, 1879-03-22
CRIME.


Sptcfa! Diaudtra to The Tribune
srntS0rfEtp, ILL.,, March 2i.-1'tte trial Of
Dr. Lewis Mn.on, OF Ncvgn, began In the
United stutes Distrle: Court io-slay. After the
u1,enng arguments, Pete Mccartney, the potcd
ct,,ntcrtettcr, was rallc,l IA tho arst witt.oss.
lio looked pnlo ind lnEgard, nml sllowa tllu
oiTcrts uf iiis confinement. Pete testified 1lat
hc tina known siasnn ni9l,t ycara, Md hal l'ccn
nssucIalc,i with him In "shovng't counterfeit
nlot.cy male by lln,so1. i1o met Mnhun III De-
ralur In Octouer, 1870, by appointment,
supplied him with counterfeit $aa5 a1l.l ej0bflls,
AM! a1w him pn+s several at different rIntes.
Mason tnok but ono bill Rs lime, aud ERyc pcto
the change scclirell. During thu evening tl1ry
gut awny wlsl nh..ut Stu III good money. Pete
admitted havtuE been In the eolsntcricssng
business over twenty years, md gavn Tic letal'B
Ot thcir operations. In DECATUR l'oto Thought
the officers who knew lin ns q "concy-man
were watching him, aml quietly Rlsd out. After
travelling about. lIt WIS arrested lc nuxt month";
TT RIcllMo1ld, blended guilty, ustl sent 1ip 1or
lftccn years. Iio testified TINT he hal
sent largo anoant of "coney" to
Ills wifc,, to 10 turnrsl over to thc tinvcr,l.
nlcnt. liz was then askGd 10 stato wl'at ~
knew nbput itU plato trUr1 which tAcs1 M!as
wrrc printed, nnl nbout The Eurgc amount of
"copryh lnilnt Il, tic possessiul, Of AlnsMt'
alll Mrs. StcCartlloY some months nEo. To
this ol,}cetun was ,naIo ly the defense. ninl
ktlstainesl. This ruling prevented letc from
tu,!ij,u. tho cxtcetctl sensational disclosures,
uli hi was permitted to lca:n The stantl. Sev-
crnl. witnesses tllc!1 rositirsly Identified Mason
ns tue man wllo lsa.l passea eu1nterleit Fab
i. q. i|aIhlmnc, Of tho scrret Service, test!-
tiett that the $U pinto Ind tcEsl ttIru'3 bycr tn
n @ y ar,"s % S i kM S,'sT1't { f. 'ytss Sta,s y "
'!ho potc Mecar,nes plate" llu arreated
Mason ut Fasmoun:, Ind, out found lit
counterfeit money.
W. ". Hull, oI The scrrct Service, testified to
substantially tho Batne Inrts.
Jake Mccartney. Pate cousin, testified ttat
1'ete's wifu wcnt 10 Ills lIausu lust November,
nni uaye him sos'le p.ates. which Wans
lunmunI lind left With her. She told him IL
h.'ry t tt'c "d give 'lrm to no o"o but poto o'
Mis-. Mccartney testified to receiving Tie pack.
nrG from llatn.uDlla. 5lIu afterwards received
tcttcr from, leie, scltlI'E hcr 1t vas Iowa
| prnprrty," which WAS u.tiesstooa TO M
"ctney." allo then turned It oycr to luke, as
| statrt.
| q psactlciir. physician at Nen.at who tcst!lie.l
tat 1,e sax MaxSn 1sn every day between re- tf wrt;
were aIc1; ut tho '!n,e md Mason attended
| them ainl hfs patients. consulting tic wttirss
every day. liz kiew sInson was mt out Of
| Ncnga twenty-fnnr tollrs between Tho 'hl md
thu 1Nth nj Dc.ubrr. Thr witncss 1snsnrt! seyr1n
patients whom AMsol, attended during these
liars, md some of tic parties test!teil to the
BunG facts, lnukihg ont complete a!ibi.
Alasun wis put OH the stand, and denied
pc.e's testimony In toto, claiming lint hr had
never beeW In Decatur; tn.t ne 1ntl nrscr snv
counterfeit moncy, md giving irsHn hls :ncl.io.
runtllu, >nuk u efr..llnstnnttaL statement Of his
| wllcspabouta from Oct. 10 tl!e ll'til.
lhe District Attorney will Gull several Wit
,csses IN rebUttn tomorrow, but Atusun wtll
| doubtless be acquitted.
| Pete Mccartney was turned over to tho In.
diana Deputy Ainrslmls night, u1t stnr:ctl off tu
| Michigan City Prnttnhtfnrv. lie ilal nNs;hts
Interview with hts win bcfotc frnylng, a,u IL Ii
reported TINT ii reconciliation was effected be-
! tween them.