New-York tribune., 1899-02-11

OF Barnet's death yes.
A n for chez hoy a4 da' een eDr in | since
the latter part Of september; that Is when TOOK
'' HThen ~ YOU were IN New-York during all the
time Of bsrnet's illness? Al was .,,,,
Q.--How many times did you go 10 see MIN A.
did nT.t learn n that Sa vhs he wa. Ss, 'Sk
Of Noyember possibly was sSns to say cine }ns 49, TO-
Qwhen ala yoS go to Newark to ysT Al do
not 1--we in Newark MY business Is acre yo, ,ba,
Won had agI moved SS, TO Newark? A-No' sir do not
remember having said that at n.s,, all, % NV r.co
lection was that you went to Newark and you
that as reason for not gGag ana ef seehs ing
Knickerbocker Athletic Club, That was In the
latter part Of November or the first part OK De-
0GSNSi Q~And did you keep your room out there in
o"And You keep it now. do your Alt h In
QEwell would like to know when you heard
Of Barnet's death? Al heard 1t on the night
that he died. That was on the 10th OF November
Q|wIn YOU kindly tell me who tod you that t, hs
was ih ANr i, qfnef Hnshes 500 AMr ira G H1ghes
Dwell had Hughes continued 70 be a member
Of the Knckerbocker Club? Ayes: believe ne
o-Mr. Hughes was a friend OF yours. was he7
oITs Mr. Adams a friend Of yours. Mr.. Mo-
neux? Al DO not think can number MIN among
m
K3ckerbocker Mf %&' Athiec 's' cuS? AHe expressed
himself as friendly to me- and I was certainly
Q~Up to the time Of your leaving the Knicker.
that. up TO the time that l was having my dif-
ferences with Mr.. Cornish.
d9 he not? A@oh. do moi Know that he claimed
to be very great friend; we were In one anot&hers hers
he was sick and he expressed his qualification for
o.-well 1t was through Adamss influence that
YOU were made chairman OF the House Committee!
not irving IN the tS be 0ase
,CS 4 sboSs GEpTs be And was it not his influence that
made YOU secretary A.-He asked me to be sec
oGNow. then you say that your friend Hughes.
Barnet was il2 Ale did, yes
O-And do you recollect where you were AT the
time he told you? Avery well
o-Where were you. Ave were at the Lotos
~ Q@And will you kindly tel me all thar he sSid %.
10 YOU in reference 10 that A;-Certain&; MT
son NJ Inc Chicago Athletic Cub-yce president OF
the Chicago Athletic Club-and suggested dinner r
glad 10 do: and Mr.. Thompson was invited oy me
to dine with that night ana meet some n OF S ,ns
among the other guests o.. ., ,,,,s -, T.,
Q-By the way-excuse me for CARVING ca ms ms on mn IN
ynn yniS ike Ike Mr. Osborne.
letter that you wrote to Schefier. Any counsel
OahOrne-WiU
Weeks? CAir Weeks produced the letter.
sCuEFFI.ER LETTER IN EVIDENCE.
o-Mr Molineux. is this letter written in your
or9inarv handwrIting? A.-Will you let me see it?
That is my handwriting; sir ~ .xb,bt,
O-You misapprehend my question: doubtless.
+ that your ordinary handwriting SAID. A
Mr.. Osborne-Mr Weeks. offer these in evidence;
Mr. Weeks-The District-Attorney having called 20
elidence / object their admissihilty IN evidence
upon the ground that they are absolutely imma-
= Mr. osborne-I only did that as a matter Of
courtesy to Jet you know where they are
Mr. Weeks-It is very kind OF you A
MIR Osborne-Tf you are going TO make speech
every time treat you courteousiy' wont 90 "
Wr Weeks-That Is the first RECOGNITION OF the
District Attorney that entitled to live.
Mr.. Osborne have not used them YET; III,
Mr. Weeks-You had them marked wit1'ut ASK
Mr.. 0sborne-I see you have decided on talking
Mr. Weeks-NN but you ask witness = c@ounseI @
to produce cert In papers and then you appro-
Mr. i Osbcrne-V Ut in the world are you talking
Kelly you take charge of those exhibits please
MIR it. please tne o9u 90 e1 for this
witness and | ask that they be returned 10 my pos
S'Sfolt Mr. osborne-They will when | through with
them. They are exhibits In this case S,S,s nov;
The are % rn'anea ha onsn s5 to
y QMMr my! 'Moiineux. you have, submitted good
nTuS merits have YOU not? Al have given my attor-
nevs everything that have.
q In he way Of your handwriting? A.-Yes
o-And YOU have been in consultation WIN MI
Carvaho yourself have san YOU Sr9 9o' have seen
o-Rut you have not consulted with him your
Q-Monneux I asked you what the converse, sa,
and MIR Hughes? A-And I started to tell YOU SIT
O. Yes / know you did. AThat he had list
Of names Of gentlemen whom ne would Ike to IN
yite 10 meet William Hin Thompson, and had a
list also whom ! would like to invite TO meet
William Hin Thompson and among & tne naiaeI nnd :
suggested by Mr. Hughes was Mr.. Barnet; ana
said by all means. lets have Barnet ana ana
Hughes said 'All right; If he is well enough ana no
said as ne sick and he said lie lie Is connnc1 jinn
to MS room" VEL l said ana let can me tell T'G~ tSs
seward to have the place for him Mr. Hughes Is
called mp on the telephone MI & Qsborne; h , ~ :
cannot remember which, and he said Poor barney
has GOT diphthera and he is confined IN ms room
And the night Of the dinner he told me about H.
repeating what he had said 49,
O-Thcn it was known at the Knickeroocker Attn
iefic Clnn as early as November 8, al any rate
that Mr. Barnet had the dphtheria? At propa-
biy was: I did not know from the Knickeroocker
Atee Aoweil Mr Hughes was from the Kqcker6o,Ick, c,I
er Athletic Cluo2 Ale was at the Lotos Cluo
q@61t MT Hughes vas member wss .ir Of the Kni'k-
Q-And Barnet was living there at the time! A
G,-And Of course he must have known from as
early as November that he had the diphthera
At NAV be or II may not be- do not know /
only know what Mr. hughes tOid me r., ,ooe
Q.-When lid you first meet Barnet? IN lSS"'
I'm the spring m the latter part OF ls'3i LII
NOT be sure II was while | was living al the cuo
O-WeI do you know the owner OF the yacht
Viator2 Avery we'll
Q-Mr Morgan. A.-Yes. sir.
0-Tow long have you known Mr.. Morgan A
I have known Mr.. Morgan almost as az long as
have been I'm the New-YOrk Athletic Cluo i,
O-You did not know him until after you got IN
the New-York Athletic club A.-Wen' thst IL
probably ten years or more ~. A, ,
Q-Do YOU remember being on cruise with MIN :
A II have been on several cruises with him.
Dwell a particular cruise in 1877 A.-fes'
sir: | was on a cruise I'm 1877 49,, -, .
any time with Barnet? A.-Never
Q.-Ifave you ever been on ne boat III any tiiiio
when Barnet was there? A.-Never
THE CRUISE ON THE vIAToR
O.-Now do YOU remember being on a cruise with
NJ ,organ and Mr. Baldwin? A.-Yes. sir: have
been with Mr.. Morgan three cruises and every
one Of them Mr.. Baldwin was there. too, ana the
last cruise in 1897 the one you refer 70. Mr. bald