Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-18
OF ONE KIND.
New York Matches the Great
Chicago Liar.
In FACT, GOTHAM Is IN THE LEAD.

woodsuff, the Cronin Suspect, Discounted
-Unoiushing Perjury on the Witness
stand-Hs Lies Both Sides with
Equal Facility and Exuberance-A Con-
venieut Loss Of Memory.
New YORK, Sept 1s.-The proceedings in
the trial Of Ives and Stayner yesterday were
somewhat sensational, and at the same time
destructive of the credibility of Woodruff
opened Ives attorney, Mr. Brooke. COM
menced the cross-examination. For the first
hour or two the witness might have been a
railway manipulation testifying before con :
gressional committee, so little did he know.
He could not remember occurrences of time
during which in his direct examination his
memery was apparently very clear. Then
when asked if he was not very drunk on the
day that Ives and Stayner assigned, he was
positive and declared that he was not He
also denied that he had been promised his
freedom il he made certain statements.
Woodruff Confesses Perjury.
Lawyer Brooke then read Woodruff's tes-
timony taken in Cincinnati, in the suit of
Meter against Meyer, Ives and Stayner
Referring to certain portions of that evil
dence, Mr.. Brooke asked witness il he had
made the statements contained therein.
Witness answered:
81 did"
"And when you made these statements,
continued Mr.. Brooke, "you knew yon were
committing willful perjuryf'
II did" again replied witness.
The spectators in the court room were as
tonished at the cool effrontery Of the wit
ness, but the latter remained unmoved
while admitting the falsity of his testimony
in the Cincinnati case.
Lawyer Brooke continued to cross
examine the witness concerning his sworn
statements in previous trials, AM Woodruff
coolly admitted that many of these st ite-
ments were false
Not Assured of Immunity.
Mr.. Brooke then stated to the jury that
Woodruff had been assured of immunity,
provided he would turn states evidence
The district attorney promptly pronounced
this statement 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 the matter over after the
first arrest of Ives. Woodruff also admitted
that upon Ives instructions he Woodruff
had, just before Ives arrest, assured Ives
lawyers, upon his hon T a gentleman
that there had been nothing wrong in any
of Ives transactions. This had been done,
he said, because Ives wished to deceive his
own lawyers. This closed the cross-examin-
ton.
The SUMS Sensation Confirmed.
Assistant District Attorney Parker then
questioned Woodruff concerning his state
ment that his Cincinnati affidavit was false
Witness said the Cincinnati evidence had
been dictated by Mr.. Ives, and was entirely
false. Referring to the forgery of Meyers
initials by Ives, witness said Ives had COM
mitted this forgery and had promised that
anything to be made out of it would be di-
vided between Meter, Stayner, Woodruff
and himself
Another Astonisher.
Witness said that although he had acted
as secretary of the railroad company he had
never read the bylaws of the company A
moment after making this statement he ad-
mitted that it was false. He continued to
perjnre himself in this way for some time, to
the utter astonishment of the court and
jury. In reply to question by one of the
jurors Woodruff said he was member of
the First Dutch Reformed church of New
ark, n. j., and had been for fourteen years
''NapoIeon's" Crooked Methods.
Robert h Smith. formerly assistant
cashier, and Theodore NJ Nevins cashier, Of
the firm of Ives q Co, then testified as to
the methods of that firm. Nevins stated
that Ives had instructed him to credit the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road with
4,5OO shares OF stock, although no money for
the same had been received on account The
court then adjourned for the day.