Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-17
STEWARDS TRIAL.
Particulars Of this Important Case.
How lie Came to be Acquitted, With Graph
ic Description OF Winnipeg the
Place OF Ills Trial.

The trial of W T. Stewart the defaulting
Western Union manager, OF this city, has at
tracted great attention among the monled
| men OF the United States and Canada. Had
it resulted in thu conviction of Stewart ii
would have made fight to Canada with EN-
bezzied funds far more precarious than now
and also considerably disturbed the present
Bartholmews Enos and others who are
resting ser urely upon the friendly shore.
| Messrs. c. A Walker and VIII Carroll, OF
Wichita, and T. p. Cook of St. Louis, at
tended the trial as witnesses; and Messrs.
George W. Manning, of New York, and
! Frank j. Connolly, of Wichita, attended as
representative of the American Surely Co,
of New York, by whom the prosecution was
instigated
An EAGLE reporter met Hr. Connolly yes
ter,lay after his return from Winnipeg and,
upon making inquiries regarding the trial.
was given the following facts: Stewart
was arrested under Canadian law prohlb-
iting the carrying into Canada OF stolen
,:luney While the American Surety Co
| were the investigators OF the arrest their
name in no way appeared in the prosecution.
Stewart admitted the embeZzlenent, end,
uence il was only necessary for
the prosecution to prove that the money
taken with him and produced II court was
the same The Indictment charged
tia there were two silver certificates en-
bczz,ed ut Wichita and carried into 2ianto-
. 1 III, la,
under the sweat band Of his hat These We're
seen by conductor and porter OF q car on
the American side and also by the keeper of
the billiard hall of the Leland house where he
stopped il Canada. The latter saw the
money when lie removed the bills 10 pay for
the game Still there conld be no connec-
ton ma &c out between this money and that
cmbeZzied here.
There was a great feeling IN his favor, the
continent Of tie people was strongly for him,
and one reason for this was that the commu-
niuy was 10 a great extent composed OF men
v no had left this country under SIM
liar charge, ara they well knew that il
he be convicted there would be many OF the
people of Canada who would be disturbed,
and be compelled to leave for other and more
congenial Chimes Stewart told Carroll that
u prominent man Of that country told him
(Stewart) to draw upon him for any amount
up TO g Zoo if needed in defending his case.
10 not know, however, il this be true Or
not
The tria! commenced Tuesday
and vas completed Wednesday morning:
he jury retired, and after about fifteen
minutes deliberation returned verdict OF
acqulttal | don't think there was sufficient
pro of TO convict the man. Any one would
be morally certain OF his guilt, yet the
legal proof was defective. The case was
weak in tracing the identical money into
Canada
On Thursday, the day after his acquittal,
be went 20 work 70 the Canadian Pacific
railroad upon an important position that the
company had kept open three weeks for
him i'll expectation of his acguIttai, and when
we were on the train at the depot waiting
to pull out for home, | glanced from the
window and saw Stewart in AN elegant new
suit of clothes rllstling around, giving orders
a. pompous and digniiied as if nothing had
ever happened to any way cloud his future
prospects.
OK Winnipeg, the place where the trial
was held, he said, in'reply 20 all inquiry that;
The city has. according to the guide book,
population OF 25,oG0, yet think it must be
larger The man street is two hundred
feet side and has fine
sIdewaiks eighteen feet in width The bust
ness houses extend along both sides of the
msin street for about mile and half
They are built soiidiy Of white brick and
stone and are from two to five stories IL
height. The Hudson Bay company have
here their headquarters, a building four or
five stories high. front Of 200 and depth
of 40 feet It is packed from cellar to gar
ret with all kinds of goods, which they lead
upon their agents and send north to trade
with the Indians for furS.
!. is the seat of government Of Manitoba;
has the parliament building, military school,
and governor generals mansion. There are
good hotels, magnificent churches, several
of which cost $500 eco. and the Episcopal.
which cost over halt million. The people
are intelligent and civil, composed of Eng
I,>h. French and half breeds, French and In
dams
&c principal products are wheat and veg
etables, and Of both these they grow a very
superior quality, Dealing in fms is carried
on to great extent; every man that has
any SOFT Of a store has furs 10 sell They are
worn by all. for il is extremely cold.
There are txo daily papers, street cars
upoa all the principal streets and TWO lines
OF railway, the Canadian Pacific and 81.
Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba