The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-09


your
Mr.. Seigler."
''Ah, Tippet & Sykes went away and
you and Seigler closed up the business"
mo. The detective closed up the
business"
WHO arrested you, Mr.. Furlong, the
sergeant of pohce?'
Did he put anything on you?"
No, he knew i was gentleman and
would co.
Didn't tie or handcuff your
NO. l told him to have a glass of
beer with me and I'd go. He took the
beer and we went to the orion"
why was the business closed up?"
Because he couldn't get anybody to
run it right after left"
What did Tippet leave there for?''
Il don't know"
Yes, you do know"
IF you were to leave here, wouldn't
know why you left, even if you told me"
Did he tell your
Yes, but l didn't any more know
he was telling the truth about it
than l would know you were telling the
truth, and I'd believe him as quick as
| would you"
away, or that there was warrant out
for him. But later he acknowledged
that Tippet was charged with stealing
horse that he Q1elms) helped him es-
cape. that he hired horse and buggy
himself an dtook Trippet to Castle
Hayne. station some twelve or fifteen
/ miles from Wilmington, to catch N
train.
This witness by his demeanor on the
stand made a very bad impression and
did the defence no good.
At 12:45 o'clock the defendant Mar
shall went on the stand.
He began by telling his age (33 years.
his place of residence Wilmington ana
his business (attorney at law) He was
born, he said. in Onslow county, but
had been living in Wilmington since
1872. For ten years he has been en-
gagged in practicing law.
Then he came to his connection with
Politz, Cotsobelus and Darkley.
You are charged" said Mr.. Bellamy
who conducted the examination, with
counterfeiting. Is the charge true?'
lit is not. | was never engaged in it,
never knew that it was going on, or had
any sort of connection with it.
The correspondence and bills that pass
cd between the Penn Smelling and Re
linng Company and the defendant We're
now submitted to him, and he was
asked to explain them. He said:
'sThre are three letters here. Two of
them were written on my typewriter by
| my stenographer at my dictation. The
| third was written by my own hand
The witness started to say there was
| fourth letter. not among these To
] this the government objected and The
| court ruled that the evidence was nor
competent.
Then there was long argument by
the attorneys as to the admiSsability OF
certain questions touching a letter writ
| ten by Politz on March 23. 1898, before
| Marshall knew him. This was to
| Strauss Bros, Baltimore, ordering two
| pounds Of best silver The questions
were finally admitted.
| The witness then read the first letter
written by himself 1t was dated Octo-
Der 30, 1898. and ordered y ounces of
| pure silver from the Penn Smelling and
Refining Company, and asked the price
of pure gold Touching this and tie
other letters the witness pro luced oar-
tain memoranda, but attorneys for the
government objected and he put tteln
back in his pocket.
| He said he first met Poitz in March.
1898, shortly after Politz was burned
| out
Mr.. w. +. Yopp brought him to my
| office. He wanted me to help him col
lect his insurance money. ] uuiert col,
to do so and finally did collect IT,.
Did you have any trouble IN collect
ing it,"
The court refused to allow the une s.
ton, on the ground that it Won 4 be r.
| vealing Il privilege communication be-
tween client and attorney.
did you see Politz after his
| Il saw him occasionally until August
oI. September when he came, 10 en-
ploy me to defend him in FIVE or SIX
cases against him for selling LIQUOR cIl
| Sunday. For this | charged him $40.
He paid me so and / was to trade OUT
the balance | did so. On October 18th
! went to his store to give an order. It's
clerk, Tom Howell, filled the order.
| While | was in the store Howell la-ro-
duced me to the Greek, Cotsohelus. aud
told him | was the man who got lolitz
| out of trouble As / was leaving the
| store the Greek asked me to write my
| name and address on piece of paper, IS
| he might have some business for me.
| | did so. About week after this the
Greek came to my office"
Here attorneys for the defense at
tempted to get in the conversation be-
tween Marshall and the Greek bur the
court declined to allow it, on the ground
| that an attorney had no right to dis
| close a privilege communication be-
| tween him and his client
did you order that metal on your OWL
| account?"
no"
did you know that Cotsobelus was
counterfeiter, or that the metal was fol-
cOunterfeiting purposesT'
mo-
WAS anybody in your office when yor
wrote the letter of October % 1882"
There was a young man from Pendel
| county-Thomas j. Belcher."
Did Cotsobelus tell what he wanted
with the silyer?"
He talked about a patent for re
| plating process. | told him I'd charge
500 to make application for a patent
| so to start with. Then he said hi