Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-28
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
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We'd nC sday afternoon the defense con.
tinuod tn call wtucsscs ~ their behalf IN
the Gottschalk n L,dotman insurance
case.
W. X. Lyons, dealer in general mcr-
Of Now Brunswick, N, j testi
fled that no had dhalt IN dry goods aud
millinery at different times witness knew
the firm ot GOttsohalk & Blum; the former
partner sent for witness 80 come TO his
store In February. 1882, telling him
that he desired to sell him
lot of goods the stock was cheap
aud witness bought abOrt 800 pair of hose,
lot of papsr, shoe blacking, stove polish,
and shoe dressing at very low prices
when witness went tc tho store to purchase
the second lot oi goods the parties sogmod
To bo packing up when witness made his
purchase, Gottsohalk opened number Of
other boxes containing goods, which he
did not purchase but looked at IL was
proposed to have this witness give his
opinion as To what tho stock WAS worth,
but 1t was disallowcd 10y the court.
In the cross examination oi Mr.. Lyons,
Mr.. Steinmcts, of the counsel for the
HlatuJlls, Itdu pilb VI NV Ntp'hlN''h
taken in New Brunswick, Ia which the
word "hght" occurred.
Mr.. Reynolds, Of defendants counsel,
understood Mr.. Steinmctz to read IL "lire."
Mr.. Steiumetz did not think there was
any misunderstanding, but tho word
'tro" had beon used for purpose Mr..
Reynolds coutonded that no understood
the word sire" to have been used.
Considerable hot fl ing followed, uutil
the court restored order and stated that
they thought Mr.. Stcinmotz should have
taken MIR. Reynolds word that he mis-
understood him.
MIR. Reynolds asked whether tho counsel
for tho defense was to be protected from
the insults of the gentlemen, or whether
they should defend themselves the court
observed that it hardly kuow with which
one the blame lay.
Several other tilts Of this kind O0ourr 4
| during the afternoon.
| This Mornings Court.
This morning tho defense called julius
| Lcdcrmau, of the firm of GOttschalk Il
| Lederman, for cross examination. lie
| testified that he rCalios at No. 36 East
| Walnut street he became member Of
the firm in January, 1882, and contributed
$4,000 in cash to tho capital stock, Of this
amount 81 900 was in checks. Tho witness
was questioned at length in reference to
his means. where he got tho money that
he invested, &c.
During the examination counsel became
involved in dispute and Mr.. Reynolds
suggested that the case DO conducted to-
day in proper way.
The court said they would proceed just
as they had been.
Mr.. Reynolds said he proposed to i'm
prove it.
L. O. Irwin, general agent Of the Phoenix
Insurance company Of Hartford, testified
that he came to Lancaster on the day after
the fire, visited plaintiffs store, which
showed very little evidence of fire the
goods were damaged more by water and
smoke than fire witness told Emil Cots
chalk, brother of one the firm, that the
goods belonged TO the firm and they would
not be allowed to abandon them went with
Chief Engineer Howell 10 Gottscha.k house
and informed him that the stock wa'
badly damaged and suggested thai
an appraiser be appointed Colts
chalk said he brought $1,000 worth
of goods from Now Brunswick and hil
r partner had put 5000 into the business
0 witness asked concerning tho books aud
bills aud Gottschalk sad the books were
+ in the safe and tho bills were burned
/ during the appraisement witnosg asked
J Lederman how much money he had put
I into the business, he said that on the l0tt
of April he had given his partner SO 900 it
bills, which he got from his wife; these bill
were not depositcd in tho bank but wer
B.. placed in the safe about the last OF Apri
T he gave GOttschalk a., 900 additional IL
| money and 90 600 more about two weeks
| before the fire all Of these sums he said h
{ got from his wife aud not from bank; whel
r tho safe was opened witness asked GOtt
/ schalk for tho books containing the inven
I tory Of the goods brought from New
r Brunswick and he said he had none
witness was close to the safe when 1t wa
d opened aud saw no money nor check bOOl
y taken from it he inquired PARTICULAR
the New Brunswick inventory aud Gott
= schalk did not say that it was In the das
s in the store and was burned; when witnes
r entered the store ho observed that the tr'
y had been confined to q small space in tn
It southwest corner it seemed TO hav
:. started at the desk and burned for abou
It ten feet of the building.
}. The cross examination of the witnes
O had not been concluded when court ad
!, jOurned at noon.
, Adjournment oi Quarter Sostip"s
A This morning was the time set f.
n quarter sessions to resume but it wa
% found impossible to hear auy cases in tina
court owing to the insurance case, whlc
0. still holds the counsel. The jurors wer
a. therefore discharged for the week.