The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-21
WHO TELLS
THE TRUTH
witnesses Contradict Each other in the
Tabor Gases.
MANAGER CANFIELD TESTIFIES
His Story Differed Materially From Szyd-
lOwski's in Many Respects Garfield
Tells Of Instructions He Gave
Tabor on Cash Gathering
Many Direct Con
tradiotions.

The lawyers for the creditors Of A. p. |
Tabor spent several hours yesterday in ex-
amining witnesses to show that that the sale |
made by Mr.. Tabor 10 Mrs. Justyna Szydlo-
wski was a part Of a scheme to defraud them
and from the testimony adduced it is ap-
parent that in several instances they sue
| ceeded in contradicting the evidence given
by both Mr.. Tabor and Mr.. Szydlowski, but
at the same time some of the evidence
strengthened the claims made by the de-
PENDANTS in two respects, first, that Tabor was
in financial trouble just before the sale and
the Szydlowskis had money to loan, if not
to burn
During the hearing there was an incident
that gave Lawyer Burke a chance to work in
humorous job on Lawyer Whalen There
was fall Of tin cans on the street and all in
the office except Lawyer Whalen and Stenog-
rapher Patterson made a rush to the windows.
After seats had been resumed Lawyer Whalen
asked if The people of Shenandoah always
became so much excited over such little
occurrence. Lawyer Burke said that he be-
came nervous because it was about the hour
that his son was out for exercise and he
feared for his safety, adding II can under
stand why Mr.. Whalen could have no alarm
on that score" As Mr.. Whalen is a bachelor
the sally was received with laughter in
which the latter joined with heartiness and
said, mo, my son is some distance away"
John Garfield, the Shenandoah manager
for Swift & Co. was on the stand for some
time yesterday afternoon He testified that
Mr.. Tabor was indebted to Swift & Co. to the
tune Of 81, ,S2519. He said he knew Anthony
SzydlOwski as Joseph Szydlowski and never
knew him as Anthony" until after the
pending proceedings. This part of the testi-
mony will be connected with the fact that
one of the Judgment notes given by Tabor
was made out to Joseph Szydlowski and
Tabor and Szydlowski both swore that was
mistake, and they did not know man named
Joseph Szydlowski.
While on the stand yesterday Mr.. Tabor
swore that Mr.. Garfield did not offer him
81 cents pound for the tallow the former
had on hand and that the offer was not de-
clined because Tabor wanted to give it TO his
father-in-law.
While Mr.. Garfield was on the stand he
was asked about the alleged offer aud testi-
fed Il had conversation with Tabor about
the tallow about two weeks before the trans
fer. He came down crying about not being
able to get his money and things going
against him, and about me not giving him
credit. He spoke about his tallow. / said
'tallOw to-day is worth three cents pound.
l will take all you have got and will give 81
cents pound for it, He said No, l want
that to protect my father-in-law | borrowed
$1,000 from him / said we had been good
enough to trust him for 81 800 and he ought
to protect us, but he said his father-in.law
would miss his 81 600 more than Swift & Co.
would miss what he owed them"
Continuing his testimony Mr. Garfield said
he would have given Tabor So 800 for his
Shenandoah shop, outside of the book ac-
count, if he had been given a chance to make
an offer Tabor's monthly purchases from
Swift q Co. amounted to $1,000 or 81, 600
month. ~
Anthony Szydlowski was called to the
witness stand by Mr.. Whalen and said he
loaned $500 to Mr.. Garfield He was asked
if he asked for return of the money few
days before the transfer and replied Il don't
think"
Didn't you go to him (Canfeld) the next
day after you had given h i'm the $500 and
said I must have that money, 1 want to buy
something2"
! don't know
And two days after didn't you go to him
and say you wanted the money!
No. sir.
Mr.. Garfield was again called to the stand
and testified: "Iasked him (Szyd lowski) for
$500 and he said Yes and wrote out his
check and signed it. The next day he came
to me and said Mr.. Boss l want that $500,
can you give to me p 1 said No, am short.
l will try and give it to you, the latter part
of the week. He said I must have it for
Friday or Saturday 1 am short. I need
money. l want to buy something He came
to me two days after and said 4 must have
l g.,r r,,,.., I -.
it to you this week. He said That is too
bad l need that money. l am short. 1
want to buy something"
On cross examination by Mr. Burke Mr.,
Caufeld was asked, 'Do you remember.
about August 9th, you had checks from Mr..
Tabor that were not provided for2 And
didn't you go to Mr.. Tabor, or he came to
you, and you said that he would have to 20
and raise some money and pay those checks,
or it would break his credit and ruin him ?'
told him wanted that check paid and
he had to go and get the money if lac had to
beg borrow or steal it,
He came back with a check
Yes, sir. He had Mr.. szydlOwski's check
for 81 900.
Do you know that Immediately after that
your checks were paid
No, sir the next morning,
Then you cut off Tabor's credit-why did
you do that2
Because / was having bother with him all
along with his checks
VIII you give $500 for the Shenandoah
shop now
Mr.. Garfield hesitated a moment or two
and then answered II will give from So, 600
to So 500 for the place"
Dominick Szyamanski was called aud con-
tradieted the evidence of Anthony Szydlo-
wski by testifying that when SzGdlowski first
came to town he told witness he only had
about 81 600 and that if he paid the $40 for
the purchase Of HOehler's slaughter house
he would not have enough money
TO go into the sausage business He
also contmdicted Szydlowsh in say
ing that the transaction referred TO
took place after man whose money was
used had refused to go into partnership with
Szydlowski. The latter had testified that
the man did not decide to keep out Of the
partnership until after the money had been
used.
The case has been continued until next
Wednesday,