Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-05
A CIPHER DISPATCH
An Important Link in the
BuncO Case.
THE WRITING ON THE BOOK.
The Smart Sharps Held to Answer
After Long Examination.
Other News.
THE WRITING ON THE BOOK.

The examination of the blnco men,
Hood and Rose, on the first charge against
them, that of conspiring to defraud Mr.
Haskins, terminated yesterday afternoon
with the result that the defendants were
held to answer to the Superior Court. The
case had dragged out to an unconscion-
able length, and it was the conviction of
those VINO had heard the evidence that the
men would not be held. The dismissal
of the charge against White was believed
to presage what would happen in the
case of the other two. The part which
Hood had played in the affair had been
shown very clearly, but the completely of
Rose was not established up to yesterday
morning.
An unexpected accident saved the case
to the State, something that could not
have been anticipated or hoped for. The
testimony of Rose himself sealed his own
fate, as far as the examining magistrate
is concerned, and will, in all probability,
play the same role in the Superior
Court.
Wednesday evening, when the testi-
mony was all in and the case ready to be
argued, it stood about as follows: The
prosecution had shown clearly enough
that the crime of "buncoing" had been
committed, and that Hood was the chief
actor in it. AS regards Rose, it was
shown thathe had made the acquaintance
of Mr.. Haskins in the morning of the
25th, that he had stood near and proba-
bly, overheard the conversation when
Mr.. Haskins told the Nadeau proprietors
of the affair, that he had soon after
entered into a conversation with Hood,
and that be was standing near that gen.
tleman when the detective came up to
make the arrest. 1t was also shown that
the game was played in room which
had belonged to Rose; as to whether he
was still the proprietor of that room
there was little question which could
only be settled by balancing OF testi-
mony. This was all that had been
proved by the prosecution, and in rem
dering its decision the Court affirmed
that this alone would probably not have
been sufficient to hold Rose to trial in
the Superior Court. AS the charge was
conspiracy, the discharge of Rose would
of necessity have freed Hood.
The surprising denouement out of
which grew the final result took place
yesterday morning, when Rose had re-
sumed his place on the stand. Wednes-
day afternoon, while he was undergoing
cross-examination, book was shown to
him which had been found in his room,
containing accounts with number of
people. He declared that he knew
nothing of it, and had never written in
it. When this answer was made, Mr..
nsofr;of Affor-
ney, tried the effect of cold bluff. he
knew perfectly well that Rose had writ
ten in the book, although he had no sat
isfactory means OF proving it. So he
leaned across the table and remarked to
Mr.. Payton "Wait until tomorrow and
we will see about it,
The bluff appears to have borne fruit.
Yesterday morning, after the examina-
ton, direct and cross, of Mr.. Rose was
all over, Mr.. Payton asked to have him
recalled, as he had statement which he
wished to make in correction of bis testi-
firmed that he had answered the ques-
ton about the book without due consid-
Grafton, and the fact was that he had
written in it-not much, however, but
only on few pages here and there.
". 10y plIs t1dI0Cbty III ClObG-C1au-
ination) Why did you make those en-
pass away the time.
Q-Will you please show some OF the
pages on which you wrote?
The witness turned over several pages,
and presently opened at the place where
the name of Bingham appears. 81 wrote
this page" said he.
u4v0r ooiA Mr HordoatU tFI
wish to introduce some new and import
be issued for four new Witnesses.
Permission was granted, and Deputy
Constable was dispatched in search of
several well-known business men, who
are experts in the matter of hand-writ-
ing.
It will be remembered that when de-
tective Glass started out with Mr.. Has
kins in search of MIR. Hood, they found
him on the corner of First and Spring
streets, that he ran down toward Fort
street, but was captured before he had
gone a block. AS the detective came up
he threw away piece of Western Union
Telegraph paper, which was found t } have
written on it in ink the following unsigned
dispatch:
p. d. Bingham, Chicago, H..
1 Come TO Santa Fe, John B. Haskine, Jr., Ma.
fonal Broadway Bank, to stop check to A. ".
Martin for 500, 1000, $500. Attend to this
at once
1t had been noticed that the writing of
the word Bingham in the despatch was
almost identical with that of the word
Bingham in the account book. AS re-
CARDS the despatch, Rose had declared
that he knew nothing about it.
The three experts whose testimony
was finally accepted we're j. M. Elliott,
cashier of the First National Bank, Frank
Tanning, of the County Clerks office,
and F. A. Gibson, of the Recorders
Office. They declared that the hand
writing on the dispatch was, in their
Judgment, the same as that on the book
which Rose had designated as his own.
With this the prosecution closed
| its case and the defense offered
nothing further. Mr.. Hardesty then
opened the argument with a clear
statement OF the various links
of evidence which had been worked into
the chain around Rose. He reviewed
the evidence which had been offered by
| the defense to show that Rose had given
up the room, and exposed its weakness.
The most damning proof of all, he de-
clared, lay in the telegram which, it was
shown, had emanated from Rose, and
must have been given to Hood. As to
Hoods guilt in the affair, that, he be.
lieved, did not need argument.