Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-10
TWO CENTS.

Mr. Brooks that he had received registered letter
containing $50 in July, and this evidence Was III
.ile did not say tina, 1t was addressed TO Fnnder
did he:' asked r. Riley
II oeNeNe not was the reply.
MR. THOMPSON RECArIEp-HE CoNTKtprCTs STORY TO
BROOKS as REIAlED BY THAT WITNESS
MI John W. Thompson was recalled and exam
fned as To the statement OF Finder made Ia the
testimony OF Mr.. Brooks yesterday. He said that
when Finder asked him in New York when he
came from his interview with the men. flushed and
angry. and said that they were triillnE with
him (FlinderN, whether the witness was wiling 10
have the men arrested. witness replied that noman
was more willing. and getting up hc went 10 the
bell 10 ring for carriage, buI Finder sopls,d hn.
The witness said that the detective I'm New York
gave him the same advice as the dete,iiyrs here
namely. that money would have L. pn paid 10 get
the bonds back. The witness said that Finder
never gave him the nalueS of the men aged In
the robbery, or said that he WAS willing 10 10 oeiOre
The grand jury.
FLINDER AND "NICHoLSoS" TAKE BUGGY RIDE.
Warren A. Hubbard was the next witness lie
stated that NJ this time he not employed any
where; but In July, 1880. he was a book-keeper NJ
Fadeey'S livery stable on Sth street between and
f streets He said that on The morning of July ~
1850. about 10 o'clock, three men came into tlIs
office and wanted 10 hire buggy. one az these
men. who afterwards gave his name ''NiCuol-
son." handed him three one dollar bills. Mi
ness asked him what name he should pat down,
and The stranger said f. made no difference. The
witness said IL WAS necessary, and 50 he gave the
Name OF 'NiCh0l>on.n
"Dd you know any OF these men," asked the
Il Only knew one. was the reply
Who was that" continued tie district attorney.
"Mr. McneVttt." was tue response.
1.-The defendant here:n inquired the district at
tOrney.
Yes. sir" responded the witness she iEtro-
duCed the other man As Finder"
The witness identified the defendant Finder as
the man Introduced TO him bv Mcncvitt. The
man who gave his name as Nicholson. the witness
said, had light mustache. Finder ana Nich0-
son got into the buggy and drove away. The
buggy was returned between two and three
o'clock. He found a trowe ia the buggy. The
witness then read the entry OF the hiring OF tie
buggy on that day.
IN THE CRoSs-EX AMTN ALTON
the witness stated that he had been employed NJ
Geyers, Cruts and other stablesb but denied that he
had been discharged from the latter place for TAX
Ing money. He said that he knew MrDevift ana
when he came I'm the Office NcDevitt addressed him
as Fadeley. McDevitt told him that these gentle.
men wanted buggy, and he went at once ami got
one The witness attention was called 10 the fact
that he said IN his direct examination that ne had
refused the buggy at first, as he did NOT Know
the men, and they had previously lost a horse and
the witness said that he did not mean To say II He
said that the WAY he knew that the buggy was rp-
turned between two and three o'clock thar after
noon. was because IL was being washed when he
lc1t for dinner. The witness said that he ,td rot
remember whether he lived AT that tine on 4; or r
street. The defense submitted the witness To a
sharp crosS-eXannaton 10 how he remembered
certain facts ard did not remember OF hers and the
witness said that he had not thought much about
Ieau AN account OF the proceedings OF the trial in
newspaper. and these facts were recalled 10 his
mind lie was summoned as witness on Tuesday
he witness then testified hat the rowtl that was
brought BACK In the buggy laid around on the desk
ln The ofce and then Was cari a up stairs and was
In Pile of rubbish. The last time the witness SAW
IT he gave il To Mr. Fadelnv who took IN opf ia a
cemetery. he thought Tie witness had never
seen Finder before.
MR. FADELEY CoRRoBoR.TEs THE PREcEpr<; W.T.
NESS.
Ny. Edward r. Fadeley litnn took tha stand He
said that he was proprietor OF the livery stable On
stn street. bu was not at the stable in the morn
inE. lie found on the book an entry OF rn, hire II
a buggy and was at the Office when the buggy re-
turned between and O'clock. He did not re-
member who came back with IT, His foreman
brought I'm a trowel which he said he had round in
the buggy. His account OF the disposition of the
trowei agreed with tnat the previous witness.
Upon the conclusion 0f his testimony the district
nlent, your honor"
Mr.. CHRIsTY OPENS FOR TIRE nEFESsE
Mr.. Chrt>ty began his opening for the defense
about quarter TO H. He said that so FAR as Film
der was concerned the fne OF defense had been an
tCipated in the very full and elaborate history OF
the Transactions complained OF. which had heen
presented IN the testimony for the prosecution.
Never before. he said. in the history OF the courts
OF this country or the courts of England had there.
been conviction asked unless the witnesses upon
whose testimony the Indictment was found were
examined In court. Those witnesses ought to le
rendered here for the purposes or cross-,-xamina-
ton. AS to the principal facts. the principal Wit
nesses must have been Donohue. Nicholson and
BURY, none OF whom had been presented In court
as witness Mr. Chrsty complained that the
usual methods OF trial had not been FOL
lowed by which the DEFENDANTS were ap-
prfSed OF the witnesses 10 appear against them.
He said a prominent feature OF the defense would
be proof OF the good reputation OF these defendants
prior to the movement which eliminated ia these
indictments. They would prove 10y leading busl-
ness men. bankers and men OF wealth that these
defendants had repeatedly warned them against
men whose presence In the city threatened their
property. They would show that there WAS mo-
tive in The breast Of the who had detailed here
a history OF the transactions upon which this
charge was based They world show that this man
had n been eis arrested by now CHARGED with
that Little Horace had been arrest cd at the IN
stance Of James A. McDevif upon Information fur
nished 10y Charles F. Flindcr; that he was sl!lse-
quently Indicted. They would show thai the pun
suit OF Little Horace di!igen, blt the Results
not satisfactory, though that the fauit not OF
these detectives, but others They would trace 10
this man malicious motive. in addition 10 the
temptation placed before him OF securing immunity
and his discharge fiO!n prison The question was
under what temptation the witnes, testified not
the actual immunity offered. but what the witness
believed would result TO him on account 0f hiS
timOny. They proposed 10 show Jhat this mans
story. far il reflected in1riOusly uDon these
defendants, was unreasonable, Illogical and at war
with the facts OF the and the known facts OF
the lives and characters OF these defendants They
would show the life OF this man from its beginning
as a ttll-tapper untI he appeard as government
witness
Mr Chr1sty said that AZ the time when Little /
Horace says he met Flinder-ftfteen minutes after
the Government Printing Office robbery-and told /
him that they had the money. these defendants
were at the police headquarters. After asNdiling 4
different points OF Little Horaces testimony, MIR 4
ChriSty said they would show that the original /
theory OF the government formerly wholly an
tagoniStc to the present theory. They would md
that the defendants Gn the day OF the robbery
following their usual and proper avUcationS. Re
frring 10 the testimony or the officers or the Me-
tropoiltan National bank. he said they would not
I'm any way attack that testimony. They had given |
truthful statement OF the facts, and tie defense
would show simply that this testimony was wholly
There was no pretenae that there was any active
completely in the robbery by these DEFENDANTS
They would show that Mr.. McDev1tt's conduct Was
honest, natural, and consistent with his whole lie
When he went 10 the bank, hurried and excited
statements were made TO him They would show
that McDevtt had done just what vigilant officer
and reasonable man would have done. They would
show that the first time that Finder knew OF the
robbery was when he met McDeyitt on the street
Car afterwards, and when ne told McDeyitt OF hav-
ing seen Burke and Others the Treasury steps.
They would show that these men, with saIchtls
and linen busters, WHOM Mr.. McDeyiIt and Mr.
Middleton met at the City Hail. were Innocent
travellers who had stopped TO look, because OF a
recent injury TO the City Hall by storm. Ii was
necessary part OF the story OF Little Horace who
these travellers the thieves order to secure an
apparent confederation OF his testimony by Mr. |
Middleton. They would show, he said, that Film /
der, In his negotiation, was acting not In the In
tereSt OF the thieves but In the interest OF the
bank Mr.. ChrlSty closed at one O'Clock.
JUDGE wYLIE REVIEWS THE EVIDENCE FOR THE |
PROSECUTION.