, 1880-11-07

,eI,. rense. and \, $. Tr,>de the attorney for the
a sa,tvnaas. Prosecuting. Tilrrc were present ,p
IN tho case. Thcsr wore Messrs Frank r. suuw,
y! NJ tne canuda Southern: William r. johnson,
Mieo'gan Southern: Detective Wllium rlnker-
n1sl witness called was Edward a. Mulfortl. IL
ticRet ort'her at ~ Clark street. who testified
a9,n .a' s Mer came into bis office 5he day befse s
*nch hc afterwards discovered to be onunter-'
1eal: niiler represented that ,c WIS actng fur
lihEefly. and hnl secured the tickets i'll st.
present :.
At this stage Justice Wallace asked the pris-
oncrs II they desired to ask any questions Of the
witness.
% no" said Miller. ave would Just MS lief
waive hearlnx Or c1amlnation and he held over
to to ,ht n Grand ,i Jury 1t will be mere question
": Irole-rhese men are charged With q
grave crime. The dfspOsfug Of eAch one OF these
tickets constitutes cusc Of forgery, ami We will
have '.vtr hundred caa,s against them. do
not think that they should be held III less thnn
That was the amount of bail your Honor liked
iii the Seymour case. and these men are certnin-
y charGed with as grave an otrense, and these
are fully Us imports ant ciises.
The Justice then asked Stafford II he desired
to waive examination also IL am wlIltng.''
said he, "to wutyt. an examinations; guess 1t Is
the hest thing that can n."
Your Honor said Mr. Trude, :" we will havo
TO bear the evidence iu some purt of each cnse,
defendants are to he held" TO this Justice
WALLACE and the prisoners assented md Officer
Br;ltpn then testified to arrcsriuE the defend
ants. Us detailed In yesterdays TkIhusE.
Mr.. FRANK Z. SNOW,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent OF the Can
aud southern RAilft'a1 was next swOrn. He
testified to the fact thai the tickets founu In the
trunk and tnllses Ut the prisoners were counter
felt. He found cnpies of the dies and stamps In
severAl places In Detroit. and they were cxbib-
found.
Mr. William johnson, General Passenger
agent at the Michigan Southern also testified
as tt' the counterfeit character Of certain tick
ets WHICH ts"k in the line Of his road.
Mr William Pinkertnn was next called, and
swore that the men ack nnwledgcd tn him that
they uttered and sold these tickets, and were
willing to abide by the result.
". J., fsuker. Of Detroit, was next placed on
the stand. hus his testimony cut no figure
J. Z. Rubnvits. Randolph street scnlper,
swure to paying SIS for forged ticket TO Den
yer which he bought Of Miller.
A. J. Webb paid s. IN cush and ticket to New
proaucpda counterfeit pass Of the Lake shnrc
\ Michigan Southern Railway which he believed
Miller had snld tn him, and the plate Of which
at snoW had recovered III Ilctrnit.
y W. Morgan also bought nuc ticket
Officer Dennis Simmons ilentifltd tho plundcr
captured III the defendants trunks i'll the Shcr-
man Hnrlsc. This wa7 All the testimony.
The prisoners refused TO make defense, ana
deslie! nothing. Miller laughed and ioked and
took things eMsy. hut Stafford looked nervous
and worried There being five oascs proven
against each prisoner, bn'l wis fixed at $1,No,
or II 5rl In ench case They protested nrainst
what they termed the exorhitnnt bail. hut the
were taken to Jail to await the action OF the
Grand Jury,