New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
MEYER J. STEIN ARRESTED.
A CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST HIM
ALLEGED FALSE TESTIMONY IN THE DoNNELLY'
MARBLE SHOOTING cASE-DON-
NELLY ACQUITTED.


After Never J. Stein the lawyer. had repeated
the stand in Part Of General Sessions yesterday
afternoon his testimony in the Donnel.y-McArdle
shooting case. he quietly tapped on the shoul-
der by a court attendant and placed under arrest
for perjury. The warrant for his arrest was Issued
by Judge MARITIME and was based on the Information
furnished by Assistant Dstrct-Attorney Weeks.
The Information to the effect that Mr.. Stein
had testified that ne snatched Smith Wesson re-
volver No 50 ISL from the hands OF either Private
Secretary Freedman or young or old McArdle at the
time Of the shooting In the Court OF Common Pleas
It had been shown by the testimony OF shipping
clerk OF the Smith Wesson factory that re-
volver No sO,7sl shipped by him to the firm OF
Schoverllng Daily Gales. OF this city. on June 10
last, which several weeks after the shooting In
the courtroom.
Judge MARITIME fixed STEMS bail at 5000. STEMS
friends hurried TO get bail for him, and about
$50 D. m his brother-in-.aw. Lewis korn an archi-
tect. at No. 651 Broadway who lives at No 80
East Seventy-ffth-st.. qualified as his bondsman.
Stein remained about the corridors Of the General
Sessions Building and part OF the time listened
through an open door 10 Judge MARITIME charging
the jury in the Donnelly McArdle case. He smoked
cigarettes and assumed air Of carelessness. He
refused to discuss his case.
Stein is about twenty-eight years OF age. He
served In the State Legislatures Of 1885, 1889 ana lss@
Before practising at the bar he was newspaper re-
porter.
In the morning Assistant District-Attorney Weeks
called to the stand George H. Chamberlain ship
ping-cIerK for the Smith d Wesson Manufacturing
Company in Springfield, Mass, and he gave the
testimony already referred to about the shipment
1t leaked out in the afternoon that witnesses
had been before the Grand Jury 10 present the con-
hictng testimony Mr.. Stein. when court recon:
vencd after recess, walked into the room and
stood beside Mr. Brooke. He began TO address
Judge MARITIME
Ind Mar he no
thing from Stein Mr.. Brooke claimed he had the
right to call Stein in sur-rebuttal Judge MARITIME
said he thought II astonishing that Mr.. Stein had
not been called before in sur-rebutal. but he said
he would allow him to go on the witness stand
said he had taken the revolver he had produced in
court from one In the courtroom. and had
locked It up in his safe in his office: He showed it
10 Mr.. BIddle reporter. and to Wales F. Sever
ance, counsel In the civil suit for Donnelly He
might have shown II 10 one or two other persons.
on cross-examination Mr.. Stein said: "On my life
I'll state that in the scufile got revolver from
some and put II In my safe. / believe the
vover produced here is the revolver got in the
for the original revolver"
Mr. Stein n1,.o testified IN G5oss-sxaminaton that
and also by Wales r. Severance not to inform
the District Attorney that he 0he witness) had
and that he had the revolver
F. B. House then called TO the stand By Mr..
to keep secret his possession OF the pistol Mr..
House said he didn't recollect what advice
ne had given; His attention was called on May z
when the police court examination took place. to
the fact that Mr. Stein had a revolver
Judge MARITIME began his charge to the jury at
turned and desired that the testimony Of jude.
Bischof should be read 10 them. At Judge Mar.
tines request the stenographer read hat part OF thu
evidence The jury were then escorted to the Aston
were again locked up. and resumed their debera>
AT 1915 the jury came into court with verdict Of
acquittal.