The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-27
Morris Slender Now on
Trial for Perjury.
Did He Give False Testimony
at the Trial of a Suit.
Emily Evans Did Not Appear--Mat-
tiers in Appellate Court.

The trial OF criminal indictments was
resumed in Judge Wilbur's court this
morning. Emily Evans was the first
party called to stand trial, but size had
left tor parts unknown and her recogniz-
-ance was -defaulted.- She was indicted
for throwing a stone at a little Hebrew
boy at Hamilton Place in this city. The
case against her ia stated on the best au-
thority not to be a strong one but instead
of standing trial she preferred to leave
town and her mother Will have to settle.
The trial of the indictment found by the
grand jury last December against Morris
Slender for perjury WAS begun after the
Evans case had been disposed o.. The
charge is founded on testimony given by
Slender in suit brought against him by
the Congdon and Aylesworth Company.
The case in which the perjury Is alleges
TO have been con mitted was tried on
October 18th, 1894 before Judge Wilbur
and Slender denied at that time having
made a statement as to his financial
standing.
This statement, 1t is alleged, was first
made IN the Office of Congdon and Ayles-
worth Company to the late Hiram h.
A"lesworth and was TO the effect that
Slender had in his place OF business shoes
md fixtures worth $1,000 and machinery
Tor the repairing of shoes valued at Si00
and that all he owed was S450. The store
Slender owned was at 3tS Westminster
street and the claim is m ade that Annie
V. Cady. Henry [. Aylesworth and Laura
Norris signed a certificate that the copy
made by hiram b. Aylesworth was a true
transcript of what SLENDER said.
The testimony brought out the fact
that when a jury gave the Congdon d.
Aylesworth Company verdict an execu-
tion was taken out and Slender was kept
six months in Jail.
Gerge l.. Webster, clerk of the court,
and Mrs. Holyoke, official stenographer,
test fiei TO matters connected with the
trial of the civil case.
Miss Aldrich, one of tho bookkeepers
70; the Congdon q Aylcswortb Company.
testified TO the reading OF statement by
ii. Il. Aylesworih h. substantially as above
stated TO the defendant, Mr.. ctender, in
the Office of the company on the Sth day
OF July, 1894. MISS Morris, another book
keeper for the same compiny, sub stantia-
ted her testimony. Both stated that Mr.
Slender signed tn statement but did not
know wheth her the siEtenent contained
the exact words Mr.. Stonder used in regard
To his financial standing.
Henry G.. Alyesworth testified TO re-
membring that the notes Of Sten6er's testi-
mony at the triai OF the case against him
by the Ccngdon d Ayiesworth Company
read by the stenographer today were cor
rect.
On cross examination by Mr.. Hahn,
statement were not those used by Steuder
IN giving the account of his fnan-
cal condition, and that he talked
with Mr. Slender at the jail
IN Cranston, where o'encer was
held under the execution, hat denied that
y. any OF hess conversations he threat
ened to proceed against the defendant
for perjury If the execution was not set
tied.
j. j. Hahn, counsel for the prisoner,
sail tnat he expected TO show that MIR.
Slender yes three times trieu, that In a
trial OF the case at which the perjury
alleged 10 tave been committed, before
Judge Wilbur and juiy the jury dis
agreed
rnat Mir. Slender during all these trials
denied ever making the statement he is
alleged 20 have made, ana that in the
trial of the case before Judge Rogers the
jury found verdict for he plsintifi, after
which al execution was taken out and
hat the prosecution for perjury was an
attempt TO get the money for certain
goods sold the defendant.
Morris Slender deu led making the state
ment he ia alleged to have given Hiram Is.
AyIesworth, and ties s,ifed nat Mr.. lien.y
L. Alyesworth had promised 10 settle the
perjury proceedings ii Slender settled his
bill
An emplogee OF Stender's testified that
Henry {. Aylesworth met the prisoner
~
lonNsman and greeted him very cordial
ly, saying, "When did you Get lack?"
reaning ron Cranston jail, and that
AyleswoTth asked Slender TO go down to
the eompany's Office and the whole mat
ter couln te settled.
Mr.. Avlesworth, on being recalled,
positively denied ever Offering to settle
the perjury charge
DEFENDANTS SUBMITTED TO JUDeMEST.
None OF the cases on the civil calendar
In the common pleas division OF the Su-
pfeme Court were ready on trial today
and al were marked for reassignment ex-
cept that OF East Green ich National
Bank against Charles II. Wright, ct al.
in that case tho de'endarts submitted to
judgment for the plaintiff for sS29 90.
APPELLATE DIVISION.
A hearing was had in the appellate
court thi. morning on the petition of
Amanda BlacSmar for a clvorce from her
husband, Charles X. BIackmar. The
CHARGE was thst the respondent had been
guilty of improper conduct with wo-
man named Mary l.. Gordon, employed
by the respondent as a booIskecper. The
respondent denied he charges.
Page * Owen were attorneys for Mrs.
Blackmar and W. X. w Hallett was attor-
new for the respondent.
The case of Ialley VS.. City of Central
Falls which has been IN court for the past
four years has been settled ont OF court
in a manner satisfactory 90 the plaintiff.
The case related 10 the taking OF land by
the old town OF Lincoln on Dexter street
near the iawtucket city line for the wild
ening of the highway named.
Hugh J. Carroll TO-DAY I'm the case of
J. n. Polsey & Co, VS.. the White Rose
Soap Powder Company submitted
brief i'm behalf of the defendant IN sup
port of its contention that the wit in
the case was void 90 two wfi = were Ia
seed. il sprears, according To the state
ment OF counsel, that the plainiih weift
TO TWO lawyers and thst both attorneys
Issued writs fer the fane action. The
case today was for trial under the second
writ.
PETIr1oT FoR NEW TRIAL DENIED.
In rescriyt f'ed today the spi elnte
conr. dsci led ~ he case OF Leopold Geld
stein Va. Edward Z. foulkner that the