Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-24
HE DIDN'T KNOW"
PROSECUTOR HULING TEsTIFIES IN THB
TALLY SHEET CASES.
His Remarkable "Ilalshess Of knowledge
Most Bitter Arguments and Dampabls Ae'usa-
tons Since the Opening Of the Case
General Columbus News.
;Decial Ts,eorur1 10 The Register.

Special telegram TO The Register.
COLUMBUS, O., February 23.-This was
the twenty sixth day the jury has listened
to the testimony in the tally sheet trial,
but they had variety of novelty in the
way of evidence to day, it beiug the lit
tlenes, of knowledge of the prosecutor, !"
who was called to the stand this after
noon. Charles Blackburn was still on
the witnes stand under cross
examination during the forenoon.
The State endeavored to irsinuate that
the witness had been discharged from the
bank where he was employed for three
years as receiving teller, but he was able
n show good record in this place as well
as in all other places where had he been
employed. Mr.. John Crenane and John
O'Neiil, watchmen at the court house in
1885, were called corroberatsd Steube as
to the disturbance Bof Thursday night,
Oct. 10, 1885, and also to say that Steube
was not away from the building on We'd
pesday night or any night
that week. VIM II. Luchtenberg
who was clerk in the Recorders Office in
1885, said he was at the Court House on
Thursday night, October Is, 1885, and
beard the disturbance. Considered Steube
a good watchman. Knew nothing of any
attempt to forge the tally sheets. Pros
ecuting Attorney Huling was then called
and reluctantly he walked over, took the
oath and sat down in the stand. His an
swers were OF
THE "DoN'T KNOW SORT"
so much so that casual observer would
have thought that he had not been the
prosecutor, and that the many detectives
had been working without reporting to him
in any way. He was asked if he knew
Lizzie Rsinor. In reply he said he had
seen q prisoner at the penitentiary who
bore that name. Did not know
where she Is at present. Did
not know she had been subphenaed.
Did not know of any attempt to get her
out of the jurisdiction of the Court. Did
not know that anybody had spirited her
away. Did not know that Detective Fer
rell had been trying TO get her out of the
city. The witness said he did not know
that she had been released from the
penitentiary TO avoid habeas
corpus proceeding. The witness did not
know that she had been detained at the
penitentiary from October to January,
this being an illegal detention made in the
interest of this trial, when the penitentiary
scheme WAS advanced. He had been told
by the warden that she had sent out let
ter, surreptitiousiy, to newsper in Zanes-
vile. Part Of this letter was publised in
the Times of tdis citp. The prison author
tiles had said this was an infringe
ment Of the Iules and the prisoner
therefore lost time. One OF the
managers the Penitentiary had asked if
he thought il Advisable to detain her on
account of this infringement, and also be-
cause of something she had said, it was
supposed she knew something that had a
bearing upon this case. Witness says he
told him to do as he pleased. Knew
nothing about Furnishing her or about
the guards taking her out to see her
friends in the city. Knew nothing about
q guard dining her at d public restaurant
The statement that the attorneys for the
prosecution and Others interested in the
prosecution had taken measures to get her
out of the city was unqualified Us
far as he was concerned. Mr.. Con-
verse then turned the examination to
some portions of the penitentiary testimony
and asked If the Rainor woman had not
been Threatened, cajoled, punished and
treated kindly, alternately, for the pur-
pose of getting her TO say that she had
seen some of the defendants in this trial
in the woman's department on the night
the forgery was supposed to have been
committed. He said he had gone to see
her once TO find out what she knew, and
she appearing to be in sulky mood
aod given to answering only in monosyl-
ables, he had left her after asking
about half dozen questions. He did not
know that Nye, Stevenson and other con-
victs had tried TO induce her TO swear to
the facts wanted. Witness said he had
nothidg TO do with, or did he know any
thug about the cruel punishments to
which Lizzie Rainor had been subjected.
Mr.. Hnling said he never saw such a
thing. He did not know nor had he
heard that Mr.. Converse was in possession
of these letters written by the woman.
The examination then turned upon the
Chicago consultations. He could give no
reasons why he had
DESTROYED ALL THE AGREEMENTS,
or, as the witness called them, "memorau.
dums," but az the defense counsel termed
them, CONTRACTS or agreements" Enough
of the Chicago interviews were gone over
to show that Clarke's testimony was good
STUFF and not manufactured for special
occasion. The Court adjourned with every
bodp carried carried OFF into either bitter
ness against the State or more love to them,
al the most
BITTER ARGUMENTS AND DAMNABLE AC- |
CUsATIONS
were made to-day since the opening of this |
case. The State objected to any question |
which opened the door to the ex posure OF |
who the so called Citizens Committee. |
That is what called out the arguments.
Deputy Warden Cherrington is engaged |
in a no small task, that of obtaining a DE-
of all the convicts confined in the |
by the Bertillion system. 1t
consists in the careful measurement of the |
person in standing and sitting posture, di-
ameter each way of the head, length of
ear, foot, little finger, forearm, distance
from tip to tip of fingers, with outstretched
arms and minute description of the facial
features.
Charlest ln'a Public RuiIHiaU