New-York tribune., 1879-05-08
THE WARREY COUNTY FRAUDS.
AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY.

THE FoREMAS OF THE JURY IN THE EMPLOY OF
THE ACCUSED-CoNIRADICTOR TESTIMONY.
lFRoMA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUSEl
BELvIDERE, n j., May This morning
tho mOnO Ony Of ex-senator Corniss al broken by
the alrai ignmcut Of eight OF PmIlps0urss worthy Cit
zeus fOr selling liquor on Sunday, keeping dlsorIery
houses and selling without license aud o; them Tor
forging town orders. All OF them gave bail.
These cases being ipOsed Of thaJ Of ex-senator Cor
nsh was again taken up The Prosecutor subjected the
accused sharp oros,-examinaton. IL was developed
ta Ac attended two meetings at the Poor House the
Ist and 4th OF May last but that anything criminal oc
Cured accused denied lie went there both tines at
the request Of his bosom friend, Chas 5. sraer. whom
Cummns charged wilh imposing fraudulent orders upon
him This Strader denied aud the accused believed him.
He thought queer that Madison and his bosom friend
IMuger CumminS and his bosom friend Bulgn, and John
w Dean should all be there on each occasion. Ho knew
nothing proposed $4,000 note until afterWard At
Bsyidere, when Bu gin brought the matter up in
urcsenco OF Samuel Frame aud George H. Beatty. stow
ard and director OF the Poor House, and Freeholder
Miller. All Of them then refused 70 have anything 10
do with H. The amount, however staggered him. he
ala not know Cummns's losses wtrr 50 large. As TO
these losses puzzled when the Prosecutor asked,
Losses on what account o. and said no nad understood
that Cummins was 10 be reimbursed Ior losses, but
didn't know what losses
Prosecutor Harris then inquired into Cornish & CO.'S
organ business, and OF che men employ eel by them
witnln the last month Tho fact was ecited that tbs
foreman OF jury, Thomas d. McAurtrte, ID employed
in Conlsh's organ factory something unknown TO tAs
Prosecutor when the jury was drawn. The Chie.-Jus
tic- gaZad severely upon the foreman and s4d: am
surprised that defendant sloud have SAID nothing
OF tls wDeu the Jury empaneuod, and Particularly
tha the Juror his seat under the ciCumst
without saying anything OF these facts"
Another bad looking TACT aiuttcu ~ the defendant
was that he had LOANED John w. Dean, whom he
knew 10 BE- witness against him, $50 sinco tie last
term OF court
samuel Frome. steward OF the Poor House at tbs time
OF he eyed conspiracy, corrobogAted COnshs testi
tnony that nothing Of tho nature Of conspiracy
broaoAed the mortmEs He was surprised 10 see tLs
persons mentioned come there haylug received 10 Int
nation OF either meeting. He asked John W. Dean
about H. and Doau sad tlrJ had met 20 look over Cum
minss book. IL was well, too Dean added that they
had lookod IT, they found IN IS $4,000 mistake
Tao witness himself had bsen indicted on another mat
ter connected vita tie RING exposures but wa acqu
ted upon trial. AttOrney-Generu stockton conducted
the animation OF tne witness Cummins himself
nrt made witness the existence or the forged
and fraudulent papers In his hands. lie had conyer
sltou with Cummns ~ the last nootug 10 WhethOT
Cummins had brought the vouchers with him, ana
did not pursue tho subject mr. her; did not want
TO be mixed up In the affair at all. lie
garded their meeting there an imposition
upon HIN, considering the TACT that his
own accounts as steward were questioned.