New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-01
NOT CARROLDS CONFEDERATE.
THE IDENTIFICATION BROKEN DOWN.
TILE CLERKS WHO REcoaNIzEp ENos AS BENNETT

THE CLERKS WHO RECOGNIZED ENos AS oh
SAY THEY WERE MISTAKEN. -,
pecorder Smythras committing magistrate; nei nf
an examination yesterday as TO the iI TnanaStor
Thomas Enos, who was arrested Wy Who hH nnder
RUpnes on November % as the person VINO, ere
ne name of A. c. Bennett sold coupons Lna ~ The
franduiently obtained from W. B. carroll 4b,er Good
Controllers office The defendant Is naa and fair
looking e was well dressed. He was defendea
hv ex Judge Horace Russell. Acting t;o9 Tim
torney Vincent conducted thS IN the Controllers
ofh So vas Called as the first witness. He said 'na'
he knew the defendant by sight, -w him.
me have Known that face for one ah here
half years but want to make an adaVit that that
b %s mani Who sold coupons Of city bonds st that
name of A. G. Bennett am stu OF Orepansv about
dh Sd u have thought long while about Ias and
ter and have had dreams IN when IL that now feel
En9s were an aear positively that that is the man VINO
sold sold coupons as A. O. Bennett NADIA with some
' Tho witness's explanation was maze VIII sO,o
difcnlty hut he seemed relieved when II vas osor
Tnntinning his testimony, he said tnnt lie nis NJ 90
that face in the Office Of Hagen VAS B them clerk in
hat Office, MIR. Hagen and Others bought COUPONS
IF the man whose face he I rem Haed.
He saw th Sove sHfsndn ~ a hin
quaIp.eaS ot IN He was positive in his identlfi-
cation at that time In A tH No. ne IL East
with of Pinkert9ns detectve Ave 10 man V WHO was
foLt,otdh 81 "as not Bennett That man might
have been the defendant. This man lo9Hs
than Bennett. lie remem9SeISeati CTS Field looked like
Bennett MIR. Field was in court ana WaS ~ ~ haI
rise He did not much resemble LnoS aS MI ''O
was haIder and ne wore eyes asses c0nlnuI1i3 +lie
nav said Mr.. Russell, "do you thlhk 'h9t 49,.
Tnosl is the man who sold those coupons ""H'
! your honest opinion.
aCom mc'F Tom" added Mr. Russell turning to the
| defendant stand up. This, If any one Is INC man
who can swear away your liberty Moment and then
| The witness thought 10r inUi'"'' '
| said: He is taller than bennett. 80
| 1Then You think it is not the man ,,.o r,odc q
"That Is the result of it. think nave m"uc
n RobeTt G. Lcxon, boyishl9opg flGgk OF
Hagen & Billing, then called ny pii IN tLo
Attorney vincent nc se nn Enos at Ill Idquarters.
lie said that he had identified Ehos. re , law had
donbt at that time, but on thinking ~ ~, He Wc
come TO the conclusion that he was l;C
CG Gh tGa ControIlers Office after going To- IollCc
HeadGuarters and told Controller UIani wa" Uitb
though Enos was the man ne sd nau Rcnncft He
UIm tIonGIt that Bennett had longer lace ana
| was shorter in figure than Enos; -, -, ,,,,, y g
| well do you think this looks lhe 'ho man
aSkS yes and no5 the witness answered ~ think
the face is almost exactly like, but the inquire anu
hogt e Byrncs had testified 70 the ar
rest of Enos and that he was ldentneu PoS'oiI1iI3
Inv Fay and Lexow, cX-Judge huSSoH :, ~ NJ
!
~ -, ~ Co of No II Wall-st. lie testified thal
Bennett had sold coupons at the G,1 a
The man He was positive of that fact OtIs lcil
looked more like the man than Lnos did, we Ln
fled that number of photographs s loMn , ,'-,.
inotpd like those of Bennett. The defence was PIe
pared to call large number Of Other %hS saiG tba
m this point DistTict-Attorncy vincent s'tu i n
he was convinced that it was useless TO Gohliiu
The case. Ex-Judgc Russell SAID To hecolOc
Smyth: -. an,
have large number Of witnesses here; bankers ah'
others and want TO make It plain that TINS j. oI u,
nm The defendant has been branded as cllili 90
want 10 establish his innocence beyond inc shauo "
doubt ask leave to continue lh taA.us it1 thc Dis
tct Attorney Won ought be COntcntcd ron may LAY
r. entered on the record that the Dstrct Attocf W
istied that on this evidence the man must DC
nocent and agree with him. The prisoner Is as
Enos was congratulated by his friends OF whoH
there were many in the court ROOM MI; hu .',,
made a remark criticsing Inspector byrho "''ioi
but Recorder Smyth said:
Ido nat blame the Inspector lie could not do other
wise Than he did He was right In acting on The i9sh
lion he received and he would have been deGchcl II III
| had not done what he did