The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-12
In Spite Of Rigid ss-Emmlnaion BY Mr..
Shields He Did Not Break Down.
lNGHAM AND HEWITT SUSPECTED.
This Was Before They Approached McManus With
Proposition 10 Bshay Bureau Secrets = Jacobs,
Lsadsr OF Gang, Turns State Evidence.

Philadelphia, oct. 12.-The third day
of the trial of Ellery p. Ingham and
Harvey *. hewitt respectively former
United States District Attorney and as
sistant, on the charge Of conspiracy and
bribery i'm connection with the Laneas-
ter revenue stamp counterfeiting case,
was particularly interesting Secret
Service operative McManus who swore
on the stand the preceding day that
Mr.. hewitt had on two occasions given
him $50 10 protect the counterfeiters,
was under Attorney Shelds's cross
examination fire. during which the de-
fence was outlined. Mr. Shields con-
fined his questions almost exclusively
too the payment OF the money by New
it, to McManus. He asked the witness
if at any time the names Of the Ian
caster people had been mentioned either
by himself or by Mr.. hewitt. ON an
swering In the negative witness was
asked IL he had not told Mr.. hewitt
that the Secret Service had no case in
Lancaster Nj. McManus said he
might have said this for "A purpose Mr..
Shields showed by his cross-examina-
I. ton that he wanted Mr.. McManus TO
admit that he had led Mr., hewitt into
a trap, but was not very successful
When counsel for the defence had fin-
ished with the witness, District Attor-
ney Beck questioned the witness rela-
tive to certain insinuations made re-
gard nights private character by the op-
posing lawyer. There was a hint OF
forgery on McAfanus part, i'm connec-
tion with a pension claim. and this was
further investigated when Samuel l..
Richards was called to the stand.
TO DISCREDIT McMANUS.
The defence cross-examined Richards
with a view to dlscrediting McManus's
value as a witness for the prosecution
I'm the present case. by showing that
he acted dishonesty in the Richards
case. but the witness was contradictory
Secret Service operative William j.
Burns OF Washington. who had charge
of the hunt for the counterfeiters as
soon as the plot was discovered, told of
the work he had done in shadowing
Jacobs. Kendig and hewitt. His testi-
mony was practically corroboration
OF that Of McManus.
on cross-examination counsel for the
defence attempted to show that Burns
was unreliable. but the detective more
than held his own in the sharp eX-
changes with the lawyer. Witness said
that -IAgha+n and hewitt had been under
suspicion for some time before they ap-
preached McManus with proposition
40 betray the bureau secrets
United states Commissioner Edmunds
was called to identify Mr.. Ingham's
handwriting. ard the defence caused
some surprise by admitting that tho
alleged code" was in Mr.. 1ngham's
writing
CHIEF WILKIE TESTIFIES.
John r.. wilkie, Chief of the Secret
Service Bureau. corrObOrated McManus
and Burns, and told of the arrest %
the defendants The same line OF de-
fence was adopted with Chief Wilkie IS
,n the other cases. Mr.. Shields tried 10
hiring out the fact that the witness
could not be believed.
Mr.. Shields asked Chief Wilkie If IL
was not true that Detective Bell OF
Canada did not furnish him tWilkte)
with copv of the famous letter writ
ten bv Lieut.. Carranza of the spanish
legation. chief Wilkie denied this. and
Mr. Shields asked IL Detective Bell had
not accused him Of forgery. by order
ing him (BelD To break open a trunk
and ST al the CarranZa letter. Witness
said Yes. bur he stated that ne had az
ready rroVed that Bell was not in ms
employ and that he had secured the
letter from another source. II had
since deVeloped. he said. that the so-
! cafI6d defective" Bell WAS CarranZas
hireline.
PAPERS IDENTIFIED.
George A. Bartlett Of Washington,
disbursement clerk I'm the secret ser
vice bureau testified that there was an
annual approximation ~ 500 600 to pe
used i'm preventing counterfeiting.
William !. Finn. n Pittsburg secret
service operative. who assisted in the
arrest Of Mr.. hewitt. Identified papers
found on the defendant. They were 2
COPY of chief Wilkes decoy letter. two
notes from operative McManus, and a
copy OF message 10 Kendig.
Corrohorative testimony OF minor
value was given bv two other opera
,ives. McManus' colleagues. and by an
empleve Of the treasury department
Then William NJ Jacobs. the proprie-
Tor Of the Lancaster cigar factory and
+he self-confesscd originator and lead
or Of the daring and far-reaching coun-
terfeit pll was examined by the gov
ornment He ssid that in October, 1898,
Downev. the deputy internal revenue
collector for Lancaster. told him the
secret service men were watching Wit
nose and Kendig i'm their counterfeiting
oner,tions A Few DAYS later witness
and Kendig visited InGham. IN Phila-
dclphia. and after inquirinE of him "