The morning call., 1895-02-03

tempt to find the man who proclaimed the
loss of the will last Monday evening on
Market-street car. w. H. Davis, the pri-
vate detective, who was the last man known
to handle the will; Herbert Clark, the late
Senator Fairs valet and NJ WEIGH, an in
innate friend of E. P. Casserly, were all
inspected by J. H. Arndt, the old gentle
man who was told about the loss of the will
on the car.
Davis was pointed out to Arndt in the
corridor, but after few moments spent in
casual conversation with him, Arndt said
positively he was not the man. Had he
SAID otherwise Davis was ready to prove an
alibi. He says in Judge Conlon's court at
the time the conversation in the car is said
to have taken place.
Arndt seemed to be in doubt for a few
minutes over Herbert Clark, but finally
came to the conclusion that the man who
told the story was fair and had blonde
mustache, while Clarks is dark.
When Arndt was satisfied that WEIGH
was not the man he was excused and
WEIGH was recalled. He was asked if he
was not the man who had carried the story
of the loss of the will to morning paper.
His answer was an indignant no. WEIGHS
friend, E. P. Casserly, was employed in the
probate department of the County Clerks
Office until last Thursday, and it was
thought that he might have given WEIGH
the information that the will had been
stolen. Casserly was a deputy under
Haley, but was temporarily retained by
Curry. He left of his own accord a few
days ago.
William 'OLeary was one of the first
witnesses called. When policeman SUBJ
penaed him last Friday his wife burst into
tears, thinking they, were taking him to
jail. When o'clock came and her hus-
band had not returned she cooked his sup
up to the new City Hall. She met her hus-
band in the grounds and they both re-
turned home in joyful mood. O'Leary
testified that he never had the will in his
hands. He was waiting to see some of the
members of the Board OF Supervisors and
while standing in the corridor John Heile-
man asked him would he like to look
sented and when they came to the safe
Heilemann took out an envelope and re-
marking, Here's the famous Fair will
started to take it from the envelope. He
had it partly out when he exclaimed,
"By =! This is not it." Slammed to
the door and ran to find Curry and Piper.
O'Leary made his way back to the Board
more about the loss of the will until the
next day.
John Heileman produced the receipt
book kept in the County Clerks Office, and
in substance corroborated O'Leary's story
Deputy Clerk John Whitesides also reto1d
his story, and then Charles L. Fair was
called. He was asked whom he suspected,
bat declined to say. He gave all the in
formation he could in regard to the lost
document, but could throw no light on the
manner of its disappearance. He was sue
ceeded on the witness-stand by his attor-
ney, G. J. Heggerty. The latter was ques-
toned at great length and left the Grand
Jury room with a smile on his face. He
refused to give an mixing of what his tes-
timony was.
The last witness of the day was County
Clerk Curry. He was closely questioned
as to the manner in which his office is con-
Quoted. All the details of the manage
ment were gone over, and then he was
asked was it possible for any outsider to
gain admittance to the documents in his
care without the connivance of one of the
deputies. Curry could not answer the
question, but he was nevertheless morally
certain that the will was stolen by an
The investigation will be resumed to-
morrow evening, and Harry Piper, Chief |
Deputy County Clerk, will be the first wit
ness. A number of people whose names
have not hitherto figured in the case have
been subpenaed, and new developments |
are expected.