The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-11-13
III: MEMORY POOR.
Financial Matters Which Osul-
field Cannot Remember.
Kept No Record Of Loans Made by
Up ington.
Continuation Of tho Suit for $4,000
Against Keenan,,

Judge Truax faced a crowded court
room in Part ~. of the Supreme Court
when the case of George P. Upington
against ex-County Clerk John keenan,
was continued, this morning The So
called Bismarck of the once power
full County Democracy spent half an
hour before the Judge sounded his gavel
in an earnest conference with his coun-
sci, Col. George Bliss.
Both seemed confident. So. for that
matter, did Upington and the dozen or
more sports which surrounded them.
In spite of the denial of Col. Bliss.
who, in opening for the defense, denied
that Their would be any exposure, or that
any money had been paid by the policy
dealers of this city for protection" the
public are still inclined to believe that
sensation will be the outcome. So
far keenan,, through his counsel, has
denied the whole transaction. He says
that Uppington's charges are the result
of lively imagination. Uppington, as
1.-The Evening World has already
stated, sues Keenan, for $50 900.
In answer to Judge Truax Col. Bliss
asid the case would probably use up
the rest of the day. and after all other
jurors had been discharged ex-Commis
sioner Of Jurors Caulield was called.
during sf 1881 and $50 he had been in 50
Broadway. sometime during that period
he had a conversation with Upington.
The latter told him that he had po-
sition with Mr.. Simmons. and If he, the
witness, ever wanted money at any
time he could get 1t for, the asking. He
admitted having awaited himself of the
opportunity presented.
he denied, however, that this had any
fse eonrSrY there We're mr persoa family
matters which he did not care to go
into
Clerk Butler.
Butler asked him IL he knew the case
ut is coming up" Butler said to him,
and Eiihu Root and Col Gliss are going
to be In it,
"If i. am not there when the case
comes up 1t will go against Keenan,, as
/ am the only respectable witness they
. have against him. Butler is alleged to
q was intimater that the witness
should see Keenan,. and he did. After;
wards he saw Butler again and told
money for his going away. Keenan,,
however. was willing to pay Butler for
any information that would defeat Up
ingtCn. Matters, however, never got to
that point. Butler said he would want
On cross-examination the witness ad:
mitted that keenan, had been interested
with him in a few contracts. An at
tempt was made to show that the wit
ness had no occupation and that he
lied in his direct examination on Friday
awhen nc said he owned a farm The
farm is in his wifes name: .,o =,
Weihts and Measures. and had always
been q friend Of Kesnan's. ~
He first BORROWED money from Up
ington, In S500-and the borrowing
process continued for about three years;
He kept no s account Of the "lSan ,Se
money he loaned Upington-about six or
seven times.
His memory was very defective as to
his transactions with Cpington when
ever the latter paid him money.
He denied that htere was any under
n as wee himself snd rps
tinctly that Cpington had brought him
$1,000 In September, 1881, when he was a
missioner of Jurors. He had Ia never e given
Upington either receipt or note for
any of the moneys upington had given
He claimed to have repaid Upington
or the circumstances: He claimed that
had nothing to show for it,
Half an hours cross-eSamination fol-
lowed, in which the witness denied ever
that he was interested with keenan, in
he ever stated that John keenan, was a
i power in politics.
u Cyrus Il. Hannah, of Clifton. s. l.. who
I had been janitor of the building, 500
broadway. said he had never known
Frederick B Luthey, the next witness,
who lives at 23O9 Seventh avenue said
he did know George Upington. The
latter had called upon him while he had
q place at 1870 Greenwich street, before
q raid had been made upon a place kept
on the Bowery by Berenstein and Others
Col. Bliss tried to show by the wit
ness that Upington had then told him
he was not In the policy business and
that he had no money at ali to buy any
protection. This was all disallowed, but
counsel succeeded in getting 1t before
the jury.
KY, who lived in New York during 1884.
IS, ana who was one OF the proprietors
of the Kentucky State Lottery, was
the nextw itness. He knew upington
for thirteen or fourteen years. He had
conversation with Upington In July
1881, about the lottery business. Later
they made an arrangement by which
Uplngton was to receive 500 a week Il
look after the witnesses interest in the
policy ana lottery business here.
Several objections were made to the
reception of this testimony. and Ions
legal arguments followed. The witness
and Upington was the manager. All
the money received from the policy
bus ness was deposited In the bank In
Upington's name.
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