The sun., 1895-04-14

the searching party found nothing OF impor.
and and the door wa. double locked. The door
'as inside oDs "nd " ,hs nres We're Jagged WITH
the name OF =" NJ Edwards. Pittsburgh." A 20.
lice 3tiirisl wa, placed n eh,rss, O., OF r4 ins r4er
this time. and hsd not .vcn asked why he WINS
done with him. Whon the Office. which was in
Mr.. NanI,s private house. WAS reached he
Nlr. Recorder" he said. coolly. you ur-
ceren,oniouslS intertered with a gentleman's
supper which only h",f c9mpleiSed, Ss, What
The Recorder told him that he should not DO
dsprys OF supper by any act Of his H., and sct
room. Tho prisoner finished his supper, lie
asked for glass OF sherry. which was given
"Wiil you he kind enough 10 tell me whether
Mr.. G-orgn NJ Dallas is in town.; he ASKED.
wshils lct-nrcly; slipping the wine Il want him
Mr.. FAUX replied that the lawyer. who. throe
years later became Vice. president OF the United
states, was In town, and by hdmnids's request
Via, have been arrested for Z, asked tho
Kentucky Colonel, while awaiting the arrival of
MIR. Dallas. This was tho iirst iuio lie had
hutri at the matter.
| am going To- hold you as fugitive from
justice, replied the Recorder.
oh. then" he said ,unvely, rising in his
chair sI,iI.,y for SyAps ,r"1Gs ans
the Indictment WINS qunshed.'
Again from his own lips came proof OF tho
Identification of tho man wanted for the
forgery. In the course NJ tho investigation it
had been found that Monroe Edwards had been
slaves into some town. Against municipal law,
but nothing further was known abou: tho case.
81 didn't say as a fuEltiye from lssas ,,s nmt rs
We'll" said Col. Edwards. :. hnve not fed
far: isuEpo,"e p'" am now in the hands OF justice
In half an hour Mr.. Dallas arrived and after
Mr.. vaux that Col. Edwards wanted his trunks
sent for. ~
Certainly" Mr.. Dallas replied.
VIII you be Kind enough. then said the
order on his landndy to deliver these trunks
tomef"
Mr.. Dallas and Mr.. vaux went together into
the back room and the lawyer directed his client
to give an order for the trunks Paper. pen.
and ink were handed him and he wrote:
Pleas deliver to the Recorder my trunks. now In
ySmr and this shall be your Trsr sH and dis
As may bo readily understood. it was of the
utmost importance to have n specimen Of Ed
wnrd,,s writing. because. Ind the forge rss been
committed by him his conviction would depend
worthy OF note that the tir.t word he wrote in
Of the forged letters over all the signatures.
whereyer that n WORD 'Hpssred, ~ wa' Always ,k
titication OF the l.an complete.
1t was near midnight and the Recorder in, in
formed Mr.. Dallas that he would commit Col.
wh,Gh h Va. ,sTssd TO- ~ Dallas Al G wfGt ns hons e,
20 to the county prison. Edwards simply re.
qucsted certain articles.a shirt. comb, and
should certainly have them il he gave an order.
and Edwards wrote u second requisite ion for the
.r.Sis. to be taken n ont Of tie trpnk phus eh
taned before he went to prison. and second
time he wrote pleas" Saturday night passed
into Sunday morning before he was despatched
to jail. The trunk. were to oe kept in the third
story Of the Recorders house. and Capt. Young
was detailed to remain in charge until relieved.
ON the Following day. Sunday. in the presence
OF the District Attorney and others. Edwards's
trunks were searched. In one were found three
vests. and other wearing apparel. and between
tho coats. which were 1T the bottom of tn.
$1,000. $1,000. and Sio0 bills just as they had
come from the bank, with little slips , Of writing
were were taken our one by one. and the date. mum.
her. amount, and bank noted There were many
little things in the trunk which were supposed
every scrap Of paper should be exam
these articles TWO Wits rags were found
evidently torn off some largeT, piece Of white
ing some dark liquid. and . little circular
stamp with wooden handle. On the rags was
discovered an impression made with this stamp.
contain the letters New OH. Aug. H.. On
IIookinG at the stamp the sesrchers found h the
there was no necessity to take note of that as it
wa. merely little stamp. but the Recorder said
know what they were and they might prove i'm
portant afterward. and SO they did.
Edwards was held by II Philadelphia court
fore Judge William Kent. son Of Chancellor
Nr IN nbiS nd Mr. "a NyerA fn-
!he accused. Mr.. Naux. in recognition Of the
judicial functions OF his office. was invited to
pearancc and demcanor Of the young lawyer
named Evarts attracting his attention. he said
to Judge Kent: "Who is that young gentle
:, His name is Evarts: replied the Judge. and
think he has tns making OF lawyer IN him
Johnson's Attorney; General. Mr.. F!aycss Sscre-
tary OF state. and afterward United States
Mr.. Whiting. who was District Attorney Of
New York and was known as Little i'itters."
conducting such cases. occupied two three
days in the presentation OF the prosecution.
Recorder Vnn1 Wa sh eSamned as wne.s from
which was OF great length, Mr. Edmunds came
to tlIe bench with seven letters, folded diaGonaly
Mr.. Recorder. you have been very emphatic
In your testimony; You have sad that you
Take these letters and. as you hand out each lot
ter; eNsmine il and say whose writing H."
Inc ftcDrucr LOOK me Bundle ana looked AT
them very carefully. Then he said:
Letter A; written by Monroe Edwards: letter
b. written by Monroe Edwards; letter G. writ
ten by Monroe Edwards; letter y. | don't know
wards; letters + and G, don't know by whom
tn ey were written"
Now, your honor" said Mr.. Edmunds. you
have the fact that the Recorder has identified
these fonr letters as being in the handwriting
OF Monroe Edwards. ! propose to read them"
lie read them and continued: "They have
nothing whatever TO do with any matter con-
nected with the trial, and are not signed by Col.
Edwards"
Neither they had. for letter A was about the
sale of pony. 1t turned out. however. that Mr..
Nanx was exactly right. Edwards had written
these letters as n test Just before the trial. ana
the others had been written by other persons
and all mixed indscrminately. Mr.. Edmunds
confessed the scheme Immediately after the
conviction and was astonished that it should
not have been successful.
Continuing his cross-examination. Mr.. Ed
munds asked the Philadelphia Recorder:
Can you explain how tns letter. purporting
to come from Maunsell. White d. Co. OF New
Orleans, from whom IL was received, Is post
marked New OrlcansJAug. IL il the trans;
action described occurred al another place and
If Edwards was not In New OrleansI II you can