The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-21

Yesterday afternoon when the Unit
ed States Circuit Court convened. Mr.
Moody. who at the time OF the trans
action WAS book-keeper of De Cou
Brothers but who now Is member of
the company was on the stand and he
denied that Kline ever got tho motto az
ter 1t was put In De Cou Brothers
vault. In the latter part OF November
when he went to see Poole to get him
to cash the note he thought that he
had not the note with him and ne Of
fered Poole sevon per cent, II he paid
then.
he was going to contest the note. In
July, 1892. he next saw Poole at.-his
office In this city. This was after re-
ceIvlng letter from Poole stating
that he would contest 1t to the bitter
end. On that occasion he did not ad.
init, nor there was no claim about the
notice, nor on any other occasion. Mr..
Poole offered $1,000 at one time to
eettle the affair.
In cross examination he stated that
Mr.. Poole did not tell him not to buy
the note. The statement made by
Miss Eva Poole was not true. He
could not swear that the note was en-.
dorsed. He felt confident that Poole
said nothing about the inferior stock
and at the former trial he did not
know. He denied that Goldstein stood
at The end of the table and testified to
by him.
Conrad F. Clothier. Jr., ZIG Market
street. Philadelphia. dealer In boots
shoes aud rubbers, had dealt with
Willard I. Poole
Thomas o. Atkinson resides in
Bucks county, Pa, treasurer of a
trust company which holds now a
mortgage on the farm mentioned.
Tie Interest on the mortgage In 1892
was paid by NJ. Il. Poole. They gave
81. 900 for the mortgage.
David Kline testified to the sale OF
the store OF goods to NJ. Poole. He had
about 1880 pairs of shoes. lie got
$4,000 worth of shoes from DeCou
Brothers.
He never got the note back from
DeCou Brothers and Poole never saw
him go the safe with the note. Poole
told him he would take the note back.
There was no rotten stock sold to
Poole. He never said to his Hebre W
frionds In the presence of Goidatein
that he sold Poole rotten stock. Poole
bought shoes from him and they were
good friends He never was accused
OF selling rotten stock by Poole. All
the shoes were good. He denied he
went to the store with the note and
put 1t In the safe.
William J. Bonner shoe salesman,
was In the employ OF Poole In the fall
oil 1891. Goldstein was ut the store
but not while he was there. The stock
was good except about sixty pairs.
The stock In the back room WAS sale
able. The average sale per week
amounted to Sl7h.
In cross. examination he stated that
II was November 10th he went there
first and Goldsteln could have been
there up to that date.
Samuel Ii. Baynard was on tho Jury
In last January when the case was
tried, and the impression male by Mr..
Poole was that the farm was sold by
the sheriff.
Mr.. Martin was called In reference
to three letters which he had shown to
Mr.. DeCou and MIR. Hoffeeker. He
could not produce the letters. Mri
DeCou took the stand and stated that
the letters were in reference to the
settlement Of the note, and of tele.
gram having been received by Poole
for Moody from DeCou Brothers.
MIR. Taylor took the stand and testl.
fled to the sale of the farm from Clar-
ence Poole.
The marshal returned Clarence
Poole as being non est. He was in
formed that he had left the city.