Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-05-26
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The End Drawing Near.


The trial of Mr.. Christian Mundin.
ger is the exciting local topic, and as
the end approaches, the public inter.
est seems to increase.
The court room during the progress
OF the case yesterday was we'll filed
with spectators, though the au-
dience was less crushing than
on the FIST day. A number Of ladies
have been in attendance, and eagerly
watch or listen to the proceedings.
From what has so far been elected,
public opinion is much divided upon
the merits of the case. The sentiment
among the mass Of ladies, among
whom Mundinger has always been
exceedingly popular, is decidedly in
his favor, while on the other hand, the
sentiment of the mass of business men
is against him. The testimony given
yesterday by Mrs. Rogers, Mrs, Burke,
as we'll as that given by Mr.. Shouse
and Henry Clough, of B. Lowenstein
& Bros. store, only rendered the
case more complicated and doubtful,
while at the same time it had the eff
feet Of intensifying the feeling of the
respective friends of the parties con-
cerned.
Efforts to besmirch the char
acter of Mr.. Shouse, or to con-
vey an dea that he has been
governed by any other motive, in his
course, than that of an honest desire
to do justice to his employers are not
likely to succeed, for he has long
borne a good character and held as
high a place in the estimation Of those
who know him as ever Mr.. Mundinger
did. 1t is possible that he was mis-
taken in the case under review, but
nothing more than that could be
asserted with truth. The speech Of
Mr.. Lehman, for the prosecution, also
Mr.. Edgington and Mr.. Williamson,
for the defense, which occupied the
Court yesterday afternoon and last
night, at a session lasting from half
past seven until nearly ten o'clock,
were much commented on by those
who heard them, and the expressions
as 10 the result of the jury were nu-
merous. The general expectation is,
however, that a mistrial will result.
The crowd was very dense in the
court room this morning at half past
nine, when the case was called. The
only witness examined was Mr.. George
Proudit, cashier Of the retail depart
ment at Lowenstein's, who testified
that he had carefully examined the
checks on file in the Office from the
10th of January to the time Of Nun
dinger's arrest, and could find none
upon which a dollar had been refund
ed to Mrs. Rogers for buttons bought
and returned also, that no dollars
worth of buttons we're sold to anyone
for ten days prior to the arrest.
Mr. Proud6t explained that the
cash book had to agree with the checks,
and that it was impossible for the
check in question to have been re-
moved by any one without his knowl-
edge, as it would have been necessary
to erase the corresponding entry in the
cash book, which could easily be de.
tectsd. He said he had made the
examination in twelve hours.
At ten minutes past ten o'clock
General Wright, for the prosecution,
began speaking, and closed at half past
eleven. His argument was listened
to with profound attention. To-
wards the close he alluded
in a humorous way to the IDOL
lar trick" played by Colonel CAN'T
tie other day, remarking that the dis
tinguished counsel had doubtless
practieed for a long time. and could
amusc the jury with many other and
more entertaining feats of ledgermain
if he were SO inclined. But said
he. 'ifa the defense wishes to make
capital out Of that little joke and ex-
.pect to be benefited by it, | know that
you gentlemen of the jury will disap
point him."
I'm order that there may be no
misapprehension," said the Colonel,
II beg to say that l made the capital
out of Colonel Edgington. 1 Dor
rowed the dollar from him"
After this little by-play the court
took a recess for ten minutes, after
which Attorney j. A. Taylor, for the
defense, addressed the jury.