, 1880-12-04
B. L. ALLEN.
The Last Of the Evidence-The
Counsel and the Judge.
The Jury Promptly Bring in Yer.
dict of Not Guilty.

for him when he wns Receiver tor tho Mlasizappi
T. Missouri ilnilrt'att Company. ALEU- had becn
appointed In leG1', ntd was ullod nn to pay ovor
in 1871.
Con. I.enko tl,on naked whether Allen was
rca'ay tn pay ovcr when he WIS cnltcl un, but
questions ,seru put tu urovo thht Allcn Gould Aut
reEu1t when askril tn, hut wanted titnc. un Tint
he huRht Into tho Eonk County SntonaI Hank
for tho nvdwctf purpose Of getting funds To
el,lure ..p Ills Receivers account. hut they
weru MI ruled uut. The Judge held tAs
tlnu of examination WINS m n col
Iutcrni pnlnt. TINT 1t had tecn
evoked BY tho Diasrict.Attorney IN cross-ex-
animation at Allen. and Alien having, of eo,,rsc.
dcu!e,l nnr stich i,tontion, tho Government Wis
bound by his atntoments
The olject In calling for Mr.. Withruw having
been thus dafentct!. hu was allowed 70 With
draw aHtl
SAMUEL F. sMiT11
sas called. lilo wasa lawyer In lies Mofncs. and
wns proceeding to tell Whit he knew nbout
Allcn's failure to settle ny his itcculvcrs ac-
count. whom Aitgn's counsel objected. and tho
witness WIS nut allowed tn IN IN, for tho sn!lO
rrneon ~ That given 10 WItbrow's evidence.
The tinvsrnti.'nt rt,slsScI pr,pnscd "a prove
tint Allrn lMf tho Receivers nccn,s1,t by drafts
on tho es,ok County SMtlunnl hank: hui 30 81
pay np nit Tint was dire. rhis WAS nil excluded,
uild tho srlct-Attnrt,cy tsarn called
LYMAN TttcMhGft.
lie had tnct; a Director md stOckhDl.lcr In
thu Cnok County NatIonui III iii, i'll was
not allowed 4, give my retntnsrcmecs
e r., hs resoai ana : ca,neeton with
closed.
"rnoCEEp TO TIE JURY. GENTLEMEN
sail the Judge ati thu District Attorney roso tn
rtn,lJ,lg lho Inv unar which Allen was inflicted
md s'sc Or t"', Of tho !'Mnk retmr,s, tue counsel
tSbt
ovcr tic testimony Of Mugs and tllu o,sr Uov-
cr,stMrnf wlttr+s To phnw tunt tho necessary cot.
hase kt0wt' Of tho fnsuIyanry Ut lils D,.,ik and
1t Thy ta!si,y . nt the & ~! rornrt* iIo then
Or the bud co1ld!tiun Gf tho lutrsk when ho went
H.. but fu!cd to eI Of 1t, or III call tho stock
holders dor ~, nssessm.ns. M @ or T. m L'nso any r.,
was lceurutg wheil be wiAteu 1t tn be, hu hal II
nroa skpo's Ssr,Sy wny "f sSsrF lss,f
lllu't know whit its i1*s.ts wcrr, dliin't
knew M alo!,t t!, the reports nac. in sonelt,:on
Of Al!tt cbusd not tear his brcnst open AMI cx-
pose ''is secret tho!'ghts, bit le had ahown tho
mud exniaincI "a tho tloory ot Alens isuoraucc %
nill Innocence.
s1t. n1snEE
followed in . kind Ut xuerrIlln warrarc on McIRs
anu Is!enneFtlIlHsett. ws0 seemed to GI tho par
Iin cla!mctl tho indictment would ,.rver haSo
is1l,s- sturslln, 1lostty hetxce1i Allen anu t!s
partners. stcphcns md f,lunnerhasae,t. mud thcy
lso s ~ W. vty ess @ sEa Mf
lcnnerhassctt and the American Exchange Nh
ttunnl LINK, another Interested porty. anl thcrn
l,atl hcpcd i,ny Ills h.tei bliis lcrc HiIe,, wiss
painted asa wlttn-sot.lc,l. EcnertHls 1hltaihro.
S",y Sasioaai' and resolved IT to ' siand se q iii
Amer "; I!sbee's closing appeal to tho Jury
to aGquit Ills client, loC0urt hdJourucu for dill.
nor. In tho Afternoon
Jrpar COLE,
senior counsel for Allen, nl1n n farcb!c n.ilrcss
IL psoru first, TINT tho tut rlrs Ii, tho rcrls wcrr
fnlsc. and that Allen ut thu time kl,ew tint tact;
n,.d. secoslt that tlu san'o wSru tne with l,'t-
holders or to deceive tllo Directors uf tho bunk.
Tho witness Melgs hui bcrn srns ont by Stephens
NuttonMl link fur the purpusu ot procuring tho
indictment tlnt It might tntuuncH .si!es trstl-
Is as SetM. eet ho ts.s eav s W sao" e hS
Junk; Yto axYrcsatc of tho rsis,rte corrc-
Appeared % Is laily Dalut,ce- oult. THO tiiiTsr-
oilce Of <lu,otl III tho tr'n of nserslratls wits
nr tue item represented In ovcrlrltts was rpr
l,,aIs ,, n'm1s to c!.,toners' mud pr'nerIy amons
.1no tnts.,t - ,iefr,nl, tho counsel urged In
closfnE, wRs clfectnnlly dfspruSel hy tho fnct
that Allan converted his cntlru DriyHtu fortune
lnss three Or fonr tnUt,ths OF It's cxistonee.
Tho closing nrgumants Iu tho casc were thun
mal0 by
GEN. LEAKE.
lie rIdiculed tho ltru that tho reports wero cor
rect aud claimed with considerable fnEce, TINT
tho itgns H. q! ossrsralts eoul not haye hcuu
Of tho fu,,r reports t,ltler consideration tho bills
discounted IN tho bntanec-tHn,k ayrcrll with Tho
were oGy CHI. n g IT, 1r IL "fSGs
sutn ttNn IN tho lAltlcg-GtsUk. THO QOtGTti-
tnc,lt ha,l dono Ill |. could do; It lad shown tho
fnUts, and tho nGcCashry consequence WAS QI4t
Allen Intended to lcfr.uti a1n,ul,ody.
TUE JUDGE
eo eng;sca tao nr 1conr the sHts
nr tho Controller. cite. Mt Rnnu ftuRth the 1uIXu
sntd tlut usn'or tic Indictment tho atts!l-
at9n Of t:,9 t!ry Innst 6o sontlne. tl.ss, to tho
Is, as tn whether sueh entries wtro tl.de viii,
,Mtr!t TO sisfsa.td tho bank or ~ stt'cklol:rs.
IT. e srnHs t " pssciSss An ntsn t, Sssss
bans bc!aro tic p"Do. was 81 lot IT, t. be e' cscr" I
trlcl Attorney WIS not russ,ul.s!blu for tho nnr
5p ts ws wa Wnsh !. e a sh9rxs :? o ws s
not drawn by hin. Thu word "falsu." IN usel
n tho law, meant Intentional tn,set"ot 4
must s!iow lhe resuIrccs anu liabilities u tho
ns ss ssfSs % ss'9snE a rEks 30 oss in S %Ss
Of statement Of Nssets Or the natncs by which
th.y wsr. @ called tsrrt!rntta Miaht 10 % eai'm!
termed r'.x',. Inat II. tbs difference bctwsan
thu rcpott A,,d houks might 20 oxpa!netl. 1,ho
provided fur i siule.ncnt nf chucks At,A ctst,
Items. showing that tcooYn!xttl .ls Necessity.
sssa estaa ssss ws ~ Woss s1 II tast M sa
a bankor La,I right u d!snonll@r -, item nf
tSS @ III to fs atq H. " IT. s1s ss s'''"SS yss
dt PAElnr discounted nIRht EB ellnrkttl IN sAUt6