The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-17

great sensation, and people rushed to the
defense of the minister, who had made him
self very popular, not only by the builaing
the community. The title of doctor OF divin-
lty had been conferred upon him by col
lege In northern Georgia. He had even as
sumed the presidency OF a railroad, which
had progressed so far as the obtaining of
charter, and which might have gone further
had not the arrest of Mr.. Howard thrown
cold water on the movement. The first case
resulted in mistrial. Then the government
began to strengthen its evidence.
II, It was eontended by the postal authori,
Moore had taken up the claim correspond
ence under the name of Howard, writing
to people with whom he had had corre-
spondence while in England under the
name of Moore. He offered the persons
whom he addressed his assistance in recov-
ering estates in England to which he said
they were entitled. After his arrest at
Jackson for using the mails for fraudulent
purposes, the prisoner admitted that he had
written a number of letters to certain peo-
pie offering to aid them in recovering es-
tates, but he insisted that his business was
strictly legitimate He Indignantly denied der,
Lord Moore, Joseph Ledger or e. Ross,
the various aliases under which IL was al
legged he had He ADMITTED 5h
case, in a large measure, was to prove that
he is MOORE. Inspector Froest was brought
to this country from London and put on
the stand. He swore that Howard and
Moore were and the same person.
Ex- Minister Lincoln and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
New were put the stand to vouch for
the credibility of FrOest as witness and
to identify him as an inspector OF the
Scotland Yard detective force, the noted
police department of the world. Notwith-
standing this identification, Howard still
maintained his innocence The court room
al court, over which Judge Hammand was
presiding The sympathy of the people at
Jackson was largely with Howard
FEATURES OF THE TESTIMONY.
In the early part of the week the clerk
of the Chancery Court at Jackson identi-
fed the handwriting of the defendant as
the same as that of William Lord Moore,
Joseph Leger and Z. Ross, who were, as
the government contended, all one person.
The government sought to introduce as
evidence certain letters sent to the de-
PENDANT, but the court would not admit
these letters as evidence, as they were
seized in violation of the prisoners consti-
tutional rights. Then Inspector Turrell,
also of Scotland Yard, quietly appeared in
the little Tennessee town TO IDENTIFY How
ard as Moore. Charles Hobson, OF the
American legation at London, was also a
witness. When these witnesses appeared
1t was announced that the defendant was
too Ill to appear in the court room that
day.
somewhat more sensational. Edward Pie
per and his mother, of New York, were put
on the stand and they testified that h.
Ross manager of the European claim
agency, rented offices from them in New
York city in $780, and that they had met
him often and knew him WELL The dis
trict attorney then asked them If the man
they knew as r. Ross in New York was
present in the court room. They said he
was and pointed out Howard as the man.
s. r. Raiman, a prominent real estate
dealer of Brooklyn, swore that In 1880 he
rented an office TO one +. CT. Howard in
brooklyn. The sign on the Office door was
ssEuronean Claim Agency. +. c. Howard
and Z. Ross. managers" The real estate
man TO whom he had rented an office in
Brooklyn under the name of +. q. How
ard. John w. Murphy, a New York letter
carrier, identified Howard as the man to
whom he had delivered mail in New York
as T.. Ross. August Miller, a HAD dealer
OF New York, recognized the defendant as
a man whom he had known as Harris,
manager of the Dominion employment
bureau. Gustav Fisher had known him in
New York as Joseph Leger. The evidence
of these witnesses did not seem TO dis
comfit the prisoner in the least and he
proceeded to coolly crosS-eXamine them as
If he had never seen them before.
Yesterday Frederick Stewart Brown, a
young Englishman, gave damaging evidence
against the prisoner. Brown was sent over
by the American minister, who supplied
him with money, and he was a sensational
the color came TO the defendants neck.