The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-12-06
Witnesses in Hershfield Case Tell
Stories Of Treachery
MONEY WAS NO OBJECT AT ALL
Evidence, They Aliege. to Prove the Mil
IionaIre's wife Impure, Meant
Fortune-Fargo Aroused.

divorce case was concluded this morn
ing and plaintiff rested. Mayor Ball
appeared for the first time in court,
conducting the cross-examination for
| the defendant Dr. Alexander Moore
of Helena testified to Hirschfeld's en-
feebled mental condition last year. Su-
perintendent Deveraux of Mat Pinker-
tons detective agency testified to hear
ing Anderson, who testified he was paid
| $500 and expenses to swear away Mrs.
Hirschfelds honor, tell his story. Aaron
Hirschfeld was called and denied send
ing any kilograms to Anderson inform
ing him as to dates, etc. concerning
events on which he was to testify.
Witness was shown the diamonds
which he denied purchasing for his
wife but said he paid the bill Letters
in which he attempted to bulldoze at
torneys for the defense We're also in
troduced to prove that the witness was
sane enough to attempt to intimidate
them. When plaintiff rested his case
| q motion was made by defense to strike
out all the testimony concerning Mrs.
| Hirschfeld's character as incompetent,
| irrelevant and immaterial in the light
of plaintiffs testimony as to the ante
nuptial relationship but was overruled.
| A motion to dismiss the case was also
overruled,
When the afternoon session opened,
| Mayor Ball moved that the court grant
the defendant some of the money which
had been expended by her counsel in
taking dispositions, and $500 in addition
to pay her other expenses. The motion
was granted.
A GAMBLERS STORY.
| Joseph Bee was the first witness
called. Bee was Helena gambler. who
had come to Fargo to testify on behalf
of Hirshfield. He had been engaged by
Jake Holzberg. Holzberg is the man by
| whom Coate and other witnesses for
the plaintiff say they We're employed.
Holzberg met the witness and asked
him if he wanted to make a stake. If
so he would get 1t. All he had to do was
to go to Fargo and give the right kind
of testimony In the Hirshfield case and
he would be well paid. While the wit
ness was giving his testimony there was
constant string of objections on the
part of the plaintiffs counsel
| Bee asked Holzberg what he was ex-
pected to testify to. Holzberg said that
he should swear that he saw Mrs Aaron
Hirschfeld, then Miss Hogan, at place
kept by Billy Bings in Helena in COM
pany with man that he did not recog-
nize. 1t was very important that he
should remember the dates from the
10th to the 18th of August last year
If he gave the testimony as arranged.
he could get almost any sum that he
might name An agreement was en-
tered Into on the spot. Bee was To-
Gated at the best hotel in Helena
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settled by Holzberg. Later he went to
Billings. About a dozen letters and
kilograms were offered in evidence
These were sent by Holzberg and nearly
all contained sums of money Some of
these letters the witness was to copy
and return to Holzberg as If he had
originally written them. The others
gave in detail the testimony that he was
to give and warned him to learn 1t by
heart and above all not to forget the
date which he was to have seen Miss
Hogan enter Bings place.
They also said the "old man" (mean-
ing Hirschfeld) would do handsomely
by him but would advance only expense
money until the goods were deliv-
cred" The "old man" was busy with
the capital fight, but would soon be
ready to devote his attention to Aarons
case. Another letter gave the kind of
garments he was to say Mrs. Hirsch-
field wore At the end of each letter
was For Gods sake do not forget
to burn these letters"
The kilograms shown were to inform
him when to come to Helena on his way
to Fargo. One was signed IL. II. H."
and told him to meet him at the de-
pot in Billings. The witness did so and
while hunting through the car was
stopped by a lady who said that she
was Mrs. l.. II. Hirschfeld. She want
ed him to come on to Fargo with the
party, but he did not have time to get
his trunk and came on the next train.
Accompanying him was Harry Free
man, who was to give similar testi-
mony. Freeman is the witness who
left town after the mob attempted to
do violence to the witness Anderson.
When he arrived in Fargo the witness
stopped at the Metropole. where the
Hirschfeld party is stopping He met
Aaron and Mrs. L. Fl. Hirschfeld, who
wanted him to arrange the final details
of his testimony. Instead, he put all
the correspondence in the hands of
Attorney Martin Ryan. Ryan put the
correspondence in the hands of Mrs,
Hirschfelds attorneys and the result
was that Bee was called to the stand to-
day.
The witness said that as matter of
fact he did not remember ever seeing
the defendant in his life. When Bee
had concluded, the plaintiff moved to
strike out his testimony on the ground
that 1t was not shown that he (Hirsh-
field had hired Holzberg to get other
than legitimate testimony. The court
reserved it's decision until tomorrow.
on cross-examination Bee told the
same story without contradiction. Sew
eral months ago the plaintiff took a
deposition from Max Slime of Chicago.
Stines evidence was practically dupli-
cate of that given by Anderson. Coun-
sci OF the defense put detectives on
Stines trail, which disclosed conclusive
proof that he had perjured himself and
had not even been in Chicago when he
swore that he had criminal intercourse
with Mrs. Hirshfeld. However when |
he came to trial the plaintiff did not use
Stines deposition. but instead put the
witness Anderson on the stand. having
learned of the detective work of the de-
Tense.
Part of Detective S. A. Billings depo-
sition was admitted as evidence. Aaron |
Hirshfeld had tried to get him to swear |
to intimacy with Mrs. Hirshfeld at the |
time of their visit to Chicago to get mar
ried. Hirshfeld passed as a lawyer and |
called upon him repeatedly, but finally |