The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-22
SqODDARD IS GUILTY.
Jersey Justice Gives Him a
Lesson in Forging
Chains.
DALY'S VERY BRIEF DEFENCE.
He Simply Asked Judge Lippin-
colt to Tell the Jury to
Acquit.
)ALY'S VERY BRIEF DEFENCE.

IHe Trial Oh EuWarU w. oLOQudlu, bne
interchangeable forger, began. in the Gen
eral Sessions today before Judges Lippin-
colt, Paxton and Hoffman. Stoddara was
brought into Court early. He seated
himself near his counsel, Judge DAILY.
He looked pale and anxious and was very
quiet. He closely watched everything
that transpired, and particularly eyed the
jury.
In his opening Prosecutor Winfield
said:-"This man-we don't know his
name. He gave it as Stoddard and we
have him as Woods-is indicted for for
gerry III all the history OF romance. in
crimes of this nature, this case is
the most marvellous. On Au-
gust /, this man nent forged
kilograms TO Pittsfield, Mass, for money.
In his pocket, when he was arrested, a
slip of newspaper was found giving in
| field, Mass, whose name Is John >.
Wolf. The clipping set forth that John
S. Wolf was on the New Jersey Coast.
''This man sent a telegram 10 Cashier
Francis of the Pittsheld Bank, asking
him to telegraph $50. In the telegram it
stated that Wolf had lost his
| check book and to waive iden-
tification.' The cashier teegraphed
back that such a proceeding was un-
safe.' Two minutes after this telegram
was sent it was learned that John s.
Wolf was in Pittsfield. He was at
essr pfsc@ed nscs and Of Chief Sfat uurha1 nad
was telegraphed to arrest the man who
called for the cashiers reply, and Detec-
| tive Morris arrived at the telegraph office
| just as the man on trial now received 1t. ="
George Bartolf, Superintendent. of the
Western Union Telegraph office in this
| city, was the first witness called. He
identified the telegram that had been re-
ceived by Stoddard from Cashier Francis.
JUDGE DAILY ovERRULED.
Judge Daily objected To the identified
| tion of the check, and was overruied.
Robert j. Duff, who received the tele-
gram sent by Stoddard, identified the
| message, and also positively identified
| Suoddard as the sender.
James McAyoy, the operator who sent
| the telegram, also Identified it.
Edward Francis, the next witness, tes-
titled that he was cashier Of the Pitts
field Bank on August 5 and had
knew John S. Wolf very well
and Mr. VOLTS firm deposited at his
bank. Mr.. Wolf had no individual ac-
count. He thought it strange that
| MIR. Wolf should send such a
| telegram. for money for that
reason, DuG conciuueu tuat gerHdps
| the telegram was true and to ascertain
the fact he sent the telegram that led to
| the arrest of Stoddard.
John S. Wolf, the next witness, corrob-
| GRATED what Mr.. Francis had testified to,
| and John Nichols, Chief of Police of Pitts.
field, said he had advised the arrest of
| Stoduard.
WHAT MORRIS SAW
Detective Morris testified to the de-
| tails of his arrest of Stoddard. He saw
| Stoddard read the telegram, put it in his
pocket and when he got twenty feet from
the telegraph Office he arrested him.
"When 1 said I wanted him to go to
Headquarters, he said all right At
Headquarters he gave the name of John
S. Woods"
Morris also testified to the finding of
the telegram and other papers on Stod-
dard when he was searched.
John F. Jones, a clerk In the Western
Union telegraph office, corroborated
what other employees there had testified
at the opening of the case, and then the
State rested.
Judge Daily asked the Court to instruct
the jury to acquir, and the Court promptly
refused.
Judge DAILY then said the defense
rested Judge Daily said he did this for
three reasons:-Tnat the proof in the
case was that if any fraud had been in
tended it was to defraud the Pittsfeld
Bank and not Edward S. Francis, but
the Indictment sets up that
Francis was the one to be defrauded. He
asked Judge Lippincott to charge so, and
then without addressing the jury closed
the case.
Prosecutor Winfield objected TO Judge
Daly's Interpretation of the law and
Judge Lipplncott began to charge the
jury.
The jury was ont but a few minutes
when it returned with Il verdict of guilty
in the manner charged.