Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-24
Planned Fake Deal to Defraud an
Imaginary Idiotic Brother In
Idaho.
This Circumstance Creates Sensation In the
Celebrated Glass Will Case at Mansfield
1.-The Testimony.

The meeting Of a man and woman in
this city at the Windsor hotel has de-
veloped into one of the biggest sensa-
tions in the celebrated Glass will case
now being heard at Mansfield.
Since the case was filed it has been
ascertained that the woman was a de-
tective and that she was in the en-
ploy of the prosecution. The Ashland
Press contains an excellent account of
the trial. Dr. Glass lived at Ashland
and the case would have been heard in
that county had not the defense sue
ceeded in getting a change of venue.
THE AKRON END.
That part of the story referring to
the meeting in Akron was as follows:
In point of interest if not in i'm
portance all other evidence paled into
deep insignificance Friday forenoon
when the state put upon the stand a
star witness in the person of a young
detective. Clearly and at length he
told story of plot which, according
to him, Lamartne Greenwald (the de-
3 fendant. charged with uttering forged
will purporting to be that of DR..
Glss, had entered into with him and
n woman under the assumed name of
Rose Allen. who afterwards turned
out to be a female detective named
Mrs. Catharine Sayler, of Pittsburg.
All this happened less than a month
before the present trial, and explains
Greenwald's absence from home the
last of October. The wonderful thing
about it was that Greenwald shoulu
enter into such scheme just before
the present case was disposed of. The
appearance of the detectives and their
story caused sensation and was a
bold stroke by the prosecution.
GREENWALD HERE.
The state prepared the jury for the
detectives story by the testimony
Thursday of the proprietor Of the
Windsor hotel In Akron, who saw
Greenwald in room there with wo-
man and witnessed a paper for them,
and by the testimony of Harry AM
brose, of the Ashland postoffice, and
of Weldon Mcclure, proprietor of a
pool and billiard room in Akron. AM
brose stated that Greenwald had in
quired for letters at the Ashland post
office for Roscoe Hammond, evidently
n fictitious name, and received two in
October. Mcclure testified to having
seen Greenwald in Akron a number of
times, saw him leave the Buchtel In
company with n lady, and that Green
wald had told him he was there in the
interest of n lady who was entitled to
a large amount OF money and he had
the power OF attorney to get 1t for
her; that he had met the lady in
Cleveland and had been having a nice
time with her.
DETECTIVE WAS WATCHING.
Then came the detective, hired by
the state. The name he gave was j.
NJ. Mara. He is 20 years old, smooth
faced and very smooth at his business
from all appearances. He said he had
been in the employ of the Perkins
Detective agency of Pittsburg, Pa, for
two years, and for Is years previous
with the Gilkinson and National agcu
cies. He and the female detective
told remarkable stories that had no
direct bearing upon the case only to
show Grespwald's nature and abilities
and the relevancy of their testimony
was questioned by the defense
THE PLOT.
In brief, the plot laid out aud carried
out by the detectives was as follows:
Mara came here Oct q. searching for
his alleged cousin, Rose Allen. heir TO
the Sl25,000 estate of her father at
Silver City, Idaho. II Mara could
prove that she was dead, he would get
all of the estate. Her idiotic brother
came into the story later and was to
be disposed of In a forged will. Mara