The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-20

| udtlOu Ou VSOuGbuuys 10y uu ASs
| piled that Whiteman called al his
house and demanded s58. 60 lor the
work alleged to be performed.
Mr.. Bird followed up with an
other question to which Mr.. Ward
again objected, Chief Justice Lore
holding that if Mr.. Birds purpose
was to contr adict. the sane ques-
tious should be asked oi Lynn as
were asked BY Mr. Bird Of White
man.
"Did you at thattime hand Law
renee M. Whiteman $50 for the
work performed" continued Mr..
Bird m.,r,.t
eyes, sir"
"Did he at that time and place.
and before those two men (Vausant
aud Johnson) have a dispute with
you about the amount he clamed
yolL owed hi.n?'
"Yes, sir.
"Was there loud talk about the
bill?"
"Yes. sir"
"Dld he claim more money than
the 1862"
The Attorney general objected,
because Mr.. Bird had laid no ade-
quatc grounds for the question and
that it was a leading question.
II think III cure that" COM
neuted Mr.. Bird.
did you pay him the 1862" he
asked Lynn.
ayes. sir. he tookit aud claimed
more money"
"Was that the last transaction
you ever had with Whiteman!"
~ think there was Que small job,
about S."
Clock upon that warrant. You
will observe that 'or order wasstrick.
en- out. Who did that?"
Lynn supposed clerk In the Of.
flee Of the Clerk of Peace did it. He
said 1T was stricken out so that the
warrant could be cashed by him with
ont Whiteman coming to town."
"Did Lawrence NJ. Whiteman say
to you that the tabor represented In
that bill was performed for New Cas-.
tie county, or on u certain bridge?"
Mr. Ward objected on the ground
that it would be proper to ask If
Whiteman himself had done the work
but to ask If somebody else had done
the work would be raising legal
question that should be argued, at
length, before the court.
Chief Justice Lore decided that the
question was inadmissable, butJudge
Spruance and Grubb thought the
question proper. 10 the question,
repeated again, Lynn replied:
"Yes, SIR
'.Did one penny Of that $50 ever
go into your own pocket?"
mo sir.
''Did you pay the $50 to Viii te-
man?"
''Yes sir, IN notes, greenbacks.'
"Did you authorize Whitcman to
do the work."
"Yes sir, in September, 1900. I
did mt see him until two weeks after
the work was done.
"Dld you go to the office, No. $50
Market street, as Whiteman testified
"Yes sir | mad business with Har-
ry Whiteman.
'when you were there didyouhaye
conversation with Lawrence M.
Whiteman about the bill?'
"Yes Sir, ! tried to bring to his
mind that I had paid him the $56
| and asked him if he didn't recall the
time paid him the money and the
dispute we had over the amount,
with two men present at the time.
He said he could not remember it. ="
"where did you 60 then?'
''To Seventh and Markets streets
| and then took car to the p. W. &
3. station.
''who was with you?'
"Mr. Philips."
"On the way to the station did you
have any conversation about money?
''Yes sir about the $50.
"Did you offer him 5000 to change
his testimony"
"No sir.'
"Dld you toll whiteman If he did
net got the S5G, you knew where he
could get it?'
mo sir"
Mr.. ward here began cross exami-
, nation by saying:
"You say Whiteman handed you a
memoranda. Have you that men,
oranda?'
"No, sir, destroyed it.
"When did he hand it to your
'Some time in September at my
house in Elsmere. -
"Who else was present when he
handed you that memoranda?'
"Nobody but Whiteman and my
self"
"Did you move the adoption of
that bill in the Levy Court?"
81 don't remember.
'.The record states you did,"
swell, L might have done it.
"Whcrc was this work done, if
| done at all?'
cat Twced's bridge, over White
| Clay creek, separating Mill Creek and
White Clay Caeek hundreds.
"When did you pay the money to
| Lawrence NJ. Whiteman?'
| Sometime between Octobrr 2 and
l2. 1t must have been nearer the
twelfth than the second"
"You fix those dates on the bill
| and the warrant?'
"Ycs, sir, paid him after | 6 OF it
| caShtd.
"rhcn you did not pay Whiteman
untiIafter you got the money!
"No, sir. -
''I'hcn you must have paid White
man either on the eleventh Or
| twcrth?'
eyes, sir. p"
| 'Whcn did Whitcman start in to
work on Twced's bridgc?"
"Could not tell you
! "Whcn did he finish the work:'
| "Could not tell you that. "