The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-12
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY
To Dcfraud the oyerument-Trial Of
the Lancaster Revenue Stamp
CounterfeItlng Gases.

To Defraud the Goverument-Trial Of
the Lancaster Revenue Stamp
Counterfeiting Cases.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. II. = The
third day of the trial of Ellery P. Ing
ham and Harvey x. hewitt, respsctive-
ly former United States district attorney
and assistant. on the charge of conspir-
acy and bribery In connection with the
Lancaster revenue stamp counterfeIting
case, was particularly interesting Sc
cret Service Operative McManus, who
swore on the stand yesterday that Mr..
hewitt had on two occasions given him
$500 to protect the counterfelters was
under Attorney Shields cross-examina-
tion FIRE, during which the defense was
outlined. Mr.. Shields confined his ques-
tions almost exclusively to the payment
Of the money by hewitt to McManus.
He asked the witness IL at any time the
names of the Lancaster people had been
mentioned either by himself or by Mr.,
hewitt. On answering in the negative
witness was asked IL he had not told
Mr.. hewitt that the secret service had
no case In Lancaster. Mr.. McManus
said he might have said this for pur-
pose. MI. Shields showed by his cross
questioning that he wanted Mr. Nc
Manus to admit that he had led Mr..
hewitt into trap, but was not success
fuI. When counsel for the defense had
finished with the witness District At
torney Beck questioned the witness
relative to certain insinuatlons mace
yesterday regarding his character py
the opposing lawyer. There was a mini
OF forgery on McMaRus' part In connec-
tlon with pension claim. and this was
further Investigated when Samuel L.
Richards was called to the stand
Secret Service Operative William j.
Burns, Of Washington, told OF the work
he had done in shadowlng jacobs, Ken
diE and hewitt His testimony was
practically a corroboratlon Of that OPP
erative McAianus. Witness said that
Ingram and hewitt had been under sus-
pIcion for some time before they. ap-
preached McManus with proposition 10
betrny the bureau secrets.
John b. WIIkie, chief OF the secret ser
vice bureau, corroborated Operatives
McAianus and Burns. and told Of the ar-
rest OF the defendants.
Mr.. Shields tried to bring out the taet
that the witness could not be belieVeu.
Mr., Shields asked Chief Wilkie II II was
true that Detective Bell, OF Canaan;
furnished him (Wllkle) with copy OF
the famous letter written by Lieut. GlI1 !,
ranZn, Of the spanish legation. Chlet
WIlkle denied this, and Mr.. Shields ask
cd II Detective Bell had not accused him
Of forgery, OF ordering him tBelD to
break open n trunk and steal the Car
ranza letter. Witness said yes, but he
stated that he had already proved that
Bell was not in his employ, and that he
had secured the letter from another
source. II had since developed, he
said, that the so-cnlled Detective" Bell
was CarranZa's hirelinE.
George A. Bartlett, OF Washington
disbursement clerk In the secret service
bureau, testified that there was an an
nual appropriation Of 100000 to be used
In preventing counterfeitIng. William
], Flynn, n Pittsburgh secret service op-
eratlve, who assisted in the arrest OF
Mr.. hewitt. Identified papers found on
the defendant. They were n copy OF
Chief Wilkle's decoy letter. two notes
from Operative McManus and the copy
OF a message 10 Kendlg, Corroborative
testimony OF minor value was given by
two Of Operative McMhnus' colleauGes,
and by an employe Of the treasury de-
partment. Then William NJ Jacobs, the
proprietor OF the Lancaster cigar fac
tory. and the self-confessed originator
and leader Of the darling and fnr-rcnch
ing counterfeiting plot, was examined
by the government He Rald in Octo-
ber. 1898, Downey. the deputy Internal
revenue collector for Lancaster. told
him the secret service were watching
witness and KeHdige in their counter
feltinR operations. A few days later
witness and Kendig visited InEhnm In
Philadelphia, and after inquIrlnE OF him
II the secret service men could be cor
rupted was told by InRhnm that he
thought they were II properly approach
cd, and that most people could be reach
cd by money The witness also testl-
fed to talking over the long distance
telephone from Lancaster TO Inghnm,
lnQuirlnR as To the lRtter's progress with
the bribery negotiations. Witness OK
animation failed tn shake tncobg' tcs-
timony Samuel H. Downey. eN-dcputy
internal revenue collector. who has col-
feEgCd to having accepted ronoy from
Jacobs for furnishing him with the In
formation that thr secret Ecrylce agents
waro watching hin, was called, aud
r1adc this Fdmlgsinr IN the stand. Court
thcn ndiOurncd until Tomorrow,