Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-03-17
Cfrom konAays Re w.
DISTRICT COURT.
The Ease or the United States
vs. 4. NJ. Folsom Called.
OTHER COUNT MATHIS.

when the cri-r Opened the dis,ric,
court this morning quit. nh array II LEGAL
attorneys were inside the rail. AMI uni,-
ed States Attorney Hemingway WA"
th.r-. hankeSi by bis assistants, ". u.
fergussnn AMI Tho-. \. Hefiin. to rcprc.
sent the government against \ NJ Fol.
sUn, erv,whiie president ~ the dcfunct
Albuquerque National hank, and es-
traIurrr ~ the New Mexico Savings
bank and True, company, also Deceased.
The court rpm was comfortably dll'Si
aud III. clnae stt.ntinn Isani 10y ihorc
prcren, Ia tho pr~-ciingS Indicated that
the general public arr very much inter.
rs,r,i in the developments and uu,co,n" II
the \. NJ. Folsom cases
Af,er rm,ine business and several mo
,ions hal been di-Ina.sl ", Mr.. H.ming.
way approached the lar and announced
tina, ofthe thr'e cases against III. defend.
ant. the first one one for issuing n false
order aud the mhrr issuing n false cer,i.
hca,s of drIu~i, respectively, would lie
dismissed, This. II course. mc, the al
psvval ~ Nrill Is. Field and Frank W
Clancy. ATTORNEYS for Mr. Folsom.
The court, amer making AN oricr in
compliance with MIR Hemingway re-
quest. then caIlei the thirl case against
the Defendant, which AppearS on the
docket ~ No 800, and IL barci on an in.
iictment charging stephen N Folsom
with the -mbczElr dement, IL two not-t
Mr. FERGUSON arose AMI asked tina, the
court would gran, u continuance in tina,
rase. hasing his motion upon the X, nund
that n material witness Ia absent. cannot
le found, hu, was laat heard of at Dallas,
Texas, attending the fair therr. This
witness II W. Is slaughter Mr. Fer
gusson also stated that two notes. mater.
Ial Ia n successful prosecution NJ III. case
are, namely, one in Towanda. Penn. ant!
the other in Minneapolis, Nina. and
have not yet been procured, although dill
ig-nt effor, has been made Ia get then
here.
Hardly hal Mr. Rergusson complete,
, the enumeration IL his motion, when Mr.
! clancy sprang To his feet, AMI protcste,
>. most earnestly against the granting b,
, the court IL the motion. Mr.. Clancy in
simulated tina, the defendant was being de
meal and d-bArrcd FROM his right o
speedy trial. by the dilatory tactics II ,h,
prosecution. AMI he urged the court I.
u "vcrruls the motion
Mr. Field followed with his view ~ tn,
utter absence 81 necessity for the con,in
e uancr. aud protested against any suci
~ moti"n being considered by the court, un
e lrss formulated IA most specific state
e m-ntr AMI reduce'l Ia writing that |
A case.
!, The cases dismissed were ns follow .
!, For fraudently issuing certificate of de
"a lnrit on Albuquerque National bank Il
the Merchants National hank VI ~
Johnsbury. in the state Of Vermont, AL,
!. certificate being for the sum Of $500; an,
=. for frsndulen,ly issuing forged order OF
A the Albuquerque National bank for th,
sum Of 5000.
The attorney for the United State
as',ed that bench Warrant issued for
y NJ. Folsom. PENDING matters before tn
Unit. 1 States grand jury, but as defend
ant was already under bond In the Gum O
$4,000, no action was taken.
I" The court finally determined 10 gran
the defense until 2 O'Clock this Afternoon