The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-22

the people Friday morning. Professor
Lyon was called by the defense and
placed at the mercy of Mr.. Montgom-
cry. He jumped at the expert as ter
rier pounces on rat. He took the writ
ten word hundred" as the text of his
questions. This word occurs on the bot
tom line of the three returns.
The one found in the governors Office,
it is claimed by the defense, was writ
ten by Wood, while 1t is claimed that
the bottom line thirteen hundred and
ifty-seven" of the other two returns
was written by Healy. Mr.. Montgom
were eight characters in the word
hundred" and that five of these eight
showed striking dissimilarities, and
that the resemblances in the other three
instances were not distinct.
| Then Mr.. Montgomery turned his
attention to the supervising process,
and fitted one of the lines to the bot
tom OF the line written in the COVER
nor's return.
These are the halves of the two lines.
one OF which the defense claims was
written by Healy and the other by
Wood. The expert said that in the
thirteen" there were not many of the
letters that fitted.
In the afternoon the defense intro
duced the somewhat famous affidavit
of Postmaster Healy of Ironwood, in
which he states that ne made all the
changes in the returns at Bessemer
upon his own yolition and in good
faith, and not under the direction of
Ellis at all. His testimony during this
trial was to the effect that he made all
the changes at Lansing under Ellis
IAf1
jury to believe that portion of the aft
davit which exonerates Ellis, but to
d1sbelieve that he made it in good faith.
for in their opening they claimed TO be
able to show a motive for the changes
by Heaiy in that he desired to have the
amendment to have large vote in his
county to effect action of the legisla-
ture upon the proposed new judicial
circuit there. A great amount of the
testimony on both sides is unaccount-
able and would seem to constitute the
witnesses members Sof an Annanias
club.
MASON, June 1e.-4t is not probable
that the Ellis case will go to the jury
before Thursday, though the case is
now near its conclusion as regards testi-
mony The defense has but three more
witnesses to call.
The last witness will be Ellis himself
and his testimony and cross-examina-
ton will probably occupy the greater
portion of day.
On the opening of the session Satur-
day morning the reading of the Soper
deposition was concluded, the redirect
being read by Mr.. Bark
worth and the recross by Mr.. Mont
gOmery.
The defense called to the stand II. l..
Henderson, q Mason banker, at whose
home Mr.. Ellis is stopping during the
trial.
Mr.. Henderson was asked to examine
three exhibits and like the experts who
mad preceded him, gave his opinion
that all OF the total lines and changes
were in the same handwriting. Shown
Woods letter and asked if any of the
writing in the exhibits was in the hand |
OF the writer of the letter, he gave the |
opinion that they were not.
Charles w. Nichols, clerk in the at
borney generals Office, was sworn. He
Is g brother-in-law of Mr.. Ellis.
Asked where Ellis was on April 90.
Nichols said he was at Grand Rapids |
and Detroit. On April 90 he was at
Congressman Ford's fnneral. Witness
had no recollection of the 23d inst. He
Gould not remember where Ellis was on
April %, but Ellis came in from Ionia
IN the morning of April "a.
MASON, June 19.-Attorney General
ellis appeared in court Monday after
loon whittier and more haggard than he
las looked since the trial began. He is
ceiling the effects of an attack Of
hOlera norbus.
Mrs. Ellis, wife of the respondent.
ha xxyifv, LII |
aid she went to Lansing from Ionia on
April 18, 1891. On the 10Th she did not
ee him. Mr.. Ellis being at Ionia. She
aw him on the 21st. going to his Office
4 the afternoon. She said she went to
upper with him, and in the evening of
nat day went with him to his Office +
nd remained until he left in the even
Is. On the 22d he left for Grand Rap U
Is to attend the Ford funeral, return
lg in the evening, and going to Ionia I
a April 49, n
Mrs. Lazelle, keeper of a Lansing 8
and sister-in- law of Mr.. 7
Ills. testified that Mr.. Ellis attended A
lie Ford funeral 4
The attorney general then took the
illness stand and on his own behalf
'nied any completely in the fraud of "
91 or any knowledge of it. Not only A
at, he denied ever having any con-
'rsation with Riley or Cooper or Ste
ms OF Gogebic county, or with Healy, I
anyone else in Lansing with refer y
ce to or in any way changing the re- 3
rna 70 make them different from what Il
ey were returned by the county can v
ssers. The tenor of the testimony is u
contradict all other that in the most =
mote manner connects him with the
aud.
William Granger Missing.
PORT HURON, June 2O.-William 4
anger, who runs small tailor shop \
Military street, has been missing
I'm his home for nearly two weeks,
d his friends believe that his mind
become deranged. When he left
re ne told his employers that he