Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-08
The Jury Found Him Guilty
in Five Minutes.
Witness Stump's Very Peculiar
Evidence.
A Gauzy Tale About Green Consent
ing to the Fraud.
Judge Mckinley Puts an Unwilling wit.
ness in Bad Scrape-Hoy to Be
Sentenced on Wednesday.
He Is Liable to Squeal.

John @. Hoy, who forged Morris M.
Green's name to mortgage and promis-
sorry note and then impersonated Mr..
Green for the purpose of defrauding o.
A. Stassforth of the sum mentioned, was
yesterday found guilty of the crime.
The case was tried in department six
several days being taken up in hearing
evidence. 1t is case with many COM
plications, and from some of the evil
dence introduced it would appear that
a number of parties besides the con-
victed man and Ed. L. Baker, who will
be tried Monday, were in the scheme.
The missing witness, j. X. Stump,
turned up at 8 o'clock yesterday after
two attachments had been issued for
aim by the court. Judge Mckinley
brought him up with round turn, and
after he gave his evidence the court or
dered him in the custody OF the sheriff
for contempt in not appearing after be-
ing served with the usual summons.
Stump, unfortunately, did not have
tue $500 required by the court for his APP
pearance Monday, and was turned over
"a 0ilOI dllCbby VIII Will bdhO CdiC Vi
him until the contempt case is settled.
Stump's testimony was something of
8 revelation, and showed upon what
slim grounds the defendant sought to
escape the law. He swore that on the
day Baker took Stassforth to the prop
erty sought to be mortgaged, and intro
duced him to Hoy, who was playing
Mr.. Green, the real Green was at wit
nesses's house with his wife upon
Stump's invitation.
The witness told that Green said he
was very glad Stump had invited him
on that particular day, as he had en-
abled him to gracefully absent himself
from home. He thought it exceedingly
Wind of Mr.. Stump.
According to the latter, Mr.. Green,
the real Green, said he wanted to raise
some money on his place, but his wife
was opposed to it. In order to pull the
wool over her eyes Green said he had
procured Hoy to sign his, Green's, name
10 the mortgage and negotiate the loan.
On cross-examination of this witness
it was developed that Immediately fol-
lowing Hoy's arrest and before his con-
federate, Baker, had been taken in Gus
tody, Stump went to Green's house aud
requested him to let the case drop
against Baker.
During the trial it came out that
Stump stated if the case was pushed it
might implicate him (Stump), and that
Green went to his house and asked
whether he was implicated in the job.
Alr. Green stated in his examination
that when Stump asked him to stop fur
ther proceedings he said he would be
implicated.
The defendant testified that he was
authorized to sign Green's name by Mr..
Green himself and that he was to have
500 from Baker for doing the work.
The case was given to the jury about
O'Clock, and in five minutes after they
had retired to the jury room the verdict
WAS agreed upon. Judge Mckinley re-
mauded the defendant to appear on
Wednesday next for sentence.
The trial of Ed l.. Baker. who tried to
get Stassforth to loan the money, is set
aor Monday. Baker is under bonds, but
with Hoy's fate staring him in the face
it is the general opinion that he will
seek more congenial cline. 1t is ru-
mored that Hoy does not propose to sui
fer alone and will make confession
which will implicate persons as yet I'M
known in the matter.