, 1889-10-17
MIR. DUEBER'S CASE.
The Defendant Takes the Witness
Stand in His Own
Behalf.
Some Decidedly Contradictory
Testimony Concerning the
Raised Order.
Other Witnesses for the Defense.
The Case Closed--
by Hon. s. @. Hyde.

The preliminary examination Of Peter
Duebcr was resumed before Justice Dun
ming, the attorneys for tho prosecution
proceeding with the examination Of wit.
nesses.
TESTIMONY OF GEORGE o. DoNYELL.
The first witness called was George
ODonncll, who testified:
know William Mckenzie, tho ex.
prcssman. went with him up to Due.
ber's house one evening and got load
OF goods, taking them to Gillespie's
house. When the goods were taken out
Of the basement, Gillespie would hand
the goods out and the door would shut
was in the wagon NIL the time. heard
no talk.
Cross-examination: Ibid not get out
OF the wagon at ALL Mckenzie got out
OF the wagon. didn't try or ask to go
In the house at all. Some one from the
inside opened the doors, think. This
was all about little after In the
evening, and it was getting dusk.
think we took three or four cases of
goods, some hams which were given to
rs for hauling the load, and several
sacks. / have never talked with any
one about this trial.
j. +. Van Ness, the expert grocer was
again called to the stand and testified as
to the value of groceries.
THE FORGED ORDER.
Harry Hayward was called and testi.
aed: was secretary and superinten-
dent mt the relief tent. Was appointed
by the relief committee. l do not know
oil any goods being sent to Dueber' $
house. THE Jameson order was shown
to witness, who identified it as ono writ
ten by him and signed by Ducbcrl The
hgures have been changed. | wrote the
$2O ON that day. II was shown to me at
the relicftent by AL Summers. The goods
had been given on the order. Iimmedi-
atoly wrote q note to DIR. Jameson, and
sent one OF my men with it to him, and
asked for the return of the goods. | re-
ceiyed about $50 worth of them back.
This was an unusually large order, and
knew II was not right.
Cross-examination: That order
was written here In the presence
OF Cannon, Dueber and Wilson.
wrote the order and Dueber signed it.
have no recollection of what disposition
was made of this order after we had
given it.. 1 called the com mittee's attcn-
ton to this card. Dueber told me that
the order had been raised. He denied
ever having raised this order or given
another one. l am not positive whether
Gillespie went after the goods by my
order or that of Taylor and Duebcr. /
spent four or five hours day at the tent
for the first week. / employed Inglis,
Kohlhauf and Vollum in the tent.
Goods were sent out of the tent on other
orders beside those of the committees S.
The goods sent to the Sisters hospital
oral or written instructions from the
committee regarding the distribution OF
goods. Goods received in the tent were
consigned to the relief committee, the
mayor and others. Way bills of the
goods received at the tent were shown to
not remember Of Dueber even
goods or any other member
of the committee. If they had should
have honorcd them. | considered
Witherspoon's orders good because the
understanding was this: Some good.
had been sent to the fire department
and they had become mixed with oui
goods, and that was the only way out o
It. [The orders identified by Hayward
while Ola the stand the other day wer,
admitted as evidence. ! never sent any
goods to Bettis' house. | do not remem
Der OF any order for goods to Belts eve
being honored. am still acting a!
superintendent of the relief committee.
DIR. JAMESON RECALLED.
BY request of counsel ON both side.
DIR. Jameson was recalled.
Cross-examined by Griffitts. | pre-
sented my order to Summers at the tent
] did not tell him that the order was TO
the Sisters hospital.
Redirect by Graves, who said: | wan
yo1 to state what you told me after th'
adjournment of court last night regard
ing the conversation between you ant
Dueber, previous to your getting you
order from him9 Ans. At the time
asked Dueber for that order he referred
me to Swartz. told him that ! WASH
ing / asked Dueber for IL and he sale
that there had been considerable funny
work going on, but l said had lost by
the fire and wanted the order.
Cross.examined: | was going to tel
this yesterday while on the stand, bu
was shut off. q. Did your converse
tion with Mr.. Graves after going off tn
stand In any way help you to remembe
Prosecution rested and court adjourned
to =. M.
IN THE AFTERNOON.
The first witness called by the defens
was Mayor Furth, who testified: ! All
the mayor of Spokane Falls ] know
Peter Dueber. He Is councilman from
the Second ward. appointed the mem
bers of the relief committee, Mr.. Duebe
being one of them. The committe
were appointed to take charge of am
distribute relief supplies. All good
that came consigned to me were tlirne'
over to the committee. placed no re
strictions on the committee and CAV
them no instructions as to the dispose
of the goods. l first learned through
Mr.. Dueber himself that he had receives
goods. He mentioned IL to me abou
the time the relief committee first bcgai
asked If Mr.. Ducbcrs explanation con
cerning the goods he received was salts
factory to witness. Objected to by pros
ecution. Objection sustained. Witnes
was also asked II he had ever requisite,
any accounting for the disposition 6
these goods from the committee. Oh
iected to by prosecution on the groun
that the COMMITTEES were not aceounta
BILE to the mayor. Overrulcd.l Wit
ness: have not called for an accountin
from any member of the committee.
do not know anything about Mr.. Duo
ber having received any goods from tn
relief tent except from hcarsay. wa
frequently about the tent. The onl
one of the employees / was PERSONAL
acquainted with was Mr.. Summers.
know nothing about any Of the em
ployes being Intoxicated. ! only kno' M
orders. and that was when | asked on
ofthe employees to send some blanket
up to my house.
TESTIMONY or LITTLE DAs.
Nan NcKernan: | was an cinploye q
the relief tent. was there when ID
Jameson came there With an order 70
some goods. He gave Summers u
order. He said when he presented I'll