The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-12-30
DENIsoN CONSPIRACY TRIAL.
Testimony Closc., and Argument Begun.


Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, Pa; knew
before that time that he had these notes, and
in that conversation we got to talking about
them; Denison said he bought these notes and
paid for them; do not remember whether or
not asked him; asked him how he would
get along with them, and he said he expected
to collect them, but if he could not collect
them he must lose them; he did not tell me
the names of the parties against whom he held
the notes, but said they were Carroll county,
Maryland notes, and that he did not have all
of them in his possession; that he had NOT
bought them all; twas either 1000 or >! ,oOo
worth he said he had, | do not recollect which;
| asked him where the balance was, and he
said in the hands of parties in Baltimore; ne
said he bought them with his own money, ana
if he could not collect them he would have to
lose it,
The State then offered to prove by the wit
ness that at the same time benson spoke OF
borrowing money from a man living near
where he did in Maryland to buy Sii,ooo
worth of notes against the witness, Apram
Herr and John Balmer, and sand that ne gave
the man his note for ST. 900, and that when
he learned that the notes against witness,
Herr and Balmer were forgerles, he told the
man who held his note, and the man tore 1t
up and released him, and that he was willing
to give ND the notes of Herr, Balmer and the
.
witness. -,
Traverser objected; the Court sustained the
objection and the State reserved an excep-
ton.
Mr.. Maulsby then asked: estate the whole
conversation between you and benson at that
time and place; state all that was sald on tna'
occasion" -
Traverser obected the Court sustained the
objection and the State reserved an excep-
ton.
The witness then stated that he had had
three conversations, one in July, the one
snoken of above, and another in August or
September.
Mr.. Maulsby then repeated his question as
to these two conversations. The traverser
each time obiected; the Court sustained the
objection and the State excepted.
The State then offered to prove by the wit
ness that Denson stated to him that he had IN
his possession a note against him Tor S4;oOO,
a note against Abram Herr for $4, 800 and a
note against John Balmer for 81 800, and that
he was willing to surrender the same without
the payment of a cent by either OF SAID par
ties. The traverser objected; the Court sus-
t.ined tbe objection and the State reserved an
exception.
The State then offered to prove by witness
that Denison did deliver up notes as spoken
of above, two of which were dated June End,
1882. and one dated June 9th, 1882, and pay
able to Amos C. Smith, by whom they were
assigned to Denison, and that they were sur
rendered without payment OF cent on ac-
count of them.
The traverser objected; the Court sustained
the objection and the State reserved an ex-
ception.
Court then adjourned until Tuesday, De-
cember Goth, at II o'clock, a. m.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Andrew Kelsey was again called to the
stand and asked by the counsel for the State:
''Did Denison tell you or did he not tell you
that the Maryland notes were obtained In the
same way in which. yours were obtained 2,
The traverser objected; the Court overruled
the objection and the traverser reserved an
exception.
The witness then answered: eyes, Denison
told me that these over here were got in the
same way our papers were got" The State
then asked: "Whatp papers did Denison speak
of which you mention as our papers"" The
traverser objected; the Court sustained the
objection and the State took an exception.
The State then offered to prove that the
papers spoken of were the notes mentioned in
the offer of proof on Friday and to show how
they were obtained and how Denson said
they came into his hands. Objection made
by the traverser was sustained by the Court,
and the State reserved an exception.
The State thea offered in evidence two let
tiers, one dated July 5th 1882, and the other
July 9th, 1882, from the traverser to the
witness Traverser objected; the objection
was sustained and the State excepted.
Abram Herr was then called to the stand
and substantially the same offer of proof by
him was made by the State as had been pre-
viously made in regard to Andrew Kelsey.
Traverser objected; the Court sustained the
objection and an exception was reserved by the
State.
Edward T. Sullivan testified: "Iknow John
Z. Denison; | know a man calling himself
Samuel D. Miller in the early part of last
May, the 4th, think, man came into my
field where | was planting corn and said his
name was Miller, and that he had been sent
to me, having been told that l was pre-
pared to take parties around the neighbor
hood who desired it; he next took out list
of names and showed them to me, and asked
if knew the parties and where they lived; |
told him that did; he asked me if | would
take him to see them for S. day; told him
| could not that day, as | had to finish my
corn; he said he thought | might get through
by the middle of the day, and would wait if l
would take him in the afternoon; he said he
would go to Melrose, Il miles from my place,
and | should meet him at l o'clock; | met
him at l O. clock and took him to Peter Get
tiers, Phanuel Wantz's and Philip J. Yost's s.;
then to Palmer's store and then to Jonathan
Bixler's; drove up to Bixler's and stopped
the horse; Miller got out of the buggy and
went behind the barn; | there met Charles E.
Thurman, Bixler and Denison; Thurman was
dealing with Bixler for some sheep; Denison
came to me and Thurman and Bixler went to
look at some cattle; In very short time Mil
Ter came up and | introduced him to Denison
few words passed between them; | don't
know what; they did not shake hands; Deni-
son then walked away to the stable, where
Thurman and BiXler were examining a cow
in short time Denison and Thurman went
away, and introduced Bixler and Miller; we
left Bixler's short time after Thurman and
Denison; we went to Palmer's store; | don't
know which reached it first, Thurman and
Denison or Miller and myself; we were all four
there together for little while; Thurman
and Denison left in short time; don't know
whether Denison and Miller talked together;
Miller asked me to take him to the nearest
point that he could walk to Manchester; did
so about six o'clock in the evening; Miller
asked me to meet him at Hoff's Hotel, in
Melrose, at O clock next morning, and take
him around again; l did so, and have not seen
him since that day."
The witness described Miller in the same
terms as he had been described by other wit
nesses.
Cross examined, the witness said: 'When
Miller and l left Palmer's store he asked me
to take him to the nearest point, on my road
home, to Manchester; that point is on Benja-
min Lippy's farm, II miles from Manchester;
Palmer's store is 81 or miles from Manches-
ter; the day Mr.. Denison was before Justice
Baltozer l went after Mr.. Cornelius Wentz
and brought him back in my buggy; going
back Mr.. Wentz, Mr.. Denison and myself
were in the buggy; at Mr.. VENTS they got
out and went on alone; | do not recollect
anything being said about my not introducing
Miller to Denison; did not say that l had
not introduced Miller and Denison; Denise
did say if he only had not met that man at
Bixler's; if it had only been the Lords will
that he had not gone with Thurman to meet
that man; that it would make bad impress
sion; did not say that Miller and Denison
did not meet; don't remember having any
conversation with Chas Stansbury that day: