Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-03
COTS CASE CONTINUES.
A LARGE NUMBER OF WITNESSES
WE'RE ON THE STAND
YESTERDAY.
4 SENSATIONAL MODEM

1ESIEHDA1s
A SENSATIONAL INCIDEN T
During the Examination of a Daugh-
ter of the observation-disclosures APP
piled Some Epithets to Prosecnt-
ing Attorney Mcyer--LarGe Num-
Der OF Character witnesses Testf-
fed-synopsis of the Evidence.
The first witness called on Monday
morning for the defense was Mrs.
Amanda Holmes. She lives in North
Wheeling. Knew J. G.. Haberfeld. His
wife was a sister to her husband She
had seen Haberfield write his name FREE
quently and knew his signature. Said
the signature or endorsement on the al
legged forged rote was Haberfield's writ
ing. She was present at the civil suit
in Justice Rogers court. She saw the
paper shown to A. K Haberfield by Mr..
DRYDEN. She noticed that the paper
had stamps on it. She had afterward
talked with A. K. Haberfield about the
signature, and he had said the sigma
It.4c did not look like his fathers, but
it WIS genuine Haberfield said, Colts
will go to the penitentiary, and that Is
where he ought to go.%
She went into RoDinson's office be-
fore the civil suit, and Robinson told
the witnesses that papers would be
shown them They were not to say, Il
think so, but Yes or NO"
Cross-examined by Mr.. Boyce, she
said the signature pasted on the declar-
alton was John G. Habertield's. Also
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the City Bank. She thought the en-
dorsement and the word Haberfield on
the envelope addressed to A. K. Haber-
field by Colts were not different, or she
could not see any difference.
At the civil suit the paper was folded
I'D, and Mr. Robinson demanded 1t.
After Robinson demanded the paper and
Colts and Dryden went into back
room, where Colts showed the note and
folded paper to Mr. Dryden, and then
she noticed the stamps on 1t. Before
the trial Robinson sold her that they
(the defense) were going to produce a
paper and ask them to identify the sig
nature, and that they must answer that
it was, even if it was not. A great
deal of this witness evidence was
spoken in such low tone that 1T was
unintelligible to the reporter.
John w. Williams had known the
Haberfields and Mr.. Colts for some
time. Was at the civil suit before
Squire Rogers. His evidence was much
the same as his mother Mrs. Holmes, in
regard to the conversation with Mr..
Robinson before the trial. He also
saw the note when Mr.. Colts and Mr..
Dryden went into the back room, and
heard Mr.. Colts say: This is the note. y
He said that the signature put in evil
dence was torn off another paper than
the one shown to A. K. Haberheld.
Shortly after the arrest of Mr.. Colts,
he and A. K. Haberheld had a converse
ton on Market street. Haberfeld said
that another note had turned up.
Haberfeld said that he knew the sigma
ture on the note was genuine, and that
Colts ought to have been in the peni-
tertiary before this because he was a
id old rogue.
The witBess had seen w. P. Robin
son on Chapline street, and Robinson
said: IF we watch our p's and as and
keep our heads, we can send Colts to
the penitentiary.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Meyer, he said
that he had said that he did not think
his evidence would be of any weight.
He and his mother were the only per-
sons who knew that Colts owed J. G..
Haberfield 5000; hence they were sum-
moned on the civil suit. He had not
heard anything said about Colts spring
ing a note in the civil suit, but said
that he had asked Robinson if he
thought they would spring the note,
and Robinson replied that he did not
know what they'd spring. Robinson
did not ask for the signature shown to
Haberfield, but only asked for sigma
ture of J. G. Haberfeld. Robinson de-
manded the entire paper after the sig
nature had been torn off, but the justice
decided that as he had only asked for
the signature he could not have the
paper. When Colts tore the signature
off the paper he asked the justice to
preserve the signature, because it was
torn from power of attorney and he
did not want it lost. The note was not
demanded at any time.
He heard Dryden say, "Jim. you don t
have to put that (the note) in, for the
suit is on a different matter
In regard to the conversation with
Haberfield on Market street, he again
made the statements given on direct
examination. but said that he told Hab-
erfield if the note was forged that he
ought to go to the penitentiary.
Robinson had said to him on Chap
line street that We have the dead wood
on him now. We have him by the
n, and If things turn out as we
expect he will get trip to the pen.
Witness said: Il expect they will give
him HI"
Mrs. Clara Williams was next called
She knew Mr.. Colts and the Haber-
fields She was not at the civil suit
before Rogers. A. K Haberfeld was
at her house after the arrest of Mr..
Colts and had said that he knew the
alleged forged signature was genuine,
but that Colts would go to the peniten-
tiary where he ought to be.
Mrs. Mary Radcliff stated that she is
the daughter of W. J. Colts and keeps
house for him. Two of the Haberfelds