Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-02

was living as the ems. ana sound a rsd isa thse
BOOK containing entries coocernfne mali matssFa.
was 10 jail wtS. wen, 70 Rerde,, ~n,e o Esresa g as
sns I papers % In In confused oondtioa Some Of then
was on the third DAY Of Rerdeil's imprisonment ~
and corroborated Nrs Cushmans testimony - -
the condition OF Rerdelps once
James W. Donneiiy testified that IN the spr,nS
seen before IN the summ.r Of isss Az that ~ timS
ClS7g Rerdeil had called witness In 10 oaispce 4
oooka Journal and weoe swe ,s q shcss
morocco leather. The entries related to mall bus-
ness OF what seemed TO be q nrm. There was
among the accounts
"wN SMITH, ACCOUNT
BE could not remember "Ssm jones' account.
Witness said that he had kept the books from the
fait OF 1873 TO the spring OF 1850 In the spring or
1850, by direction OF Rendeli he made copy OF the
books. leaving out certain accounts one OF the
aocountswas the "wm. Smith" account, which
amounted, the witness thought, to about $50 600.
To make the books balance the witness carried
these amounts to the proat and loss account The
because Mr. Rerdell said he wanted them Al err
tain time When witness finished the COPIES h,
Turned ,S over both sets to Rerdel Witness bought
tne BOOKS In which the copies were made, getting
books, by Mr.. Rerdelps directions, as nearly IKE
the ORIGINALS as possible.
ON cross-examination, the witness being asked
as TO what refreshed his memory as 10 the .Wm
smith" account, said he remembered that at the
deli who "wm SMITH was. ana Rerdeii sa,d tbat
smith was one OF the men. The witness said he
was chief OF the division OF accounts In the Gen-
eral Lana once. Mr. lngerSoll asked him n anys
body had threatened TO have him turned out al
of1ce unless he was witness in the case and the
witness replied promptly in the negative. lie said
mat Ia past consideration for arranging aud keep
Ing Dorsey's books he was credited with ti0o
money borrowed from Dorsey.
MT. Chas E. Gibbs cashier OF the Ebbitt house,
Testified that between Christmas 1873 and March
ieeO, ne was engaged In writing letters an index
Ing a letter book for Rerdell Mrs. Gibbs copied q
orown-copied journal for Rerdell containing an
account OF expenditures and receipts in the star
route business Mrs Gibbs made the copy and
witness verified IT. Mrs Gibbs, he said, was In
Eoor health, and unable TO attend as witness
Inc witness mentioned the accounts ne remem-
Oerea as having been contained I'm the books, In
He could not remember what the amount OF NJ
Smiths account was. Rerden said he wanted To
get copy OF the Journal made
TO SEND TO 8. W. DORSEY NEW YORK.
On cross-examination the witness said that
when Rerdell first spoke TO him about the Smith
and Jones entries, during the trial, the witness
Old not remember them, and he tried not to re-
member anything about il, as he did not want TO
De caiied into court He would not think about
the matter After he was summoned as a witness
ne thought OF the matter and recalled a conyersa-
ton he had with his wife at the time, when he
marked that there were even the names of smith
and Jones fn the book.
The cross-examination created considerable
Judge Wyle asked II the idea In witness mind
was not that II was peculiar that In so small a
company he should find both Smith and Jones'
MT. Wilson objected TO the question, observing
that the court had no more right TO put leading
question than counsel had.
as that; he had intended the remark as Jest, and
hoped the counsel did not take 1t seriously.
Aloer MT. Bliss had read number OF warrants
adjourned