, 1889-10-10
THE STOLEN SUPPLIES.
The Second Act Begins With Mr..
Gillespie as the Center of
Attraction.
A Witness Who Had Other Busi.
ness---The Testimony Given
Yesterday Afternoon.

liceman William Gillespie and Council
man Ducber came up for hearing before
Justice c. Il. Dunning In the city coun'
Gil chamber at 10 A. NJ. Thursday
Prosecuting Attorney Jones and McsSrs.
Buck and Winston appeared for the ter
ritory and w. NJ. Ridpath, II. g. Gritiitts
and Colonel j. w. Feighan for the de-
fcnse. Judge Buck moved the hearing
OF the Gillespie case first and proceeded
to call the witnesses, Attorney for de-
ense objected on the ground that tho
case of Duebcr was first on the calendar.
The attorneys for the prosecution main
tanned that the territory could call its
cases without reference TO the calendar.
The objection of defense was ovorruled
Mr.. GilleSpc's attorneys had excused
him and the supnnas for his witnesses
had not been returned, in view of which
an adjournment was taken until 2 L. NJ
IN THE AFTERNOON.
Court reconvoned at Z. NJ. Only Il
small number of spectators were pres
cnt Henry Peterson an eXprcssinun,
one of the witnesses for the prosecution,
failed to respond when his name was
called, although he had been subpmnaed
TO he ON hand at 2 o'clock. Constable
Gordon was sent out with an attach
mont for him, and the court waited for
nearly an hour, when Peterson came in.
lie was ordered to stand before the bar
and present his excuse, ii he had one,
for thus delaying tho proceedings by mis-
non-attcndunco. lie replied that he had
to attend to his business and could not
Ht,I l.n t.sillint,
to trust his team. Justice Dunning told
him he would attend to his case lateron,
and Peterson was sworn and took the
stand.
HENRY PETERsoN's TESTIMONY,
Henry Peterson: | drive an express
wagon. | hauled some goods to MIR.
Gillespie 's--a sack of sugar, some hams,
potatoes and case of canned goods.
MI. Gillespie told me to drive down the
alley and put the goods in - shed III the
rear OF the house.
Cross-cxamincd; am not positive
hauled potatoes to Mr. Gillcspie's house.
There may have been cabbage in the
sack. Mr.. Gillespie was present ut the
tent when got the goods Some of the
employees delivered the goods to me-.
There were several parties present. | de-
livercd other portions of tic same load
to other parties.
W. H. TAYLoR's TESTIMONY.
W. H. Taylor: am member of the
relief committee. Tie goods which came
in charge of the mayor were turned over
to the committee. The goods were de
livcrcd on written orders flom the rclict
committee. ! have no recollection OF
having given MIR. Gillespie an order tor
goods, either verbal or written.
Cross-cN0mtned: At first we bought
some goods 30 supply relief before sup
plies began to arrive. The goods were
usually consigned to tpc mayor Some
of the goods, | belicvc,' came consigned
to nobody in particular, and the COM
mittee took charge OF them. do not
know of any members )f The committee
having given orders IN blank. There
were some blank orders. with the signa-
lures of individual men bers of the COM
mittcc, at the committee rooms. never
was inside OF the relief tent but once.
MIR. Hayward was there at that time.
lie was Instructed to employ such aus
sistants ~ he needed. Don't know that
Mr. Ducber was actively at work at the
tent in the interest OF the committee.
DO not know OF liremcn receiving goods
ON the order OF Chici Witherspuon.
Redirect: The committee agreed
that no orders should be- issued except
in the committee room.
Rc-cross: / issued several orders in
blank in the committee room, but never
gave away blank orders to- people on the
street. Frequently orders were left on
the clerk table signed by member ol
the ComuittcC but not iillcd out. At
one meeting somebody proposed that
members take tickets ia their pockets
and issue them in cases where they
found relief necessary, and several mem
bcrs put blank tickets in their pockets.
Then somebody objected and all the
tickets were put back and it was re-
solved not to ISSUE tickets except i'll the
committee room.
VICTOR rolfLMAN's TESTIMONY.
Victor Pohlman: | am in the express
business and was driving II wagon in
August. ! delivered u keg Of pickles,
two boxes of goods and Il nam or two at
Mr.. Gillcspic's house. MIR. Gillespie
went with me. lie told me to drive in
the alley, and We put tlic goods in the
WoOu>ugd.
Cross-eXumincd. The most direct
route to the house was through the
alley. The employees at the tent handed
the goods out to me and put them in
the wagon, Nobody paid me for haul
ing the load. There was no secrecy
about the transaction. Did not see any
order; never did see any order when I
delivered goods from the relief tent.
EvERKTT GEE's TESTIMONY.
Everett Gee: drive an express
wagon. Hauled several sacks of cab
bugc to Mr. Gillespic's house. | hauled
goods there on three different occasions.
One time took kcgi don't know what
was in IL, but think 1t was vinegar. At
another time took some canned goods.
Mr.. Gillespie paid me for hauling the
goods.
Cross-examincd: Al can remember
about the first load is that there were
two cases Of canned goods. There were
number of persons present when |
loaded the goods. There was no secrecy
about the transaction. Tho next load |
took the cabbage. Tho cabbage was
in. MIR. Gillespie was with me, and we
delivered the load of cabbage to different
parties. Think one of the men ut the
tent told Gillespie TO take the cabbage
away us it was not tit tn put in the tent
| think seven or eight sacks were left at
Gillespic's, and the balance was given to
several different persons.
JUDGE BELTS TESTIMONY.
F. A. Belts: | had conversation
with MIR. Gillespie about the middle of
August with reference to relief goods
having been taken. |, was the next day
after returned from Tacoma. Gillespie
called me aside and told me hc was in
yestigating for the relief committee in
reference to goods having been misap-
propriated, and that he was told 10
that IL | had any goods mt my honsc
had better get them out of the way.
Tho defense moved the testimony be
stricken out. After considerable argll-
ment the motion was overruled.
Cross-examined: Gillespie said the