The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-09
ON The STAND FOUR DAYS.
Col. Ways Interesting testimony Con-
Guided Yesterday Afternoon.

Year He Nude S25o,OoO for Himself
and Partners Some Very Interesting
Dispositions From Lady Friends Of
Mrs. Way on the Subject of Her
Dresses Read TO the jury Other Wit
nesses on the stand.
The examination o. Col Charlton II.
Way as a witness On the suit brought by
Mrs. Way against the Western Assurance
Company. in the city court for failure
10 pay the amounts Of two fire insurance
policies, was concluded yesterday. and
the queeuoning Of other witnesses for the
plaintiff began.
AS on previous days quite a number Of
spectators were attracted by the interest
in cie case. and the nature of the testl-
mony they expected TO hear. but most
of the testimony, with the exception Of the
dispositions OF several ladies', friends Of
Mrs. Way. was. in a large meaure. a
repetition of what had gone before.
AT the opening OF court Col Way was
stiu on the stand. under fire from the
attorney for the defendants.
with regard to your financial career"
Mr.. Richards said. do you recollect owing
octavus Cohen & Co. $4,000. which
you We're unable 10 pay?'
II don't know how much I owed Octavus
Cohen & Co." Col Way replied. Il don't
know whether it was $4,000 or not but
have lived in this town all my life and
owe no trades man with the exception OF
the few bills you have brought up
Mr. Richards then asked Col Way some
question about his furniture and in reply
10 another Ques ton, Col Way stated that
he had assigned to Octavus Cohen q Co.
his life insurance for $500
He stated that he had represented Col
kins & Zoon o2 Amsterdam. and after Mr..
ICONS nephew, who was his partner died.
he lost their support and gave up the cot
ton business in 1855. There were so many
ueclamations H. Don him, he said, that
he abandoned the cotton business and
went into real estate.
"When YOU left Montgomery, Ala. in
1sS3 or 1854" Mr.. Richards asked. didn't
you owe Josiah Norris & Co., bankers
about S15,000?'
Il did owe Josiah Morris & Co some
$4,000 or $1,000" Col Way responded
s'but in spite OF this fact i was able to
overcheck my account with them as much
as $50.000."
Col. Way stated that he had made
some Of his life insurance in favor of
this firm. He was questioned again on
what he did with his home at Beaulieu
while he was away as consul general 10
Russia, and the judgment of 5000 in IA
vor OF Colkins & Zoon was again re-
ferred to.
1t was in the year 1868 that Col. Way
said he made S250,O00 in one year out of
cotton, buying and selling on commits
sion. He said his commissions We're 81
a bale, and that in that year cotton took
jump from IA to 80 cents a pound There
We're seven or eight people in the deal,
he said, and his share of the proceeds
was $4,000
Mr.. Richards also questioned Col Way
closely about an accident to a trunk
which fell in a hold of one of the Ocean
Steamship Company's boats, and in
which was a lot of valuable china and
bric-a-brac. For this damage Col. Way
secured a verdict in the city court for
$500, he having alleged that the value
OF the property in the trunk was $1,000
The verdict was reversed by the supreme
court. In the trunk among other things
was what Col. Way called a Russian
samovar, an article which he said was
found in every Russian household, from
the highest to the lowest, and which
ranged in cost from cents to 5000.
With regard 10 his services as COM
missioner from Georgia to the worlds
fair Col. Way said he received Sc a day.
and $50 a month as secretary to the
committee on foreign exhibits. He said
he had a special allowance OF 500 to $3.50
for trips whenever he was travelling to
secure exhibits for the fair. He said al
together he made about $500 a year. out
of this work
Day before yesterday Col Way stated
that he had made some money while
consul general to Russia in a manner
consistent with the rules and regulations
under which he served. He was asked
yesterday how he had done this. He
stated that he did it by promoting and
introducing American goods. His salary
as consul general was 5000 a year. He
had charge of the sale OF a patent never
slip buckle. on which he received com
mission of l cent each, and he also
introduced a snow plow made by the
Leslie Manufacturing Company. on the
buckles he made, he said, from $1,000 to
$1,000 year. Besides this he made some
thing through collecting bad debts there
for some people in this country
Among the questions asked in the af-
ternoon by Mr.. Richards was whether
he had ever held a conversation with
a young man named Love, in which
he stated that the fire was caused by
his pipe falling into the grass.
mo, sir most positively, no." Col.
Way replied, mo such conversation was
ever thought of or had"
During the day Mr. Richards questioned
Col. Way very closely with regard TO this
or that piece of bric-a-brac, china or fur
niture, asking him where he bought it,
how much he paid for il, and other ques-
tons of a similar nature. Many of these
were answered by Col Way, but others
he did not remember saying that it was
impossible to recall in detail the history
of things which were purchased either by
Mrs. Way or himself at different times
through so long period of years.
The next witness was MIR. II. McAlpin
Schley, who was questioned in a general
way about the house and furniture of Col.
Way. Mr.. Schley said ne had visited there
several times, and spoke of the house and
its furnishings as elegant He was asked
about a mattress on one of the beds, as to
whether it was made Of hair or wool. He
replied to Mr.. Richards that it was not
customary for a guest to make any such
examination of a hosts property, and he
could tell him nothing about it. He was
also questioned about Mrs. Ways dresses.
He said he could state that she had some
dresses made by Worth, because he had
seen them.
Or. II. G. Bullock also testified as to the
general elegance Of the house and furni-