Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-30
EASTERN NEWS.
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u.smsGroS, March 8.-Ingersoli
..,t;n1ed his examination of Dorsey
~ morning. He Was asked if he
s -. whethsr he had drawn any check
- S75O0 ON Middleton & Co., in June.
i -. "a described by Reredell. He
;dhe had not drawn the check, but
did draw a check for $500 on June "a
crN. It was given TO keredesl (check
= sssSey on the check. The 6ourt said
: ;f5IId NOT believe this was the check re-
feesed u by Reredsli. Ip2ersoll argued
- It was the check referred TO. and
I Sssiered that Reredell had forRottsa
ne amount and the fact that be had
sndorsed it and drew the money. he
uroposed accounting. for every check
1ravp BY Dorsey on Middleton's bank
"a aSked leave 70 read the check to the
iury. Msrrick maintained that 1t was
nof the check referred 10.
sFhe examination Of Dorsey was then
asumed, He denied broadly Reredell's
efaternent az 10 the conversation at Will
ARDS hotel. and declared it was black-
mailing scheme on tho part Of Refedell
~ho threatened to have Bosier indicted
nd 90 over to the Government Regard
10 the affidavit of Jpne 10, 1879, which
M read him, he denied that he aakoo
ReredelI to make it for the sake of his
family, or that he offered him any m
dnoemeut. A letter dated July 5, 1850,
from Reredell to Dorsey, was read by
.Jngsrson: ...
e;derinc the steps he had been about to
+ 4ake for over year. He intended 70
mt himself In connection with the Gov
Eminent before he would DO indicted,
1eref dreaming be was liable to indict-
Gas,t becanse De only acted rs agent;
Int 10 his cost, be says, he listened to
Bosler and RETAINED 90 far He had re-
created it ever since, and it Was some
fhinp he would not do again for any
consideration. As q consequence he
40 now penpiless, and will be under a
eIond. no matter what the result Of the
trial is. If he had stuck to the Govern
mont be woold now be free from the in
dicment, and perhaps in a good posi-
DON. Now again he had made up his
mind 10 90 over TO the Government, and
ifvas useless for Dorsey to appeal In
fhepame Of his family. for be Ksredell)
!. no had family. He knew full we'll
hat when Dorsey and Bosler have no
- for him he may 60 to ms devil for
Ill they cared.
:Holding twenty eight checks in his
hsud, In9ersoll offered to put Them In
eyideuce a. representing ali the money
dfaVn by Dorsey in the month of June,
1871, on Middleton q Co. He handed
thochecks 10 Che prosecution with the
request that they pick out the check
upon which tho money had been drawn
. pay Brady.
Persecution objected because they
knew nothing of the checks.
At the request of the court, Ingersoll
! pisked cut the checks payable to Dor
6liss renewed The objection made this
morning to the checks.
Tho court held that the case was diff
fWent. The offered evidence might be
detective and incomplete, but with the
understandings thatit would be shown
ttot these were all the checks drawn In
that month, the evidence would be adj
mitted.
The checks we're then read in detail.
A letter TO Clendenin was read. Wit
mess admitted his authorship. and was
i NSout 70 explain his motives FOR writing
II, whAn the prosecution objected.
The court held he might explain. !
Adjourned.
i Tho smith and Jones memorandunl
was produced and witness said positive
": II never nave thAt paper to Reredell
At any time, or any place, for any pur-
pose, Or to my human being n the
world. am speaking of the paper az
An entirety.y / gave the items in the
arst part OF the paper to Wilbur +. KEEL
l0QQ, his b0okkeeper. "a mako the ell
tries, on the 10th Of May, 1872" Wit.
ness then explained the nature of the
items, saving that he included $50. 600
70 peek and $1,000 to John Dorsey
Witness said lie kept no account of the
money received from the government.
The sums were placed to his credit and
would be shown BY his bank books. He
said he never had q conversation With
Rersdell about the Hnith and Jones
memorandum. It Was not given to him
BY Rersdell but Kellogg. Among the
many entries in the book, said with %,
il possibly was entered under tho head
Of Samuel Jones, but even If there was
il was not connected 10 any way with
the mail lsusiness. There was no VIM.
Smith, he had that locked up when
Beredsu CaIne over to New York. He
bsouQht the only mute book. The
Chamberlain conference with Brady
was purely on political matters, Brady
bojuR chairman Of the Indiana state
committee. Mail matters wore mot men-
toned. RaFedell's statement that Wit
mean had prepared q tabulated statement
setting out the proportion to b. allowed
q. ]. b. was absolutely false. Witness
oortinued on the stand till adjournment