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

ment Fred Steube and DR. Montgomery
were examined, and the unusual spectacle
was witnessed of . member Of the Gran.
Jury which found the indictment. testify
ing - to the events which transpired i'll Tia
secrecy Of the Grand Jury room.
Mr.. Steube denied ali completely in III,
forgeries. He Vas not at DIR. MONTGOMERY
offce or elsewhere Thursday evenin,
for the purpose u carrying tally
sheets back to the Court House
He did not see Robert Montgomery abou
the Court Honse either Saturday or Sun
day night George Beaton and Mr. Cher
rington were At the Court House, Thursday
evening. Mr. Crenane and Mr.. HeinmilleI
were both With him Thursday night and
Crenane was with him Saturday and sun
day nights He did not think that Mr.
Montgomery could have entered the Court
House, without his knowing it,
Mr.. Steube was subjected 10 . remarkably
keen and severe ccross-eXamination by Mr..
Huling. upon u difference between his
present testimony and his testimony at the
trial before Fritchey. where he said it wss
Saturday night that Beaton Was At the
Court House. Mr.. Huling read from the
verbatim report of Steube's testimony at
the preliminary hearing, where he had
called the witness attention TO the fact
that he had previously testified before the
grand jury that Beaton was 1t the Court
House Thursday evening, and Steube still
insisted that II was Saturday evening
steube said that Mr.. Heffner, with whom
he had some communication by telephone
that Thursday evening had corrected him
- u the date, and that nov he remembered
distinctly that it was Thursday and not
Saturday night He said that he offered
Frank Benson SIS to get him letter re-
ceived by Richard Chamberlain from
Granville. Benson told him the contents
of the letter. and that was all he wanted.
He had heard that Granville had said some
thing about him in the letter, and wanted
20 know what il Vas.
Edward Young was recalled by the Stats
and asked concerning . conversation
with Mr.. Charles Z. Bonebbrake, Sunday
morning after the election between one and
two O'Clock in front of the b. a = Express
Office on High street He denied that any
thing of the kind occurred.
DIR. Montgomery then took the stand
and testified that he had nothing to do
with either Of the forgeries, and had no
knowledge of them at the time. He denied
also thu he offered Bob Turner $500 TO
get Granville 10 20 10 Canada, the money
TO be divided between Granville and Tur-
.er. He denied that he had smiled recog-
milton TO Granville since the trial began.
X. II. Marriott WAS recalled by the State
aud testified that he furnished information
70 - Capital reporter about the indictment
against Granville in Licking county.
William II. Domigan. . member of the
special grand jury which found the indict-
meat against the defendant and Others,
swore that Granville testified before the
grand jury that il Was DR.. Montgomery
who erased the tallies Mr. Granville had
Just been questioned on that point and
admitted that he had sworn to that effect.
Mr.. James A Miles WAS next called and
asked abou, Granville's calling upon Mr..
Booth, in company with the witness, to get
Booth to testify when Granville was .
defendant before Fritchey. The State
objected, and the objection was sustained.
Mr. L. L. Mills, of the counsel for the
State, was in the court room during the
morning session, and will remain until the
close of the trial. He has been absent on
account Of illness.
The following is . verbatim report Of the
principal poinu of Mr.. steube's testi-
nOuy:
QABy Mr.. Converse What il your
full nsme7 Aired Steube.
Q-Whers do you resider A-274 South
Fifth street
Q-what is your age, A-2s years.
Q-Where were you employed in Octo-
Der. IS! A-Night wstchman At the Court
House.
Q-state, if you please, whether you had
Q-How was the power conferred3 A.
II was conferred by Mayor Walcutt
Odd you act as one OF the privato
police? As one Of the special police! A
Yes sir.
You may state whether you wore the
uniform and star that police wear' A
Yes, sir.
Q-Whenever you were on duty you wore
the star and garb of u policeman? A-Well,
] just had the coat and vest.
Q-That is the blue coat with brass but
tons and then had q star? Ayes, sir.
never the wore the star on the outside of my
soat very much-very seldom.
Qiou wore it on you vestf A-Yes,
sir
o. will ask you to state how long you
we're employed IS watchmsn, where and BY |
whom Al can't say just exactly how
long l Was employed, but l was employed
by the County Commissioners, Wall, Briggs
and Dawson.
Q-What business did you have, what |
did you watch, and what did your employ |
ment cover? A-Well. nv employment |
covered the whole Court House from the |
first floor up.
Q-Who else were vatchmen there with
you? AIR. John CrenSne and Mr.. John |
O'Neil
Q-What did he do, what did John O'Neil |
Treasurer office
Q-Iou may state whether he was locked |
in or whether he roamed around over the |
premises? A-Nhenever he came on duty
he Was TO go on the inside, light the gas and
lock himself in.
S-What did John Crenane do, what was
the scope of his duty, Ale was watch
man for the Recorders Office small build
ing with only the one room.
n-I will 81 Won IN .taf.. hef thar opa
time in the fail of ls,5 the policemen were
ordered To keep together and state why
that order was is>ued2 A-There was Q
policeman Shot across the way by the name
Of Fiest.
Q-Where was that A-Across the way
from this Court House. 1t was right across
from the Schriner building
Q-Opposite the building? Ayes sir,
there were three burgiaries one night. Mr.. |
Crenane looked ont OF the window and
was down stairs, think, and l heard three
shots fired. and he ran down stairs, and We
carried the man into the Recorders Office.
He vas shot right through the neck wit
ness continued 10 describe the scene follow
ing II some length until interrupted).
OF don't care anything about that,
what was the order that followed that. A
We'll, Mr.. Murphy gave orders or il was
ordered by the Chief at police headquar-
ten that all police should double up and 20
two by two. As this was right close 70 us I
asked if Crenane and could go together.
and il was granted Ia us. and from that
time We both went together Wherever hs
would 60 l went. That is. while We were
ON duty through the building, wherever hs
went ! went.
OIL will ask you whether YOU can eall
20 mind the Thursday night after the elss.
ton Of IS. A-Ies sir l can. l.
Q-Who WAS in your company and vhlRU
v9s you that night: Al was st ths
C00ft House that night
Q-Who wss there With you' AIR.
Crenane.
Q-Anybody else, AIR. LuftenburI
Q-Was he there all night? A-Early in