The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
INGHAM AND HEWITT.
Third Days Trial of the Men for
Forgery.

inIrd Days Trial of the Men for
Forgery.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-THE third day
of the trial of Ellory P. Ingham and
Harvey K. hewitt, respectively former
United States district attorney and as
sistant, on the charge of conspiracy
and bribery in connection with the Lam
caster revenue stamp counterfeitine
case, was particularly interesting. Sc
cret Service Officer McManus, who
sWore that hewitt had on two occasions
given him $500 to protect the counter
Ielters, was under cross-examination,
during which the defence was outlined.
Mr.. Shields confined his questions al
most exclusively to the payment of the
money by hewitt to McManus. When
counsel for the defence had finished the
witness was questioned relative to GER
tain statements made regarding his pri-
vate character by the opposing lawyer.
There was a hint of forgery on Nc
Manus' part in connection with a pen
sion claim, and this was further inves-
tigated when Samuel L. Richards was
called to the stand
MR.. SHIELDS ASKED
Chief Wilkie if it was not true
that Detective Bell of Canada. did
not furnish him (Wilkie) with a
copy of the famous letter written
by Lieut.. Carranza of the Spanish
legation. Chief Wilkie denied this. and
Mr.. Shields asked if Bell had not ac-
cused him of forgery, by ordering him
tBelD to break open a trunk and steal
the Carranza 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. 1t had since developed.
he said, that the so-called "Detective'
Bell was Carranza's hireling. George
A. Bartlett of Washington, disburse-
ment clerk in the secret service bureau.
testified that there was an annual an,
preparation Of 100000 to be used in
preventing counterfeiting
WILLIAM ]. FLYNN, A SECRET
SERVICE OPERATIVE,
who assisted in the arrest of Mr..
hewitt, confiscated papers found in one
of the defendants pockets. Among
them were two notes from Operative
McManus and a message to Kendig.
Corroborative testimony of minor value
was given by two of Operative Nc
Manus' colleagues and by other en-
ployees. William Jacobs, the proprietor
self-confessed originator and leader of
the
DARING AND FAR-REACHING
|counterfeiting plot. was examined by
the government. He said that in Octo-
ber 1898, Downey. the deputy internal
revenue collector for Lancaster told
him that secret service men were
watching witness and Kendig in their
counterfeiting operations. A few days
later witness and Kendig visited Ing
ham in Philadelphia, and, after inquir-
ing of him if the secret service men
could be corrupted. was told by Ing
ham that he thought they were cor
ruptible if properly approached, and
that most people could be reached
by money. The witness also testified
to talking over the long-distance tele-
phone from Lancaster with Ingham, in
curing as to the lattar's progress with
the bribery negotiations. Cross exan-
ination failed to shake Jacobs testi-
mony.
Samuel B. Downey, ex-deputy inter
nal revenue collector, who has con-
fessed accepting money from Jacobs
for furnishing him with information
that the secret service agents were
watching him, was called and made
this admission on the stand. Court then
adjourned until tomorrow.