The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30


or 20 minutes. / was not in the store, but out
at the barn. was between the barn and the
store when met Thurman and went back to
the barn with him. A man drove up about
midway between the store and the barn and
waited for Thurman / did not notice who
the man was did not see any one 60 to the
buggy while it stood there nor talk to the man
in it. can't say whether any one went OF
not"
Charles Newman testified "a live in Han
over, Pa. have row of six houses which
| placed in the hands of Milton Bair to sell.
Bair told me he had purchaser and request
ed me to call next morning and he would IN
troduce him. About 8 o'clock next morning
| called at BARS office. Bair introduced
Denison to me, and said he had some notes
he wanted to exchange for property. After
little conversation asked Denison if he had
seen the property. He stated that he and Mr..
Bair had passed it and simply glanced at it.
asked if he would like to see it and he said
he would and we walked down together. We
looked at the outside but did not go in. Den
ison said that he had notes he would exchange
for the property and l asked what the papers
were. He mentioned the names of Wentz
and others that do not remember. l asked
him if they were the walnut log notes and he
said they were. l asked him if he had any
other paper" The traverser interposed an
objection to evidence as to any other paper
except those walnut log notes spoken OF by
witness in this case. The court sustained the
objection and the State reserved an exception.
The witness then said :-"I told him that
the paper he offered me of Wentz and other
parties were not good, that had read IN the
papers and heard they were forgeries and would
not take them. He insisted that they were
good.
J+l,o ON,
not positive whether or not he told me to go
and see the parties. am not certain whether
he said the paper was good or the parties
were good"
Re-examined, witness said 1T was after
| told him that l heard that the paper was
fraudulent that he spoke of the parties or the
paper being good"
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The State announced that it closed its case.
The defense then called Benjamin W. Buck
ingham, who testified as follows ION the
18th day OF last June l was sitting in our
Office, engaged at my desk writing, when my
attention was attracted by a buggy with two
gentlemen stopping at the door. The one
driving was Cornelius Wentz, the other was a
stranger The buggy stood there minutes,
and then the stranger got out on the street
side and stood by the side of the buggy for
from three to FIVE minutes. Mr.. Denison was
standing ON the steps or on the pavement.
Mr.. Wentz turned the buggy around and drove
away. Miller and Denison came toward the
office door and talked for few seconds and
then Miller went away in the direction OF the
railroad and Denison came into the office; L
did not hear what they were talking about;
in about an hour Miller came back and Deni-
son asked him if Mr.. Wentz was still in town
that he was anxious to see him, and Miller
said that he had gone to a blacksmith shop;
Denison said he would go and see him and
asked the stranger to 60 with him; they left
and went up street; they came back in about
ten minutes and Denison came into the office
and Miller went on down street; about dusk
the same evening | went to see if the Office
was locked and found the door open and Den
ison and Miller sitting in the back of the office
smoking and talking; they were sitting at the
open window; l locked my desk and left with
out hearing what they were talking about; l
went to the office between 8 and o'clock;
soon after got there Miller came and waited
for Denison who came in 10 or Is minutes;
nothing that could understand was said by
either of them; was writing at my desk; they
went to the rear of the room and sat down at
a small table; did not hear what was said
nor did | notice what they were doing until
desk and then l saw them handling some pa
pers and some money; they appeared to be
examining some paper; a short time after
wards l saw Mr.. Denison apparently counting
some money; after some little conversation
Miller rose from his chair and asked Denison
if he would not take the other one and he re-
piled no, he would not take it that he should
sell it to some one else; they then came to-
ward Denisons desk and Denison laid the
money on it; Miller said 81 hardly know how
to carry all that money!" Denison replied that
it would be we'll to wrap it up in a piece OF
paper; Denison then wrote in his check book
and [ saw him detach one or two checks and
hand them to Miller; Miller wrapped the
money in piece of newspaper, tied the bun
die with string and put it in the inside peck
ct of his vest on the left side; Miller then
went out and returned in about minutes and
said to Denison '.it's most too big, they don't
like to do it, you'll have to go along down and
identify mel Denison replied "all right, I'll
90 along;" they then went out together; Den
ison returned to the Office in about minutes
and have never seen Miller since; the mon
ey that Denison gave Miller was pile of bank
notes between and inches thick; Miller has
never been at the Office to my knowledge since
that time; am usually at the Office from
o'clock in the morning until or o'clock in
the evening; Mr.. Denison is the general agent
of the North American Mutual Aid Society Of
which George w. Matthews is President, and
am Secretary; Mr. Matthews has desk in
the office, he is the agent of or fire insur.
ance companies: we have each our private
desks in the office; Mr.. Denison's desk is in
front on the east side of the front door; my
desk is on the east side of office to the left Of
door; Mr. Matthews desk is on the right side,
opposite and facing Mr.. Denison's; the door
was open the day Wentz and Miller came but
was closed the next day because it was cool;
Mr.. Matthews was not in at time of counting
the money; the room is l8 or 10 feet wide and
q feet long, has two windows on Bond street
and two on Main street, it has three doors in
addition to the front door, they are locked on
the other side and we have no access beyond
them; we had no control over any other part
of the building except this room; there are nc
partitions or curtains in the room; Mr.. Deni
son was not to my knowledge engaged in any
other business last spring or summer; he had
several transactions in cattle; l heard him
from January till in the spring speak of open.
ing brokers' office; | saw Mr.. Denison in
May about brokers' license; Mr.. Grouse sent
the license to him by me; | looked at it and
saw that it was bill brokers' license; as gen.
eral agent of the company Denison travels a
great deal and is absent from the office con-
siderable part of the time; when he is away
Mr.. Matthews opens the Society's mail, when
both are away | attend to it; Denison and my,
self were in the Office the day Judge Smith
and Phanuel Wantz called; they came about
O. clock in the morning; Judge Smith asked
Denison if he held any paper against Phanuel
Wantz; Denison replied that he did; Judge
Smith asked to see it; Denison searched for
it and said he could not find it that he must
have left it at his hotel; Judge Smith said he
would like to see it and Denison said he would
go to his room at the hotel and look for it;
Denison went out and was absent about Is
minutes during which time Phanuel Wantz
and Judge Smith remained in the Office; while
he was absent a stranger came in, and short
time after three other strangers came; Deni,
son returned and handed Judge Smith paper
which he and Mr.. Wantz examined, and
Wantz said that he had not signed any note
like that; he referred to the body of the note;
Judge Smith added that it was their design to
resist payment; Judge Smith and Wantz then
went away in buggy; was at my desk all
the time but was paying some attention to