The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
~THITEMAN,S STIFF lLIBL.
Positive Evidence That He Was NJ Evansville. n.
~, and Mt Lakewood, N. J.. at the same Time.

Positive Evidence That He Was nj DansviIle. n.
H., ana ut Lakewood, n. J.. at the same Time.
The case Of Alonzo T. Whitcman, once OK.
Senator in the Minnesota Legislature, who is on
trial before Judge Fitzgerald In Part ". Gen
eral Sessions. will probably go to the jury to.
day. Whiteman 10 accused Of obtaining $3.50
from the Columbia Bank on Feb. % on the
strength OF a deposit Of a worthless check. The
name the swindler gave ut the bank was "Dr.
]. II. Williams whiteman says he was in
Dansvillc on Feb. %. On the other hand the
officials Of tho bank positively identify him as
the man who. under the name Of Williams. stole
the banks money.
For thedetence, yesterday, LawyerE NJ. Grout
called Edward E. Ward. Ward said he was q
minister, but at present was studying law in
Dansville in the Office of District Attorney Lowe.
On Feb. %, he said, whiteman was in Dansville,
o o2S a't nat mon morning. inss % VIII ns1~ sisits ID Low owes Is
office. It took twelve hours to come here from
Half a dozen storckeepers and law students
i tSey sa% %h WiSrG.s f is pansSIl sv or rs. ta ass
Nearly all tho witnesses fixed the date by the
fact that there had been an entertainment in
before, which was W~sshinston's Birthday. One
Of these witnesses, Frank J. Albertson, former
an awful headache that morning after tho
Methodist Church entertainment.
what made your head achc ] asked Assist
ant District Attorney Hardwioke.
Well said the witness, II guess It was be-
cause l hadn't been to church In such a long
time before"
The Rev. Arthur n. Sykes, pastor of the Dams
member Of the church. Tho night of the enter
tainment thore. Feb. 20, he expected to see
Whiteman. but was disappointed. On the fol-
lowing day he was walking through Main street
and saw Whiteman standing on the street.
Katie Auer. u clerk in q Dansville store, testi-
fed that Whiteman visited the store on Feb. %.
The prosecution then called several witnesses
In rebuttal.
James L Cahen, clerk Of the Lakewood Hotel.
Lakewood, y. j., testified that Whiteman was
at the hotel during the month of February I'M
der the name Of John L. Whiting. On the morn
ing Of the 23d Of February. at 8 o'clock. he saw
Wan going to EsE York on the $50 train to
spend the day. At $50 o'clock Whiteman. who
was known as Whiting" returned to the hotel.
paid his bill, and said he was going to New York
to stay. He left the hotel to get the $50 train.
The porter of the hotel testified that he accom-.
panied Whiteman to tho train and carried
Whiteman's valise.
The baggage master Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road testified that he remembered Whitemau
calling ct the Office. foot Of Liberty street, this
city, for the yalise. The baggage check had boon
lost and the baggage master had received Q tele-
gram about II.
A Pinkerton detective and a Central Ofice de-
tectiye testified TO the finding OF "A blank check
in Whiteman's valise after W%hiteman had been
arrested. The check was one Of the Brooklyn
City National Bank and was similar to the
worthless check that was deposited with the
Columbia Bank.