The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-26

not his reputation for truth and veraci-
ty is good or bad"
1T is bad"
would you believe him under oath?"
"I would not"
Mr.. Bow conducted the cross examin-
alton. Mrs. Whtacre 1t was ascer-
tanned, was the divorced wife of George
whitacres brother and was not on
speaking terms with her brother-in-law
NICHOLAS HINES
was the next character witness called
He answered the usual questions, say
ing that he would not believe George
Whitacre on oath.
Mr.. Clark conducted the cross-exam-
ination. Mr. Hines,it was learned, had
been sued by Mr.. Whitacre and they
were not on good terms. The case was
still in court.
"You would like to break down Whit
acres character so as to aid you in
gaining your suit, wouldn't your" was
asked.
mo, sir; judge him before the suit"
was the rather ambiguous answer.
ATwELL HINES
was called as a character witness He
like those who testified before him,
said he would not believe George Whit
acre on oath.
Mr.. Welty took the witness in hand
and his trouble began. His definition
of reputation and character is not found
in the books. Hines, 1t was discovered,
was related to Nicholas Hines and his
father was on Nicholas Hines note.
ALVIN FISHER
was asked as to George Whitacre's
reputation to truth and veracity and
the witness said it was bad and that he
would not believe him under oath.
Witness on cross-examination by Mr..
Bow said he had known Whitacre for
years and had no grievance against
him.
FABER ELDER
testified as to being in Kiblers office
upon occasions when Mrs. Morehead
come to KILLERS office and testified that
at no time had Mr.. Morehead accom-
panied Mrs. Morehead nor had he heard
of the alimony proceedings. Mr.. Elder
also said that he had never heard of
any talk in Kibler's office about buying
witnesses.
Mr. Elders testimony was the one
particularly bright event of the after
noon and considerable amusement was
caused by the attorneys questions and
the answers of the witness.
w. r. FAAS,
Of Minerva, was called in rebuttal. Mr.
Clark asked Mr.. Faas If he had seen or
had talked with Messrs. Whitacre and
Casey under the awning in front of the
Minerva News building on the night of
the meeting in Kibler's office. Mr. Faas
said he had not. Mr.. Baldwin cross
examined and Faas was asked If he had
not crossed the street on that night.
II was watching the Kibler office and
saw the curtain down." said Mr.. Faas
This was unusual and walked across
office from another point of view.
knew Brast was there and wanted to
know what was going on
isn't it fact that you stood around
there for some time watching KILLERS
Officer"
mo sir didn't"
Didn't you cross the street and stand
in doorway and watch the door of
Kiblers Officer"
"Yes did"
''Did you not stay about Kibler's office
and see Kibler and Brast come out?"
mo, sir, 1 did not"
You have some feeling against Kib-
Ter, havn't you. You are the man who
came up here and made this complaint
for which Kibler is now on trial"
Eyes, sir, I am"
"And you went into the probate office
" one occasion and examined bond
of Mr.. Kibler's and then told his bonds
men that they had better get off the
bond"
yes, sir, I did"
you have also said that Kibler was
a defaulter in the sum of SCOOP"
81 have said that 1 heard he was
defaulter."
THE fact is that you have been
bounding Kibler for SINE time. isn't it?"
The witness did not reply and the ex-
animation ended.
JOHN KIBLER,
a brother of Attorney Frank Kibler,
was examined in regard to the divorce
proceedings. He testified that he had
been present in his brothers office when
Mr.. Morehead had called and said he
had never heard Frank say that he
would not take judgment for alimony
The prosecution desired to introduce
further testimony in rebuttal of the ev-
idence against the character of George
Whitacre and asked that the hearing be
continued until Saturday morning to
permit them to bring other witnesses
from Minerva. The court stated that it
was desired that the hearing be con-
cluded Friday and all witnesses pres
ent having been examined the case was
closed.