Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-10
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WAo before the meeune OF the Hr1no Jury.
Visited him both day and night. At night
recently; This vss about a week ase; Was
not paid some more money. seeubs
sent for him the last Two 6meA
he vas there He didn't charge for .thoSe
visits. The other times he Wished Steube
were before the Grand Jury met Did not
send his brOther-inlaw. LOrens' Schneider,
into the court room 70 call Steube out
shout . week aeO. Lorens did not tell him
on that occasion that Steube said II he
wants to see me worse than l want 70 see
not 20 10 Mr.. Huiing and say to him before
the meeting Of the last Grand Jury. If
estify in this case. don't want you to in
dict my brother-in-law for registering
twice" Huling did not talk with him on
the subject That Was his brDther-in-law's
business Was aware that his brUther-in-
lav Vas not indicted. He received no word
from Schneider In regard to the indictment
for false registering Admitted that he was
bound over 70 appear before the last Grand
Jury for obtaining goods under false pre-
know whether the matter of his obtaining
goods under false pretenses was brought
before the last Grand Jury or not.
Mr. Huling then rec xamined the witness
briefly. asking him first how the prosecu-
ton against him happened to be instituted.
Mr.. Breisineer replied that . gentleman had
told him that Nr. Montgomery had paid
to
Objection vas made at this point and the
answer was stricken out Mr.. Huling then
asked IL the prosecuting witness Was not
Mr.. Jonas Pietsct. who was called with all
his witnesses before the grand jury. The
recollection Of the witness having been thus
refreshed, he replied in the affirmative.
An exciting scene occurred At this point
between Mr. Huling and Mr. McSweeney.
The latter remarked that il might be that
the matter Was brought before the grand
jury, but he hardly thought that there was
any argument made. He wished he could
say that il had been % In all cases. Con-
tinuins he aaid that he would like to put
the Prosecuting attorney on the stand and
ask what efforts had been made to secure
an indictment against the witness.
Colonel Holmes-"Hou can call him. He
vant him"
Mr AcSweeney-"You'd better not dare
Us too much, or we'll take you up and re-
veal the secrets of this charnel house
Mr.. Huling rising in 4 state Of great ex-
who accused him of making arguments be-
fore grand juries lied, 70 which outburst
Mr. NcSweeney drily replied, II am afraid
somebody has told falsehood. then" BY
this time there was intense excitement in
the court room. Judge Pugh pounded on
his desk vigorously. and order being re-
stored. Mr.. Huling continued his questions.
The witness believed that il Was about
September I. that he made the arrange
ment with Huling. Mr.. Converse then
suggested another question by the defense.
Wolf that he was employed - . detective
in the tally shee, cases. Breitinger denied
emphatically that he made such a statement
Examined further he testified that his
present business was collecting bad accounts
on commission. Had been in the business
for six months Testified that he did not
take b. H. Narriott's little boy sixteen
years old to the theater. Admitted that he
gave the boy . ticket The boy was there
used some such expression as You knew
Monty that there were people at your house
that night Of the forgery" in conversation
st the theater that night. The little boy
did not get up and 60 away. Admitted
that he took the boy to the theater week
later. Did not remember whether or not
there was any conversation about the
forgery the last time.
CLERK JOYCE
Was then called, and examined In regard
to the Ninth ward tally sheet. He identi.
fed the file mark on the envelope, dated
October II, 1855. He remembered that
there had been some trouble in making the
count Of Precinct B. Ninth ward. After
careful thought, was of the opinion that
the Ninth ward returns were reached the
Saturday morning of the count Identified
. mark on the sheet made by the canvass
ing board. pencil mark had been run
through the vote Of "a for Mr.. Huling, and
the figures 3lO. placed above. This correction
Was made because, upon counting the
taliies, they found them TO be four less
than the footing st the end. His impress
sion was that the change was made by JUS
tice Fritchey.
Mr. Joyce was asked where the tally
sheet had been kept since the completion
Of the count
Before the Clerks office was occupied in
the new Court House. the Ninth ward
papers, - we'll - all other returns of the
the election OF 1885. with the exception Of
the Thirteenth ward papers, were kept part
of the time in the vault and part Of the time
in Q little dark room in the old court quar-
tess in the Schreiner building. Since they
had moved into the new Court House, the
papers had been kept in the vault His At
tention was first called to the tally sheet OF
few days before the meeting Of
the special grand jury in December.
Had not seen the paper until his attention
| was called to it by Holmes, since he saw it
during the canvass. He and Colonel
HOLMES examined all the old papers Of the
| October election Of Sc. and found the tally
| sheet Of Precinct B in about the condition
| il was In now (holding the tally sheet in
his hsndl Didn't see any difference in re-
speet to the two spots from their appear
| ance when he and Holmes examined them.
Croas-examined by Colonel Taylor: He
couldn't fix the exact date that he and Col
oael Holmes examined the papers. 1t was
| five or six days before the grand jury met
| Ii was his positive recollection that he did
| not say TO Mr.. Converse, Colonel Taylor
| and others. after the indictment was found,
| that be and Colonel Holmes examined the
paper day or two before the grand jury
met.
No special care was taken of the papers Of
the election Of IS, since the returns
were canvassed with the exception
of the Thirteenth ward tally sheet
| Anyone having access TO the vault could
have taken them out and returned them
without being discovered. Anyone going
| into the vault At the new Court House
would have access 70 the papers. Mr..
Jooce testified further that il was not
unusual for persons to come and
examine the old tally sheets. He had
opened the envelope when they came to
Precinct h, Fourth ward. during the can.
vsa. Had noticed nothing extraordinary
or unusual in the condition of the envelops
when he opened it. Testified further thai
be noticed nothing extraordinary or un-
usual in the condition OF the tally sheet at
that time. The abstract Of the vote c,st u
the October election. sc. was then sent for.
and the vote Of Precinct B. Fourth ward,
was found 70 be for Huling $40 votes, cor
responding with the correction on the
tally sheet testified to BY the clerk.
The last witness called was City Clerl
Bryan, subpenaed TO bring the duplicate
oa %.rd' sae which I va. wasp placed in evidence BY ,Ss
State.