The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-02

before Squire Cardin in September, 1895,
what do you know about that
l don't know any more about that, only
me and Mr.. Cardin started out to take the
signatures of those people.
Squire Cardin has testified that he went
with you to take these Acknowledgements is
that correct2
Yes, sir; l went to the office, and after
wards him and me started out to take the
Acknowledgements
Where did you go?
We went to the First ward. Those four
people lived in the First ward-that is the
four whose Acknowledgements had to be
taken.
And were they taken, to the best of your
recollection, in your presence2
Yes, sir; think they were all taken.
Mr.. Scanlan was then cross-examined by
Mr.. Moran, but nothing contradictory to the
main evidence, as given by the witness, was
elected.
Do you swear positively that you were
present when the acknowledgment to the
1895 bond was made, and when Mrs. Mellet
acknowledged this to be her act and deed?
told you before that l don't remember
anything about the acknowledgment any
more than that we started out to take them.
Was Mr.. Giblon present in the store when
Mrs. Melet made her mark2
l couldn't say.
How do you fix that she made her mark in
the store9
I don't fix it. 1 said either there, or in
Mrs. Durkin's house l know she signed one
there and one in the store but l amt pre-
pared to say which one
Was anybody present at Mrs. Durkin' 5
house when she signed it there2
1 don't think so. I think she was living
at Mahanoy City at the time. l amt sure
know she was living at Mahanoy and was
over on visit when | met her but whether
it was in 1894 or 1895 aint sure.
Do you know how Matt Gibbons name
got on that as witness
can't exactly tell. l think l met him
just after and asked him to witness it, and
he did. 1 amt prepared to say whether he
was with me, or not, when she signed it.
Did you send for Mrs Melet to come to
your store?
No, sir she visits our house often. She is
an aunt of my wife.
Did you read the bond-explain it to her
tell her what it was?
can't say anything about that. 1 don't
know whether did, or rot.
To the best of your knowledge?
Well now, couldn't say word about
that at all, because l don't know anything
about reading the bond to her.
Can you remember any of the converse
ton that took place there?
No, no more than that l asked her to go on
the bond again, and she said Certainly"
wrote her name, and she touched the pen.
Are you positive that you met Matt. Giblon
and asked him to witness that?
Yes, sir l think l could say l am positive
of that.
Now state when, or where?
Some place on Centre street. couldn t
tell just where
Are you sure it was on Centre street?
Yes, sir; think it was on Centre street.
l think some place where Squire ToOmey
had his Office then.
Then it was not in the store, at the time
Mrs. Mellet made her mark?
aint saying it was in the store and
don't say he was present then. I asked him
to witness it, but whether it was before her,
or not, l couldn't say.
| Mr.. Scanlan was then cross-examined as to
going with Justice Cardin to take the ac-
acknowledgements to the 1896 bond, and when
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the sureties to take them, he replied that he
thought they did, or at least started to do so.
Did you go to Mrs Mellet's house?
couldn't say whether we did or not.
remember we started at Bowers street, where
Mrs. Ellen Reilly lives. l don't remember
about any of the Others where we took then
or anything else.
Mrs. Mellet did not make her mark be
fore Squire on either bond2
No. she made her mark on the 96 bond il
her OWN barroom. l couldn't say l was pres
ent when Thomas P. Reilly fixed his name t,
this bond as witness, and l don't know
when or where it was done, All l know il
that she signed it in her barroom, and
whether anybody else was there l dom
know
Did you tell her what it was
asked her to sign the 1896 bond, and she
did it, the same as previous years
By Mr.. Burke You stated, in answer tC
Mr. Moran, that when Mrs, Mellet was il
your store or at Mrs. Durkin's house, il
which ever place it was that she signed il
1895, you asked her to sign your bond?
Yes sir.
She has testified that she did sign bont
for you, is that the bond?
The bond of 1894 was handed Mr.. Scanlal
J and, after inspecting it, he said Mrs. Melle
had signed it with her mark. He also tes
titled that when he asked her to sign again
in 1895, he had in his mind the fact that she
had signed his 1894 bond, He also testified
that in 1898 he gave an indemnity bond to
trust company for $50, 900 and, he thought
Mrs. Mellet was on that bond, too,
Mr.. Scanlan was questioned as to when the
1894 bond was executed and as to whether the
witness, W. ]. Calvin, was present when
Mrs. Mellet signed it, but the witnesses
recollection was as bad in this respect, as in
Others. The 1894 bond was only brought uI
to test the memory of the witness.
This concluded the examination and
Messrs. Burke and Moran agreed to submit
the case to court next Monday,
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