The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-31

mo. SIR, replleu inc "ltASSS OuL Wy
and promptly.
eyes, sir
''Was Harry Hill there2"
s'He was"
.sDid YOU meet him in the Dairy Kitchen
restaurant and give him Sl,OOO}'
II did not sir"
"No, sir"
II was brought out further on that
draft for 81 900 was cashed by one Mr..
Boyd for Hill, Mr.. Boyd being friend Of
Mr., Porter
Mrs. Porter" asked Col Rucker,
ssdid you give Mr.. Hill Christmas pres
emit Of $500 in 1886, giving him the money
in your library at home"
81 did not, sir"
"Do YOU remember driving out in your
carriage with Mr.. Hill in June, 1888, and
giving him 500, then}"
"No, sir"
Ibid you hand Mr.. Hill an envelope
with $500 in it on the train between here
and Macon in 1857"
mo, sir"
Ibid you send him $3.50 in 1885, while he
was running on the West Point road by
Alfred Reynolds"
mo, SIR
"Did you apply to John Ryan for $500
for Hill and send it to him by expressl"
"No, sir"
ONCE SENT HIM $3.50.
Mrs. Porter admitted that she had sent
Hill $3.50 by express.
"Did Mr.. Hill visit you at your country
home in Clarkesville9"
ayes sir, several times. had a num-
Der of visitors there. keeping open house."
Mrs. Porter gave the court the names
of a number of well-known people who
were her guests at Clarkesville. Her
children were there also.
did you tell Broker Powers that you
waated that 81 200 to buy horses With"
(Hln drove fine team, and had Dragged
shat lady presented them to him.
"No, sir" was the emphatic reply.
"Did you meet Mr.. Hill at the corner Of
walton and Forsyth streets In 1889 and
give him $3.50, which you borrowed from
George p. Pryor."
~ did not"
'Do you remember driving up to.the
Forsyth street entrance to the postofRce,
when Mr.. Hill met you and you gave him
. package Of s., 000p
DIDN'T SLIP $1,000 IN HIS POCKET.
~No, sir"
"Do you then remember slipping So, 900
IN MIR. Hills overcoat pocket while he was
driving with you, and telling him not TO
look at the package until he went to his
rOomf"
II do not Mr.. Hill has ridden with me
In my carriage, however, many times"
Mrs. Porter denied having giving Hill
aum Der of notes about which she was
questioned, bat admitted that she gave
him one note for $500 in April, 1893, and
Endorsed another and put up cemetery
stock to secure it. This one she has paid,
however, and got her stock back.
did you go driving with Mr. Hill to
the water works in February, 1898, and
give him $3.50 which you borrowed from
Mr. Tom Irwin, or did you give him $500
in your carriage near the Jewish Syna-
gogueF"
mo, sir,'' was the reply.
Did you ever go to see Mr.. Hillat his
object"
II did. I went to his whisky store in
company with friend"
Mrs. Porter admitted that in February.
1898, she had given s., 900 In notes to John
Nichols TO be discounted in New York or
Philadelphia, the money to be used by
Hill. He wanted to pay of some debt on
his farm. The money was not to be in
vested by her in the whisky business
THE MOST DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
The most damaging testimony was
brought out by Mrs. Porter's admission
that she put $50, coo worth of bank stock
in the hands of Col Echols as her agent.
She wanted to raise money to paw of
Hill's forged notes. she said the report
of the existence of which had Just come
to her. Neither her husband nor brother
knew of the existence of these notes, and
neither did they know of the effort she
was making to pay them. Col.
business as well as her agent,
first told her Of these notes. Mrs,
Porter became a little confused at this
point, finally stating that she only sent
the bank stock to the Neal Bank where
she was informed the forged notes had
been SOLD, to show that she could pay the
notes If they were good, but they were
forgeries and she did not pay them.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE ooRLEY NOTE.
Among the alleged forged notes, one for
81, 400 is held by John Corley. Before
buying the note Corley sent his son-in-law
out to see If it was good Referring TO
this, Mrs. Porter testified: 81 was across
the street at a neighbours when Mr.. Hill
dropped in. He went home with me, and
on the way said he had done something
that would anger me. He then asked me
10 admit note that would be presented
70 me at my house. asked him If he
mad forged my name. He would not 40
knowledge this. Mn Peter Clarke came
to see the next day about the note"
Ibid you not make an appointment TO
meet HIM when your husband had gone
w OOl huCheT. touL
Mr.. Porter was still at home when Clarke
came, and you met him at the door, and
told him the note was all right without
letting him insidel"
''No sir" replied the witness, "when
Mr.. Clarke came saw him at the door,
but made no appointment ! was fright
ened and told him the note would be paid.
did not say it was my signature"
HILL AND MRS. PORTER IN SAVANNAH.
The fact that Hill was with Mrs.
Porter in Savannah during the
centennial celebration and that
they went to Cumberland island
from there in the same party was brought
out. Hill went 70 see Mrs. Porter at her
home few days before he first skipped
out, and the witness admitted several
conferences with him and his aunt, Mrs.
Casey, at the Kimball, just be-
fore his departure, the last of
these meetings occurring on the day he
left. The defense tried to show that Mrs.
Porter went TO the Kimball House to dis
cuss the Wilson Whisky Company bust
ness, which she had determined TO be-
come partner in, but Mrs. Porter de-
MED this
NOT WARNED BY MRS. CASEY
''Did not Mrs. Casey say TO YOU" she
was asked, ''that if you went into the
whisky business with young man like
Hill without the knowledge or consent Of
your husband that it would come out
la. ! 4