Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-29

master Generaishp and large delegation of members
side the Illinois delegation to push MI Springer for
the Interior department. The Mcdonald men are also
busy with this boom and the virg MIA deleEainn will
Mr. Barbour should te made Postmaster General. '
The Trial OF Mr. Drew.
Continued from the First Page.l
The witness attention called to the head of
an account which was torn Off, leaving only the
words .u = Department, - -, He said It APP
how it had occurred.
Mr.. worthlngton asked how It was that, when
the witness store located at the corner OF 9th
street and the Avenue and the Central National
Bank at the of eth street. in collecting these
checks, amounting to nearly $4,000, he had taken
the trouble To go all the way 10 the Treasury, In
stead OF deposftiDg them In the bank.
at was a pretty large amount OF money" said
Mr. Drew, I" and liked to have it. | may have had
use for it at the time to pay OUT or use it for other
purposes"
" and don't think any one has right to question
what did with it. II l had good explanation
would like to give 1t to you"
The witness attention was called to personal ac-
counts with Carrlgan on the ledger, one running
from May % to October n, 1884, containing several
items o. cash, amounting TO 1915 and another for
small amount, running from December 30, 1881, TO
April ii, 1892.
Mr. Worthington called attention to the fact that
| these accounts were closed on dates when pay
ments were made for goods On account of the bu-
reau, and asked if that were not singular cOnci
dence. The witness said that it was probable Car
may have been collected.
''When did you last see Mr.. Carrgan ?" asked the
| district attorney.
s. can't tell you, Sir" said Mr. Drew, 81 have
not seen him since any Of these troubles CON-
menced"
Mr.. WorthIngton asked the witness to send for
the bl0tter now In use at his store.
Mr.. Moore objected, saying that the defence had
not introduced this book In evidence.
Mir. Worthington said that the witness had stated
that the bOtters recording the transactions which
had taken place before Mr.. Drew's removal had
! hfspn GnSf will
Drew he continued, "that l expect to prove that
the blotterS which Is now in use there is one which
was begun before"
'By advice OF counsel" said Mr. Drew 81 decline
to send for it
The witness was questioned again as to the cir
clmstances attending the making OF the 81 .722 0S
bill. lie said his recollection was not clear to
dates and other details. but was very clear on the
point that he had furnished an equivalent for every
dollar represented IN the bill. The witness having
stated that he kept bOtter exclusively for the
entries OF the goods furnished the bureau, Mr..
W0rthiDgt0n called attclt1on to the entries in the
ledger referring back 10 the foos in the blotter,
wing that the first reference folio 40I the
next to 4o6, the next following to 49, 49, All, 46O
Al $50 and 4S5 respectively, and asked what on
the intervening folioS. The witness said they may
have been correct with other entries but he had no
positive recollection.
AFTER THE NoosiREcEss,
Mr.. Worthington continued the cross-examina-
ton. Mr.. Drew said he was not sure whether he
had ever furnished any goods to the Brooklyn lab
oratoTy after the st2 bill in 1881. He was sure he
extent
oil 81 OoO, or In any large amount The witness
tent10n was then called TO a bin dated December H.
1oo3 Tor ii poo IS which he said was In his hand
writing. Mr.. Worthington then read the bill which
was "fOr medicines and appliances furnished to the
Naval laboratory" The witness said that this bill
was one copied from rough bill furnished hy MIR
Carrgan. He did not tell to the paymaster that
the goods We're not furnished to the Naval labora-
tory. He did not think he had ever told any one OF
his transactions with Carrgan.
Mr.. WOrthingtOn called attention to the fact that
In the first OF Mr. DrewS ledger the pages from 29O
to 2s3 were missing and the pages 39s TO 81 snow
witness said he knew nothing about the miss
ing sheet. Another leaf, containing pages 500
ness said that this was an old
books and dapidated. He did not know how
the page had been lost he did not know whether If
had ever been in the book. His attention was called
- the top OF the page missing from the index AMI
he was asked II the next page did not show the
mark there. Upon redirect-eXamnation the Wit
ness said that when he first started into business
he did not have dollar OF his own in the world.
Some OF the money he borrowed from DR.. Hall and
some from Mr. Mcclure. He had not had enough
funds always since then to carry on his business.
He had borrowed money from j. r. Wiet John
keyworth, c. c. Duncanson c. W. Howard and a
number OF others. When these bills referred to
were PAID to him, witness would pay his debts with
the money. The examination OF Mr.. Drew was
closed few minutes before o'clock
Mr.. Jas. A. McDevtt was called and testified
that he had tried to md the junk man who had
bought Old paper 1T Drews, but had not found
him
Mr. Drew was then recalled. and showed that the
pieces torn from the top of the Index leaving only
the words 81. s. department -, referred propa-
bly, 20 an account with the "U. S. Department OF
state" as such an account appeared in the ledger,
and there was no other reference to iU
in the index except this fragment
Mr.. {; ". Howard. the next witness, said that
since 1850 and 1881 he had loaned the defendant
money at different times 1t was matter OF per-
sonal accommodation, and witness charged no
interest and kept no record OF it.
Upon crOSs-eXaminatfOD the witness said that he
Thought the highest amount the defendant had
ever given him in paying back a loan was about
$500.
When Mr.. Howard left the stand. at ten minutes
past two, Mr.. Moore announced that that closed
The case for the defence.
'.Well,n said Judge Wylie looking at the clock
'we viii have about time for one speechn
"oh, no. said Mr.. Coyle, ''we have some evil
In the cro5s-examination Mr.. Moore asked the
witness sharply, as To whether DR.. Van Reypen had
not talked with him about this matter, and the
witness said he had spoken to him. AS the witness
waSleaving the stand Mr. Moore remarked that he
had denied It twice. Judge Wylie called the wit
ness back, and said that he had not cOntradicted
himself
Mr.. Moore asked the question over again and
the witness said DR.. Van Reypen had asked him IL
| lie knew Howard and the witness said "nO" Judge
fairly.
Brook Shaw, Mr.. Clarks assistant, gave similar
Henry a Mullen, a clerk at Mr. Drew's store was
called and testified that according to his recollec-
ton the blotter at present in at the store was
opened after moving from the old store.
Benjamin White, clerk in the bureau OF medi-
cine and surgery, testified that he never saw any
boxes there from Mr.. Drews store, except a few
little paSte0oard boxes containing soaps and goods
OF that kind. These were on Mr. Carrfgans desk.
DR.: Wales and DR.. Hudson were recalled, and tes-
titled that they had never seen any boxes at the
bureau brought from Drew's store.
Marsh Clark, the venerable messenger OF the b,,-
| reau OF medicine and surgery, was the first wit
ness called In rebuttal, and testified that he had
never seen Reuben Howard, Mr.. Drew's porter, at
the bureau or received any goods from him at the
bureau.
District Government Affairs.
AN APPROPRIATION NEEDED FOR THE DOG POUND
Much difficulty has been experienced by Poundmaster
Enstein in the proper housing of the pound as
istenco Of nuisa on the premises The pound is
nothing but modern structure with yellow pine pal
lngs nailed leaving About three inches space be