Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-29

GreeRw1ch-Wh1Eman D. MeaQ.
 Branford-Henry Johnson.
 Colebrook-Horace North.
 Wolsctt-HenrY s. Parmelee.
 Oxford-BeDjamin c. Pope.
 Trumbull-Royal Jennings.
 New Hartford -Thsddeus l.. Root.
 Danbury-David G. Penfeld.
 Chester-Harvey Watrous.
 East Haven-L. R. Andrews Sharon-Geerge E. Pierce.
 Eastford-Lewis Edwards. Y. d Woodbridee- Stephen B. Bradley. Winchester Charles J. York. . Isaac H Lockwood, of Danbury, was put on trial, the jury selected being George Hall, Burr Disbrow, Elizur K. Hall, N. s. Mead, Henry Johnson, Horace North, Benjamin C.. Pope, Thaddeus L. Rect, D. G. Penfeld, L. R. Andrews, George E. Pierce, Charles J. York.
 In the first case, objection was made to the indictment having too many separate charges, but Judge ShiPman ruled that the law against multiplying charges was only made to prevent cumulative sentences Lockwood was put to plead. He is fat and fair complexioned young man with Napoleonic mustache and he was dressed in light gray suit. He appeared nervous but.not unhappy. In the first com plaint there were three counts, reclting that he had made an improper and fraudulent use of the mail on March 13, 1883, at Danbury, by devising scheme to defrand by having people place in his hands large deposits of money under the promise that he would give them a salary of one hundred dollars a month and that when he got hold of their money he kept it for his own use and that he deposited a letter in the Danbury postohce in pursuance of his scheme, addressed to w. B. Coons, Greenfield, Mass. The second count charges the same intent to defraud by the same scheme, the letter in this instance having been addressed to Charles u. Brown, Holyoke, Mass. to induce deposit of $1 900 as security on a promise of $l00 month, The third count charges that the letter mail- ed March 3 was of the same purport and ad dressed H. H. Root, Montague, Mass.
 To this the prisoner pleaded not guilty.
 The other complaint and information charged that on the 17th of September, at Stepney depot, he mailed circular to bank CTS and others, stating that an eccentric old man who had once been helped out of hnan- cial trouble, and had got rich before he died, had left by will $78O,OOo. This vas to be used in getting out of scrapes such persons as were in danger of ruin by hay ing oyerdrawn their accounts and that all such were to be helped by this fund on making their cases known to the prisoner. And this was done to enable the accused to levy blackma1l on the people in trouble who might respond to the circular. The circular was well written | and persuasive.
 The prisoner pleaded not guilty. After | the court had excused Mir. Penfeid from serving as a juryman the trial proceeded, ! Lawyer Walsh, of Danbury, appearing for l the defense.
 The first case was that in which the de posit of money was required from the dupes, and the first witness for the government was H. B Lewis of the Springfield Republican, who testified to the insertion by the defend ant of an advertisement iu that paper which stated that young man was wanted as cash
 fer and pnymaster at a salary of $1OO per | month, surety of $l, 900 cash to be depos- | tied by the applicant.
 H. F. Harris, formerly of the Danbury postofice testified to having seen Lockwood ! deposit the letters and having copied the ad-
 dresses of some of them.
 Charles w Brown, of Holyeke, and W. D. Coombs, of Irving, Mass, testified to
 having applied for the position and receiving letters from the defendant, in all of which he said that without the $1, 900 he could ! have no dealings with them. This scheme ! would not be made known until after the payment of the money.
 At the afternoon session Mrs. Mary E.
 Beers, of Stepney Depot, stated that the de- fendant was her sisters grandson. Two years he resided at my house and was there until February. 1883. For the last three months he was in the store and postofhce | learning the business. Have seen the clrcu- | lar in my house and headed "A Banking Phi | lanthropist had conversation with him | in regard to the object of circulation, and | told him was afraid he would get into | trouble by it. He said he had perfect right
 to do so He did not claim that he was pos
 sessed of $78O,OOO. He had no property l think he left my house oh the 21st of Febru- ary. Itold him that I could not board him | any longer Several letters were shown wit ness which she identified as being in Lock | woods hand writing.
 On the cross examination witness said she never spoke to anybody on the subject of the circular until she had difficulty with Lockwood.
 On the re direct witness said that Lock wood told her at one time that he had got to ! go to New Haven to see an Irishman and If | he did not go the man would come to Step
 ney and there would be row. He said the ! Irishraan wanted some money from him as | executor At another time he~told witness | that Mir. Winans was coming from Europe | with $75O OCO and was going to give him | (Lockwood) $50, ,O00 and he (Wlnans) want | ed to board with mo because 1t was an out of
 the way place. He said Winans was 8 wool | commission merchant and had got fnvol ved deeply. He never said that he got any money from MT. Winans although he ex- ! pected some.
 Cross-examination-S two years ago he came to my house and said he had set I of diamonds, gold watch, piano and oth' CT articles which he had pawned in Washing ton, D. O., and he wanted money to redeem l them and finally gave him one thousand dollar bond to redeem them and he did so. Afterward he wanted to borrow the d1a- monds and watch and chain and let him have the diamonds and watch, but not the chain. He was gone about two weeks and came back and told him that could not keep him any longer. Afterward he caused search warrant to be issued and the sheriff came with posse to search my house was sick at the time. They found the note that Lockwood gave me, but did not find the diamonds.
 Being pressed the witness said that when the officers were searching the house she went into the kitchen and threw Lockwood's note into the stove and the officers rescued it before it was burned up.
 Charles s. French was next called. He said he resided in Huntington. Prior to knew the defendant. was formerly con- nected with the store and postofice at Step ney First saw the circulars sometime last fall. I had no conversation with Lockwood about the circular. z bs Assistant Attorney Hart read the several letters which had been identified by Mrs | Beers as IockWood's handwriting. The draft of the circular which was prepared and
 circulated by Lockwood WAS also read. He asked the court that the same be put in as ! evidence and marked as exhibits, * 4s.qe | To this defendantis attorney objected, but
 
 ruled them in and the defendant asked that
 an exception to the ruling be noted.
 The government rested at this point and it
 being 5:25 P. m. an .adjournment was order
 ed until this morning at 10 o'clock.
 Clty Court-CrHmtnal side-Judge Dem- | ing.
 August 2S-WiIliam Phile, assanlt and bat | tery on Frederick Tiesing, $5 fine, S3.O9
 costs. Frederick Tiesing, same on William Phile. s fine, $5.39 costs. Michael Doher- ty, same on Frederick Tesing, discharged.
 Samuel Peterson, same on John Linton, $20
 fine, $s.97 costs. sixty days in jail. Thomas
 Clark, same on Nellie J. Morton, to Au- ! gust %. William F. Early, breach of | peace on Thomas Lee, to August 29. William Miller, neRlecting family, bonds of ;$1O0 called and forfeited. Michael Lnby, vagran- | cy, to August 29. Maurice s. Reilly, William | Greenfield, breach of the peace on Edward Hnssie, 8 fine, $6.1s costs each. Pasquale |