Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
SHEPARD In A STEW.
Bob lngersoll Keeps the Colonel in
Continual Hot Water
WHILE ON THE WITNESS STAND.
He Asks Some Questions About as Pert as
They Well Could Be.
SHEPARD'S PET WAY OF DRINKING

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 13-A trial involving
the business methods of Colonel Elliott f.
Shepard is attracting great attention here.
It is suit brought by Frank s. Gray, ex-
business manager of the Mail and Express to
recover from the Colonel SIS, 145 for breach
of contract The main feature of the case was
the production of a letter written by
Colonel Shepard in which he Endorsed his
check for So, 900 and directed his business
manager to use the money in procuring from
the Police Commissioners the contract for
political advertising valued at about S15, 000
The trial to-day was resumed with more
of the direct examination Of Colonel
Shepard by his lawyer, John 3. Parsons
"Wss anything ever said by you, Colonel,
about bribing Commissioners French and
McClave?" asked Mr.. Parsons.
"Nothingp' exclaimed the Colonel
solemnly.
"Did you know them?"
''Yes, knew them to be reputable citizens
of good standing"
Ingerson Roasts Mr.. Shepard.
When Colonel IngersoIl took the witness
he took up Mr.. Shepard's letter and read it
sentence by sentence The examination
was as follows:
O. Do not have any trip-up. Do not use
ably haYe this amount added to the bid. say
S20, ,O00." Now Colonel Shepard, what did you
mean by the words, "this amount2" A.
Whatever the amount Of the commission
would be-
Q. In other words, you can probably have
the amount of the commission added to the
bill Was that in your mindf A I have
Q. Then your intention was that the city
should pay the commission? A. My inten-
tion was to instruct Mr. Gray.
Q. No, no. Was ft your intention that the
city should pay the commission? A. 1t was
not, in my mind, had no intention about it.
Now you are going into process of reason
ing.
Colonel Ingersof looked at him with in.
tense amusement, and said, NO. you might
not be at home there"
A ripple OF laughter went through the
courtroom and Colonel Shepard looked
greatly discounted. Colonel Ingersoll now
looked the witness full in the face and asked
very deliberately: "Didn't you want it
added mean this commtssion-to cheat
the city?"
The Editorial Colonel Is Angry.
Colonel Shepard flashed an indignant
glance at him, clenched his fists and
pounded them on the arms of his chair, as
he said; "Not at all. sir. No, sir. meant
it as confidential Instructions to Mr.. Gray"
Q, see. Who had the power to add il to
the DlII? A. Now you ask me too much.
Q. Who did you think had power, when
you wrote this memorandum? A. When
wrote that memorandum l intended that
Mr.. Gray should get as large rate for the
advertising as he could agree upon with this
negotiator, this solicitor.
@. You do not quite understand me? A.
90 unoerstand you, put you are asking
me for things that were not in my mind.
Q. Let us see-"You can probably have |
this amount added to the bill, say $50 0OO." |
Who did you at that time think could add it |
to the bill? A. 1 thought that Mr.. Gray |
could charge sufficient price for the adver- |
tising, so that the amount of the advertising
would be raised. He might or might not.
This was intended for him, to be conveyed |
20 no one else.
Q. Now, you say, and I want to call your