The evening world., 1894-01-09
He SAW AUSTIN, TOO.
Guide Hayes, Of Saranac Lake,
Recognizes the Photograph.
Declares He Met the Original at
Hatch's Sept. I, 1892.
Piling Up Evidence that the Broker
Did Not Drown.

whether John c. Austin. insured for
$l5, 900 In the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association, was drowned at Manhat-
tan Beach July 4, 1891, and his body car
ried out to sea. or simply absented him
self to cheat the insurance company.
and has been alternating in the Adiron-
| dack wilderness these two and a half
years. was continued this morning.
The defense. having shown that on
July 4 and 8, 1891, the winds and tides
were such as would naturally be ex-
pected to carry Austin's body towards
shore at Coney Island, continued to-day
the production of testimony by guides
carriers. hotel porters and others from
the North Woods to show that the sup
posed drowned ship-broker had been seen
at various times during 1891 and 1882 in
the adirondack regions. sometimes alone
and sometimes with n companion, a
younger man with darker features and
greater girth and shorter stature.
Mr.. Trull of counsel for Joseph Il.
Austin. brother and executor of John c..
Austin, cross-examined c. o. Bartlett,
the guide from Big 1'upper Lake, this
morning. Bartlett had identified an ac-
knowledged photograph of John C. Aus
tin as the likeness of n pan he saw at
Hatch,s Hotel. Tupper Lake. in Septem-
| ber, 1892.
Under cross-eXamination Bartlett told
how he had guided Morton Merriman,
Greene street merchant, In 1890, 1891
and 1892 He said he first met Mr.. Mer-
riman In 1892, on Sept. 3, at Racquet
| Pond, when he alighted from the train
| at or In the morning
They went on to Hatch's and there the
Witness declares he saw the original OF
the photograph of Austin and his com
panion. that evening and next morning.
The two strangers were noted because
Guides Moriarty, Butler and Bartlett
whether the mysterious strangers were
from same uqsss sey ssins wers
anxious to have their. "Cranberry Lake
boat carried" over the horseshoe carry
bearing on. and they hurried away down
the lake early next morning.
hIhey ,,yd vent IT, down to Mo9dy's. at the
on S the 'ss seamer We went dGMa ana
passed them, and when they arrived
had another talk with them"
nbo,pGrat Bartlett said that he first saw the
when Kennedy. a local carpenter showed
II to him and asked him II he recog
nized ,tS II He did and told Kennedy all
In response to a telegram, Bartlett went
to Aliens Hotel, Lake Placid. where he
met Detective Smith, Of the insurance
and signed and swore to an affidavit
before Justice Reuben Clifford at Sara
mac Then Smith gave him a $40 bill,
Saranec Lake. who is a carpenter in the
Winter season, was the next witness.
He testified that he had been a guide in
the forest 3 Tor 1 twenty-odd years. living at
| Hayes was "uiding Gardner Hubbard,
Of Boston, in August and September,
1882 ;ba in camp on h Little TheDr TuPpeE Lake
recognized the photograph OF John c.
Austin as n likeness of a man he saw
at u,Ea. Hatch's Ms about Sept; l. 1892, and dc.
| In a boat, recognized by the woodsmen
as having core from Cranberry Lake.
The guide noticed the high-laced shoes,
which Jay Ramsay. has sworn John G.
Austin wore when he saw him at Low
Vile on the further edge of the woods
after his supposed drowning. He noticed
his broad -brlmmed white felt hat too. an
unusual hat in that region-a cowboy
II took notice because was Just
know but he might have something for
a poor feller like me to do" said the
II next saw him at the Ampersand
Hotel. opposite Miller's. on. the lake.
He went to Milers te6a and saw sSs him
step OF coach receiver n sort Of
stand built up for folks to get onto "A
thily;;ho tally FROM l never saw him after
Under cross-examination, Hayes said
that Thomas Haley. another guide. first
showed him the photograph In March.
| 1893, at Saranac village.
Mr. Trull drew out that the witness
only glanced at the mysterious stranger
in passing on each of the only two
occasions ne had seen him. He. too.
m do at n Tom
Haley.
Hiram Benham. another guide, showed
another copy OF the photograph a week
photosraS s%2 Of john s"% c. Austin seem @ to
have been scattered all through, the
great north woods ,jaryUatr year pg2 and the
ment for their idle season searching for
the missing John c. Austin.
Hayes told how he and n, dozen other
mountainecrs. witnesses in the case, were
treated to view of the life-sizea copy
somebody's office In this city Jan. 3;
cally, "was that your first rehearsal"
Col. james Indignantly objected and
the question was ruled out. but the
jurors smiled with enjoyment just the
Robert King. another guide, living at
saranac Village these thirteen years. tes-
sd IN anG Barte,t fSeS was sum em
ployed as guide by Alfred Tucker and
family. OF Philadelphia, with headquar-
ters near the Ampcrsand Hotel. in 1892,
and recalled readily the visit Of the light
complexIoned man In white sombrero,
high-laced boots and Cranberry Lake
basket boat
King was sure the nine foot boat was
painted d lead color. while the others
| remembered II as implanted hut shell
| lacked. He remembered that II was a
| stormy day. and the stranger who sat
| In the bow. was quite wet.
King referred to the shorter man quite
naturally as 1.-The guide" The stran-
gers stayed over night and left about or
. o'clock next morninG King noticed
| that the men had camping OUTFIT, and
| a repeating gun that was either "A Win
| chester or a Ballard.
''The guide said they were going TO
Paul Smiths said King. That's
about forty miles by water. They left.
going up the lake"
Being shown the photograph, witness