Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-07

, He awoke and realized that he had
| dreamed this plan. and then he adopted it
| as his own. Up to the time that he left
Massillon, the subscriptions had amounted
to only SIS. Since then there had been
collections and admission fees, but he had
| never submitted an accounting. The
money was spent on necessary expenses.
| What expenses?
"shoeing horses. paying tolls and buying
provisions when We were short"
How many horses did you have?"
carriage"
shcdr'
My own"
Did you shoe the men?''
No. The people shod them"
said that he had kept no account of re-
ceipts and expenditures, but he knew that
ne was about 500 out of pocket himself
He was asked whether he did not on the
night OF his arrest tell the newspaper men
that he was going to make the same at
tempts again. but he said that he did not
make any such statement
On redirect examination Mr.. Coxey was
asked as TO the nature of his financial pol
Icy. and he outlined at some length his
good roads bill and his plan for non-inter-
est-bearfng bonds. He was asked how
many unemployed men there are in this
country, but Judge Miller supported an
objection to this question, on the ground
that the efficacy Of the plan was not being
tried in this court
Mr.. Lipscomb asked a number Of ques-
tons about the support that his move
ment had received from labor organiza-
lions throughout the land, but Judge Mil
Ter ruled them out as irrelevant Mr.. LIPS
comb offered In evidence trunk full of
petitions in support Of Coxeys two bills,
but 1t was not allowed.
Other Witnesses Testify.
B. F. Longstreet Of Worcester, Mass, was
called as witness and questioned by Rep
resentative Hudson for the defense He
described the grounds as they are inside of
the coping and said that there are many
bare spots. SO that it Is quite possible in
places for a person to jump the coping and
make his way to the asphalt walks with
out stepping on single blade of grass. He
made his examination this morning, but
same condition of affairs existed last week
On cross examination he said that there
was sort of path inside of the coping,
but there were grass and myrtle on the
other side of this.
F. G. Stutz. who made an examina ton
Of the grounds this morning. In company
with the preceding witness, was called as
witness. and gave similar testimony. On
cross-examination, he said that he was a
law student. and IL employed in the office
of Mr.. A. A. Lipscomb.
Mr.. X. NJ. Collins. a young newspaper
man. who Is reporting this tria for the
Associated Press, was called to the stand
by the defense. He said that he was with
the army on its parade last Tuesday in
his capacity as a reporter. He saw Browne
ard Coxey when they left the carriage for
the Capitol. He followed Browne when the
two separated. Coxey went around by the
walk. but Browne leaped on to the fence
and broke through the bushes over the
sward.
The marshal had been taking a comfort
able nap while the other witnesses were on
the stand, but he got very wide awake at
this point, when Mr.. Collins told how they
broke across the grass. with the intention of
making their way to the steps Of the Capitol
by the shortest route possible. The crowd
was pressing hard behind them, urged on
by the police Mr.. Collins naively admitted
that for a brief space of time he was de-
voting himself principally to the matter of
getting out of the way.
W. T. Shelley, a lawyer was called. and
described the arrest Of Browne. He saw a
stick in the possession Of the officer when
Browne was arrested. 1t had no flag upon
II then, but on cross-examination stated
that 1t did have a flag upon 1t prior to the
time Of the arrest
Edward Johnson, a very black young man
who Is at present an occupant of the work.
long enough to tell the jury how the clubs
we're flying about last Tuesday. and how he
was struck on the head by the officers and
was finally arrested and sent to the work.
house the next day.
Mr.. Pence offered to call q number of
witnesses to testify as to the conduct Of the
police last Tuesday, but this was ruled out
and the defense announced that their case
was closed.