanarsdolen, his
younger partner at the Bar and Herman c. Palte the
specuator-sat In tho prisoners dock. They were
nanked by half a dozen lawyers 10 defend them on
one side. ana as many more Of the District Attorneys
oce and OF private counsel Tor the heirs interested
IN the prosecution on the other.
BUYING A WITNESS.
The first important witness was stephen N. Bar
bour, who Was questioned by the District Attorney
%Did you ever have any conversasion with Herman c.
sir He came to my clothing store and wanted to
know wanted to make any money | said was Wiling
about He that charitable purpose ana
would haS y nothing H he s na
I promised: Ne proposed I, me I, be = Witness
cspt It time wanted to think shout i. The
day h soM in I'M and Sssdsd not e do Il ds
know. told my brother what had been
"a!ised .n;s v,n him no. not 70 20 60 h, into , >.
o..sia rssrrias to v.S.a.iaa i has Mr. Ro.ie.s
siSs hs With Mr.
signature upon II and gave th.. document to MIN
stated that rnse had offered him 81 ooo to become wit.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. B.rbour's examina-
ss . la. the s.m.s '"; nigh, ns.
the msmsas tho stand aid No. .Sss
guilty interested in the w,' added Mr. Barbour.
and was not afraid to como upon tho stand"
CONSIDERATIONS COMPANY.
The next person called wasJ. w. H.llings, who ad
mited tnat he was an nhdo ana was declared incom-
Johu McAilistcr, a clerk In French's Hotel, New
French,s IN company with Pute. Vanarsaalen and
Scnoheid ON the 9th OF August last; there were
i've constantly together during the three days OF
John Mcdonnell, of New York, was asked If ne
knew Pule. SchsAsd or Holings.
They came int" AZ No. g. Nassau =;
he said they wanted TO look at seals for stamp
they ws9. very particular search the drawer w.n
70 =, sure G that the" saw q. s. seals had
producins the seal used on the alleged forged viii,
them"
Van arsdAl a ho DiCk0PSOn a
store at that time
Mr.. Heliings was then permitted to testify. after
mortality OF tho SOUL his Honor declaring MIN
competent He tcstded that he was 10 New York, az
Frenchs Hotel, on the 9th oil August with Aessrs.
schoHeid. Pui,e, vanarsdalen anu J. b. Read.
I'VE store on Nassau street." continued tho
witness. and purchased four seals; two seals had d. GU
isesi produced and iden,iaedl
sho.s .nd .d what nie so ane
me have y and viz make good one he took IL and
sEer showed the witness the original drs: Of the
% ss s Ss% . which had
"wbns they writing what subject did they discuss
..lhsy were talking about will"
MI Hag.s. showed 81. witness ~ % roll Of brown tape
whl which he identified ss roll whish had been given
Of IN, prisoners counsel asked
Yes, sir" replied the witness. $500"
Who gave Il oyouf',
"
ana waen gave them TO him l received the $500"
These arc the papers Detective Franklin secured
HeIlings FIRST demanded $1,000 Tor the papers. Tho
the cOunierplot against Dickcrson. Those papers,
which were rough drafts OF forged will, wcro givcn
up by tho advice OF Pulte, Schofed and Road, and
this money divided among the tour, including
Hellinga
.H.d you no suspicion Of vhst the papers contained
burn. counsel for Diekerson.
Wn,n', Il tho purpose TO substitute win for tho ono
had wsrons thoy afraid to approach him on tho
what they were doing =" - " " - -''''- 'A'"
II believe they werer
r. 50 sn md s,. ssn % % fs: Mr.
sE d Dis,sT'on. and .l.o the siena.nrs Of Robert
Ss s' @ pss psses 50 H.p
IT mentioned on the street that the papers
scsoviELp SWORN.
Schoned was then sworn. lie was UNIV Hing
witness ana said II don'l known 10 a great many
| questions. He showed extraordinary ignorance
OF what took place a. Fr:nch's 10 h,:
Frsnchs Hotel from Read Pu.te thoy writing
will; Mr.. Dickcfson was not there At any tmo; he
had never spoken TO Mr.. Dickcrson.
REQUIRED.
After Detective Franklin had testified to tho
OF Dickerson the numerous lawyers in tho case
dressed tho Court Mr.. Dickersons counsel sought to
show that mi ircd man, victim ei a
spraoy on tue parl Of Van Arsdacn and the rct coun
him by saying, "Presuming that the storckespcr's
evidence Of the sale OF tho seal alter Mr. Whutakcrs
death true. nnding Of that ses IN Mr. Dckerson's
possession Is a very important fact to connect
him with tho conspiracy" Mr. Hagart beng sd.
vDed by tho Judge that 10 was unnecessary for
him TO argue upon any point but tho bail, rs
the Court satisfied that prima facic case
had been made out, confined his remarks to that
question alone. Judge Briggs stated that, from
the evidence, SIR. Dickerson not NJ Frenca's
Hotel, and is seemed 10 him that tho plot was
approaching consummation before Mr. Dickcrson was
taken into The value OF The testimony OF Schohod
and HeiliLRs a question Tor Jury 10 determine,
ms was also the connection OF Mr.. Dickcr-
son and Mr.. Van Arsdalsn with the conspiracy.
To his mind tho evidence ngsinst the defend
ants was overwhclming and no believed tEat II would
be considered 10 the END, but he regarded Dickerson
as the tool IN the hands OF designing men, and
ma andiug the prisoners nxed tho haiti as foows:-
Dickerson. $4,000; Pulte $1,000 and Van Arsdalen,
$4,000