St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-31

Last evening United States Commits
sioner Tighe began the final hearing of
Davis and Jacobs on the charge of be.
ing engaged i'll the '.green goods" BUSH
ness. This is the third hearing of the
matter, and this time the government
presented some new witnesses whose
testimony had strong bearing in, the
premises. Commissioner Tighe init
mated that he considered that the evil
dence was strong enough to hold Davis
to the grand jury, but that he was in
some doubt as to the case made against
Jacobs.
The defendants are accused of carry
ing on ''green goOdSo business in an
office at SIS East Fifth street. Inspector
Wood, of the poStotfice department.,
arrested the men on July II. The allie
cation is that during October the de-
PENDANTS received at that office IA reg
iSlered letters, containing in the aggre-
gate not less than 500 sent by parties
who bought the green goods" The
government does not allege that the
defendants are guilty of issuing United
States money, out that they were EN-.
gagged in counterteiting rare Confed-
crate money. The prosecution alleges
that John Ross" was fictitious name
used by the men for the purpose of get
ting their mail; that the men advertised
their business By means of private
circular, similar to tile regulation
green goods" circular, setting forth
that John Ross would sell for So
500 of genuine Confederate money
in bills OF the denomination of
500, $50. $50. $40, IS. 81. 81. In its
complaint the government alleges tt at
these bills. forwarded to patrons through
the mails, were not genuine Confederate
money, but were printed right here in
St. Paul; that they were reproduced
here from the originals. and, therefore,
were counterfeitS of the COnfedel ate
money, and that in disposlng of them as
genuine Confederate money Davis and
Jacobs, under the alias of Ross, we're
perpetrating fraud, which they were
carrying on by means of the United
States mails.
10 prove this charge, the government
last evening introduced the evidence of
Wilson Wieseler, of Rhinelander, Wis,
who testified that he had received the
alleged Confederate money from John
Ross, of ST. Paut. and in return had
sent to Ross address at No. 80 East
Fifth street, St. Paul, registered letter
containing 50 genuine United States
currency in payment therefor. The
witness Wieseler identified $50 Con-
federatA bill AS one received by himself
from Ross: he also Identified a circular
as one sent him ty Ross. Postmaster
De Witt 5. Johnson,of Rhineiander, teS-
titled to registered letters from the wit
ness WieSeier TO Ross, of st. Paul. pass
ing through his hands, and Capt. Castle,
st. Paul postmaster, testified to receiv-
ing and delivering letters from here to
Ross address, No. 80 East Fifth street.
Wilson S. futile and Joseph George t.
Davies. of st. Paul. collection agents,
testified to collecting bill from John
Ross owed by John Ross" from Edwin
j. Davis, one of the defendants, thus
establishing connection between Davis
and Ross. and Identifying Davis as Ross.
George Exeter, ST. Paul letter
carrier, testified to carrying registered
letters for John Ross to the office Occu-
pied by Davis q Jacobs.
Upon the government announcing it
had introduced ali its evidence Attorney
Benn Davis, for the defense, moved to
dismiss on the ground that the govern
ment had failed entirely to connect the
two defendants, Davis and Jacobs, with
John Ross" or to identify either one
of them as John Ross, and began
his argument to Substantiate his
claim. Commissioner Tighe stopped
the attorney, and, summing up
the case very briefly, announced
that he considered tue government had
introduced sufficient evidence to war
rant his holding the defendant Davis to
the federal grand jury. which sits next
January; bot as regarded Mr.. Jadobs,
the other defendant, he was not sure
that the government had succeeded in
Identifying Jacobs with the alleged
fraud. AT this juncture Attorney Davis
jumped eXcitedly TO his feet and reiter-
ated that the government had not made
a case against the defendants and as
serted that he could produce witnesses
that would prove that John Ross
really exists in propria persona.
and farther, that lie had been smuggted
out of st. Paul by the government in
order to convict the defendants, Davis
and Jacobs. Commissioner Tighe re-
quested Attorney Davis TO bring on his
witnesses and To produce Mr.. Ross.
Commissioner Tigke announced that he
would meet the attorneys this after
noon at 2 o'clock. and ii they desired 10
Introduce more evidence he would APP
point time for hearing it, and il they
decided to allow the case to rest as it is,
lie would decide whether or not TO hold
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