Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-03

the audience with the truthfulness OF MS
| statements and his honesty IN ms pusinc's
relations. =,
THE question as TO whether Mr.: Lud-
wig knows or not where he was in July III
1856 has nothing at all TO do with whetnet
or not these notes are forgeries., SAID mr.
Smith. ION this latter point these gen.
t,emen for the defence have been most
beautifully silent. In all the corresponu;
ence between MIR. Ludwig and Mr.. Dashieh
the former has not manifested supPh,,
eating disposition. II Mr.. Dashiell had
conducted that estate as he should nave
he could have hypothecated 1t without re-
quiring Mr. Ludwig's persona! notes. Inc Inc
letter bearing the date OF August o lSsS,
shows that Mr.. Ludwig Is caretui ia LIS
business transactions"
uScosrRovERTED TESTIMONY.
. Continuing. the speaker said: II say
this case stands here with the uncontra-
dcted testimony OF the Commonwealth
and il ought to be sent on. Is there any
evidence that these notes have ever Deeu
properly enlisted on Mr.. Dashieil's BOOKS
] say il makes no difference whether Mr.
Ludwig received his share OF the estate o,
not, Mr.. Dashiell had no right to make ana
execute note bearipg his signature. III
NAV be that Mr.. Dashiell relies upon
statement which will be mado before the
Hastings Court. but your Honor has
nothing TO do but to send the prisoner on.
To recapitulate, say this young man A1r.
Ludwig has been given the stand ana mas
shown to you that he is very methodlca,
business man, and was not IN the hnanciai
embarrassment which Mr.. Wise has made
| il appear that he was. / furthermore as
sert that there has not been q thing con-
ficting throughout Mr.. Ludwig's testi-
mOny."
Mr.. Smiths speech was an earnest and
| conscientious effort. and his fght against
| most eminent lawyer was an admiraDie
| one.
REMARKS OF Mr.. CARTER.
| Mr.. Carter then addressed the Court in
| his clients defence, and said that when
| the Commonwealth own evidence showed
that no jury under Heaven would convict
| the prisoner and failed TO sustain the case
| there was no reasonable ground for sus-
piclon." or why the case should DO certi-
| fed To the grand Jury
| lie added that Commonwealth-Atto
| Smiths remarks seemed to imply that they
| were aiming their attacks at Ludwlg,
| whom the former defended as If he was q
| man of unusual weakness-One easily lni-
pressed by persons of stronger character.
| For instance, Ludwig had sworn out the
warrants against his old friend Dashlel
| without once going to see him.:
| The speaker gave further illustrations
| showing. as he said without intended re-
| flectior. the treachery OF Ludwig 5
| memory.
| DAsHIEIL WROTE TOO BADLY TO FORGE.
| mo man who writes as bad a hand as
| Billy Dashiell can initiate as good hand
as MIR. Ludwig's." continued Dir. Carter,
| and here he mentioned an instance wnere
| n Jury had acquitted "a man for Just THESE
| reasOns-viz., that he wrote mlseraDiN;
while the man whose name he was charged
with forging was beautiful penman,
AS an instance of Ludwigs carelessness
the speaker produced letter III which
| the former had spelt Dashiells name
wrong, despite the fact that they were
| constantly corresponding. Common,
wealth's Attorney Smith said Ludwig did
this every time he wrote, which informa-
ton Nr. Carter utilized in his speech. ad-
ding: Then no Is even more careless
than thought he was"
During the year 1880 Dashiell was IN al
| vance to Ludwig. and the proposition
seems TO be that Dashiell forged his name
! 20 Get money to lend him-not only this.
| but a note payable to his own order.
II saw" concluded the speaker. there
Is nothing in this case. No stigma OF
| doubt should be put on this young man,
for the Commemorative own case SHOWS
there is nothing under Heaven III the
| prosecution
| NIX. WISE = DEflNtts
| Captain John S. Wise. who steered the
| examination for the defence. then took
the floor and spoke briefly yet pointedly.
| In opening he said: Il confess tnat must
saw that my whole connection with this
case has been deep distress to me. You
are here, your Honor. TO examine into the
| charges in their first stages"
The speaker then gave slight resume OF
the case, dealing particularly with the
| merits from his point OF view.
Drawing towards the close of his argu-
, ment Mr.. Wise spoke ns follows: This is
| the presentation of affairs whic you haN .:
| One gentleman in Richmond, the other in
| Pittsburg; one-the one IN Richmond -
| discovers mares nest. This gentleman
does not speak to Mr.. Dsshiell, bear IN
mind. and vet we find him writing TO Pitts
| burg, Pa, about Mr. Dashleils private
| matters.
"Mr. Ludwig has shown a swiftness
about one thing" said the speaker.
when Mr.. Dashiell sent a note and a
check in June he kept the check and failed
TO return the note which was sent along
with it. and when asked for an explanation
SAID that he expected TO have come to
| Richmond soon, when he would have seen
Mr. Dashiell.
1T is sufficient to saw" said Mr.. Wise.
THAT Mr.. Ludwig hos been convinced by
| strong pressure upon him that there Is q
forgery; that it was by the stories which
have been told to him that Willie Dashlell
had sold and collected money from his
estate, and that these notes were not signed
| hy him."
scATHING SARCASM.
Continuing IN his remarks, which
throughout were clothed III the most
| scnthing sarcasm. mingled with serio-
| comic delivery. which rendered them more
effective and cutting. Captain Wise said :;
| Thompson Brown was out hunting. lie roy
was hunting, too. | tell you he was hunt
ing big game-hunting in hunt when
when once the human mouth has been
DATED with its blood is the ghasthest.
most fearful hunt Oh God Almighty :
earth.
The next step is what?" continued the
speaker. Brown returns TO Richmond.
Ludwig and he breakfasted together. A
breakfast, a breakfast in Richmond Rlch-
mond, the home of Dashiell Browns for
Iner partner: Richmond. the home of Lud-
wigs boyhood friend and brothers admin
istrator; Richmond, the home OF his oene-
factor who had placed him in the position
to hold the very place he now occupies {;
Richmond. the place where but for the
sinister things which were operating on
his mind: Richmond, the place where,
above oil others, he might have found the
explanation he desired 10 have.
BUT THAT BREAKFAsr.
| But that breaktast-its coffee was sweet
ened with conspiracy; its bread was but
tered with malignity; its eggs were broken
in th cir cups with spirit of revenge, and
Ludwig never went near this man for any
explanation-an Brown went with him
as far AS the Office of the Chief OF Police,
and then was heard and seen no more.
Mir. Smith, arising a second time ON be-
half OF the prosecution. stated that the
Commonwealth had nothing to do with
feelings of revenge or malice, which may
have actuated Mr.. lie Roy Brown, although
he didn't consider that this gentleman had
acted mahciously. Moreover. the feelings
existing between Brown and Ludwig were
of such intimacy as to have actuated the
former action. , A.
III a jury thinks Dashiell signed the
notes he must take the consequences,
continued the speaker. " Ii is for them to
decide. but If they find he did not Ludwls
can take the consequences
Referring to the mistake made by Lud'
wig in spelling Dashiells name. Mr.. smith
maintained that although he had always