Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-25
MUNDINGER'S TRIAL.
Progress Yesterday Afternoon
and To-Day.

The proceedings in the Criminal
Court room continues to absorb a
deal Of interest in local circles. The
attendance yesterday afternoon and
to-day was large, though less crushing
than the day before.
The testimony yesterday afternoon
was confined to the witnesses, that Of
Mr.. W. W. Shouse, the manager Of
the retail department; Mr.. Darling,
an employee, and Mr.. Proudft, the
cashier of the retail department. The
only information elected was in con
n%ection with the management Of the
check system, by which sales clerks
report their transactions and keep a
a record of the same. Mr.. Shouse also
explained how be observed Mr..
Mundinger divide, after the style
of Captain Wragg, the distinguished
moral agriculturist, the only artist
who has ever yet succeeded in making
raScality an honorable profession. He
saw Mr.. Mundinger put a dollar in his
pocket and leave 65 cents cut for the
establishment out of sales summing
up $l.65-a division, as before OBJ.
served, much after the fashion carried
on by Captain Wragg. Mr.. Darling
corroborated the statement of Mr.,
Shouse, as far as he saw, and was
familiar with the transaction.
Attorney Geo. CAN'T surprised The
witness and the spectators by a shrewd
and wholly unexpected illustration Of
now you see it and now you don't
Stroking his beard after the manner
Mundinger is said to have done, he
asked the witness if he could see .
dollar in the palm of bis hand, were
one placed there. "You put one
there and I'll tell you very quickly
said the witness. II have it there
already" said Colonel CAN'T, and he
opened the hand to show a full sized
silver dollar, which to that moment
was unobserved by the witness.
The court adjourned shortly aitei
this incident, in consequence Of al
alarm of fire in the basement Of til,
courthouse, and nearly under tn
Criminal Courtroom. The incipien
fire was quenched without doinI
harm, but no further proceedings wer'
had in the Criminal Court. 1t wa
limited that the counsel for the de
tense had another surprise in stor'
for the jury, the spectators and other
interested in the case. which vii
shade the dollar incident by a larg'
majority.
The case was renewed at 8 o'cloc
this morning.
Mrs. N. M. Rogers testified tina
she bought a dollars worth Of button
from Lowenstein's about the I'd {
February and returned them to Nj
Mundinger on the 9th Of February
she did not wait to have the none
returned to her but called back late
in the day, and Mundinger took
doll ar from his pocket and gave it I
her. The defense is that this is tn
same dollar which was deducted b
mistake from Mrs. Warmers accoun.
This was the startler limited at las
evening.
The other witnesses who testi6e
this morning we're DR.. Porter an
Messrs. Bun Price and Sam Taylc
! who simply testified to the good cha
acter of Mr.. Mundinger.
The deposition of Mrs. Annie I
! Burke, now at Hot Springs, Ark
p was next read. 1t was simpl
t in contradiction of the statement
Mr.. Shouse, who said he had new
! told any one they were bound to col
q Wet Mundinger and send him to Il
4 penitentiary. Mrs. Burke deposC
. that Shouse had stated this to her.
!. A tedious argument then followt
f as to whether or not it would be rigl
{ to introduce evidence Of other irregl
Q lar transactions of Mundinger in Il
manner Of keeping his checks, in ord
to Prove that the probability Of crooI
I edncts in the case in point. JudI
Horrigan excluded the testimony.
General Turner then asked an a
q iournment OF the case until two o'cloc
In order to learn something mo
!. OF the testimony of Mrs. Rogers, {
4 which he had been u%nprepared.
Adjourned.