Daily Republican., 1882-12-05
IRIVING TO A CLOSE.
NJ 1nE TESTIMONY II
Pc " OssANOERS OAAE-Mk'
HE xTEIDs' OPENING.

Al
pE rTEIDs' OPENING.
.,oDed at 5 o'clock yesterday
ulI y, OrVd and william Ellenger was
rnoOn he he testified that at the time
llsdc . Clark sold the place there was
% .i,0 GlS If cloth on hand, that had
hn'iISy tSs store previous to the time
i 10 ISJ p"le levied on and sold the
70 ocyuld = not tell how many pieces
;.Srs, % nor how many yards there
illss y K. Gsno affirmed, and testi-
arlsS sSs n had dealings with james
tnasIS aarS nrevious to and after the
anTStS TShoIiff Pyle aud also up to the
Oy guo tSs sale by Sheriff Clark ; the
o. nod tu a store on East Seventh
sS' T" ~ the same building where
". y carried on business had sold
lsiI 0a 4. sanders groceries, spices and
Y. =, a settlement with Sanders
aSu nNce a month; the family of the
~ uSonld get whatever dry goods
ess ess.SsS in The store and If at the
|. asS ,Ss month there was anything
y VIZ Sa weuld pay the cash; II on
p,u aut,ary ar he owed Sanders he would
aiI. ss dealings were with james A.
y. sIthough toward the last the
lsl' 'sceiyed from Sanders were
=" ortm the name of E. B., or Hen
O..,sssxauination the witness
S,S,t on one occasion, he saw o
y" anproach James A. Sanders
u, n ,ell some goods, whom he
I'm said I have nothing 10 do
y y, " Morrow sworn and testi-
:S,,In 1880 he was the publisher
~ proOram; identified several ad.
..mSSls which were published In
sms Of San ders.
sSvertisements for the program
generally obtained by solicitation;
,itnsss took the advertisements
lame. A. Sanders, and the bills
General thing were made out in his
M business transaction with
ma INIT him, and did not know OF
ma ma else having anything to DO
h when the witness visited the
on business, he always went di'
d James A. Sanders.
rroSS. examination he said that he
Ind any dealings with Bertha
an or Henry L. Sanders.
Lore called on the attorneys on
Sthar side to produce o letter, dated
Isv Sth, 1879, from Hood, Bon
M Co., 10 Bertha Sanders, in ref
IA To the business. He said that
pr tho trial they had offered to
he this letter, and then withdrew
D!fsr
SDruance said that the date OF
et.er was evidently mistake, and
ad intended to prove 1t as such, but
DCOupt Of Bertha having a young
they wsre una0ls to bring her
Spruance then handed the letter
]. Lore.
Lore again offered the executions
DSt James A. Sanders In evidence,
he Court again ruled them out,
Alr. Lore filed exceptions.
Nields opened tor the plaintiffs
b o'clock.
laid that before this case was
the Jury would hear more fraud
they ever heard in their lives be-
"why," continued the speaker,
Dre will be 50 much fraud shown,
the echoes will not get out of this
Tor the next nine months" He
the course Of the defence remind
i'm Of an old hunter he had once
ID Of, who had only one eye. One
u be went out to hunt coons, and
while he thought he saw one in
&, and taking good aim he fired,
contrary to his expectations the
did not fall, and he loaded up and
again.
VI 1t did lot fall, and he fired
?, and again, and he continued to
Qntil he had no more powder and
and the branches and bark were
" all stripped from the tree, The
hunter still stood there watchin &
econ, and after awhile daylight
and a man passing saw the hun
~ asked him what was the mat
Why," said he, " 1 have been try.
Kill that coon, and l have run
powder and shot, but 1 intend to
tnat coon II it takes me all day."
man looked ana looked, but failed
any coon, and tried to assure the
slere was none there; still he per.
until tnally the man examined
y ana saw hair with a little
Gl dirt on it hanging down over
sat, and that was what he had
lSr a coon, and been shooting at
lsht Mr., Nields said that was
sV with the defence, they had
shooting at hair.
Contended that the loan of the
Oy Mary E. Sanders was a bona
transaction, and that James A.
Sh was compelled by dire necess-
Dpplyto his brother and sister-in-
lor the loan.
SPruahce would have been negli.
Y. u his duty to his client, Mary e.
NY II ne would have stood by and
improperly which he held execu-
Salnst swept away by other
'os, and his clients money scat
70 the winds.
~nnnued his argument which
lefSpersed with several humorous
@ ustS up to 6 o'clock when Court
p'aed until 10 o'clock this morn