The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-13


condition OF the court room.
THE DEFENDANT
Peter G.. Albright, was placed on the stand
and was further cross examined by Judge
Amber. The counsel evinced an insa.
tiete desire for knowledge concerning
that gold banded geranium, from which
Albright stated that he wanted some slips
The defendant stated shat IL was n rare
plant and variety which he did not have
In his greenhouse. Continuing bis testi'
mouy Mr.. Albright said in substance;
"Snyder told me that he thought his wife
had written TO her father and advised
bin of this trouble. Snyder did not say
th II he bad written. He showed m
letter when he came in, The letter was
from James, w. Spears e. Snyder. He
did not want his wlfe's father to come so
Massillon. Snyder had been insisting
that was guilty. He wanted me to go
| and see him, but did not say anything
about q settlement. / thought be had
| changed his mind, and told him that was
| glad ne had made up his mind that there
wes nothing in the report concerning me
and Mrs. Snyder. The substanco of the
letter signed, and which was addressed
to Snyder's father'in law, was that there
was nothing In the report refiscting on
| Mis-. SnydeE's conduct and that
| had anonymous letters TO
prove that i, was blaekmail. Il
Il
bank on the night when they said / was
| with Mrs. Snyder. signed another letter
| to Say der's mother. The letter took up
about half a page. Snyder said everything
was ali right. Thore was apparently no
feeling between us then.
Neither Altman OF Pocock said to me
that Mrs. Snyder had confessed anything
| to his wife. Aim M did not say that Sny.
| der believed me guilty. They said that he
wasworked up about something.
| What did you mean in your letter by
| making "a date y " asked Judge Amber.
~ mean that never asked Mrs. Suy.
der to come to my house, or to meet me
any place, responded Albright.
why was IL tnat Altman and Pocock
| took enough Interest in the matter to go
| down to see Snyder?" inquired Judge
Amber.
letters, the same as Snyder" said the
witness.
Continuing, witness said: ~ thought
Snyder was interested in the blackmailing
| scheme, because of the location of the
place where the money was to be left.
also thought SO because / had a man
watching to SEQ who came after the
money, and the man told me somethinR.n
Witness was not permitted to tell what
the man he had watching told him.
II told some parties that Snyder claimed
to hold note OF mine for $4,000" said
the witness. "Folger came to see me on
the ay when tue note would be due. The
fire: thing Folger said was that he had a
small collection TO make from me.n
Witness then detailed the conversation
with Folger and declare that Folger did
not show him the original note or con-
fession.
Witness continued: ~ attempted to
have Snyder
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
but was advised by my attorney not to do
so. Ju ige Day was my attorney. l had
not yet seen tue note. After did see tho
| notes l wanted him arrested, but my at
| torney advised me not to have him ar
| rested.
had conversation with Pinkii about
note. Pinkli did not tell me to give
| Snyder credit on the note he held against
me. Nothing OF that kind was said. l told
| him there was a note at my bank and that
| l wanted 1t fixed up. | never asked PinkIi
about Mrs. Snyder but / asked about
Snyder. do not remember telling Pinkli
| that Mrs. Snyder had malaria, but remem.
ber telling him that / had given her
recipe for malaria. did not make it
business to ask PinkIi about Mrs. Snyder.
The night went into Snyder's house
| to get out of the rain not remember how
| long l remained, did not take count of
| the time. l might have remained half an
hour, possibly longer.
| mTb. OuyueT WAS III tue greenhouse ana
Ia the garden with me sometimes. She
| usually had the children with her and on
| one occasion she had lady with her. /
| do not remember who the lady was.
When got my first anonymous letter 1
went to the bank and saw that January 10
was Russelps pay roll night, l was at the
| bank on that night. Before the letters
were brought to me to sign do not re-
| me mbsr whether told Ed. that January
| 10 was RusselPs pay night. / do not know
how he came to mention that in the letters
10 his father-in.law and 10 his mother,
which are the letters l signed. | might
have mentioned to Ed. at Que time that
| January 10 was Russelps pay night. l
| think did tell him that. l always liket to
| stay In the bank on Russel's pay night. /
| make it regular point to be around at
the bank on Russell's pay night. Since
| the Merchants bank opens on Saturday
plight ! am % around at my bank almost
At II 80 o'clock it was decided that Ais
bright might leave the stand, there being
no further cross examiDs ton.
Judge Day desired to offer in evidence
the enlarged signatures prepared by Ex-
| pert Tolman of Chicago. Judge Amber
| obj jscted to the admission of the enlarged
| signatures on the grounds that the ems
| largements were not made by photographs
| but by hand. The enlargements shown
| by the defense are hand made, while those
Of the plaintiffs were made from photo
| graphs and we're in fact Photographic
| likenesses. Those of the plaintiff were al.
lowed to be put in evidence but the court
| decided to exclude those OF the defense
for the present. Court adjourned at II :45
| for the purpose of giving The attorneys
| chance to look up authorities regarding
the question.
| MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Judge Day stated that he had been nm
able 10 hnd any authorities in support of
| the admission of the signatures in ques.
| tion and Judge Taylor adhered to his pos
sition that they are not competent, though
| a final decision on the matter was not
| made. After the admission Of number
OF photograph letters,etc,, in evidence the
| defense rested.
George e. Baldwin stated TO the court
| that his health was In such condition that
he could not proceed with the opening
argument of tue case before Wednesday
at least. Mr.. Baldwin is really very III
and his physician, DR.. S b. Post, was Ia
the court room and stated that Mr.. Bald
| win would not be able to argue the case
| before Wednesday General Jones stated
that he had a case in MahoninR county
on Thursday. IL was decided
to at least get all the
evidence In and IL an adjournment was to
be had II should be had then.
ROBERT H. FoLGER, j. p,
was called by the plaintiff in rebut.aI. He
stated that he did not tell Albright that he
had a small collection. He said he never
showed Albright a copy. Witness denied
a conversation alleged to have been had
between himself and Albright and TO
which Albright testified.
MRS. y. EDWARD SNYDER