The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-19
THE STEPHENSON Ease.
The State Rested and the Defense
Began Its Testimony.
THE HEARING POSTPONED TO AONDAY.
The Defense States That Ta4y Have
Practically Only Put on Their
First Witness.

The taking Of testimony in the stephen.
son examining trial was resumed in Jus
tice Matthews coArt yesterday noruiu..
Immediately after the opening Of he court
the state announced that they woud rest
their case for time aud the defens,
began by calling Superintendent Russ OF
the Pacific Express company, VIII had pre-.
riousy testified for the Staten In an
swer to questions Mr.. Russ said:
When l stated in my former testI.
mony that ! had been on MIR. Stehen
sons trail, ! meant that I followed his
footsteps No, 1t was not Mr. Lord w,o
made the complaint on November T
was not compelled to bring the prosecutio,
IN order 10 hold the guarantee companv
responsible. We could have held them 70.
sponsible without prosecution. bad M
understanding with Mr. Lord that was
to bring The prosecution to force stephen.
son 10 settle"
Frank r, Lord, heing sworn said: Il
am superintendent Of the National Surety
company hive been trying 10 learn
lactS IN the case, but | am MOI Interested
an the prosecution. ] have not employed
5"unNri ana my company had nothing to
10 with II. My company is on Mr. Sc
P"TuHon > oond' think the bond is $500.
40 not make bonds, but merely look
aItef the interests If the company FIRST
came TO houston In the matter on October
90 hrSt saw MIR Russ ny work WIS
SIMPLY Up, 10 learn me facts | was formerly
u fLnkerton detective; was such Tor III re
or l"Uf years was present at "a con.
yersatlon between Mir Russ and rho do
Ienaaut at the Rice hotel on November J.
ald NOT hear what Alr Stephenson said
there about $1,000 package afterwapd he
Sald he did not remember og having cen
II. In Dallas he told me- he took $3.50
Win MIN When ] came here | did not
hhoW where detendant was; I learned that
ne had been missing from The office since
the I'D ot October | did not emplov
Mccain nor any Of his men; | found the
"tnce was snort about Sj3i5; Mr. Ste
phenSon told me he had taken $3.50 but
dld not remember n seeing the package.
! do not know how much Of the total
shortage rs chatgcabie 10 Mr.. E.gn; tax
ing out the $1,000 package the shortsga
was Sl342H6, understand TINT amana
others there was a S51 item on which Mr..
stephenson was trying 10 Get q rebate.
! did not hear Mir Stephenson ask MIR.
NJ Russ for q written STATEMENT OF his
account. he said he did nof want state
ment himself; that his friends wanted a
statement and he would like TO have one
Ger them heard Nv. Stephenson shy he
had taken $3.50 and had destroyed some
valuable papers In Dallas he had a state
S600 or S700"
Being cross-examIned the witness sad:
when | first saw Mr Stephenson here
he was shaky and nervous had the ap-
pCarapee Of a man WHO had been on
spree. I hrst saw him at house In the
Flfth ward, He gave no explanation q
his absence from the office, nor Of TAX ng
the $3.50 FROM the ofnce, he dld not claim
that the money was his | asked MIN
whore the papers were ana ne sNd ne
had destroyed them; he gave no eNplan3
ton Of this act he gave no eNplanau n
OF taking his private papers from the r.
nee. / learned that he left his home and
went to a house of lll fame in the. ctr
lived here since 1855; ! went ashing with
Mr. Flgin: / weht 20 the Pacific express
office IN the morning about o'clock ana
found Mr. Elgin was not yet thHre:
for MIR Elein Ia 90 with me and he con
sented. we left on the In Porte road
for Seabrook about 10 o'clock. Mr, Egln
came to the ofhce while ! was there and
trim We returned that night az 40 o'clock
or a little later Mr. Elgln Is my nenhow
by marriage. I did not see AIR. El1.u
for several days aitsr our return we
Nj / Nsauln was swora and testified.
Il know Mr. Stephenson' his reputat on
In the community for honesty Is good.
/ have been intimately acquainted with
MIN have been connected with tho
Pacific express office; am acquainted With
the location of the cage ~ ths ofnce and
cheek pen. know ~ SlO0o which went
out OF the office while I was connected
with the company without any record;
Il went TO Galveston end tWaed up. all
right | heard OF another package which
went into the hands Of the messenger wAh-
out record remember seeing the de.
PENDANT on the evening Of October % az
my place, both In the afternoon and about
s O'Clock at night; on the last Visit he
was accompanied by bis wife and they