The evening world., 1894-07-03
MAY ARREST STEIN.
Testimony Showing Rank Perjury
in the Donnelly Trial.
The Revolver He Exhibited Was Not
Shipped Until June Is.
That Was Eight Weeks After the
Noted Court shooting Affair.

II was reported this afternoon that
Lawyer Meyer J. Stein, the ex-Assem-
blyman. OF 32 Park Row, had been in
dcted for perjury in the Donnelly-Mc-
Ardle shooting trial, and that "A warrant
had been issued for his arrest.
The alleged perjury consists in his
! testifying yesterday that he had
snatched Smith & Wesson revolver No.
50, ISL from the hands of either young or
old Mr.. McArdle, or Private Secretary
Freedman, at the time of the shooting.
April "a last. whereas Assistant District
Attorney Weeks this morning showed by
Shipping Clerk Chamberlin, OF the Smith
e. Wesson factory, that the revolver In
question was only shipped by him to
Schoverling DAILY & Gales, of this city.
July IS last.
Mr.. Gales, OF the firm Of Schoverlins.
Daily & Gales. said that no record was
kept Of articles Sold and that unless the
clerk personally knew or remembered
the purchase 1t would be impossible to
tell who had bought the Smith G. Wesson
revolver No. S0,7Sl.
1.-THE District-Attorney," said Mr..
Gales. has asked US to cooperate in
Identifying the purchaser of this ne
markable revolver which managed to
get itself iourished around In open
court a long time. presumably before it
had yet been made.
Lawyer Stein created surprise by
appearing In court after recess.
He took the stand to explain his APP
parent perjury.
He said the day he got the pistol he
placed it in his safe. Someone, he de-
II, haxr al .Gf - n a
Detective Won Gertchten, armed with
a warrant for STEMS arrest, stood near
the door while the lawyer was testify
ing.
i The story Of the shooting affair in the
cham Der Of the Court of Common Pleas
seemed surprisingly favorable to Michael
10Y s as s9a BY sn-
Ardle, when Judge MARITIME ADJOURNED
court last evening.
Reputable witnesses had testified posi-,
lively that the first shot was fired from
behind Donnelly.. and from the, direction
where the McArdles. father and son. and
Freedman, the private secretary. were.
1t had been testified tnat Donnelly was
wounded In the back OF the arm.
Then Meyer Stein. ex-Assemblyman and
lawyer, capped the climax by produc-
wrested from the hand Of an unknown
person just as 1t had been thrust from
behind the Witness into the stomach of
in the tight grasp of his lawyer, Mr..
severance.
People in court fingered after the ad,
$. Weeks, the prosecutor In the trial.
on the apparent weakness of his case.
you've got the wrong man on trial
haven't you?" asked one jocular friend
Mr.. Weeks only gazed at the Meyer
Stein pistol and smiled confidently.
pr. Edward Van Dusen Gazzan was
called this morning by Mr.. Weeks In
rebuttal OF the testimony that Donnelly
had been wounded in the vendetta. The
witness examined the alleged wound The
superficial abrasion the size of quar-
ter, which he did not believe was bull
let wound.
George H. Chamberin, shipping clerk
at the Smith & Wesson mandatory,
testified that he kept a record of the
numbers Of all revolvers shipped for the
"Wiii you look at your record and tell
us at what time revolver No. s0,7Sl was
shipped from the factory" asked Mr..
Weeks.
The calmness of the shipping clerk and
the smiling malice of the prosecutor
were in marked contrast to the pertur-
baton Of the famous lawyer for the de-
He objected on the ground that Stein
had not identified the revolver by its
number, and 1t had been In the posses
Il recognized 1t by its number. and
made a note Of II yesterday" said Judge
MARITIME, quietly.
Mir Brooke entered every other legal
! objection possible. and then the ship
ping clerk answered the question with
his fingers on the book. ,
me June iG, 1894, and I then made this
minute in his book 1t was shipped In
"A case with twenty-four others to
Schoyeriing. DAILY Gales by the Adams
Schoverling, DAILY & Gales are on
Broadway, near Duane, street
Mr. Brooke tried hard, but was unable
to break the force of this documentary
proof OF fraud,
William =. Gilbert, Receiving Clerk
tS Er ps Gaes bl r
received the revolvers from Springfield
= June II.
, There was a whispered consultation
court officer was called to the bench
and then disappeared.
II was whispered that a warrant had
been issued for tho arrest Of Meyer j.
Stein, but Mr.. Weeks would neither
This completed the evidence.
! 1t liz an axiom that a defendant VIII
! has an hottest defense will not resort t
No one believed that Mr.. Brooke hac
= Either i was all mistake or else n,
client and his friends: ,. -.
nelly. He said he would talk til
o'clock. TO be followed by Mr.. Weeks
and then the charge Of Judge MARITIME Il
the fury
: Witnesses Chamherlin and Gnber
went directly from the scene OF the tria
to the Grand jury room Assistant Dis
trict-Attorney Lindsay had preceded
them with the stenographer's minutes
OF the testimony OF Assemblyman Stein
E and the whole matter was laid befor'
the Grand Jury.
3 II Is said that the testimony Of Law
yer Severance will also he carefully scru
tnized. and perhaps the Grand Jury
will be asked 10 look into his case, "a
his testimony was directly contradictory
OF that of Patrick J. NcArdlc and SOM
. other witnesses in the trial OF Don
nelly.
1 Alarm Felt for Henry Refine.
An alarm was sent out to-day from Polite
9 Headquarters for Henry Il. Refine. thirty nv