Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1896-05-21

New York. The other contained post
script which appealed to Mcpherson not
to have Brewer indicted until he should
see Westcott, as the matter could be
settled.
In response to the letter Mcpherson
went to Camden to see Judge Westcott.
The first question Westcott asked Nc
Pherson was, if he was going to send the
pictures. Mcpherson said he was not,
but he was going to put them in the
rogue's gallery. Then WestcotJ wanted
to know if Mcpherson would have
Brewer indicted. The witness said he
was, and then Judge Westcott said, 'If
you do, will bring suit against you and
will fight you, and it won't be on your
own dung HILL" Mcpherson further said
that last September Westcott did bring
suit him in Philadelphia for $1,000, al
though it had never been tried, but was
now pending.
The book keeper of the Mcpherson
furniture Co., Howard Clark, followed
Mr.. Mcpherson upon the stand which he
had occupied for nearly four hours.
Bookkeeper, Mr.. Clark knew con-
siderable of the Brewer-McPhe
business. He heard the conversation be-
tween Brewer and Mcpherson about the
$500 loan. He knew what was enumer-
ated in the Westcott mortgage, which
was assigned to Mcpherson, and knew
that none of the goods were ever received
by Mcpherson. He heard Brewer tell
Mcpherson that he wanted to use him
square and did not want to be arrested.
He could not put Mcpherson in the pos
session of the 5000 ring and the guns, be-
cause they were in pawn.
Harry Mcpherson said he was men,
ber of the Furniture Company and had
heard the conversation when Brewer told
Mcpherson that he had pawned the guns
and ring.
Mrs. Elizabeth Scull, sister of John L..
Brewer, said she had lived on Church
street in a house, No. 155 Church street.
She denied positively that Brewer owned
any furniture in her house, as-described
in the mortgage to Westcott, except one
| bed room suite, which is still there.
William Scull, husband of the preced-
testimony of Mrs. Scull.
| Constable Ayars testified that he was
given the chattel mortgages and seized
all the goods of Brewer that he could find
The goods mentioned in the Westcott
mortgage were not found. He rememb.
cred having a criminal warrant for
Brewer, but did not serve it because Mr..
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the matter was about to be settled.
Miss Emma Petit said she lived at one
time with Brewer, but did not live with
him but nine days. She left his employ
two days before Brewer went away.
Brewer had told her that he was shipping
pigeons away. She knew that McPher-
son had been out to Brewers house and
when he went away Brewer said that
Mcpherson would find out that he was
not fooling with any boy.
Walter Cresswell said that Brewer had
him to wheel trunk to the Irving ave-
nue. station about three days before
Brewer disappeared.
Henry Steelman said that few days
before Brewer went away he hired the
witness to wheel nine crates of pigeons
to the Irving avenue station, and they
were shipped away.
Other witnesses were called by the state
to show that Brewer had endeavored to
secrete things and get them out of town
on the quiet.
When five o'clock adjournment was
reached the court announced that the
jury was excused until ten O'Clock Tues
day morning, when the case would be
Continued. There was general scatter
ing and the court room was soon vacated.
Tuesday Morning.
When the big bell of the town clock
had summoned everybody who had busi-
ness in Court, and many more, who had
none, the big room was packed.
The big champion pigeon shot, John
Brewer, was the drawing card, and as a
matter of fact he stands as the star attrac-
ton of this session.
When court adjourned Friday night
Prosecutor Logue was presenting the
case of the people against this somewhat
noted and notorious parsonage. He is
charged, it will be remembered, with
obtaining money under false pretenses,
and removing chattel mortgaged goods,
John Mcpherson, of the Mcpherson
Furniture and Carpet Company, being
the complainant.
When the business of last week was
finished up the State had shown that
Brewer had secured from Mcpherson a
cOnSiL cradle amount of money upon
false representation, and was in the act
of showing that property upon which
Mcpherson held chattel mortgage, had
been sneaked out of town by Brewer.
When the court was ready for business
, this morning the same brilliant array OF
counsel was present for the defendant
Col. Potter was conducting the case,
which had been almost wholly built up
and worked out by Hon. Thomas w