The daily gazette., 1879-08-06
From the New York Fun,
Fisher Declared Guilty.
TELLS A STORY THAT HE DID
NOT TELL IN THE POLILE
COURT,

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY BELL |
ASKS A QUESTION AT WHICH WIT |
NESS FLUSHED DEEPLy-FIsHER RE- |
MANDED FOR SENTENCE.
Charles G. Fisher, ex-Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Of the District If Colum-
bia, and as alleged, legal guide of hte |
Sheperd-Babcock Ring, was tried yester- |
day In the General 5, ssions, on the |
charge Of giving, on April Is, in pay
ment for board at the Metropolitan |
Hotel, forged check for $S2.72, pur-
porting to be drawn upon the West Side |
Bank, to his order, by Messrs. Entwistle
Il Co., produce dealers in West street.
Fisher was freshly shaven and carefully |
dressed.
He had prepared . volnminous brief
Of his case, in round, clear hand, upon |
legal cap, bound with loop. of red tape,
and this he put before Lawyer Price. |
whom Judge Gildersleeve assigned to
defend him. He had also an account
book that would, he said, throw light
upon all his financial dealings for years.
Superintendent Adams of the Metro
p0litan Hotel tes ified that Fisher enga-
ged room there ON the l1th OF April.
At about 4 o'clock on the afternoon Of
the 10Th Of April Fisher took the check
for $S2.72 from his pocketbU'k and said
"1'm afraid I'll have to toni you TO
cash this check" Witness ioli Fisher
that he was not well enough acquainted
with him to do so. Thereupon Fisher
said "Why, am known to two OF the
attaches of the house-Mr. Nolan aud
Mr.. Florence" MIR. Moan was II. Sara
toga, but Mr.. Florence was called aud
said 81 know him. It's Mr.. Fisher Of
Washington" and turned away. Wit
nesss doubted whether The check was
good, but relying on Mr.. Florence's re-
cognition, he turned TO the counter and
directed Cashier Keith to cash the check
deduct the amount of Fishers bill and
give Fisher the balance. $70.22. Then
he directed hall boy 10 cali a tOupe
and saw Fisher enter 1t.
Edward Entwisle testified that the
firm of Entwisle & Co.-there 10 no 81"
near the end of his nsme-was engaged
In the produced business at 14l West
street, until Jan. 10 of last year, when it
was dissolved. The firm never drew the
check for $S5.72, nor had he ever seen
Fisher before. No other firm Of the
same name, whether It be spelled Ent-
wistle & Co., as 1t Is in the signature to
the check, or EnLwisle, ~ lie spells his
own name, has existed, TO his know ledge
in the United States.
Geo. w. P. Davis, bookkeep.r OF the
West Side Bank, testified that no such
firm as Entwistle & Co. has never had
an account in the bank.
Fisher testified, in his own behalf that
he is . native of Washington. His ia
ther is ex-Judge Fisher, formerly a
Judge Of the Supreme Court and Dis
trict Attorney of the District of Columbia
In 1858 he resigned his commission as a
Lieutenant In Company 1, Fourth Reg-
ment of Artillery, In the United Stat es
Army, and returned to bis fathers home,
In GEORGETOWN. In 1869 he became an
assistant 10 bis father, then District At
torney.
In 1870 he married young lady OF
Georgetown, and began to keep house
on his own account. In 1872 a child was
born to him, and his father invited him
to return to his home. He accepted his
fathers invitation. In 1873 he went to
Milford, Del, to attend to an estate thai
his mother had inherited from hei
father. He attended to his mothers es-
tate until 1875, when he returned tC
Washington, and took the place made
vacant by the dismissal of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Harrington. He filled
this place until the 4th of September Of
that year, when his fathers term expired
. He came to this city with his mother
who had business here, on the 18th o
April. She determined to divide her stay
In this city between the homes of the
Rev. Drs. Tiffany and Newman, and he
decided to board in the Metropolitan
Hotel, where he had boarded severa
times before. His mother quilted the
city on the afternoon of the 14th o
, April, agreeing to meet him in Philadel-
phia, whence they came to this city, OF
, the following evening. As he and hi
mother were quitting the West Philadel
phia depot, on their way to this city, OF
the 18th Of April, q Mr.. Browning,
, Philadelphia salesman, told him that
j Col. 4. Fl. s. Boyd Of Milford, Della
I ware, to whom he lent $67 in 1876, a
! the Centennial, was At the Sinclai
House in this city, and that letter ad
dressed there would reach Col. Boyd. +.
He wrot6 to Col. Boyd, and the latte
8 afternoon Of the 18th Of April, on tn
steps of the Astor House. There Co
! Boyd gave him the check, saying that b
: : Lad received It In payment for writing
X circular to fruit growers, and he band'
to the Colonel the difference betwee
D the debt and the face value Of the checl
He does not know where Col Boyd
, now.
D. "Why did you not tell us this stor
Q about Col. Boyd to the magistrate bt
fore whom you were arraignedss aftt
you were arrested, or to Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rollins, with whom, yo
!. say, you have communicated since yo
9 were lodged In the City Prisopi" aske
" Mr., Bell, in the cross exami natiol
9 "Why did you not say to Mr.. Rollins:
= was once what you are. Lend me hell
u ing hand. A scoundrel calling himse
L Col. Boyd has duped me with this chec
Try to find him for me-"
1Because did not choose to say an
J. thing" Fisher answered, curtly.
81 presume you were very indigna'
10 when you were arrested?" Mr.. Bell p'
sisted.
y "Oh, no." was Fishers cool reply. g
rs had had SO much experience in seeiL
other people arrested that l took 1t as
matter of c0urse." =,
Sylvester +. Wilson, pnellsner, OF !.
Nassau street, testified that C0l. BOY
ad visited bis publishing office IN Phiiade
phia, In 1876, and he Identified the lett
~ that Fisher said that he bad receive
from Col. Boyd, making the appoin
ment for the afternoon OF the 10Th
April, as being In Col. Boyd's handwl
ting.