Evening journal., 1901-12-19
LYNN TRIAL
WILL CONTINUE
Continued From First Page.

Receiver Of Taxes and County Treas
urer.
John Lynn. knowing the method Of
getting money from the county said
Mr.. Ward. submitted a false bill
bearing his o. K. which deceived
Comptroller Kelley, and on which
Lynn eventually got the money"
There was only one way in which /
he could get money. and that was on a
warrant containing the two necessary |
signatures to the warrant Il would |
have been impossible for Lynn to have |
received money from Rettew by simply /
saying he wanted some money
DEFENSE RULED AGAINST
At the conclusion of the argument |
Chief Justice Lore announced that II !
was the unanimous opinion of thel
court that the request to instruct the
jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
be refused
YESTERDAY. AFTERNOONS WORK
The prosecution in the Lynn case
played its trump card in General Ses-
sions Court yesterday afternoon, when
it put Lawrence NJ. Whiteman on the
stand Mr. Whiteman is the man in
whose name the warrant for $50 was
made. and who denied that he did the
work represented, or that he received
any part of the $50. He also caused
ripple OF excitement by stating that
MIR. Lynn had first offered him $50 and
later $500 to change his testimony.
Where do You liver
Newark"
What is your business?"
Rural free mail delivery substi-
tute."
What was your business in 1902"
Il lived on a smill place and carried
mail too"
Did you in 1900 do any work for
the county?"
Il did"
Il show you bill dated October 2,
1900. In reading bill. you will see that
it contains sundry items. / ask you il
you ever saw it before you saw it in
my office and before the Grand Jury?"
81 did not
Did you authorize anybody to make
that bill?"
Il did not"
did you ask John Lynn to do it?"
: Il did not, to the best of my knOwl-
edge"
! did you know that it was drawn2
r Il Gid not"
Did you ever render the bill?"
Il did not"
You have testified to doing county
work. Were you paid for it?"
t Il was"
p Il show you a warrant and ask yot
if ever you saw it before except in my
4 Office and before the Grand Jury?"
I Il did not.
b rs your name on the back Of it?"
1T is not"
did John Lynn ever pay you any o
that money!"
'He did not"
= do you remember talking with MI
! Lynn after he was arrested and JUS
y before he gave bail?"
II do"
j. Where was it?"
e Part of it was at No. $50 Marke
g street in an Office adjacent to my bro
= TIERS. j. Harry Whiteman."
when was it?"
d "The night before the hearing o
v John Lynn in the magistrates office.
# did you go there particularly Il
S meet anybody"
Il saw Mr.. Lynn and my brother
+ Harry Whiteman."
n Did you have any conversation"
: y did"
. who was present when you hai
p this conversation"
Nobody but Mr.. Lynn and myself
what was said by Mr.. Lynn?"
Il Mr.. Whiteman started to give
y rambling account of the conversation
II between him and Mr.. Lynn, when Nh
Bird objected and wanted him to Civ
Mr. Lynn's language
Give Mr.. Lynn's language, said MI
r Ward
q Il can only remember part of it.
J, said Mr. Whiteman.
. Tell what you can remember"
. "Wen Mr.. Lynn said ] was maxim
= a mistake. He said if had not got tn
S56 l could get 1t. He also said that
, was laboring under a mistake and tina
4 had it. ! don't remember just tn
/ words he used. but he said if l had no
, got it l could get it. ! came out Of tn
n office and went towards the train. MI
s Phillips came out Of the Office, too"
e who accompanied you2"
John Lynn and Mr.. Phillips
WAS there any conversation goin
down to the station in the carp
a Yes. there was"
Mr. Lynn said that we could q
. this matter up"
u What did he offer you?"
4 HE said he would give me 5000 Z
6 fix this up"
r. WAS this conversation repeated a
r the station?"
/, 1T was. Yes the offer of 5000 wa
Il repeated Mr. Lynn said that none
l. would not be in question in the mat
. ter"
Did Mr.. Lynn make any more OF
fers Of money to yOu?"
Yes. sir. He offered to pay my ca
fare in and out
- Did you permit him?"