Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-03-29

the room. He saw the organ there
again in the middle of March. "1here
was an ingram carpet on the floor.
saw no mating. 1 saw lounge and
small table and book case, and on
the wall were pictures" the witness
said.
On cross-examination witness said he
did not know the exact date when the
organ was taken away. 1t was sold
an East Akron church. 1t might have
been moved afterward, but not earlier
than the middle of February.
Edward II. Carl, of East Akron, testi.
fed that he was in Mr.. Chalkers Of
flee with o committee to examine the
organ. The organ was in the back Of
fee, in the middle of the room. lie
had seen 1t there several times, but he
could not say when that was. The or
gan was paid for about March /, ard it
was two weeks earlier that he had seen
it there.
A. NJ. Doty, postmaster and consta-
BILE at Leavttsburg, said he knew Mrs.
Johnston and her daughter Ethel; they
lived in Leavittsburg last fall. Last
fall, he said, Mrs. Johnston came to
him to borrow an ice cream freezer,
saying she was going to give a party
for Ethel as ii was her 10th birthday.
He said the reputation of Ethel and her
mother as to truth was bad.
Bell Miller, of Cleveland, said she
first saw Ethel Johnston Feb. 10, at
her home in Cleveland. She was there
two days. She asked me if that was
bad house She told me she would
be II years old next September.
John Kendler Of Jackson ST.. live.
next door to the Johnstons. He has
known them several years He had
heard n talk in which Ethel said she
was going to be married; that she
would be II years old on her next
birthday. He said her reputation foI
truth and chastity were bad.
Mr.. Rogers was severe in his cross
examination. He brought out the fact
that two years ago Ethel wore short
dresses.
Harry Finn, of Leavittsburg, Ethe
.Johnson's beau" said he often receiv
ed letters from Ethel. He attended 8
birthday party Ethel gave last fall
He heard the mother and Ethel say II
was her 18th birthday. The witness
denied having ever gone near Mr.
Chalkers office with Ethel. He sale
Ethels reputation for truth at Leavitts
burg was pretty bad" He said tht
same of Mrs. Johnston.
On cross examination he said Mr.
ChaJker was paying his expenses here
and that Mr.. Chalker got him to come
here He said he had come to Akron
to see Ethel and talked to her abou
getting married
"And yet you swOre you wouldn'
believe her under oath?'
"Yes SIR
"Are you of sound mindY
Objections to this question We're sus
tanned.
Witness denied going to any law OF
flee in Akron.
Were you not told by Mr.. Chalke
to swear that you Were not in his of
| ficeY
mo, sir"
"He asked you to swear to it?"
] Yes, sir"
what did he say he would Civ,
you?"
Nothing"
HE is paying your expenses, ism
he?"
Yes, sir"
"Did you talk to Mr. Chalker yester
day?"
eyes, sir, at the Windsor hotel"
about your testmony?"
"No, sir"
Repeatedly the witness denied hay
| ing been I'm Mr.. Chalker's office. Fl
admitted that Mr. Chalker promised t,
pay him for testifying but did not know
how much. and he did not ask him b
swear falsely He asked him to swea
that he was not in Mr.. Chalker'
office.
What amount were you to get 70
swearing falsely?'
Nothing less than S5."
"Whcre did he promise you that?"
AT Leavittsburg'
Again Mr.. Rogers tried TO make viii
ness admit going TO Mr.. Chalker's of
flee, but failed
On re-eXamnation witness said h
had been offered no money exccp
what his fees would amount to.