The Washington times., 1901-10-09
ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY.
The Preliminary Hearing of Three
Calored Men Begua.
Charged With Attempting to De-
fraud Street HALLWAY Company
in an Accident Case-One of the
Defendants Valves Examination.

The preliminary hearing in the case Of
l.. W. Pulies. George McGoines and
Samuel G. Thompson. all colored charg
ed with conspiring to defraud the Cap
| ital Traction Company out of 800, was
begun in the United States branch of
the Police Court, Judge Scott presiding,
yesterday afternoon. John w. Patterson,
attorney for McGoines, before the hearing
got under way. stated that his client de-
sired to waive examination. and bond in
his case was fixed at 81. 500 When court
adjourned at oclock no bondsman had
been secured.
The hearing in the case of Pulies, who
was represented by Campbell Darlington.
and Thompson, who was represented by
James Stewart and James A King, was
then proceeded with. 1t is held that the
three defendants offered to furnish evil
dence that would relieve the Capital
Traction Company of responsibility for
the death of Charles Thomas. colored,
who died from the effects of injuries re-
| ceived in an accident on that companys
road May 10. 1901. provided the corpora
tion would pay them $500.
John w. Patterso was the first witness.
He stated that after the death of Charles
Thomas he was called upon by some of
employed as counsel to prosecute claim
against the Capital Traction Company on
the charge of causing the death of Thorn
as He was later called upon by Samuel
| G. Thompson. one of the defendants. and
Attorney Stewart, who Informed him that
| they had been granted letters of admin
istration on Thomas estate
Thomas Dunlop, attorney for the Cap
ital Traction Company. next took the
stand. He said that on September u
last McGoines came to his Office and pre-
| sented letter from the president of the
company. stating that he, McGoines, was
the only eyewitness to the accident
which resulted in Thomas death. and he,
the witness, asked McGoines what he
knew about the case. McGoines. cccord-
ing to Mr.. Dunlop. then detailed what he
said were the particulars of the Thomas
accident.
Two days later Mr.. Dunlop continued,
| Pulies called at his office and stated that
McGoines had been offered 5000 by the
administrators of Thomas to testify for
them in a contemplated suit against the
Capital Traction Company for DANA ges
| for Thomas death, but that McGoines
| did not like the Thomas attorneys, and if
| the company would give him the amount
! they offered for his services he would tes-
/ tify for the company or be absent when
| the suit came up for trial. He-told Puies
! to call again. and then impaired to the
! Detective Bureau the substance of his in
| terviews with both McGoines and PulieS.
PulieS called two days later, and again
| on September %. when Detective Browne
was secreted in the vault of his Office
MIR. Dunlop said McGoines then made the
proposition suggested by Pulies and
signed an agreement to that effect. Pulies
signed the agreement as a witness. This
agreement was to the effect that Thomas
death was due to negligence. After the
agreement was signed Detective Browne
made his appearance, and told McGoineS
and Pulies he would probably need them
later.
Barney Mckay. colored. was the next
witness. He said he knew McGoines
Pulies and Thompson. McGoines had told
him that they, meaning himself. Pulies
and Thompson, wanted to get on the
blind side of the railroad company to
make little money
Detective Browne testified that after
his arrest McGoines told him that Thomp-
son had botched the scheme to mulct
the railroad company: that Thompson
had written him, McGoineS, a letter, in
which he asked a reply describing the
Thomas accident that it might be shown
to the Capital Traction officials. De-
tective Lacy testified that when he ar
rested Pulies the latter Insisted that he
was innocent of all wrongdoing. Pulies.
il is contended. acted as an attorney for
McCioines. and believed he was justified
in what he is alleged to have done
hearing was continued until today 1t
will be taken up again after the dock
has been cleared, probably about 1
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