, 1880-03-14
Judge TuIey Puts His Foot Down
on the Infamous Prac-
tice.
rha Kobinson-Grove SwfndIine
Case and Professional
BailerS.
m. Of the Gang Sent to Jail for Thirty
Days the Other Fined 800.

%+a
,a- yesterday TRIBUNE, to which answers wer,
s.da hy Mr. Wells, who, when he had guttel
thronct, asked that Mr.. Sprague, tho attorne,
sor Mr. Grove be put under oath. This wa,
done. when, in answer to question by Wells
w. snraguc said that he had not at any tint
tnogn of Mr. Wells being In any way interested
n nnocurirg the surety OIL Mrs. Robinsons ap.
reaI bond, nor WIS Mr.. Wells in court when the
s.s. ras appealed On this showing, the Cour1
-scated the rule in so far as 1t applied TO Mr.
Teiis, who Immediately left the court
.nts. then introduced the afldaytts filed by Mrs
Hnhnson and Mr.J. W. Hersey, whose substance
Tas published IN yesterdays court report, but
he fourt decided that before hearing them be
terpeatories read 10 him
Mr, Johnson-l should very much like to read
Nj, Herseys affidavit
me Cpurt-Where is Mr.. Hersey7 / don't
vant his affidavit. l want Mr.. Hersey. There is
adistjpct pterrogatory as to where Mr.. Hersey
resides l suppose, though. that he has disap-
Yrs. Robinson was then sworn. She stated
thst sue knew Mr.. Hersey. who lived At No. 80
Psrk avenue, and had seen him since the rule In
contempt WIS entered
effect that he knew al about the man Hersoy,
nd 1ss ready to tell all he knew. but he was
not called upon to impart his knowledge to the
Wrs. Robinson went on to say that she first
knew Mr.. Herscr when She got arrested by MIR.
Grore He secured the hondsman, Anderson,
tuned tu1 should The surety not he acceptable to
tie Court. She went to No. 20 Park avenue,
aud found there Mr.. Hersey's wife aud children,
HsH 9o 6tng at hoe shG to get
III: sprague-Did you not tell me in court that
you knew Mr.. Anderson?
No: do not remember saying So"
xas called up few days ago he had conversa-
don with Mrs Robinson, who asked him what
the matter was with the bond He answered
property which be swore was his. She answered
hist she was SO surry. because he has gone away
70 be absent about ten days. He then asked her
shs ~ fnsM ssa n1: hrd anderson and she re-
fino. Mr. Sprague afterwards said, in a joking
w. 70 Mr. johnson, Mrs Robtnson's attorney,
in The presence Of Mr.. Lee, shorthand writer,
st1sx.bond m in that way. 10 this @r: Johnson M a
replied. THAT man Anderson got 500 from US
toro on the bond, and now he has skipped out
with the money. l told Mrs Robinson that
could set her good bond for $3.50" ~
The Court-What do you mean by buying
bonds IN this way. Mr.. johnson?
", Johnson-lt is the practice, here. People
ind It hard to get their. friends to so on their
bonds, and it becomes necessary to pay other
parties to do so. Same at the most reputable
at1orneys are ic The habit Of SO doing.
DID anything Of thar kind.
Mr. Johnson-Your Honor is very fortunate
1would like TO say that my memory Of the con-
and myself does not coincide with Nj. sprag1e's
version
y A5 $ sPfasue-Mr' "a Lee was present. at it Is
ut. Lee was not in court, and Mr. sprague
vent on to state that he had had several inter
views with Mr.. johnson, who wanted to give
bin list of Mr. Anderson's property. He de-
dtr5on tn Justify first
,s1ss! The o99rsI%hat % What's DO you know OF this hr.
,Nr Iohnson-I did not zee him, until tbs Mon
oay Fben met him talking to Mrs. Robinson. I
afterwards saw Mr.. Anderson and talked to him
about his property.
bad been detailed to hunt up Mr.. Charles Ander-
son at his alleged residence, No. sa25 West Jack
son street. BIS evidence wns as follows:
Jackson street 70 6nd s1r. Charles Anderson. |
[ound there Mrs. Charles Anderson, q Norwe-
gia1 woman, who said that her husband was not
9, q, that he was working at toy-shop on West
Madison street. While at the house sAw por-
TAFT OF the lady's husband, which showed that
ae was an entirely. different person from the
Charles Anderson who had attempted to go on
oy shop and saw the real Charles Anderson"
The Courr-Did yoti ever see q portrait which
,ore resemblace 10 the Charles Anderson who
:: The n4ilif-Yes; !, saw his portrait in the
angue's Gallery Qaughter[-picture No. 169, In
.lbum No. 3. lLoud ,laughfer.} It was the por-
Elm dav or tWo be- IL
:ourt conversiug with Mrs. Robinson In the court
:orrtdor.
The Court That will DO for to-day. I will Yet
he meantime let q subpoena be issued for Mr.
Jersey. hnve. at any rate. some control over
1e st1orneys of the Court. and want to see
Enether a. Mr.. Johnson has been imposed upon in
The examination was concluded yesterday
aofutug before Judge Tuley, and resulted IN
ar:ies Interested. Mrs. Robinson had testified
1raighl lforwardly that she did not know any,
ntng Of the qualifications OF the man Charles
.adeIsgn. M whom she had offered as per surety,
ey, who had introduced Anderson. This left It |
order for Mr. Hersey to rise and explain, and !
baflih was sent for him. He failed to fnd
one pressure to bear, and Hersey walked into
curt yesterday morning with Ar. johnson. Mrs |
oonson 8 attorney.
After the B;..litf hnd explained that be had |
cen unable to tind Hersey, the latter made his |
fescnce known, and was called to the stand. |
le' o. course. appeared as innocent as an UNI !
u,n ,n2 oaoei adnt knew anything about Anner
0pose on the Court ETC., etc. he testified that
: lived at 30 Park avenue: that he had case
,Ias h,s own in Judge Morans Cur. on the I'd ct
meet Mrs. Robinson. He had been her surety
tte the Criminal Court year or 80 ago, and she M
,4td aim IT be would gu on ner bona III tue
resent case. He said be could not, but gave no
ason why: She then asked if he could get
me me one He thought he could, and shortly
,;e sr reported he could got Anderson TOR Slo9;
judge e 99g Gsrys andsss9h roo% snd i 1he R' sioo
ld to Hersey by Mrs. Robinson there. |
ee given 10 Anderson II he should be accepted
Judge Tuicy us surety. The next morning !
ao aadGfson was examined and accepted Hefsey
ID he was not in the room when Anderson
ss examined but learned the fact from Mike
4 clDona!d, who said Anderson went through al!
ri, Hcrsey then met the latter IN the ball
% mnedia1ely pnid him the $50 without any
Fccu0ns from Mrs. Robinson And even hclorc
mac seen her ngain.
IN CROSS ss-e1aminauon, Hersey said ne mad
en- acquainted with Anderson since about last
scc1nber, had met him on the Produce Ex-
aetamcs us often as once day, and then aEaln
! more thnn TWICE a week. Ula
: know anything about his pecuniary
except his own Statements WIZ,
81 lived nj ~ Park avenue. and had nEed
ese since 1877, when he built the house. Did
! Know whether Anderson owned the houses.
and ~ Park avenue, directly opposit him or
T. When witness went to get Anderson 70 60 |
tne bound he found him in the Produce E1-
ange,
Che Court-aaye you anything else to say?
1efsey-No, sir.
The Court-Any further statement to make
'aruing your connection with this matters
1dlefsty-Nut hing more than have said |
IMne M Cuurt-lIersey WAS made party 70 tuIs
= sn % show cause, and: he being mere presents
tonrt adjudgcs thar he has been In contempt
lf1e Court in cndcavorIng to impose on tho
art fraudulent bondsnnn.-a man "no
ae5 and ssYcurs he is possessed OF properly