The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
The State Completes Its Case
in a Very Short Time.
Witnesses Say Stewart Expressed Sor-
row for Assistant Cashier Gallup,
by Whom Check Was Cashed.

The trial Of Charles z. Stewart in
dicted for uttering a certain forged and
counterfeit order for $4,000 pretended
TO be made by the Lawrence National
Bank Of Kansas and signed by it's cash
Ter. w. l.. Howe and endorsed to pay 10
II. j.. Webster, and TO defrauding the
First National Bank of Woonsocket of
$4,000 was begun before Judge Wilbur
and jury this morning.
Henry Cram. counsel for the prison.
err asked every juror drawn a numbc.
Of questions. The principal ones being
Are you a deposition or stockholder o.
financially interested In the First Ma
tional Bank OF Woonsocket? Have you
read the newspaper accounts of this
case? Have you formed any opinion OF
the guilt or innocence Of the prisoner?
There was much delay-ff starting the
trial owing TO the failure Of witnesses
10 arrive. Stewart was carefully gloved
and looked particularly spruce for an
old man. His wife was early at the
court house and sat beside him durin
the trial.
Beside the attorney general sat Lieut.
William T.. Dodge OF the Woonsocket
police force and Cashier BENJAMIN w
Gallup of the First National Bank Of
Woonsocket
Stewart Is alleged to be one Of big
gang OF forgers who have operated in
different sections OF the country. \
large number of slick jobs are placed TO
the credit of the prisoner and his asso-
ciates. The defence up - the noon
hour had nos betn disclosed
THE JURY COMPLETED.
The jury as finally m 'de up was
Joshua Perkins Of Pascoag. foreman;
Albert +. SmitL, Andrew f. Charles,
Charles f Hill Charles ". farHu'fa
I'd: George l.. Card, Arthur Wirsor,
William Abel. John Mitchell Lincoln,
JChn Porter Samuel Bottomley and
Charles II Snow
Benjamin w Gallup testified he re-
sided in Woonsocket and was assistant
cashier OF the First National bank OF
that city. He had known the prisoner
since 1896 In that year Stewart had
desk room in Tne same office as Evan
gelist g. Fay Mills and Mr.. Gallup was
in the real estate business with an Of
flee in the Industrial Trust co,npany's
building He did not see Stewart
again until last fall. when Stewart
came to Woonsocket claiming to be
looking for real estate investments and
opportunities for manufacturing es-
Establishments.
WANTED INTRoDUCTIONS. 0
The witness further stated that stew
art wanted introductions 10 parties
having real estate for sale and witness
gave him letters to II. j. Bennett and
to Il. O. Rowan. Later the prisoner
brought i'm II. T.. Webster. Witness did
not have many conversations with
Webster and shortly after this inter-
view left town for a vacation. But be-
fore THIS webster got a letter from
witness TO John w. Ellis in regard 10 a
worsted mill the latter was interested
in.
CHECK PRESENTED.
When Mr.. Gallup returned 20 Woon-
socket he was Informed that Webster
and Stewart had been I'm To see him
many times. on October 3d, Stewart
came in and presented the cashiers
check for $4,000 from the Lawrence
National Bank. purportng 20 be drawn
ON the First National Bank OF New
York. He had a letter from r.. T..
Webster in which Webster recon-
mended the payment of $4,000 on some