Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-29

Echoes of the Marsh Tsis'.
The most important witness on the
second day of the trial was Adjt.
Case, president of the military board.
Notwithstanding the fact that all meet
ings of the board were supposed TO be
called by him, he testified that it was
not until he appeared before the grand
jury the past winter that he learned
that a special meeting was held in
Grand Rapids, July II last, at which
the resolution authorizing the sale of
the military goods was adopted. He
also swore that it was not until the last
Friday in August that he learned of the
sale of the goods, and then White men
toned the sale in the course of con-
versation. He further stated that had
he attended the meeting he never
should have voted TO sell the goods for
the ridiculously low price of $40, 500.
lie admitted, when quizzed by the at
torney for the defense, that he had inn
plicit confidence in Whites word. and
knew of no reason why he should not
have had
Col. Sutton is confident he viii be
tblt w dCtOllib lOI al Va liAo w ijOSllN
and Withdrawals of money mentioned
by Prosecutor Tuttlc on the first day
of the trial He says he viii account
for the S., 500 deposit by the testimony
of a dozen of the best business men of
Detroit. and that, although the 81, $50
was a confidential fund, il will also be
accounted for satisfactorily. His wifes
nnnneitg ha xxrill "a aaannnfn1 fnt.
fully in the ordinary course of business.
The colonel does not understand why
the prosecutor does not account for the
disposition Of the third installment of
of 81, COG, which he claims Bickerstaff
paid White the day previous to the de
parture of the party to attend the
Dewey celebration. 1t is altogether
probable that this will be done to a
large extent before the case is con-
cluded, at least to the satisfaction of
the prosecution.
BY Biclerstafg's testimony on the
23d il was shown that the military
goods were re-shipped from Chicago to
Kalamazoo in the same four cars in
which they left Lansing. the seals not
even ha, ng been broken here the
goods were unpacIed and classified.
Some of them had originally been sold
to the state by the Henderson-A mes
Co. and bore that company's tags and
labels. For this reason Biclerstaff
suggested to White the ACCESSIBILITY of
having the IIenderson-Am es Co. S tags
put on all the goods. and buttons bear
ing their stamp substituted for those
bearing stamps of other makers. White,
he said, consented to this arrangement
and agreed to pay for doing the work.
Bickerstaff also swore that on a Satur-
day early in September he made trip
to Grand Rapids, carrying something
more than S25, 900 in a satchel, consist
ing of both gold and currency. White
and Marsh were at the station to meet
him, and the three went to the mill
tary club, where they took private
dining room. White first took out the
statement covering the remittance.
He accepted the count of gold as cor
rect, but counted the packages of cur
rency. When this was done, BiclScr-
staff swore, White handed Marsh
portion of the currency. The witness
could not swear to the exact amount,
but said the bundle handed Marsh APP
peared to contain quite quantity of
bills
Fearing that the confinement to
which most of the jurors are unaccus-
toned, together with their lack of
usual exercise, may make some of them
i'll if they are not looked carefully
after, Judge West has engaged DIR. j.
+. Campbell to visit the jurors each
morning and look after their health.
Juror Mabb was slightly indisposed on
the 92d, but he is all right again now.
The mystery concerning the where
abouts of Gen. w. l.. White, the fugi-
tive quartermaster-gener of the
Michigan National Guard. was solved
on the morning of the goth, when an
intimate friend of the missing man re-
ceived "a letter from i'm written in
Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa.
The annual report made by Gen.
White TO Gov, Pingree following the
close of the war, which report con-
tanned a detailed statement of the goods
on hand, was offered in evidence by
the prosecution during the second days
proceeding. The total value being
given as SG4, 1914.
The fact that Judge West excused
those jurors not on the Marsh panel
until April 3 is an evidence of about
how long the court thinks this case
will continue. 1t is hardly probable
that the trial will be completed then.
Discovery of n New Mineral.