The sun., 1894-02-26

H.. no.rdr.aH s.ys nsr. Niss,i ME- Nst
STAT. thr Case Conptetetr.

state che Case Co-pistsi-.
Erastus wiman. who IL TO be arralan cd In the
General Sessions to-day on Indictments for
forgery. spent the greater part Of yesterday at
tho house Of his sick aon who was said TO be
worse. Part Of the time he was with A. d.
Boardman. one OF his lawyers. In'the evening
Mr.. Boardman saw a number Of reporters. and
said:
III G. Dun h Co. have employed Mr. Nlcoll
ms counsel He has prepared careful state
ment Of tho case for the press have great
respect for Mr.. Nicoll. and have no doubt that
he believes his statemen Of the facts 10 be
correct. but II was inaccurate In many thing,
he did state. and II was Incomplete In that he
didn't state a number OF the most important
and material facts. The fundamental differ
ence between Mr.. Wimsn's enemies and his
friends 10 that the former take no account Of
the business relations between Mr.. wiman on
tho one hand and the firm OF II. @. Dun \ Co.
Mr.. Dun individually. and the drawess oi
these checks on the other hand.
Anybody would suppose on reading Mr..
Eicoll's statement that Mr.. Wlman was cash
Ter or bookkeeper for II. q. Dun 4 Co. and that
he had no individual business relations OF any
kind either with Mr.. Dun or the parties in
whose favor the checks wero drawn. The fact
Is that for years Mr.. wiman has not only been
n member Of the firm OF X. @, Dun h Co, but
In the conduct OF the business he has been the
Ss ns, hssd o. shs GonssTnh ,n.,,
many hours In his New York ofi1ce during the
past ten years. as he has at his summer home
cent, OF all the checks drawn By Il. o. Dun.
60. during that period have been siRned by
the same percentage Of ali the hrm 9 i'm portsnt
contracts.
no 10 rHsrsnsi ,Gs sSs.. !: %raf Il M. 5S
Mr.. Dun and Mr.. Wiman outside Of the firm.
have for many years acted ss Mr., Wiman's
Important i outside business ventures. Team. an
not recall a single one in which Mr.. Dun was
sS tSsn fn& P that acne fn1T %man ni nsr S
Dun left the MANAGEMENT OF everything and
hsnda 'se TSese outside matters have M S%an BEEN as
iaat and loose as such relations usually are
betwaen brothers and persons who have the
utmost confidence In each other.
statement to Mr. WiSan.s Intimate ' personai srso
checks mentioned In the indictment. nor t0
the admitted fact that the endorsement OF the
to Their genuine signatures. nor to The ADMIT. Or
ted tact that the endorsements in question
were not used to obtain credit from any third
party, but SIMPLY Tor the purpose OF transfer
ring credits In the bank from an account which
Mr. Miman had q perfect right to draw TO
another ,, account on which he also had por-
Il do not care to discuss this case in the
suffice TO call attention TO the obvious omis.
sions and Inaccuracies in the lent pre-
pared by Mr. Nicoll and published by tho firm
ior the apparent purpose Of preJudicinR Mr.
an opportunity to be heard.
The animus OF the firm, and possibly the
reason why they, employed Mr.. Nicoll as coun-
stances connected with Mr.. Wimsn arrest a nd
what has happened since. There was no
pressing necessity to hasten an arrest which
was arrested On the Sftsrnoon be:ore % nS,ionni
holiday: bail offered By five men OF estab-
lished reputation in tho financial world. three
Exchange. who together were prepared to JUS,
tify In the sum Of 81. UOO, 600. was refused the
cashiers check OF the Bank Of the Repuhlic
II. af thing Which would satisfy sSe
ant District Attorney was cash. and this after
the banks had all closed The pretence that
there Is any law which restricts bondsmen to
ts those who "a % can Ius,iiy In New YORK city real
Again. simultsns sou.ly with the announce
railroaded into tho Tombs. carefully prepared
statements appeared covering not only the
matters referred to In the indictm ents, but also
sharGing other h,, offences Even Mr., Dun. who
interview ready for prompt publication. But
called friends of Mr.. wiman mako state N ents
himself the mercy q % the court COURT or nd that st bis
counsel Will interposo the defence OF lnsa nifty.
III It Is possible In this community 10 cen
mosphere around him so charged with the
minsma OF guilt that the public will find him
guilty at once and dismiss the matter from
IWyTthSr Wim. e0nsSideration: eS the ensmi9s Of Mr.
tainly tried hard enough TO to accom- pish this
result But they won't succeed. The press OF
New York H. too fair. and Mr. wmnn has too
deavor possible"