The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-12

Ques.-I will ask you to look at that paper and say
ing paper to wtness).
Ans-T think Il is his handwriting; think most of
1t is Mr. News handwriting
insi 70 "ha' p0in' Is II "f' -'s" "'''"'''
Ana-Up to Ss5, oo0-the first page and part Of the
second Said paper was marked for identification by
Ques.-I win also get you to look at that paper, and
look at the rest of the writing Exhibit and if it
is not in Mr. News handwriting. wnose is itl
Ans.-Wel. / should say it is Mr.. Morrison's. All
that is not Mr.. News is Mr. Morrisons.
Ques-The pencil memorandum-the memoranda
in pencil figuring down the of the front
page-that is Mr.. Morrison's, too, is il notl
Ans-I think the penciling the first page the
is writing at the bottom of the page that had
overlooked think that is Mr.. Morrison too; that is
in pencil.
Questions by Dir. Butler:
Qqes.-All that is in ink on the front page, you
think is Mr.. Newsl
Ans-Ycs sir
Qnes.-And all in pencil on the front page, you
think, is MIR. Morrison's?
Ans.-I think so.
Ques.-And that on the back of this in ink, is that
Mr.. New'sl
Ans-No sir.
Questions by Mr.. Ketcham:
Ques.-Down to 5000 is News. and below is
Morrison's Now, will ask you to look at another
paper that will hand you, and get you to state if
and II any portion is in the handwriting of Mr.. Nor
rison. Exhibiting paper to witness.l
Ans-I think all of that is in Mr.. News hand
writing THE paper was marked for identification by
the reporter as Exhibit FL
Ques.-Now viii ask you to look at paper, which
will ask you to designate Exhibit e. for dentf
cation and get you to state in whose handwriting that
document is.
Ans.-That is Mr. Aiorrison's. [Said paper was
IN arked by the reporter as Exhibit &C. i
Ques.-Now will get you to look at a paper, which
will ask to be identified Exhibit H and get you
to state in whose handwriting that is.
Ans-That is Mr.. Morrson's handwriting. [Sad
paper was here marked for Identification as Exhibit
Ques.-I will ask you to look at paper, which will
have designated as Exhibit IL aud Will get you 20
state in whose handwriting that is.
Ans.-Al in Mr.. News handwriting Said paper
hibit 1T
Cues will ask you to look at this paper, which I
will ask to be DESIGNATED Exhibit ID and state to
the jury in whose handwriting that is
Ans-That is all in Mr.. Morrisons handwriting.
[Said paper was marked for Identification by the re-
porter Exhibit u"
Ques.-I will ask you to look at this paper which
will ask to be designated Exhibit K, and you may
state in whose handwriting that is.
Ans.-The handwriting the face OF the paper
the filing is MIR. Morrisons, and the signatures
Morrison and Miller's. [Said paper was marked 10y
the reporter for Identification as EXHIBIT *. y
Ques.-I will ask you to look at this paper, which
will ask to be designated Exhibit IL" and ask you
to state in whose handwriting it is
Ans.-All in the handwriting of Mr.. Morrison. Said
paper was marked by the reporter for identification as
Exhibit ~.
Ques.-I will ask you to look at this paper,
ask you to state in whose handwriting it is.
Ans.--In the handwriting of Mr.. Morrison. [Sad
paper was marked by the reporter for Identification
Ques.--Now the handwriting on the back of Exhibit
'K' and the Endorsements on the back of Exhibit *;
do you know in whose handwriting they are, or did
you say in whose handwriting they werel
Ans-I did not. The first two Endorsements 1
think Mr.. News handwriting do not recognize
the handwriting of the next two it may be MIR. News
MIR. MCDONALD-It might as we'll go in now in re-
gard to Exhibit *" The first two Endorsements are
in the handwriting of Mr. New the third and fourth
are in the handwriting of Mr. Wright.
THE WITNEss-I should judge they were, but am
not sure should say they were.
Ques.-Do you recollect the time that Mr.. Morrison
Ans.-I don't remember the day; it was in March
1891 think about the middle of the month.
Ques.-I will get You to state from what source you
received the papers which have been exhibited to you
and which have been identified and whether you
received them before or after Morrsons DEATH
Ans--I received them after Mr. Morrison's death.
Ques.-From his administrative
Ans-No sir; from Judge Duy.
Ques.-Well was Judge Duy the attorney for the
ADMINISTRATIVE
Ques.-And whether these papers together at
you may state
Ans.-I received them about ten days ago, and they
were all in an envelope or package, together.
Now gentlemen, what has Mr.. Ketcham to
say to you9 You remember his action, and
positive denial of the facts about exhibit TX"
last evening. You remember how in that domi-
neering style he said Mr. Butler, you did not
get that exhibit in any such way it did not come
self" Mr.. Ketcham either knew that his state
ment was right or that it was wrong when he
made it. Why did he make it9
Here is plaintiffs evidence proving chat
brother in law" Davis did get the $342, 900 note.
exhibit TX, from Mr.. Duy; and the reporter
| was exactly right when he stated that the ex-
hibits from I'D" to IN" came out of the tin box.
| What such statements IS that made for by
| the COUNSEL What object had Mr. Ketcham in
| springing UP and in that almost insolent style.
saying you know that is not true; you know
you produced that"
| want you to remember these things when
you go to your jury ROOM They are all of piece.
This case is not being tried by plaintiffs
counsel on the facts, but on their assertions,
that are not in evidence, and that are not true.
Now gentlemen, want to proceed rapidly
as possible, because, say to you, that | am 60
ing to close my argument when the Court ad-
| journs for dinner, whether l am done not. /
am going to give Mr.. Claypool this afternoon,
and that will give plaintiffs about four hours
more than one half of the five days allotted to
this argument. l want, first to call your atten-
ton to just what the condition of the First Ma
| tiona Bank was on the 23d of February, 1878
| Remember that it is not, the Court will tell
| you, the condition the bank is in Now that you
are to consider, nor is the condition the bank is
| in now any proof of the condition it was in then.
| except incidentally. What changes may occur
in eight years. Men who were worth their
thousands and their millions eight years ago, are
| to day paupers; men whose checks were good for
millions at a single drawing are to-day not good
for nickel; and is this bank to be measured
now, in 1884, by the fact that men who
then owed it and were regarded as perfectly
good have since gone into bankruptcy Take j.
K. Sharpe. He could have borrowed money by
the thousands of dollars in any bank in this
State at the time this stock was sold. To be
sure, Mr. Churchman said that along about that
time he began to get shaky; but it was after
along in March, when he saw the bankrupt law
going out of force in few months, and that he
would be left in a corner.
Mr. KETcHAM-Mr. Sharpe went into bank
ruptcy the 9Th of March.
Mr. BUTLER-That is true: but on the morn
ing he went into bankruptcy nobody in this city
had the fantest idea that he was in trouble. Mr.
Churchman said it great surprise, and Mr.