New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-18

at stayner's house, about December 80, 1888, Ives
forged the initials &C. NJ" to the syndicate agree
meut by tracing them against a window pane from
genuine signature by Christopher Meyer.
Did you swear to that on July Is, after You had
been arrested! % asked Mr.. Brooke
..T6en either that testimony ! have Just read TO
you or me affidavit of February 4, or the previous
false-one OF. the other"
And the one that was false was given when You
knew it 10 be falsel'
And, so knowing, you committed wilful and cor
rlPt perjury, I"
About this stage Colonel Fellows took occasion to
declare emphatically that II was untrue that any
arrangement had been made between him and
Woodruff. No arrangement of any kind or character
he declared no offer, proirer suggestion OF Inn
munity of any kind has been made by the District
Attorney or by any one for him TO this witness"
"well, the poor man has been vofully misled,'
remarked Mr.. Brooke, sympahetically. But OF
course both he and the District-Atorney understood
that the law secures the immunity of the 1niormer'
and that he won't be prosecuted Nevertheless
Mr. Brooke harped the agreement string FOR
little longer the witness finally saying 81 have
had frequent consultations with my counsel, and he has
led me TO believe ITS all right Go ahead"
Mr.. Brooke delivered the following question, wagging
his forefnger at Woodruff is 1t not a fact that
before you made the statement you signed and swore
TO, before you made any Of those statements, you
concocted and compiled the book which was brought
from your closet IN Newark for the purpose Oh COT
relocating your statement about what took place al
stayncrs house on the 21st of June q -. .o. 40.
4" say" replied Woodruff, " that that book was not
compiled for any such purpose as you have speclneq:
And that statement is as true as anything else
1t is perfectly true absolutely true 49,.
Mr. Brooke in vain tried to get IN evidence 1eu s7
from the tone of which he wanted 10 show thss
w With 1O e feT SE %o0 to ives written
from Newark on February 10, 1888 which was S sn
Gde and o read ran dsn al TO- hand While
should be pleased to you, on the score OF per;
soma a hcc Pre non TO 10 spben matters out
! When you make your compromise shan be glad 70
see you. Until then, however, shall be scarce
In his re-examination by Mr. Parker. woodruff cast
the blame of his peri urles on Ives, sneGnf h yerv
case about which he was nteTogated lie sw0Ie tha a
the story of the Meyer forgery was true ana hal MS
| other statements about the signature were false.
suiiect Of the bylaws of the Cincinnati. Hamilton and
enough about the bylaws TO read hem,' quoth Wood
io'a Is that true?, demanded Mr.. Brooke.
mo. it is not true, was the ASTOUNDING SISw Sa:
But the usual explanation recari 70 Ives and
took his instructions from Ives so frequently ana
obeyed them so imphcEE, rsa' 70 read The by
. do YOU belong to a church, Mr. Woodruff Z" III
quired Juror No. d anAlouSN'
"What church ~
The First Dutch Reformed Church. ,,
" But what has that got TO do win inc caso' dSho'
Recorder Smyth. -, IL ho,or,
10 n church and admit all these perjuries ana le-
! formed church. too! !" (Much laughterl -
! The other witnesses called during the afternoon
and evening sessions gave evidence merely c0rO60ia
1.-Two of that already advanced for the people Ihey
We've Alfred Jaretski. from the Office of william
| Nelson Cromwell; Robert b. Smith and Theodore NJ
! Nevins formerly employees of Ives, and EDWARD .
| Stejuman I'm the employ of Kuhn, Loeb d Co. Az ~
n m the trial was adjourned until II a. IN. to-day.