The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-27

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"Not that | can remember"
Colonel Arnett asked: "Did not frs
4 advise you against leavingP" 81
"And It was not until you informed
me Of your arrangement with Mr.. How,
ara tbai withdrew the objection" \
"For what was that $1,000 mortgage
given by you TO the bank ~
|, " gave that to secure the $4,000
which ! had used.n
Soybold said that he was informed by
Mr.. Howard that II Mr.. Lamb and tho
others, meaning tho partners in the
bank, did not appear against him there
would be no prosecution.
MIR. Howard, by permission OF the
court, asked Mr.. Seybold questions
which led him to admit that he had
misconstrued Mr.. Howards Language
and had drawn false conclusion in tie
matter Of dropping the case, : ~
MIR. Seybold was dismissed from the
stand while the clock was striking
twelve. 27E N ~ - - -
Mrs. Minnie seybold, vile Of the do.
lendant, was placed upon the stand for
the defense. She told oil signing the
mortgage for 5000 in Captain Doven.
ef's Office to make up the difference be.
tween the amount OF tho certificates
taken.' - 'S'5'l-' ~. -'''.
She stated that during tho month OF
April, 80, Mr.. Seybold usually came to
supper at 8 p. M, but she did not re.
member any circumstances OF tho par.
ticular day on which the money was
taken from the bank. VI
AT? p. m. court reconvened, and after
considerable waiting, ]. H. Rosenberg,
father Of Mrs. Sey ybold, was placed upon
the stand. He told OF the making OF the |
mortgage for $4,000, and stated that II |
was tho understanding tha. when the
S2.0VO was paid the property should ie:
vert to Seybold. He also stated that he |
had been led to believe that Harry
would not be prosecuted, and that his
bail would not be forfeited Il he left.
He described conversation he had with
Mr. List at the bank, wherein Mr.. List,
with tears in his eyes, said lie had no
desire to prosecute Harry, aud would be
glad to have him come back il he could
clear himself Of the charges against him
in the courts. p - N =
At this point tho defense rested and
Michael Frelslnuth WAS nut ON in re.
buttal. lie was examined by Captain
Dovener. 80. -
!, "Do yor y kuow the prisoner, Harry
"Yes, SIR"
"Where was ho employed last to tho
best OF your knowledge 2"
"At the Bank Of Wheeling
"is your shop located near that
tA"Yes, sir"
"Can you go through your shop 10 the
rear entrance to the bank ?"
ibid you know Harry seybold before
April 10, 1902"
'.Yes, SIR"
"Mr. Freismuth, I want to know il
you saw him on that day, or near about
that time, pass through your shop into
the Bank OF Wheeling ?n ~
Col. Arnett--"I object.n i55.55s
The objection was sustained and Cap.
tain Dovener put the question: Estate
II under any circumstances you cav
Harry Seybold so into the rear OF the
bank about the first OF April"
Zone evening early in April, 1880,
Harry came to the shop and said he
wanted to go through the shop, into the
bank. He said his father-1 don't re-
member whether he said the old man or
the old gentleman-had locked the front
door. 1t was between 5 and o'clock ia
the evening, and the gas was lighted.
He stayed in the bank about three
minutes; / am positive not more than
five, and passed out through the alley
gate. Under his arm he had bundle
wrapped up in newspaper
efou mean he had bundle when he
went out
"Yes."
"He had none when ho went in?"
mo, SIR"
"Deseribe the bundle"
"lt was about the size OF several, per-
hapa sig, Cincinnati .Enguirers rolled
together. 1t was about tho length OF the
width Of newspaper, and l thought it
was bundle Of newspapers. I re-
marked to the boy in the shop, III
Harry stays up to read NIL them he won't
sleep much tonight"
"show the jury the shaps Of the
bundle" .5ga
Here Friesmuth took a newspaper,
and rolling it over his arm, showed q |
package about eighteen inches long,
four inches thick and seven or eight
wide.
"Ho# do you remember the time OF
this occurrence ?"
ut was shortly before took pneu.
monia, and ! was laid up on the 18th Of
"He,,ry q, did not go out through the
shopF" = b
"No, he went out OF the side gate.p
The witness was cross examined bv
Colonel Arnett, but nothing new was
developed, Mr.. Freismuth reiterated
all bis statements clearly, and fixed the
time between April and April lG.
Lewis Steenrod, Sheriff : OF Ohio
county, who, with Prosecuting Attor.
ney Howard, brought Seybold back
from Kansas, was called
He said that he heard Seybolj, while
in a cell in tho Jail at Winfield, tell, Mr.:
Howard that a girl gave him the pack
age OF money on the pavement in front
Of the bank. He also stated that he did
not know her name but knew her face,
and would recognizes her II he cav her
again, and that he would leave no stone
unturned when he returned to Wheel.
ing 10 ind out who she was.
Captain Doyener asked il Seybold had
given any reason for running away.
He gave as the reason that Colonel
Arnett had suggested that he 20 away
and bad said that the bond would bs re-.
duced so his father would have lees than
thousand dollars to pay, and that ho
could come back after time.
Colonel Arnett asked il the Sheriff
had not had several conversations with
Ssybold. la'l &Rl4
MIR. Steenrod replied that he had
talked with Seybold several times In
Winfield and on the way back to
Wheeling, but that he had remembered
that particular conversation wherein he
mentioned tho girl giving him the
money, because 1t was SO odd and seemed
80 strange. s.sa,
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