Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-22

/, question, SIR. Steuoe whether YOU nave
E any knowledge, direct or indirect, showing
that Mr.. Montgomery, or tending 10 show
e that Mr.. Montgomery ON either Of these
: nights, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, OIL
: Suncay, or any other night, for that mat.
ter, came there to procure or did procure
any tally sheet whatever A-Sot to my
knowledge
, Q-Hsve you any knowledge whatever
, q To who did take, If ii VAS taken. the tally
7 sheet Of precinct A, Thirteenth ward' A
. have not
Q-or Of precinct B, Ninth wards Al
have not
: CRossRXANINArIoN.
QtBy Mr. Huling How long were you
: night watchman before October, IS! A
l cannot say.
Q-Do you know when you received
your appointment. A-No sir, 1 do not
know.
Q-Was il when the Court House that
stood here Was torn down and the Court
House moved across the streetr A-Soms-
time after that.
Q-How long had Crenane been there be.
fore October, 1852 Ale had been thers
long before csme there.
Q-He wss there when you went. A
Yes, sir.
Q-You guarded what part Of the Court
Houser Al guarded the main part of it.
Q-What WAS there upstairs to guard ?
A-Why the Clerks Office and Judge SAT-
fms office was the most and We had the
vault upstairs-the wooden vault.
Q-iOu had key to that vaults Al
did
Q-You had key to the door ups,airs.
Al did l did not carry the vault door
key, though, do not think. Mr.. Beck
always had il in the drawer Of his desk.
| U-Ynu know urhapa IL A-vAa
sir.
Q-You could get it any time you wanted
it. Ayes sir.
Q-You could get in there and did ret in
thereT A-ies sir any time wanted to.
Q.Do you know where the safe wasr
Ayes sir.
Q.Did you ever Sc it open .. nisht'
Q-How many times' Al don't ~
member. great many times, ten. twelve,
fifteen or eighteen or aybe twenty times.
| Q-Do you know where the com mbination
of that safe was kept' A-No sir.
In reply to further questions Mr.. Steube
said that he had never seen the cOmbinA-
tion 10 the safe but once, and that was
when Mr.. Joyce WAS sick and he and Mr..
Beck tried to open the safe; the combina-
ton was lying on the floor and he saw it
Mr.. Steube did not remember that he had
| OvCs UCcu 8OSSut ITOW Tic NOurL k1Ou0e .
| single night except once when he went to
Chillicothe for United States prisoner and
| did not get back until between 10 and IL
O'Clock, the train returning Later than he
had supposed. and Immediately on his re-
turn went to the Court House He said
he was not in the habit of spending . great
many hours away from the Court House ct
| night
Q-or anything Of that kind' A-No,
sir. did not
Q-You say you were not at DR.. Mont
gomery's house on either Wednesday or
Thursday? A-No, sir. I was not.
Q-Do you remember where you were on
either of those nights' A-The franklin
County Court House across the way.
Of you had been At DR.. Monteomery's
house to get tally sheets would you admit
it, Al think l would, yea sir.
Q-You think you wouldr Al think
would.
After further examination On this subject
Mr.. Steube was asked whether he knew .
young man by the name Of Frank Benson.
and he said he did.
Odd you have any conversation with
him before acting as . witness in this cassr
Al did. yes. sir.
The witness was next closely crossex.
amined about his having, before Squire
Fritchey. fixed the date Of the disturbance
referred to on Saturday night instead of
Thursday. but no reason vas assigned eX-
cept that it was mistake; that he had a.
sociated the date with the hanging of Grei. |
ner in some way and was not aware Of the
error until his attention was called to Il BY |
Mr.. Hetfner.
Mr.. Steube was then lsked further about
tine disturbance upon Thursday night and
his subsequent conversation with Mr. |
Joyce, Mr.. Huling asked:
Odd you have conversation the next |
day and didn't you say 70 him, with great |
deal Of brsvado, that be didn't employ you |
and you were under no obligations to him |
and that you would not tell him any thingf |
A-So. sir, l never spoke that kind of1an- |
guage TO Mr.. Joyce.
Q-What was it' "A letter was writ
ten to Richard Chamberlain. from Chicago
from Mr.. Granville to his wife's people,
and wanted to get that
Q--How much did you offer him to eet
il for your Al think offered him S25. |
He said there was something in the letter
about me. and waited TO see it,
Mr.. Stein said that he did not get the let
ter but that the young man read It and
told him that there was nothing in il about
him. and that he did not pay him the SIS. |
The witness was then asked about his
present employment, and what he hadbbeen
doing since he was relieved" from dutv st
the Court House He said that he had been
in the meat business . short time and had
made some money during the Saeneerfest
the last summer, bu: had not been doing
the most Of the time.
d. MONTGOMERY.
Q|By Mr.. McSweeneyHA little pre-
biography as usual-Yhere were
you born' A-Delaware county, Ohio.
l-How far from Coiumbus1 A-Twenty
miles.
Q-Where have you lived all the life you
have lived7 A-Until / was ~ years s(
~ IN the farm, then l went to Kenyon
College.
Q-whAt did you do on the farm, A.
Q-where did you 90 them A-Ksnys.
College
Q-Up here near Mt. Vernon at Gambisrf
A-Six miles east. I
Q-How long were you there, Alive
years lacking term. |,
Q-where did you 80 them A-wsoster
University
Q-How long were you there' A-Ayear
and one term.
Q-Graduated At Wooster, A-Yea, sir;
in rs. |!
Q-wh.t did you do then, Doctor' A
Came back to Columbus
Q-What did you do: Al went into
DR.. Hamilton's office-he is Professor Of
Surgery At the Columbus Medical College I
Q-Whst did you do in his office! Al I
medicine with him and At Z
ended lectures at the college. Il
Q-And graduated and got your diploma {
where7 A-Columbus Medical College 4
1880
Q-What did you do them A-Went 70
New York for year.
Q-What for? A-To study medicine.
Q-Where? Al took special courses I !
attended certain lectures at Bellevue and
,ertain Others At the College Of Physicians
md Surgeons. took . special course.
Q-Where did you go then, Al came
,ack to Columbus and opened an Office. 9
Q-What year does that bring you down l
%? A-'sl II