Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-15
CASE 70 60 TO THE JURY.
Defendant Tells His Side of
the Case.
IN Asaoclatad rreas

Rv Associated prcer,
New York juno 1.-THE testimony
for the defcnse IN the case OF EraRiae
wlman. on trial for forgery. was clos
ed this afternoon and the caSc Il rx-
ncctad TO 70 50 the jury tomorrow.
The defendant himself was ON tho
stand moat OF the time, and made
many admissions finder orom.eNnni'
nation the repeated ,lse Of funds he'
longing to r. a Dunn \ Go, was Do
velopod Theae were called overdrafts
by the Witness. aud he produced a let
ter written by hlmsclt 10 Dun. Jnn-
uary u. 1898. IN which letter wlmon
explained his financial condition at
length and informed Dun that II he
had 20 per cent Of the profits since
January /. 1859, Instead OF u per cont,
the additional income to him would
have covered ,he oyerdrafis,
1t was on january /, 1859, that the
agreement between Dun, Wlman, King
and Douglas was made, In accordance
with which Mr.. wimAn waa to get
II per cent OF tho yearly profits, IN
stead of the 20 per cent that he had
hitherto received.
The letter wan introduced 10 show
moro clearly TINT Dun know All about
Wimnn's oyerdfawsis,
wiman's Financial Troubles
Gen. Tracey tried TO uhow that Dun,
by nrroatlng wihnnprevonted n imam
cial move on wiman's pnrt which
would hnve helped 90 oxtrieato him
from his difficulties.
Justice lngraham ruled out nll tho
question:, saying that they hHd no
bearing ON tho alleged forging OF the
check IN euit, Mr. Weliinan then nruhe
20 orosa-examine the witness, lie be-
gan by getting Wlman TO admit that
DO hUd been the brains Of r. q. Dun
8 Co,
"why Is II. then.p said Mr.. Well.
man, that out OF all business In which
you have been Interested, the buaincHa
OF r. q. Dun a Go, alone has been a
success while the others were total
fnilurcgr'
"pcrhRpa because ! was better suited
10 the mercantile agency business"
Mr. Wcllmnn's inelsive questions
caused Wimnn 10 brighten up and RE-
tort with yigOr. MIR Wellmnn referred
10 the statement OF profits OF X, q.
Dun a Co, submitted by Den. Tracey
earlier Ia the morning
Dams HUGE Profits.
The statement shows that In 1885 the
profits were ssi67soAo They Increased
steadily until in 1893 they were b2b0oo,
The totnl from 1855 to 1892. inclusive.
waa s3,sia, 5OObS. IN reply to Mr. Well
mans questions the defendant admit
ted several instances In which he had
written and telcgrnphed TO the nrnis
agents, urging rcmittances on one pre-.
text or another ana then had applied
tho money 10 his own use, Il also
appeared that the glft OF $1,000 10 the
New York Press club. though cred.
ited 90 Wlman personally was charged
against ihn firm on the books. II was
also shown that Wiman's method of
drawing on the agents OF the arm and
diverting their remittances 81 his own
private account had resulted ia the
dragging down Of many Of these agents
with Mr. Wlmnu Francis .. Thurber.
the well-known wholesale grocer, Rob.
crt ]. Kimhnil, ntoek hroiter. Frnuk
y. Cannon superintendent OF the Stu
ten leland RAND Transit company.
John J. Wlthrow. president Of the In
dusirlni Institute o. Toronto, canadn,
and Dennis Ht.nord OF Staten Island.
testified 10 Wiman'H high reputation
for honesty and Integrity,
nuiiinKcr Recalled.
Mr.. Bulllnger was then recalled and
wellman nHkcd 'ia II true that you
were IN tho habit OF IoaninR moucy7'
81 was not" answered Mr, 1iuilinRer.
did you ever loan any money 10
MIR wiman7''
"Once only"
'Thai ia ali." said Nr. weliman. tri-
umrhnntly.
mir. Dun WAS then recalled TO the