Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-01
She TOLD HIS FATE
Fred Leonard's Companion
ship With a CIairyoYant.
eaYs she BtfalESDEO HIM
rnuuraI More Witnesses Told Tales Of
- EScsnuiclsies Yssssfd4y-Sons
Amusinx Features Of the Trial.

X2ys Wu8A SIC tc1@l1<0 tA8s k-S2
called her s'glrlis" and said sns WAS
- s'goodis. goodie," roArs Of laughter
bDoks cat on al sldes-
J. W. Noss Of this city Was the nrst
ui1nnA He test isd 10 having held .
NDnvsrnation with Fred IN sweets
ho1sl before tas session Of court
Xbod told him he had already sent one
80 over the read for perjury and he
uDooted 10 send more before ne got
>npcueh. John w. Gillispie OF Muske-
mn. formerly . clerk ~ the British
zmoncsn hotel IN Windsor. WAS tho
nexS Wltness- HIS testimony did not
611Zer from that of Harstesd, Who Was
- The stand the day before.
Walter IL. Hawkins. clerk ~ the
Grimm nouse, Detroit. Was called next
Ne tirst met Fred IN September. 'sl;
~ Olsen gave witness envelopes 20 put
II tbs sAfe. claiming that they con-
tanned SIS, 900 10 ! 10000 fred's 1850
e1Aess were iisreputAble In appearance
aud on several OCCASIONS Fred was very
drunk. When Fred WAS drunk ne
vouldn't talk 10 any one Tie said ne
d1dn't consider Fred capable OF taking
onze of his property.
AZ the afternoon session Mr.. Hawk
ms said that Frank had told him there
was hkeiy To be lAw suit over the
Leonard property and asked witness
q testify in II. He test ned that Frank
ooid him that Fred hai an interest In
1hoir business, but do not say they
vere trying TO get his property away
11om him.
V---k no-.t.. t~aw>l,n0 man
wns the rext witness. He had known
Ind for fourteen years; had met him
- different parts Of the United states,
nfser me stroke OF paralysis Fred
hooked shabby. Fred told witness he
wanted TO ole, ana no tried to brace
Pred up, hut couldn't do IL Witness
6jd nos consider Fred capable # car
1nR for bis property. On cross-examl-
uoslon he said Fred never mentioned
he txoubie with MS brothers, Dut con-
1nod his talk 10 his owe trouble Wit
uooo frat told Frank about Fred few
heys go, but didn't think no would be
onlled - . witness
John G. Griffin was next called. He
- proprietor of she HiawathA hotel IN
Detroit. The witness reviewed tho
onndssion of Fred and his clothing. ~
hu6 been testified to by several others.
Ixiod 10 talk with Fred. but Was un-
n&lo 70 do 30.
Charles L. Merrill Of this city was
<Gnllod. He had known Fred ~ man and
nv. and described him in AL the stages
q ll{o. In 81 Fred told witness that
- hnd fifteen strokes OF paralysis in
, 0mo night. He did not consider Fred
oowpetent 20 manage his property.
Doacou J. K. Johnston Was the next
U1onoss. He had known Fred Leonard
hon . boy. Had not seen Fred much
oinco his illness; had Stunned him.
D1duot consider Fred able TO take care
@ himself.
mmon II. King, . salesman for New
York crockery house was next. HIS
loo(imony Was substantially the same
- others. He did not think Fred capa-
No Of attending 10 bis business
Annie Johnson . chairvoyant from
Chicago. testified that Fred had con-
ouitod nsr regarding MS future actions.
He asked her If she thought he would
ogof get possession Of MS interest IN bis
property, Fred had visited her eight or
len umes = day, and paid her dollar
onch time Fred firss visited her on
Nay 1, 1883. She remembered the
day because Fred paid her $40,
the only money she earned that day.
After few months acquaintance Fred
took witness driving three or four
nmss . day. Fred often borrowed
money of the witness and was now 10
nor debt 500 or $40. besides $500 dia-
nnond ring. which she loaned him. She
aid he had pawned the ring IN New
York. She cried, and Fred said, "Gir-
lie, don't cry. III make itrignt-" Fred
always called witness "Girlie." She
uaw Fred yesterday and he said he
would make the ring matter right, and
ndvlsed her TO bet ON him, as he Was
gong TO win the suit; II she didn't
have money. TO pawn her clothes. Wit
neas said Fred was once broke IN Chi
onuo and she took him to dinner. Il
didu't have e." sne SAID. "but my
scotch blood would stand still while
Vf@<i was starving" Fred occupied
nparkments next 90 witness room.
Add made love to her three days after
1ney became acquainted. Fred wanted
her 20 marry hlm. "GiriIe" told hin
fbAt enc Vas old enough TO be his
GRANDDAUGHTER Witness never Went
RIDING with Fred, but what she had to
Wosh him up. Fred would say to her
subtitle, You are too gootie, good.e.'
eoc had erittsn 70 his brothers, asking
taesn TO come aud take care of him
Fred tore the letters mp, and told heI
that bis brothers would put her in At
asylum. Fred often called for witness
- late AZ ~ o'clock. Witness had
nflsn "cslssd Fred down" for riding
v15n other women.
Fred told witness day before ysster
Inv that ne had married a woman
Vslh loss of money. and she was soinz
- faht the suit: Fred told he
mat IL he won the suit n
would give her 81 coo. On cross
!e1nm,nation she said she bad
lived IN Chicago ten years at No. III
STATE street and No. 1871 Sonth Clsss
o1xoat. Her husband died fifteen year
90. Met Fred in her psrlors first; die
nod meet hlm on the street.. She told
Ifrd's fortune. she cav Fred shortly
<{ter be pawned the diamond. sh'
Mid Fred that she thought that On.
H.op woman had married him for hH
money. Never had seen Charles unit
one met hsfn here. She had damned
Ired quite recently for her ring; has
Zen MIR. Fletcher IN Chicago once is=
porsne and once recently. Did net tel
~. Fietcher'a fortune. She vas sorr,
49, Frs<@, rode with him and got him