Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-18
PERJURY CONFESSED.
Clerk Woodruff s Surprising Taoil-
ity in Bearing False Witness.
THE COURT AND JURY AsTONIsHED


ives > stayner's Confidential clerk Coolly
Admits That ne Testified Falsely and
Then Proceeds 60 Perture Himself
Agaln-He Il Church Member. Too.
A Day Of Sensations In the Ives Case.
New York, Sept. 1S.--In the Ives
trial Attorney Brooke unsuccessfully
endeavored to induce witness Woodruff
to admit that he was very drunk on the
day that Ives 4 Co. assigned.N Witness
persistently denied this and said that he
Aad never been drunk. 90 rhe day Oh
the assignment he had taken the Cincin.
natl, Hamilton and Dayton transfer
book home, where he kept it until fou.
or five days after his arrest, when he
turned it over to Assistant District AT.
torney Parker. He stoutly denied that
nc had been promised his freedom il he
made certain statements.
A Startling Admission
Lawyer Brooks th read Woodruff's
testimony taken in Cincinnati in the
suit of Meter against Meyer. Ives
& Staynor. Referring to certain por-
tions of that evidence Mr.. Brooks asked
witness il ne had made the statements
contained therein. Witness answered,
II did"
'sAnd when you made those state
ments you knew you were committing
willful perjury asked Mr.. Brooks.
II did, again replied witness.
The spectators in the court room were
astonisled at the cool effrontery Of the
witness, but the latter remained un-
moved while admitting the falsity OF
his testimony in the Cincinnati case.
Much False Testimony.
Lawyer Brooke continued to cross ex.
anime the witness concerning his sworn
statements in previous trials and Wood
ruff coolly admitted that many of these
statements were false. Mr.. Brooke then
stated TO the jury that Woodruff had
been assured of immunity provided he
would turn states evidence. The dis
trict attorney promptly pronounced this
statement as false in every particular.
In order to show that Woodruff was
not in such mortal dread of Ives as he
pretended to be, letter from Woodruff
to Ives was read in which the former
had declined to meet Ives to talk mat
ters over after the first arrest of Ives.
Woodruff also admitted that upon Ives
instructions he (WoodrufD had Just be-
s'upon his honor as a gentleman" that
there had been nothing wrong in any Of
Ives transactions. This had been done
because Ives wished to deceive his own
lawyers.
The cross examination Of witness then
closed.
Testimony Dictated by Ives.
Assistant District Attorney Parker
then questioned Woodruff concerning
his statement that his Cincinnati afia-
davit was false. Witness said the Cine
cinnati evidence had been dictated by
Mr.. Ives and was entirely false.
Referring to the forgery of Mr.. Meyers
initials by Ives, witness said Ives had
committed this forgery and had prom
ised that anything TO be made out of 1t
would be divided between Netter, Stay.
ner. Woodruff and himself. Witness
said that, although he had acted as sec.
retary of the railroad company he had
never read the bylaws of the company.
A Pious Perjurer.
A moment after making this state.
ment he admitted that it was false. He
continued to perjure himself in this way
for some time, to the utter astonisli-
ment of the court and jury. In reply
to question by one of the jurors Wood
run said ne was member OF the First
Dutch Reformed church, of Newark, n.
j., and had been 50 for fourteen years.
Robert B. Smith, formerly assistant
cashier. and Theodore VI. Nevins, CASH
ier of the firm of Ives & Co., then testi.
fed as to the methods Of that firm. Ne.
wins stated that Ives had instructed him
to credit the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road with 4,500 shares of stock,
although no money for the same had
been received on account.