Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-08-06
The Case of Charles Fisher.
TIE TRIAL IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY.


The New York Express of last evening has the
following:
Put Charles G. Fisher tn the bar" said AS
sistant District Attorney Bell In the court OF
general sessions to-day, when young man.
about 80 years old. with black hair aud Slight
Inustache, walked forward and took his seat In
front Of the judges bench, outside of the space
rallied In for the prosecuting officers. A Jury
his opening. He said that the prisoner Was
charged with obtaining money under false pre-.
fences. In the spring Of this year. probably
aoe in Rs ca ab gp sr At the
there some time he notified the cashier that he
was ABOUT 10 leave, and gave him check pur-
p01 It 20 pe ara y; by Entwistle Co. on the
west Slde BANK Ia favor Of the prisoner or to
his order for $s2.72. The check was indorsed by
the prisoner when he handed 1t to the cashier
with the request that the amount he owed for
xlO, and the balance be handed to him (Fisher).
Ine cashier handed the check to Manager Ad-
ANS. ana the prisoner, who said he lived in
hotel employees as person he knew, got the
balance OF the money. The check was deposited
In the bank with which the hotel did business
bank marked An
was then made, which showed the check to be
forgery, as no firm of the name OF EntWisle
Testimony for the prosecution was then heard
bearing out the statement of the prosecuting
attorney. The prisoner was defended by Ed
u.
~ with questions. In his opening for the de-
fence the counsel for the prisoner stated that
he would show that this check was given to his
client Ia a business transaction with man
FISHERS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Fisher was then sworn, and testified that
cashier at the hotel on April 18th. ne did moi
know that 1t was bad one. He received it
from person he had known as Col r. H. s
Boyd on Tuesday, April 15th on the steps of
md
money and so gave him check He had bust
ness transactions with Col. Boyd in the summer
OF ISL He received letter to meet Col. Boyd
which was dated April 14th. The letter was
produced and placed in evidence.
ON the ss-examnation the prisoner said
ne had resided at Dover, DEL, was twenty-p'ne
where he had resided for some time. The wit,
ness had been I'm the regular army for some
tlme, and left 1t In 1868. He was lawyer by
profession, and had been Assistant District Az
tOrney OF Washington, d. c., from 1873 to 1915,
when his father held the Office of District Attor-
ney. His father was not here, and he did not
desire to see him when he was in such position
Col. Boy d met him at the Aston House about II
O'Clock on the 18th Of April; the second appoint
ment with BOYD was by letter; knew Boyd
since 6s or 49, ne published Boyd's Directory at
Washington; did not meet him from '73 to &c,
when saw him at the Centennial In Philadel-
phia; never had any pecuniary relations with
with him; he represented himself as a news
EokOi mai, UO otdyCu Will llit ut lily HOUSE In
Philadelphia; subsequently met him at CONT
mental hotel.
lit should be stated that the Boyd above re-
lerfed to is not the publisher Of .Boyds D1rec-
tory OF the District Of Columbia" (wbOse initials
are w. H. out the former publisher of q pusi-
ness card Dill ectOry In this city.]
VERDICT OF GUILTY
the New York papers of this morning
state the jury found Fisher guilty of obtaining
money under false pretences, and he was re.
malded unth Friday for hearing OF argument
for new trial.