Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-26
FIFTH EDITION,
The Defense on.n.

H..
would rest his case, and NJ ~ MAJ he
opened tne case for the defense n
askoo Gnat Mr. Nields produce tbs ,i no
ger and journal for 1880 and 1881 lo led
Mr.. Bird said:that he felt II nao.
Tor them to examine these hoIhsfy
they expected to show that leav oAS IS
been cut out, figures altered or1 Lad
things done to conceal frana oIner
Nields said that ~ the oounssI ar,
opportunity to demand these nAu Ing
the commencement Of the tria, | "Ss
failed to do 60, he declined to I n-ui la1
them now. PRODUCE
Mr.. Bird then made bis orant
dress to the Jury, and claIre UdIiug ad1
would Dc able to show that The n,;~ S
had given false statemenu in rs p.aiuI
to the value of the goods on b.os
the tisae OF the are, and N,, ,sa
ventory, whish purported ia h.% e
stock on hand ut the arst a tSs
was made by the plaiutif, or sOw ssa
in his employ, less than twentv "
hours before it was ssbmi,ted y
adj asters.
He would show that the frauo h..
on the corner WAS not on fire. ana , ~
when the alarm was given he sra
In the Pierson building. He All
claimed to be able to show tina, law
Quantities Of goods had been removs
to the Huntsberger Building, And NJ
carriers had been employed fot sevs,
days previous to the IRE in hauling n
stock away.
When Mr.. Bird closed, Mr., Brsdto,
stated that he had served notice on M,
Nields to produce the policy OF Imam
ance on the bailding, which he n
procured in the Liverpool, London
Globe Insurance Company. Mr.. Mall
asked what the purpose was in askjr
for this policy, and Mr.. Bradford
piled that 1t was for The purpose
sho wing notice on the part Of
plain tiff. He had effected an i1suran
with this company for $1,000 on
building, which they would show w
only worth $500, and therefore be
q motive of 81, 500 to have the buidII
destroyed.
TIE application was resisted by
Nj Ids, who denied that the $500 offen
for the old building represented
| Faiuos ho ediu tuhl Tue court Lou
had cost over 500. 900, and yet, ID
was necessary to tear 1t down, 1t wod
not bring the quarter of that smou
and this was the case with this huil
ing.
Inc discussion was continued
some time, when the court decided
the policy could moi ha adpitted,
the examination OF witnesses was
tin ued.
: Elisha O. Irwin was sworn, and ID
, fed that he ID the vice president Of
! Fire Association OF Philadelphia,
. had been connected with the Pho
Company Of Hartford, Conn, as
. aG jnster of losses. When he cam
this city on Tuesday, September 6th
t reference to the are al Persons, he
q also acting for the Hartford and 4
o Companies. When he arrived In
0 city he went with Mr.. WooIley to
4 Huntsberger building, where be q
Mr.. PiersOn and was introduced to
= The witness talked to him shout
n fire, and asked him II be had taked
y inventory of the stock on hand Jtn1
l. LIST, 1882, and he said that be had.
/. AS they walked ont Front stree
= the scene Of the Are, Mr.. PiersOn
marked that there were some rel
atioat that he had set fire to the b
ing, and the witness replied that
= nothing, as there vera al
persons who were ready 10 say
-. pleasant things about per'on VIM
ID met with loss. When they rs
rs the place, the witness saw that 81
everything was destroyed, and VII
asked Pierson the origin of the nm
replied that he WAS informed thl
y was caused by an explosion OF
= oil lamp in the frame building
door.
The winners then told Pierson
Y. his books and papers ready, ano
10; was quite unwell himself be went
% to Philadelphia. On Thursday be
III back to this city, and again ssM
PierSon, who upon being ashsu
inventory replied that be had ces
1t The witness explained TO him n9
n losses were adjusted, and ASKED
W. produce his ledger. When DO y
examine it he found that lae
had been altered, and when ne
Pierson's attention 10 IL great %
sweat burst out on bis foF'
and he said that be
some dealings with his b1
IS and that. az the figures which pa
ins nut down at that time were nol
/ yalus of the goods, he had, alter
- occurred, had the other hRni,r.
r which raised the value ilo,n IN
J. TO $40 $40 IS The witness sSsa
Ii him for the inventory, ana % n
said that he had destroyed ~
he asked Mr.. Pierson for tIo un
in 1881 but IL GOULD not De loun
'si Woolley then spoke to PisisOTS
went away, but returned II WI vS
an hour and handed MI W. I'M
roll Of paper, ,.,his9p AMI
Itch so 10 penIisd "The inventory. l
,,sai noss tbsn called Persons suen
be- me fact thai he had tod him II
49, stroy ed, and he repheu ~, ,he iuvl
i 1t you lie." he exSmlnet" nod nod eyd
and upon finding tuat II H% ;~ a N
ait pearance of having been IL q
ten smelled of smoke, he ilqu,'' rsnl
had been kept, and PleIsV he An
H. his secretary Of home, az en ~ rs al N
now now asking that it be given 6scA air. air.
the witness replied, M, 81
sua keen this as part OF my Case vii
re HI Hs had = third interview ,S va
urse piarsnn when he produced .n0
t1es1 Int when the witness
n o. o Aooh, If he found 10 many
'Hs s ei'srsd' and n such plain e Bi'ra1
Ia JUlu
, would neither admit OF p,u lie
liability Of the cO ~ Urocl
that be would have " P
tp md ! cording to his policies :. him,
,u rns I in ten days with MI Inv y
who asked Mr.. Plers @g he lsp
n sltered these figures, and md h had :
U. the mercnantile agencies sm inc ID
70 of coming arou nd TO e1a ,lIs cba
and that by making .lS rstirs'
gave himself a oesisdd bis
ose witness then cS"'S had tCl
o'e ton to what no IVA n'' Hgui
ing S sm changing the 10 v6icd
"Do 80 his brother, ~ an