Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-24
CHADWICK'S EXAMINATION
He Gives an Account of How the
Affair Happened.

At 10: :45 O'Clock yesterday morning
the preliminary examination of j. S.
Chadwick, the real estate agent charged
jointly with j. M. Damron and w. C.
Lockwood with the forgery of note for
$l10, which he negotiated at the South
ern California National Bank, was COM
menced before Justice Austin.
The testimony taken was for the most
part similar to that introduced in the
Lockwood case, the, same witnesses,
Messrs w. F. Bosbyshell, E. T. Wright,
F. B. Tanning and w. G. Lockwood be-
ing examined. In addition to these
gentlemen, however, President G. H.
Bonebrake, of the Los Angeles National
Bank, was called and testified that since
the commencement of the prosecution
in this case the defendant had taken up
two notes for 500 and $3.50 at his
bank, which bore the signatures of
Lindley or Hervey Lindley, and also
not own these notes, however, but had
taken them as collateral security on his
fendant took up his note, which had not
matured, he explained that he had re-
ceived intimation that the collateral
notes were not right, and that he had
been imposed upon.
f. G. Howes, cashier, and E. w. Coe,
assistant cashier of the Los Angeles Ma
tional Bank, testified that they saw two
notes in the bank signed by ]. M. Dam
ron, a man named Dunlap and Lindley
One was for $3.50, and one for 500. One
was payable to J. S. Chadwick, and the
other to Mrs. Hunter.
Mr.. Howes stated that it was at his
suggestion that Chadwick had taken up
the notes, as he was afraid that there
was something wrong about them.
The prosecution rested it's case at this
point, and Mr.. f. T. Wright was called
for the defense, to testify as to certain
conversation he had with Damron in his
office, on the day of the latter's first ar
rest, when the latter had said that
neither Chadwick nor Lockwood had
anything to do with "this forgery busi-
ness"
The defendant, J. S. Chadwick, when
put upon the stand in his own behalf
testified that on Monday morning.
July 14th, Damron went to him
and said that his friend, Justice Lock
wood, wanted to borrow some money.
As the defendant made a business of
loaning money and had accommodated
Damron before, he was willing to do SO
again, and when the lawyer suggested
the name of E. T. Wright as security,
thought he was good. In order to satisfy
himself, however, he telephoned to Mr.
Bosbyshell and subsequently consulted
Frank B. Tanning at the county clerk S
office, who said that Ed. Wright's name
was good for any amount he might sign.
He returned to Damron's Office and gave
him note, which Damron subsequently
brought back with his own signature at
tached to it, but when the defendant OBJ
jected, he took pair Of shears and cut
it off. The defendant then took the
note to the bank, but at the request of
the cashier who noticed that it had been
cut, filled up another which he found on
Damron's desk an hour later signed.
In the meantime Damron told him that
Lockwood owed him some money and
he was negotiating the loan in order to
get some on account. Two checks were
drawn at Damron's suggestion, one for
$75 for Lockwood and the other for the
balance after deducting interest and dis
count for Damron. The note was then
taken by himself on Tuesday morning
and discounted at the bank.
At the close of the defendants testi-
mony the case was continued until II
o'clock this morning.