Telegram-herald., 1890-02-08
BEGINNING THE END
The Broad Case Narrowed Down 70
q Long Adjournment.
IS CAIN IS 4 QUAKER oOtRISRP
Al sides Have Iholr 80 estereas over
sna oFer Again sT-suony t'HHttt -
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sreals 60 ttt tluurd-


ou.hly oyerhaaled. under tAe manage
meut 0f SIR. STUART Mr. Broad.s lg
uoranee ot tile detal, VI that state
ment was fully acknowledged. lie
stated tlAt he was not booAAceper,
and was not prepared 10 eKpism every
thing. The $4,000 mortgage also came
iu for airing. bnj nothing Was elected
which had uot been brought out 10 Ar.
Broad, testimony ot the day before.
Nh Broad sll insisted that the mort
gage Was gwen purely for the accom-
mediation of Mr.. Steele, 10 enable hm
% raise money 10 operate in Chicago.
He had meyer received Il cent Tor t.
and il appeared upon the book as "a
credit 10 himself and debit against
Mr. Steele. not with auylnteuuon 10 do
wrong lie admitted thaJ 10 might he
technically false entry, bat was not
Intentionally such.
Court opened iu the afternoon, az
O'Clock. \ mass of papers, consisting
Oi mortgage, and bills oI sale, rang ng
from So. 900 dOWuWards, executed
from time 70 time. hy VIM. steele, was
putin evidence by Mr.. Mitchell IL was
shown that some of these instruments
were executed In t.mc past, but not
put anon record until after the arrest
oil SIR. Broad.
Air. Broad testified that the first he
ever noard about these papers was ON
August 30. 1859, and then heard Of
them first through the pu.lic press.
Charles l.. GunncIl, business cOllee-
ton clerk, testified: Hoard testimony
that Steele, Ou the 23d OF March, 1889,
had check OF $1,000 on the state
savings Bank. OF Detroit. No such
check was ever cashcd at our bank.
There was a steele check March 20, OF
$500, On crJss-eXaminatOn, Mr.
Grnucu was uuprcparcd to answer
questions. because inc had no records 10
which 90 refer.
Michael steele was called in rcbuttal.
lie sw0re that hc came fcre May i,
1882 AZ first ! never handled any
money, except that Broad wanted nae
% count the money in Dbl, pockct-b0oE.
Never had ANYTHING % 90 with money
while there. Broad never handed mc
tie keys 10 the safe or the
cash drawer. On cro,s-cxamlnatlon:
Was there TO assist Broad
while Broad was on the road. / was
not manager of the company, but Broad
was. / did no business ut the banks n
Grand Rapids for tie company. f!-..u
Mr. Hall. of the Grand Rapids S1yIl-,
Bank. Don't think did amy hu, me
for the company ON the DIST of JWo.
Have 40 recollection of saving 90 iiall
If f..f.f i
that NY name had bee published a>
manager, but that was unauthorized.
Redirect: Mr. Sinclair introduced me
o. Mr.. IIau. never assumed 10 take
the business out of Br0Id's han Is.
war here in June and July a large part
OF the time, perhaps two-tMris OF tlc
time. After the 10Th ot May, after
Broad went ou the road, Doe was stll
manager. and came aud went on As
own motion ~ manager. Broad
Nas part of the time on the
road. and most of tl. time from
tAe i5tI ol May toJuneaad July. Part
of thc time t WAS Iu the interest," al the
company. ami p1rt on his own Interest F..
SIR. Person, Tor the prosecution:
Hoard Broad testimony. Heard
lm testify to being shor, OF
help iu the Office dur'ag
tae months of Junc and July. There
F was mo- lack of hclp. When Broad took
/ ia money, dit not put down. d.d
uot keep cash book 0f amy Kind.
Iu reference 20 putting the tenn of
So 900 valuation of rcsl estate iu au-
ual. report, d.d not give him the
t-m. Broad put in tho r.al estate at
t.9n.9 hut I gave Mm b-ur ~ -l.-