Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-15

untrue; where Turner stood charoed ma
might dlsprove it, and 60 on, Stem at
a time. o.
lngerso!i inquired il the court vo,,d
allow Dorsey to swear he never mass
that memorandum, and never paid thai
money to Turner?
The cour. said certainly.
lrgersol said of course he could
strengthen Dorsevis testimony bv rrr-
reT, aiio would swear he never GOT the
money. Ii made no difference at which
end of The inquiry they began.
DayJdze remarked that Dorsey vas
under no coupulsion to 90 on the stand
The court said il might lead to an
evasion Of the rule requiring tina beat
evidence.
IneersolI-You mean the books?
Court-Yes.
In2ersoll-I have said again ard
again the books spoken Of By Reredell
nv client never saw. He will SO swe.r
The books Reredsll said he 90. from
New York l will prove he never o..
them. will prove my client never cav
or even heard of these books before be.
ginning those cases. He NAV have kept
some private accounts and books.
Tho Court mean stubs.
lngersoll-They had nothing TO do
with the $500 entry against Jones.
When It comes to that will prove that
none were stub books. and il allowed
Will prove that no check ever exis.sd
such as described by Reredeil.
The court slid ii would not admit Sec
ondary evidence on the pledge to chow
hereafter. That was no primary evil
deuce.
Ingersoil inquired how they could
proceed otherwise, when the books did
not exist.
The court said it had meyer been reeu.
larry shown.
Ineersoll expressed his abiding conf
dence IN his Ability to show the falsity
of Reredel's evidence.
Merrick contested he position taken
ty lngersoll. He said he seriously Ell
dsavored Is professional gentism an
to restrain witnesses from bringing in
the names of outside persons, and when
1t had been done he underworld to h1ye
all such mention excluded. He asked
why the defonse did not put Brady on
the stand to swear he did not give the
money. 1t could be proved that
Brady was identical with Smith,
but no expressly RETAINED from
proving Turner to hs Jones.
Carpenter and Wilson jumped On
their feet ut this point, making earnest
appeals to the court to arrest Merrick's
remarks. They finally secured atten
ton. Carpenter bitterly stigmatized
Merrick's statements in regard to de-
PENDANT taking the stand, as unprofes-
sional and illegal.
The court did not see wherein il was
illegal.
Wilson entered formal objection and
charged Merrick with Interior motives
iii making the remarks.
Merrick denied any such motives. He
acknowledged in the first tri Il he had
done all he could for the court. but it
was not necessary, he proceeded to ex-
plain, to remark--
Bat the court said it could not allow
him to engrave an impression created
by previous remarks deeper in his OK
PLANTATION.
Merrick said he would stop immedi-
ately.
Inc court reserved decision until after
recess.
An Appointment to FIJI.
WAsHrNaroN. March 14.-Before SEQ
rotary Foiger was taken sick he said the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Treasurer Gilfillan wonld be filed by
promotion out Of offices in that
bureau. The only persons considered
in that connection are Assistant Treas-
urer Wyman and L. o. Graves. of the
redemption agency. 1t il stated posit-
lively at the White House today that the
appointment will be mada as soon as
Secretary Folger makes known his
| wishes in the matter, and that he is only
hesitating between Wyman and Graves.
Personal yindicatson.
New YonK. March 1.-The Dramatic
ycrs Of to-day says Charles L. Andrews
| and l.. II. Stockwell, recently reported
| AS having absconded from San Fran
DISCO, leaving large liabilities rs man
ayers of the Grand Opera House. have
arrived in this city, and were interviewed
yesterday by representative of this
pspsr. Both stated that their trausac-
tons in San Francisco had been greatly
exaggerated They had done nothing
dish0norable. When they assumed the
management of the Grand Opera Honse
they put in what capital they could
command and run tho house till that
was gone. When they left San Fran
cisco they went to Tombstone to attend
~ their Pantomins company, which had
teen playing to a losing business. This
they disbanded and then Came East
As to the tele gram concerning the guar
antee of salaries Of Signor Majeroni
and Henry Aveling reported as a forgery
they say Con O'Connor, banker of
8 an Francisco had half way promised
to guarantee these salaries. and then he
changed It's mind, but that onc Rogers
had really made such guarantee, and
on these grounds the telegram was sent.
They claim that Hicks, the acting m an-
ager Of the theater, kept q set of books.
aud that il these books were produced
| they would show the condition Of the
! whole affair. They also claim that the
amount of their liabilities has been
greatly exaggerated, and estimate that
thu utmost amount does not exceed
$500. which thay say they will ulti-
mately pay. Concerning report, of
personal extravaganza, Andrews says
| he owes no personal debt Of any char
aoter In San Francisco.
| Charged with Dishonesty.
CuroAoo, Msrch IA charge OF en-
bezzl,ng $500 in money and goods has
been preferred against w. G. Green by
4 snO Gakg OAoSA> N''htk'1hf VA AtAohCa0s
Mass, of which Green Is agent here.
Green says the action was brought in
malice, because he would not break a
contract and to put MP the price on the
clocks, ON which il has monopoly.
q Million for Charity.
| PHILADELPHIA. March 1.-THE will of
Henry Ssibert, bequeathing over mil
lion to charities, il admitted to probate.
| Wise Resolve.
| New YoRx. March 14.-The general
passenger agents passed a resolution
| demanding that doctors certiticate
should accompany every corpse carried
on the different roads TO prevent the
spread of contagious diseases.
TmE NORTHERN PACIFIC FRONT.
An occasional correspondent writing
from Hope, near the Northern Pacific
front IN tha 9Th inst anva.