The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-14

Manuel 1OuIeEO I-1CstQS 0UElly 10
Grand Larceny.
The trial of Miss F'loy Chapman, the
sliving picture, on charge of forgery,
was commenced in Judge Hiles' divi-
sion Of the Third district court yester-
day. Miss Chapman, it is alleged in
the information, forged the name of
w. S. Atwood to a check for $3.50
drawn on the Deseret National bank
and made payable to jamie Atwood
OH August &c, 1895, at Murray and
passed the same at Joslin & Park S
iewelry store With intent to defraud.
The defendant had a preliminary hear
ing before Police Justice Wenger and
was held to the district court for trial.
County Attorney Whittemore and
Assistant County Attorney Eichnor
prosecuted, and Attorney d. n. Straup
defended the accused.
The defendant, quite a stylish and
somewhat chic young woman, has been
confined in the county Jail since her
preliminary hearing two months ago,
she being unable to give bonds but
beyond little paleness she did not
appear to have sustained any i'll effects
from her Incarceration. She occupied
a seat next to her attorney, Mr.. Straup,
Yesterday and listened to the testimony
adduced with great earnestness but
with the utmost composure-.
After the jury was emDaneled Mr..
Straup objected to the trial proceed
ing upon both counts of the indict-
ment (forging and uttering the check,
for the reason that the former had
been the only count on which she was
examined before the committing nagis-
trate. .--3
OPENING STATEMENT.
Judge HiIes overruled the objection
and then the county attorney made
his opening statement, IN substance.
that the state expected to show by the
testimony to be introduced in the trial
that about four years ago the defend
ant lived with the AtwoodS as a serV-
ant: that she and her parents moved
away from there and later, during the
Carnival of Madrid, the defendant re-
turned here from Denver and stopped
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Atwood,
jr., during an engagement which she
had to pose as a living picture in the
carnival; that during her last stay with
the Atwoods she was very much at the
office of Mr.. w. H. Atwood; that
Henry Atwood, who was doing the
business in the Office, missed some
checks from the bank book and notified
the bank to look out for them; that the
defendant issued and cashed the check
referred to at Joslin & Parks, pur-
chasing some jewelry and receiving as
change SIS in cash and the firms check
for $50; that when the defendant was
arrested she admitted having cashed
the check and in her hat was found a
railroad ticket for Denver.
THE PROSECUTING WITNESS.
The first witness called was W. H.
Atwood. the old gentleman. He testi-
fed that he first met the defendant
about four years ago, when she came
TO his home to get work; did nor know
her by the name of Floy Chapman, but
did know her by the name of Vera,
Lauler: she came to his house the last
time about August 20; his son missed
three checks from the check book;
never allowed anyone TO sign his name
20 a check nor authorized anybody to
do so in his life, neither did he sign a
check before it was made out; identi-
fed the check in question and said he
did not sign it, and never saw it until
Mr. Brink, of Joslin & Park, brought
it to his Office.
Being cross examined by Mr.. Straup
the witness described his office and
store at Murray and said that the de-
PENDANT and his son Harry were in the
office together very much, and that
they were very friendly: Miss Chap
man never did any business for him
as a correspondent and never had any
thing to do with his mail.
PASSED THE CHECK.
Charles H. Brink, with Joslin & Park,
was the next witness; first saw the
defendant in the jewelry store of Joslin
81 Park a week previous to August 20,
when she looked at some goods and
made a memorandum of the same, say
ing that she would call later for them;
Miss Chapman called on the Saturday
afternoon, asked for the goods and pre-
scented the check (Which witness identi-
fed In payment and being satisfied
that the check was good, he made the
change in a check of his firm for
SS9 and SIS cash: the defendant en-
dorsed the name of jamie Atwood on
the back of the check in the presence
Of the witness and he made out the
check for change payable to jamie At
wood.
ss-examined, the witness said he
first discovered that the check was
fraudulent or Tuesday afternoon and
immediately went to Murray and saw
SIR Atwood in his Office; while he
was in the office showing Mr.. Atwood
the check the son said the signature
thefeoa was thai of his father, who de-
niedAit; when Miss Chapman was ar
rested Sergeant Wire asked her if she
had seen the check before and after
looking the paper over the defendant
said she had; the officer asked her if
she knew the check was forged, and
CHE answered no and that she had
received it from Mr.. Atwood, the son.
JAMIE ATWOOD.
Mrs. jamie Atwood was placed in
the witness box by the prosecution to
prove that the Endorsement of her
name on the back Of the check was
forged by the defendant, but an objec-
ton by the defense was sustained and
the witness excused for the present.
ACTOR SHERIDAN.
Frank Sheridan testified for the
prosecution that he was connected
with the Carnival OF Madrid ait Saltair.
He engaged Miss Chapman as a per-
former at the carnival, where she was
engaged for three or four days. Wit
ness identified an order on Walker
Bros. & Tyler for SIS worth of goods
and having his name signed to st. He
questioned Miss Chapman in regard to
the order which he had not signed.
Il asked her il she had forged a SIS
order on Walker Bros" continued the
witness, land she said. oh, that's all
right, I've paid rhat or words to that
effec-.''
Mr. Straup cross-ezamined the wit
ness, and questions and answers; few
thick and fast for a few minutes.
.-NYere you not indebted TO Miss
Chapman at the time this order was
written"
NO SIR
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