The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
THE HoLMRs-JoNEs LIBEL SUIT.
Testimony OF the Plaintiff REGARDING his
Services at Mount McGresar.

BALLsToN, Jan. H.-Although the windows
OF the court room to-day were thickly covered
with frost and outside the mercury stood at 120
below zero oil day, the attorneys engaged in
the Holmes-Jones libel suit kept matters COM
fortably warm in court.
Ebenezer Holmes, the plaintiff In the action,
was examined at length. He testified In sub
stance that he was called to Mount NcureCor
by DR.. Douglass. who informed hiH thai no
hnd charge Of affairs at the Grant cottage. and
that he had called Holmes to embalm
the body OF the dead General. and
that while performing such work he
was seen by Col. Grant, who came into
the room and made no objection. His duties
called him to the mountain every day. and on
every occasion he met some member Of the
Grant family who knew what his business was.
Drs. Douglass and Shrady had expressed them
selves as perfectly satisfied with his work. Mr..
Sullivan approached the witness. in company
with Mr.. Merritt. and demanded that the body
DO turned over to him. a. per orders OF the
family; This, :; Ho ,la te !, ia o he sd refused ,Es to
Continued 70 care ior the body with no objec-
took one or two, small drinks Of claret while on
the mountain. but was not the least intoXi-
e eisff of F tha ho wss w SSer showed ht@ Sy 10 5l H. n poom
on the night when Holmes is charged with hav-
ing been drunk.
agreement whereby Sullivan. was allowed to
connect himself with the .embalming in order
that he might get some OF the glory, but that
he was not allowed to enter the room In which
ine nH%y said i'd that he had eniirS Charge Of the
body while it was on the mountain. and that
later he received n telegram from Merritt, from
New York. in which he was asked to aid in
from New York. He assisted in taking the
casket to the mountain. but. when II arrived
there and the body was placed therein, in
w viii h. no b as anG sh,,l hs Tei taaE nhsrrs oil claim
When asked by counsel in relation to his bill
$500. Of. which 5000 WAS for his services and
Even. who assisted 10 the, work. After due
season he sent the bill, to Col. Grant and Gen.
Perry. who repudiated It. He also sent It to
other persons, CONNECTED, with the case. He
was made to pay the bill in default OF other
means. and he wrote to THE Sun stating that
he could i'll afford to lose the amount. and that
Il am aas StF. IF T fSs S siiii 9 IN th IS l wGsld th sef Eli WAS sas
enclosed. receipted; and soon afterward he re-
ceived the amount by q check. Fl g further tes-
titled that no correspondence had taken place
ON the REORGANIZATION the defence did not
change his original statement.
Conductor Frost testified that no was ordered
by W. J. Arkell to hold his train to give Holmes
casket on board. as he had been called to ut
tend the body of the dead General.
A witness was called to testify hat Holmes
the stand he had forgotten that he told counsel
for tho defence at the noon recess that Holmes
did so. With this witness the evidence in the
case closed. and the. Court adjourned until
will not reach. the jury until late in the after
noon OF that day.