St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-18
Napoleon Ives Confidential
Secretary Is the King Of
American Liars.
Perjury Is His Pro e sion,
and He Covers the Whole
Field.
Spectators at the Trial Are
AStoniShed at His Cool
Effrontery.
The Forgery of Millionaire
Meyers Initials Explained
at Great Length.

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-Mr. Woodruff
continued his testimony in the Ives case
this morning. His croSs-examination
by the defense ELECTED all, or nearly all,
OF his earlier history already published.
He stated that he graduated from the
Newark public school. afterwards en-.
tered the insurance agency of bought
& CO., afterwards became acquainted
with Ives in casual way, and subse-
quently entered his employ. The bust.
| ness of the firm consisted of the buying
and selling of stocks and bonds. In the
spring of 1884 one day Ives surprised
Woodruff by taking him by the Iapel OF
his coat and blandIy informing him that
he was partner to receive Is per cent
of the profits. He was ordered TO be-
| come partner. He had to comply or
| leave Ives employ. The name of the
firm remained the same-Henry S. Ives
& Co. Witness stated that his duties
were to obey Ives. and that he never
did anything of Importance without
instructions from his employer.
In December, 1856. the witness
was requested to resign from the
firm. This was at the time
that Doremus and Stayner anreared on
| the scene. and as it anneared Woodruff
was distaStPful TO Stavnpr Ives then
| made Woodruff his confidential clerk
with salary. When LAWYER Brooke
endeavor to touch the witness upon
the subject of the Cincinnati "trip for the
purpose of gObhling uD the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railroad, Wood
ruff's
MEMORY COMPLETELY FAILED HIM.
Witness then described the apart
mentS of the combine at the st. Nicholas
MOTEL in Cincinnati stating that he bad
free access to all the rooms. He was
present at the meeting of directors.
Witness then pTevarirated somewhat as
to the Journey from Cincinnati to Stay
ner's house in BROOKLYN with the hooks
and seals of the company as told I'm his
evidence of YESTERDAY and was severely
Tebuked by the LAWYERS for his apparent
ShOrtnpss of memory. Then ensnPd a
repetition of the story Woodruff told
Yesterday about what transnirPd at
Stayner's house. On heing asked what
became of the certificates after all the
signing rad been completed by
Ives and Stavnpr. Woodruff re-
piled: ~ believe they remained
on the table. but | don't fully remem-
her," Then for about fifteen minutes
after the above testimony Woodruff did
not know anything. He did not know
when he left the house or how he got to
Newark or when he arrived in Cincin-
natl. and above all he did not know
how the lawyers should he allowed to
bore him at ALL Attorney Brooke I'M
successfully endeavored to Induce
To fafn hat Aa
drunk on the day that Ives & Co. as
signed. Witness persistentIy denies
this, and said that
HE HAD NEVER BEEN DRUNK.
On the dav of the assignment he had
taken the Cincinnati. Hamilton & DAY.
ton transfer book home, where he kept
it until four or five davs after bis ar
rest, when he turned IL over to Assistant
District Attorney Parker. He stoutIy
denied that he had been promised his
freedom if he made certain statements.
Lawyer Brooke then read Woodruff's
testimony taken in Cincinnati I'm the
suit of Meter against Never, Ives &
Stayner Referring TO certain portions
of that evidence Mr.. Brooke asked wit
ness If he had made The statements con-
tanned therein. Witress answered:
81 did,
"And when you made these statements"
continued Mr.. Brooke, ''you knew you were
committing wilful reriurvs'
Il did, again replied witness.
The spectators in the court room
were astonished at the cool effronteryOf
the witness. but t. e latter remained UNI
moved while admitting the falsity of
his testimony in the Cincinnati case.
Lawyer Brooke continued to cross-ex-
anime the witness concerning his own
sworn statements in previous trials,
and Woodruff cody admitted that many
of these statements were false. Mr..
Brooke then stated to the jury that
Woodruff had been assured of immu-
nifty provided he would turn states evil
dPnce. The district 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, a Letter
from Woodruff to Ives was read. in
which the former had declined to meet
Ives to talk matters over after the first
arrest of Ives. Woodruff admitted that,
upon Ives Instructions. he (WOOdruff)
had. Just before Ives arrest. assured
Ives lawyers ''upon his honor as a
gentleman" that there had been moth
ing 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. Assistant District Attorney
Parker then questioned Woodruff CON
corning his statement that his Cincin-
natl affidavit was false. Witness said
the Cincinnati evidence had eenb
dictated bv Mr.. Ives. and was entirely
false. Referring to the forgery OF
Movers initials by Ives, witness said
Ives had committed this forgery. and
had promised that anything to be made
out of it would he divided between Net
fer. Stayner, Woodruff and himself.
Witness said that although he had acted
as secretary of the railroad company he
had never read the bylaws of the COM
pany. A moment after making this
he admitted that it was false.
He continued to pPriure himself in this
way for some time. to the utter aston
ishment of the court and Jury. Ina
reply to question by one of the jurors.
Woodruff said he was a member of the
First Dutch Reformed Church of New
ark, n. j., and had been so for fourteen
years. Robert B. Smith. formerly as
sistant cashier, and TheO NJ. Nevins,
cashier of the firm of Ives & Co.. then
testified as to the methods of that firm.
Nevins stated that Ives had instructed
him to credit the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton road with $500 shares OF
stock, although no money for the same
had been received on account. Edward
S. Steiner, clerk Of the banking firm
of Kuhn, Loeb Il Co, testified concern
ing loan by that firm of 952.0O0 upon
Hamilton & Dayton stock as
collateral. This stock was sent to Gin
cinnati for the purpose of transfer. and
was returned to the firm through the
hands of Ives & Co. Court then adj
journed until tomorrow morning.