The evening world., 1889-09-19

ing Henry 8. Ives, his former employer. to a
Five distinctive times-fve times-without
the moving of a muscle of his face, without the
that man, Z. Wilson Woodruff. confessed to me
tnai ne was a thief and that he had periured
himself repeatedly before other tribunals.
WILL THEY PROVE Ir7
Now. we shall prove to you that on the 2lSt
OF June neither %Stayner, nor Ives, nor Woodruff
went near Stayner's home that morning.
train ain at sP" jor!PS grove CIV tnn hat on M ios S dGrr'T mor nj sh g
S carr Sg net the party e. the station: that Mr.
got out, and that Mrs, stSyncr and Miss stSyner
We, shall prove this by the butler who got
the, breakfast that morning; the person who
@ 0f M flars and 2f Mss Shs S! staynsr noQBs S Mr. II ING St HS.seSs
son. who met IBIS mother and sister at the train,
and by the butler OF the car.
MORE WONDERS PROMISED.
We shall prove that the porter of the car had
the books locked in his locker in the car Till the
train arrived, and that he carried them over to
ilr. iygs,S office, and then sat with them in his
the day.
If we do prove all these things it will explode
from the train IKE a lot of conspirators and hid
themselves in Stayner's house to concoct this
Nillainy.
AN AUDACIoUs DEFENSE.
Aho EGCuN huNlltBtt WI DTthNultNb buIluE
this part of the speech of the voiced
Brooke, while Master Ives sat like one who
was IN anticipation that some accident might
beiall If he moved n muscle or stirred the air
with o~pen-mouthed. big-eyed admiration for
the pieader and astonishment at the audacity
of his promises.
Five indictments rested over this man
this Woodruff. He was under arrest and he
said with shrewd rascality. The prose cution
Will save me. and | will locate this act where
no witness can dispute me- and he said
Stayner had defiled his own house with this
act of infamy."
ATTACKING SHORT roo.
Mr.. Brooke's voice sank to a low tone and
was as melodious MS n mothers lullaby as he
paid a pretty tribute to the honesty and fifth
tulness OF the venerable old Secretary and
Treasurer, Frederick H. Short. who was sue
ceeded by E. Wilson Woodruff.
l do not wish to imply that that old man will
fully swore false; for his memory, as he told us.
There is something; some influence back of
this prosecution-this persecution OF this young
What is IL? Who is it? Why this clamor that
this young man should be sent to 2 prison cell ?
Ives owned nearly all the property. II any one
was to be injured by the fraud, IL was only lie.
Who has come forward to complain that he has
Ives has been in Jail eight months, not COM
p%laining, not delaying; always ready and eager
W lllttl HIS dCCUhtT-.
Not even accorded the privilege of a drunken
sot picked up by. the police at night; not even
the privilege of the petty thief who snatches
your purse at night! He Is not accorded the
privilege of meeting his accuBers before a police
magistrate. When the newspapers. are. eX-
lIausted, apparently, he is given a trial which
he could not get before.
1t il not the case Of o%verissue Of Erie stock In
which Jay Gould. Jim Fisk and their cocoon
spirators fled to Jersey to escape justice, but 1t
is the case of their rival and Jay Gould's friend
and his companion, Russell Sage; Sidney Dillon
and Julius Dexter, with the peoples witnesses
as their instruments, are pushing this persecu-
ton of their rival.
HE TALKED AN HOUR AND A HALF.
Mr.. Brooke talked an TOUR and a half,
after which a recess Of an hour was taken.
Ex-Gov. HoADLY A WITNESS.
After recess George Hoadly, the bald
headed, genial and bright Ex-Governor and
ex-Judge. OF Ohio. was next called. He had
known Short thirty years. Mr.. Hoadly was
elected a director of c., H. and D.. by the
Ives party, June Is, 1889.
He said that Stayner took him into Shorts
Office June 16 or II. Short had signed certif-
Gates in blank and was troubled about it. He
Gov. Hoadly) advised Short that the valid.
lty of the act of a corporate company de-
pended upon the delivery, and his signature
was all right for them, even though he had
been legislated out of Office.