The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-09
GRAVETHINGS HINTED
Defendant I'm the Patton
Case.

Spades. the defendant in the action brought
by Grace Frances Patton, was concluded
yesterday afternoon. The plaintiffs wit
nesses in rebuttal succeeded Mr.. Spades on
the stand. Ex-Judge Cox in conducting the
cross-examination of the defendant was
pitiless In his prosecution. The most
pertinent queries were put, each contain
ing direct charge Of some immoral act.
In each instance the charges were denied.
The earlier history of the defendant when
he was employed as a dry-goods clerk on
modest salary was gone over by the
plaintiffs counsel. Spades was asked if,
when a young man in the employ of the
firm known as Robinson & East, he was
not arrested in a. disorderly house. He
was permitted to explain the incident.
He had been the victim, he said, of I'M
fortunate circumstances. One evening late,
as the house of Robinson & East was about
closing for the night, two women entered
the store and made purchases aggregating
considerable amount The defendant
waited on the women and after they had
concluded their buying they asked that
the goods be sent to their home Spades
and a fellow-clerk agreed to deliver the
goods and did so They carried the articles
to the home of the purchasers without
knowing it's character and while there
the police raided the place. The witness
declared that he was not taken to Jail,
and his attorneys called Mr.. Robinson, of
the old firm of Robinson & East to cor
roborate his assertion. Mr.. Robinson re-
called the circumstances but was not per-
mitted to testify further.
Attorney Cox examined the defendant
closely concerning number of alleged
acts of immortality. Judge Harvey per-
showing the character of the man.
You say that you were IN the dry. goods
tinued the attorney. DO you remember
about that time of having made an inn
employ
mo, sir
pd a not s19 gT 9b
mo. sir. No. sir; emphatically no.
girl in your employ several years ago,
WHOSE hose funeral i expenses you PAID
DO you recall this circumstance? On
occasion when your family was away from
the city you wrote note to young lady
asking her to take buggy ride with you
Of New York street. and Military Park
Il think not. have no recollection of it,
Let me refresh your memory again,
you took eirl in your employ III into m,1ica
room and locked the door? She said she
would scream il you did not unlock the
why do you act this way? Don't you know
that you can get anything you want?'
And didn't she tell you that she was
respectable girl and could work X for living
ana and at the end OF the week left your BUR. en- EN-
p' 4 do m not i"u REMEMBER VINE" s"e doi'
DO you remember the case of girl
employed in a South Illinois-street house
whom you prosecuted so persistently that
she was compelled TO leave the city?'
Have, you been in the habit of having
young ladies' at at, your place to practice
81 have had some ladies there
DO you remember about a year ago that
you tried to get an accomplished lady, the
music with you. You wanted her so badly
that you sent herr complimentary tickets
to entertainments and her mother inquired
about your character and promptly stopped
all relations between you and her
no, sir, / dooasii'tI Re member that
rs there a woman occupying Room So
in the Windsor block?'
See if You recall this incident The oc-
cupant of the room came to you and COM
announcing that Room SO would have TO
be vacated and also complained that this
ai HeG made compi a that some one had
put aluminium medal under her door
with an indecent design upon it, and you
No o. / '1 made no a,is such charge
friends that you had employed a detective
and he had found out that the occupant
Of Ne r0o sag Yaf ehs FSify detective to
find out who posted the notice.
o yo for ~ when Sn were in
named Frost because he tried to collect
/ recall the fact that / thrashed a lawyer
once"
introduce some startling evidence in re-
buttal, on the line of the cross-examination.
An Unusual Damage Claim.
Mary Ballard. administrative, yesterday
began an action against the Citizens
,Street-railroad Company to recover dam
ages for the death of John Ballard. The
latter died in March, 1894, from injuries re-
ceved two months before. While driving
over the street-car track on West Wash,
ington street his vehicle overturned
and he thrown out. The complaint
for damages alleges that the defendants
street, and was so constructed as to make
travel across it very dangerous. Judgment
is asked for $4,000.
The Commissioner Made Cut.
Recently John w. Vanscyock filed re-
port with Probate Commissioner OBryan,
showing final settlement of the estate
of William Bradley. AS the administrator,
Vanscyock asked for an allowance of $3.50
for services. An objection was made to the
amount by some of the Bradley heirs, and
Yesterday the court cut down the allowance
to $25 Claypool a. Caypool, the attorneys
who assisted in settling up the estate, pre-
scented claim for $500, which amount was
cut down to SIS.
Ten Were for the Plaintiff.
After celebrating for sixty-four hours the
jury in the Moorhouse will case was dis
missed. yesterday by Judge Brown, of the
Circuit Court. The suit was to break the
will left by the late Sarah Moorhouse. The
jury went out Friday evening and remained
in seclusion until yesterday morning. AT
the end of the long sitting ten jurors We're
for the plaintiff and two for the defend
ants.
Fifty-Five CoronfaI Witnesses.
The County Commissioners yesterday al
lowed fees to fifty-fve witnesses called by
the coroner during the month of March
The amounts allowed TO each witness
ranged from rs cents to 81. DIR. Crosse was
allowed s25 for performing autopsy on
the body of Richard Taylor.
Probate Matters.
George Poland was yesterday appointed
guardian of Fred, Charles, John and Frank
Poland. Bond $500.
George W. Harper was appointed admin
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