The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-19
PAID OVER In 500 BILLS.
sEy IT1TLEFIELD's TEsTfMONFAB0rT
MRS. STIPHASfS MONEY.

-. Handed 81, 600 TO Dr. Fleming and $3.50
a. LAWYER Stewart-An Item or 81 900
That He Thinks He Ought 20 Have.
When the trial Of Milton 8. Littleheld. ex-
p,ioadier and cx.Republican politician. was
assumed yesterday In tho General Sessions be.
ss,s Recorder smyth. Assistant District Attor-
ney Davis tho prosecutor. resumed his cross
s,.mination OF LttleNcld. He asked Little
soid what he had done with tho $4,000 ho OBJ
.,lnod from Mrs. Josephine Stephanl. on tho
,.nresentation that 1t would DO used for
.hs benefit OF her son. Alphonse
s,onbaui, thcn under arrest for tho
nurder OF Clinton q. Reynolds. tho Stephani
Mm,lv lawyer. 1.ttlened testified that he paid
a 200 o! tho $4,000 to DR.. Walter NJ Fleming.
rho ia Jointly INDICTED with him for obtaining
roney from Mrs. Stephanl by means OF tho
i.lss pretencc that 1t was necessary to pay tho
sxpenses OF a commission to pass upon tho
s.oity OF her son. He paid Fleming $1,000 In
currency in two payments OF 5000 each. He
sl,o paid $3.50 to tho late Orlando L. Stewart
"a A retainer. TO act as counsel In the matter
a, the commission. He gave the money to
stsvart and Fleming in bills because they
sald they wanted currency.
I'm Thursday Littlefeld had testified that he
md given every penny OF the $1,000 that ho
mad received from Stephani to Stewart and
Flaming But at this point Mr.. Davis made
him contradict himself BY admitting that he
stil retained control Of $1,000 that Mrs.
stsphani had given him. He said that 1t was
now in the custody Of Luther z. whipple OF 70
school street. Boston. a stakeholder In the
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Railroad. one
the enterprises that hc Littlefed. was de-
welcoming. He thought he ought to havo this
much. at least. for devoting nearly two months
10 Mrs. Stephani's service in trying to have
her son declared insane. At no time. however.
did no have any understanding with Mrs.
Etephani that he was to be compensated.
On Thursday also Lttleneld testified that he
rot Mrs. Stephani's check for $1,000 on tho
Farmers Loan and Trust Company. certified
n si0o bills at the Third National bank. where
he was well known. and turned over tho bills
'ssns a pP the ssgR check Recorder smyth
asked him to look It the endorsemens upon ~
SIIs hobs ss S' Smith Of 81 Broadway. the
company conf; Who were floating the bonds for your
Pennsylvania Railroad entSrnriser
YES, sir" answered Litteneld. =,
"Then il would appear" Recorder Smyth
vent on. that you TSt the check c IS by
1sRlied Lttl G fSn c,o.t ,n1
na Iys s opss sos %nK ss Gssssd
o, putting 1t through his own bank. He re-;
PILED that he had dod no bank account and had
H. ai Davis t tied to get in evidence to prove
that Littleheid had had trouble as 2 railroad
man In South Carolina that had. In the course
dsmnation BY Chief Justice Waite OF tho
United States Supreme Court. but Recorder
smyth ruled the testimony out ,r,.,,,,o. u,,
testified to eccentric behavior by MRS
NJ. Davis recalled Mrs stephani. who testi-
one else that tho then District. Attorney. Col.
Fellows. had received the lions share OF the
bad made presents to Mrs Fellows or Mrs.
Fleming: She had never seen Col. Fellows or
struction OF Recorder Smyth. after he had
claimed his professional privilege. the French
sspsn G II the sHs t e e telling hns
that she had been fortunate enough to secure
ths services Of Dr. tFennE who claimed to BE-
sSSys%ysa s snaS S"a as:; stspsssl went spes
s bse sf ftnn S mot
At that moment Col. Fellows, entered the
iaths other sI !; S soA AIpIns lat He asked ths
Foster that Mrs. Stephani had stated to her
Mrs ,Fosterl that he iCol. Fellowsj had re-
III e th' He
BE- thing: IS District Attorney. in cen;
recommend the appointment of q Commits:
Non to inquire into stephanrs sanity and
IS ns p 9 sadse
hs had known De- Fleming. who was her
family physician. intimately Tor many years
y e. also Dr. Aan Me
Judge Nartine appointed Dr. Meredith Glymer.
saa Fiat uR Gem of tas %ss
Sithe war" and heroes did not ordinarily rob
@ aGS with ff 2as Of n n at T Tho
Ssssns aaseashis nterssted in M Mrs Este steph h.
diving nsariy ali Of fh his time. Hs had been
ts:warded BY false accusations. and stood in
dHTss Of bhavRE hs life wFsctsd
nSst ren,ember that at the time that sho dealt
has or brSthe nC woad
hom her her husbands interest In his bust
ness and her. son was ,under indict-
she believed. insane. Certainly her mem
~ unaer such circumstances could not be re-
~ his summing up for the people Mr.. Davis
ff1htended that al OF the evidence showed that
dM 10y and Fleming eoncocted and carried
f!derly lady already borne down into the dust
most remarkable combination OF mis-
Nd divided the "swag" They would have
sesped detection; too. ,undonbtedly., II Mrs;
.oster. who was then Mrs. Stephnni's friend
ntter enemy. had not talked too much to
S SSss MARITIME at Lake George and lot cut
court adjourned