The herald., 1897-10-02
did you tell him what Mr.. Grimth

Did you tell him what Mr.. Grifiith
said?"
II told him part Of it."
/ And what did Bird say?"
II don't remember exactly; he didn't
say much of anything"
"Dfd he remain there all night?"
"Well II he did 1t had nothing what.
ever to do with this case" and witness
was non-committal on the point.
The young lady finally was made to say
that Bird remainede all night at her home
Upon reconvening in the afternoon
Mr.. Griffith resumed his seat upon the
witness stand and produced the checks
inquired after by counsel for the de-
tense in the morning. There were twen-
| ty-six in all.
| When Mr.. Pendleton began to take the
checks seriatim and submit them to the
witness for identification as to the sig
nature, the prosecution objected. The
court held that without making Mr.
a, Griffith their witness the defense could
not pursue that line of examination on
cross. Thereupon counsel put in twenty
six objection en- bloc one for each check
Mr.. Griffith was asked to again ex-
plain how 1t was that the forged check
was dated on the 10Th of August and
| was returned to him on the next day.
Witness said that when Detective Brad
ish visited his office he did not believe
his clerk to have done wrong, but when
that night he received a visit from a
sporting girl his suspicious were aroused,
Mr.. Griffith went on to tell Of receiving e
a bill on August goth for $50 for flowers
red roses supplied during the month
and taking these facts together he real
lied something was wrong. Witness
said that he had made no demand on
the bank to refund the 5000, because he
didn't wieh to handle the civil end Of
the affair until the criminal end had been
fully attended to.
That ended the case for the prosecu-
tion.
THE DEFENSE OPENS
Attorney Meserve moved the court to
dismiss the charge against the defend
ant, there being no probable cause. The
motion was promptly denied, and Mr..
Griffith was called to the stand as
witness for the defense. Mr.. Meserve
wanted to have the witness produce all
his bank and check books in order to
see If signature could not be found
identical with that on the forged check.
be done unless some better reason could
be adduced, and Mr.. Meserve took up
the twenty-six checks tabooed by the
court on cross-examination and got
witness to identify the several sigma
lures. The checks ranged from 500 to
$4,000. Mr.. Griffith said it was difficult
to identify some of them positively, as
the forgeries required an expert to dis
in {c III
why, aren't you an expert Of your
own signature" inquired Mr.. Meserve.
I'm not an expert Of handwriting"
replied witness, but can make money
fast enough for forger to get away with
it,"
Many Of the checks were readily iden-
titled by the witness in consequence OF
his remembering what they were drawn
for. When check for $100, under date |
of December, 1885, was submitted Mr. |
Griffith said that he wrote the entire |
check in San Francisco and sent it to |
Mr. Bird as a Christmas present.
And suppose he thanked you for It,"
inquired Mr. Meserve.
'Yes, he did, by robbing me-" was the |
response.
"And I'm glad Of It," was the some
what extraordinary retort Of examining
counsel
The check episode having ended, the
defense refused to put in any more tes-
timOny.
No time was wasted upon arguments,
nor did the court indulge in any extended
remarks Justice Young ordered that
the defendant be held to answer the
charge preferred in the superior court,
fixing the bail at $4,000