, 1879-04-13
GOIISEN.
Charged with Receiving Post
Office Funds.
Testimony Of Hitler, The Cashier~peeuliaritles
About tue Jurors Summoned.

Testimony Of Hitler, The ashier-~Peeuliaritie
About tue Jurors Summoned.
| The trial Of William S. Golsen for compltcit,
| in the mouey-orler dcfalcatfon was continued il
the United States Circuit Court yesterday a
| 1890 g. IN.
! THE WORE OF GETTING JURY
! wns continued from the previous day. Burton
| Wrigh: was challenged for cause, having servet
on the Gregg jury. Alr. Cornell, OF Hyde Park
and Edward Wing, real-estate dealer, wrrs
! excused pcremptorily By Col. Cameron.
| Judge Bangs, in examining the panel, tool
OCCASION to ask the jurymen whether they hai
auy connection With the late whisky prosecu
| tions. He challenged Charles F. Beebe ant
Thomas D. Mann, both e1-saloon-kcepers, per
| emptorily.
| Tie following jury was accepted BY bott
! sides: ". r. E. Leonard, stationer; E. r
| Hull, rubber goods; Caleb Goodwin, stationery
G, ]. Demarcst, furniture; s. j. Sawyer, rea
estate; J. A. Bowman, dry goods: James B.
Waterman, no occupation; A. L. Goldsmith
dry goods; J. ". Douniel, confectioner; George
s. Moore, farmer; Patrick Ryan, no oc.
cupation; George C. Rankin, farmer. The last
three are the only Changers, the rest being all
from this city. There Is something queer about
the manner in which the person to whom tue
duty Of serving the special yenire was assigned
nerformed his work. The venirc called for
eighteen men, and Of these three had been en-
ganed in the whisky business, two were ac-
ouainted with the defendant Golsen, and four
had No occupation. II appeared also that these
men, or many Of them, we're not found in
their places of business, If indeed they
posscss auy, but we're picked up in ga
loous and on street-corners. AS it was,
the prosecution having exhausted their right
of peremptory challenge, two men who owned
to an acquaintance with the defendant we're ill.,
Guided among the jurors
JUDGE BANGS
sa;l TINT this case was brought under Sec. 4,04C
Of the Revised Statutes OF the United States, and
that there were six counts in the indictment.
These be read, it being alleged In each that Ed
ward a. Miller conveyed ami ernbezzlcd certain
moueys. the property OF the United States, and
that Gulscu participatcd In the act or acts. The
amounts were specified in each case.
Judge Bangs said that the case was an ex-
tremcjy simple one, and the Law was very clear
Golscn and Miller were intimate friends, the
former having gouc Oh alnlcr's bond himself,
md afterwards procured friend to do so. It
would be- shown that Golsen obtained at differ
ent times from Miller at tic Post-Oflicc suns Of
money amounting to S2,5N, and that these
moneys were derived from the Post-Ofice funds.
lie believed it would De shown that Golscn
States. lie borrowed from time to time $4,000
in all, and paid back nearly half of it. But
this made no difference; he was liable for
the whole amount. The Government would,
however. have to show to the satisfaction Of the
Jury thnt Go1sen knew, Of ought to know, that
The money belonged to the Post Office. The
speaker believed that they could demonstrate
this. Gotseu was lard-up, and Miller was iu-
dcbtcd to him for ,nauE things. He might
have believed that il he returned the ulouey all
would be right, but tue. GoFeroment expected
to prove by the means which he took to procure
tha money that he knew be was getting it uu-
lawfully and Illegally.
COL. q. s. CAMERON,
for the defense, claimed that Golscn was entirely
innocent. It would be probably shown that Mil
lcr was dcfaulter to tile amount OF SIS, COO.
According to the statement OF counsel Tor the
Government, this was TO be pressed against the
defendant as atcchnical otfense, and it was held
that even II be returned all moneys that he ever
borrowed troEn Miller, he was equally guilty.
The speaker wanted all the 1acts to be known,
and tho adjudication to be reached thereon
in accordance with right and Justice They
Colleen did borrow s, ,5D0: from the tidniciary
agent OF the post-Oflicc, and repaid him every
cent, thus cleansing his hands OF the whole
transaction, it seemed strange that Golscn
should be charged With crime and Miller pro
duccd as witness. He thought if there was
any Justice in the matter the conditions should
be reversed. II auy wrong had been done the
guilty man could have best been reached by
using Golsen as witness.
Col. Cameron said he would SHOW that Miller
went to Golsen with q proposition to enter into
business with him, and said he had certain funds
OF his own which be would put up. Golsen
had reason to believe and did believe that
the money was lawfully b1iller's. The Govern
mcnt must prove absolutely that the contrary
was the case, and that but for Golsen the de-
falcation would never have occurred. He
thought it would be shown that a1il1er's defa-
cations began in 1873, while the Government
could not connect Golsen with Miller back OF
about December, 1877. Counsel did not be-
the statute if q citizen should obtain ten
$40 bills from Post Office cashier in exchange
Tor a note for S1O0. Yet the law read that the
Post~O Office clerk must not "changc any monsys
Tor other funds.''
EDWARD H. MILLER
vas the first witness sworn for the prosecution.
ae testified that he bccSrne connected with the
here until March IS, 1875. With the exception
II six months OF this time he served as cashier
IT the moneY-order division, under Gen. Sher I
nan, Col. Eastman, Gen. Macarthur, and Gen. |
Pal1ner. His first b0ndsinen we're hlS UNCLE |
Jacob Miller, and bir. Heury Reuter-, drug |
ylst. Golsen became his boudsman in 1868 or |
GO. and remained such until Gen. Palmer took I
,tiice. Witness had q very slight acquaintance |
sith Golsen when be signed the bond. |
When witness was asked for q new /
,ond nndcr Gen. Palmer: Golsen said his |
ltIairs were in such condition that he could t
,ot renew the bond, but would indemnify any |
person who would take his place Witness fail |
d to Obtain new bondsEnan, and Goisen got |
Ioritz Taussig to take his place. Witness was
vcll acquainted with Golscn bT This time, and
lsed to play cards and take drink with him.
n 1877 Goscn first asked him for money. The
rst conversation was had on the corner Of Alon-
oo and Dearborn streets, half block from the
'ost-OfIice. Golsen said he was in danger OF
osing some property unlcss be could obtain
j, 600, but witness said be had no money
4 week or ten days later Golsen asked him
o cash check and carry it q few days. Wit
ess consulted. 1t was possible that Golscn
romised to take care Of it the next day. He
aid that witness must not let 1t go through the
'leariug- House, as it might be returned pro-
cstcd. Witness gave Golscn S160 out OF the
loney-order money in exchange for bis check.
itcr that almost every week until witness left
lie Office they had transactions Of this char-
ctcr Golsen saw witness take tue S160 out Of
ne moner-order drawer,-must hare seen him |
o so. He obtained in oil some $4,000 from wit