Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-18
He is EMPHATIC
M. J. Eastman Says He
Never Offered a Bride.
ut is A DIABOLICAL LIEU
Witness Makes This Answer to the ~ ues-
lion eropound=d To Kim by tn. AZ
tori, ys for tL-s Defense.
Oh-r Testimony.

caSlHldA 5 administrators VS.. r. f.. and
Martha ~. Pinch Tor the recovery OF
$4,000 continues to engage the atten-
ton OF the cor pcration court.
AS yet cuuliSel Tor the plaintiff have.
not finished putting in their testimony
but il is quite probable that the evi-
dence in chief Will be in when court
takes a recess for dinner today, as Col
X. E. BoyAin, one OF the attorneys for
the plaintiff stated just before cou: t
adjourned yesterday afternoon that
his side was nearly ready IL rest.
Counsel for the defendants have
summoned a number of Witnesses and
it will require at least two days, it is
thought, to take their testimony. IL
is not thought The case will be Sivtn
to the jury before the middle OF next
week. as there will be rebutt;l tesli-
nionN besides extended arguments by
counsel. .."
The most interesting development In
yesterday S proceedings was the at
tempt l.ade by the defense to break
down the testimony OF Mr. NJ j. East
man bS calling him to tie stand for the
purpose OF imrsachinG him by showing
later that he attempted to bripe a wit
Tess named q. L. E:rickley. Mr.. East
n.an was very emphatic in his denais,
,.-rouncing the matter as a "diabolical
-" and branding Rrickley as a man
40 was 'as crooked the Old boy
him: elf Counsel for the piaintiff laid
Il e foundation for backing up Mr..
+ ,st;aan in The alleged bribery affair,
aid This testimony Will pruhjLiy b.
brought cut in Tebuttai. M.
The hearing OF Tie case has arouse
considerable interest. The Afternoon,
session OF the court yesterday WAS u
tended by large crawd.
Before calling 4 witness To the stand
when court convened yesterday morn
ing Colonel E::kin read the depositicn
of ]. &. Matt. s
j. G. Arlington was then put nn tn.
staTd. Witness said he knew Waller,
G. Eastman: that he saw him at work
on the Finch building on December s
1895; that he (witn,asSl asked who MAS
the boss or the Job and was told that
Finch Was: that he then applied U.
Finch for employment: that Finch asKse
ed him if lie was a plumber by trade
and he iwitness) said he was hot: tia,
Finch told him he did not need any
! more laborers. as the scanolding was
nearly Completed that he saw Finch
and several negroes on the sea folding
and Judging by Finchs conduct he sup
posed lie was experimenting the erec-
ton of the scaffoldng. and that he
never saw Eastman fixing the scahuld-
ing.
On cross examination witness sta ed
that he was the same man who gave.
a deposition Saturday hight: that he
did leave the city on sunday. going as
far as Richmond that he came hack
to Newport News "Wednesday nnur1ii,!e
OF Il boiler express and sided
sleeper" that he had been out with
the boys and was pretty fun and that
he might have told Mr.. N. b. Clements
not to tell any one he had returned to
the city.
NJ. j. EASTMAN RECALLED.
Attorney a. Z. Garrett. or counsel for
the defendants. asked To have MIR. NJ,
J. Eastman recalled stating that he
wished 10 contradict him.
When he took the stat 4 Mr.. Eastman
was asked if he had stated TO Z. Il.
Rrickley on the night Of the accident
that he ,iIaStman) had warned Walter
Eastman on the morning of the acct
dent to strengthen the scaffold.
Counsel for the plaintiff objected 10
the question: hut TIL. objection was
overruled and an exception noted.
In answer to the question Mr.. East
man said he did not remember any
such converse ton.
Then Mr. Garrett put these ques.
tons: .
conversation With Rrickley in Mr..
Let's office.
a. I do. ..r.
@. Did you not offer Brickiey. afte,
you went out of MIR. Let's Office, the
sum of $3.50 to testify in your favor:
"A. Inat is a ulaDOilcal lie.
@. Did you offer Ben. Goodman s2:,
to testify in your favor. telling him
you would give him s25 more If you Won
the case?
A. don't even know the man. /
never made any such offer.
Q. Did you not have Brickley's name
on your list as a witness:
A. l did give his name to my coun
sell
Attorney BIckford then took the wit
ness. asking him the following ques-
ton:
@. Why did you not have Brickiey
summoned, Mr.. Eastman?
A. Because ] considered Brickley as
crooked as the old boy himself He was
playing loose and fast all the time. At
wards I learned he had some transac-
lions with Finch. On the way to MIR.
Let's Office Brickley threw down the
gauntlet by asking me II would pay
him to testify in the case told him
had no money with which to bribe
witnesses. Afterwards ! heard that
Brtckley said that he was in this case
for what he could get out of it, as he
was building house and needed
money.
During the examinat ton of the wit
ness number OF objections We're In
terposed by counsel on both sides and
the stenographer was kept busy noting
exceptions.
G. f. CONNELL
The next witness called was archi-
tect George f. Cornell, who testified as
an expert, stating that he had casual
supervision of the building. but witness
did not know who snnerirsendad ~"
work. On cross examination he said
that there was plenty of timber lying
around from which he thought strong
scaffolding might have been made;
that it was the rule with brick con-
tractors to build the scaf1olding: that
in the absence Of a contract it is done
by other parties, generally laborers
who understand building scaffolds; that
it was the rick-layers right to In
spect a scaffold, but that they general
ly took it for granted that the scat
fold was strong enough. and that he
saw one of the Eastmans working on
the first tier of the scaffold
GUS ELLIOTT
The next witness sworn was Gus Ell
lott (colored). Witness stated that he
was at work on the day of the acct
dent; that Mr.. Finch told him on the