Telegram-herald., 1889-11-22
TIE O4ND CASE
The Prisonef. HIS Father and
Hon. George l. 1aPls Testify.
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When the t4-tec states Court opened
yesteniay morning and resualed tAe
ira ii tlas Osgood case, Jadse A h..
Morse, 4 the state supreme Court, o
cupled a sezg By the s.ce of JUGS
Segerens, ana was an Interested os-
server ~ the proceedings.
Several witnesses we're introduced ~
the defense o. manor points. TIE de-
PENDANTS mother VAS also svoTn, and
COT tFad4eteG tle story about rals.Dg
money % induce Alclo-s ~ leave
tJHn.
Ceorge Oego0d. father OF the prls-
0utF, Was tne ngsg important witness
tor tie defense. lie sW0re lnat mas sou
sAs l0- in tle balk ~ TIE ume Tie
draft was drawn. Afterw2rd VOORHEES,
rad tod a.m Do vas nOt certain galt
the letter had been mailed.
Hon. GeorgfL. Iaple, Rh0 secured
the appointment OF Osg0od as post
master, drew the much talked Of atl-
dagiE, and wrote tie letter u the bank
exoneratug Osg0Od, was pat up0l the
stand and proved "A valuable witness.
lie detailed th- Transactions al his
once. lle thought that thcIo was
something back Ot . all. and wanted
all the parties 10 hold on for ie'y
days o-go0d never acku0N lodged
guAt bu- empnaucaly denied lt.
Nhen the AFFIDAVIT was made Nichols
sad it Yas truo aut hc desired 10 tIee
OsgC0d tIOm unjust suspicion.
Benjamin OsgoOt, the defendant, was
put upon tGt stand about O'Clock and
f. q a d f..
tue draft he said that be had been IN
the habit Of gning two or three hun
dIcd blank drafts III time aud did not
sign them one by one as they were
called Tor. lie said that DE did not sgn
the draft IN question, II the presence
of Ernst and Flanders. lieucyer wrote
with hls left hand and nobody ever
saw HIM do SO. The letters received hY
the Grand Rapids Savings Bank signed
Benjamin Bacon, We're not written by
hlm, and he had never seen them before
MS examination. lie also denied the
forged Endorsement on the back of the
draft. When Nichols began 10 circu-
late the story about hlm, ne went TO
him and Nichols agreed 10 sign an aiii-
Gaylt denying the charges and exOncr-
atng witness. When they were At
etOver's house Nlcnols refused 10 sign
the paper and they went out on the
porch and Nichols said he
was afraid 10 sign Il, as he had been
told that as soon rs ne had done SO wit
ness would turn around and prosecute
HIM. Upon witness assurance that he
would not, Nichols came IN and signed
L. lie then related the circumstances
IN regard 10 the letter sent to the Grand
Rapids Savings Bank by Voorhees, and
Beard, and the conversations with
Messrs. Naple. Voorhees, and others,
which were similar 10 the preceding
evidence. He said he had never asked
voorhees, TO shade his evidence in his
favor. He asked Nichols why he had
snatched and destroyed the affidavit,
and Nichols said 1t was evidence against
him and he had to get it. He had a
talk with Nichols about going hunting
but never asked him to 90 to Grand
Rapids and identify him as Benjamin
Bacon. Nichols came to hlm Saturday,
March %, and asked witness 10 90
hunting with him on the following
Monday. On Monday Nichols could
not go, and wanted to go some other
day. Witness invited Mr.. HOwes to go
along with them. He said that he
did not go to Kalamazoo on
either of the dates claimed by
the prosecution, but that Nichols came
TO him about that time and asked him
TO go to Kalamazoo for him. Witness
said he would go if Nichols would pay
his expenses. Nichols told him that ne
had been doing little detective work
and that he had Il letter waiting for
him at Kalamazoo, but not IN MS own
name. Witness did not go, and did not
tell hun what name the letter was ad-
dressed 10.
As the ease progresses, 1t becomes APP
parent that the defense intend TO urge
the theory that the letter and draft
were stolen by Nichols, who is the chief
witness against OsgoOd.