, 1888-11-22


other for S350)I"
The checks were for some property sold,
and $3.50 of 1t was my commission"
| FAMILY HISTORY.
How did your wife get this property yI'
ut was decided TO her by her father.in-
law for one dollar and love and affection"
Who is her father-in.lawp''
The Hon William Lewis, senat of
the Nineteenth district of New York."
What relation is he 10 her, did you
say?"
''He Is her father.in.law, and naturally
the father of her husband, your witness"
1T would appear so. said the court.
but you could have told that in half
minute"
Lewis said that he played in 5000 or
$500 before he handed over the $4,000.
After you lost the 5000 or $500 did
| you keep on playing?'
III did"
Then you mean to say that you left
that 5000 for safe keeping?'
| yes"
Are you in the habit of depositinc
| your money in faro banks?"
Il often deposited money with faro deal
ers and saloon men"
LOST MEMORY
! The witness could not, however, recol.
! lect any other time when he had left NON
ey on deposit with faro dealers. He could
not recollect everything that transpired
| that night. He had been drinking.
What did you do after you left the sa-
loon?"
''l went out into the street"
IN dogs after you?"
''Not then; butapparently there is now."
The court suggested that they could get
| along more smoothly without personali-
ties. But Mr.. Allen retorted rather hotly,
that the dogs would he after him (Lewls)
more closely than ever"
He then asked Lewis how he accounted
for having such bad memory on the pight
in question, and such bright and con-
venent memory now. Colonel Feighan
objected to this line of questioning, but
the court said it was perfectly proper.
They've got him crazy, and you don't
want to let him stay crazy, do you," said
Judge Nash.
Lewis denied emphatically that he set
tied" with Lithgow and that when he
left the saloon everything was square"
He remembered when he left the place
Lithgow said to him. Come around Mon
day morning and Ill settle with you"
He was then asked: 'Do you remember
meeting man named Ross and asking
him How did you come out?" You said
you lost heavily, and thev tried to rob you.
You showed him a handful of chips and
said you were going to take them home"
On this subject also the witness mind
was blank.
LIQUOR MADE HIM STUPID.
Mr.. Gritfiths asked him what caused his
change of mind and forgetfulness.
Whisky and Soda" replied the wit
ness.
Where was it served?"
AT the gambling table,"
The liquor had an unusual effect oa
you?'
Yes, and we drank qnite frequently"
Who paid for the drinks?"
The game"
The court then took Lewis in hand.
WAS this your first experiencep" he
was asked.
mo, have played before"
How oftenp"
quite frequently"
How frequentlyp"
20, great deal in the last six or eight
months, am sorry osay."
''In that place."
"That and others.
That's ALL"
II. c. Bell, the real estate agent, was
called to prove that he sold piece of
property for Mrs. Lewis ana that the
checks were given in payment for the
same.
How did Lewis receive the money!"
asked Mr.. Allen.
''He acted as her AGENT
THE COURTS DECISION.
The defense submitted the case without
argument. Colonel Feighan, on behalf of
Lewis, presented some authorities. where
upon the court rendered his decision.
His honor said that he had listened pa
itiently to the case so long because the writ
OF replevin and order of arrest were secured
for serious Otfense az he thought. and at
the time he issued the order he had an
idea that the case was embezzement,
and 1T could be nothing short of embezze-
ment, ii. as was claimed, the money wac
deposited in lithgow and Duffee's safe
and they refused to yield it up.
The evidence, no Sever. showed that
Lewis went to the gambling table pre-
pared to stake his money and win. il pos-
sible, that of the gamblers. It was battle
between the hunter and the tiger, and the
hunter was defeated.
IL seemed unreasonable to suppose that
man would deposit his money in a faro
bank. and the most remarkable of the re-
markable things claimed. to draw it out of
an established bank for that purpose; de-
post money with men conducting u
gam bljnL house against and in defiance of
the law and comrlon drcency.
THEY ALL HAD A SMILE.
On the other hand what could he said of
II person aware OF this who goes IT, play
his money against the game. And one
thing still more remarkable wds that Mrs.
Lewis would send the very man who bad
lost ner money to recover 1t. The court
took little stock in the theory that Lewis
was druRged. He went into the place
with IA clear mind and knew what he was
doinv.
There are ways to recover this money!"
said Judge Nash. but now | have to
deal ouly with the matter before the court.
Tue motion to vacate the order of arrest is