The Portland daily press., 1896-02-07

Hernandez in checks He had checks
cashed by MIR. Heseltine and Mr. Tuttle.
he gave his orders every evening to I'D
Webster, who always called around to see
him. He received a check from John Her
nandez the evening Of September 9Th,
and had 1t Dashed by Mr.. Tuttle. He
then paid Arthur IS he owed him on
some tobacco. He was injured that night
and the next day went to Buxton. While
there, his brother Ansel drove to Buxton
and told him of the arrest of Arthur q.
Webster, and that Skililn & Hawkes. had
put keeper in his store he drove back
to Portland and was on his way to see
Mr.. Hawkes. when his brother suggested
thas it might be we'll to see Edgar Il.
Rounds, who told him of the putting of
keeper into his store. He went to see
Mr.. Rounds and he said that Arthur G.
Webster was under arrest. that he had
implicated him, and that John Herman
DEE had shot himself. He then drove back
to Buxton and had arranged to he driven
back to Portland when his brother and
Mr.. Rounds drove to Buxton, and he re-
turned to Portland with them and gave
himself up.
Cross-examined by Mr.. True. During
1894, he possibly bought $50 worth Of
tobacco of Arthur G. Webster.
Wesbter said he was tho representative
of a western tobacco house. He never
told him the name of the house, because
he was afraid the witness would buy
direct from the house. The witness did
not know that B and II tobacco is not
made in the West The marks were
scratched off the boxes so tnat the witness
couldn't tell where they came from.
9 Ed Webster told him that Arthur q.
was the agent of a western tobacco house.
He purchased on an average from $40 to
$50 worth OF goods a week from Edward
G. Webster. He got II per cent off of
some grades of goods and 25 per cent off
the wholesale prices on others. On sugar
he got from half to hree-fnurths of a
cent, and bought about fifteen barrels.
He thought that discount was all right.
He got per cent off for cash of other
firms. He did not take bills of Edward
Webster except on two occasions
'sWhy not?' asked Judge Bonney, and
the witness replied, II paid cash and
thought it all right" He took two bills
and they were presented and showed no
Webster and the regular wholesale price
was charged for every article. He never
got any discount ON those goods. He
denied having sold twelve barrels of
sugar to Hernandez He thought there
was big profit on tobacco He had
never bean able TO get large discount
on standard goods grades OF tobacco, tex
C6ilb lIOIu LII W6USU6T anu ATUQUT.
At the suggestion of John Hernandez,
he delivered the goods at his kitchen
door, driving around through the back
alley. The first three or four times he
delivered the goods at the front door.
The shipping marks were removed from
the boxes of tobacco Arthur G. Webster
sold him because Arthur feared that he
might know what house he represented
and order directly from the house, and
they were removed from the goods
Edward G. Webster sold him because
ED" knew he was selling to John Her.
nandez and didn't want Hernandez to
know whore the goods came from fearing
that he might buy direct Of Skillins e.
Hawkes..
He had about $500 worth of goods in his
store when he made an assignment for
the benefit of his creditors.
He said that when he had his talx with
Edgar e. Rounds, he was told by him
that what Arthur G. Webster had said,
coupled with the fact that Hernandez had
shot himself, would make it bad for him,
and he advised him so leave and to go to
Canada. Mr.. Rounds told him he would
probably get several years imprisonment.
He heard both at Buxton and Hollis
that the officers were on his track.
The court here suspended