Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-24
RERDELL's EXAMINATION.
Bob IngersOll Shakes Him Up-An f,
PLANTATION of the BGIford Check.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-In the star
route trial, Rerdelrs examination was
resumed to-day. He said at Dorsev's re-
! quest he went to Dorsey's room at Will
lard's. Dorsey locked the door, and. speak
lug of witness going over to the govern
ment, told him he had him in his grasp
and intended to hold him there.
as he could send him to the
penitentiary for perjury. He told him he
had written out statement which he
Dorsey wanted him to copy and take it
before Notary and swear to it. Witness
was completely crushed after copying the
paper and swearing to it. He took
II 10 Dorsey's room next day.
Bosler was there. Dorsey read the paper
word statement" Dorsey then wrote i'm
the words land Others" Dorsey struck
match and burned the pencil copies of
the affidavit. The witness was then ex-
amined relative to his interview with In
spectOr Woodward, in which he told him
Dorsey gave James W. Tyner 1000 shares
of mining stock, and w. II. Turner /, 500
or 1000 shares of the same to influence
official action.
Mr.. Ingersoll said he desired to call the
attention of the court to the fact that it
had been alleged that Rerdell initiates
DOrseys handwriting. He referred to the
statement made by witness affecting Mr.
BelfOrd, member of Congress from Colo
RADIO, whom he believed to be a perfectly
honest man. Witness had stated that a
check for $4,000 had been given to BelfOrd
and the amount charged to email" Now
the fact was that Dorsey had in his
possession peculiar kind of rifle. Mr..
Belford saw it and wanted one. Dorsey
procured one for him, and in payment
drew check for 500. That check was for
the rifle, and it was charged against 81.
B. b. That was the only
transaction between them. OF course
BelfOrd did not know ANYTHING
of that check, for it was not given to him.
but to the person from whom the rifle was
purchased. The condition of the public
mind was such that it was absolutely
tamished for reasonable lie, and for that
reason he hated to have mans name men,
toned. 1t was for that reason he wanted
to go into this memorandum to show that
1t was made entirely by the witness; that
he used pencil because it was easier
thus to initiate handwriting, and to show
that no payments such as had been sworn
to by the witness had ever been made
to BelfOrd, to Tyner or to Turner.
He wanted to show that they could not
have been made by Dorsey. These state
ments of witness had been put in the AS
sociated Press dispatches and read by
millions of people. He thought it only
fair that he be allowed to probe the matter
to the bottom, and to put witnesses on the
stand to tell the truth.
Mr.. Merrick said that if they attempted
to stop the proceedings to 60 into side
questions of this kind the trial would
never end. Turning to the defense, he de-
clared emphatically that if they wished to
vindicate these gentlemen they should
produce the books.
Mr.. Davidge argued in favor of going
into the subject of the memorandum.
The court said that the paper had not
been mentioned during the examination
in-chief, and therefore couldn't be touched
upon. In the crOss-eXaminatien they
could test witness memory on that sub
ject, but were bound to accept his answers
as final. In the affidavit made in June,
1880, witness stated that the memorandum
was in his handwriting.
Mr.. IngersOll interrupted, and read the !
record in support of his assertion that the
witness had declared the memorandum to
be In DOrsey's handwriting; therefore, he |
demanded the privilege Of crOSs-eXamina- |
tiOn upon the subject
The court said it was the purpose of the |
crOss-eXaminatiOn to show that the memo |
randum had been written by the witness. |
The affidavit of June, 1881. was read. |
tate Dorsey's handwriting and signature |
so like his own that he Dorsey could |
not tell it from his own.
The court then read from RerdelPs tes- |
timOny his denial of the truth of this |
statement.
The defense had the right to cross-ex- |
anime him on any documents written bV |
him in the similitude of Dorsey's hand |
writing, and they would have the right to |
contradict him, but would have to pro- |
duce the paper.
Mr.. IngersOll-We have not cot the pa |
pers, and will have to ask witness what !
he did with the papers.
The witness said he showed the memo |
randum in ink, not pencil, to Messrs. |
Jas. MacNeagh and Woodward. Outside |
of the books, witness showed MacNeagh |
and Woodward two balance sheets of the |
books. They had been written by James |
W. DOnnelly, who gave them to Dorsey
on July 13, 1892. When he made the affi-
davit Dorsey had demanded them of him.
MIR. lngeLsoll sharply arraigned the wit
ness for his failure to state the fact dur
ing his recital of the incidents of that con-
versatiOn.
Witness was required to again relate
the conversation at Wizards Hotel. He
demanded that IngersOll put his questions
in simple form. That gentleman, strik-
ing the table, said forcibly- "You must
not dictate to me. l have treated you
with the utmost kindness, and you must
not dictate to me-"
The court said the question must be an
swered, and the witness proceeded accord
ingly.
Mr.. IngersOll made sharp cross-ex-
upon the subject of balance
sheets. Witness said ne told Dorsey he
had them, but didn't know when he told
him. Dorsey certainly knows of their ex-
istence, because it had appeared in the
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