Evening journal., 1902-09-26
.FAHEY DENIES
CHARGES MADE
Defense in the Big Case
Drawing to Il Close
SOME STARTLING TESTIMONY
State introduces Strong Witnesses
Just Before Closing It's Case.
Defendants Trying Ordeal

Frederick Vansant went on the stand In
General Sessions Court yesterday after
noon as the principal witness against Pat
rick Fahey IN the case OF subornatlon OF
perjury now under trial.
Ills Introductory testimony had refer
ence TO the Lynn trial at which he had
testified that hej ON october 10, had seen
Lynn at his home in Elsmere hand some
money 70 Lawrence NJ Whiteman. Yes
teruay afternoon Nansant declared he
never saw Lynn at any time pay White
{ man any money, and never was at Lynns
. home when Caleb Johnson was there OF
II Whiteman was there For six years up
TO the present, he had been i'm the en-
ploy Of Patrick Fahey, and was I'm his en-
T ploy in October 1900. He was emploved
after October on Silver Run road.
r In reply to a specific question from the
) attorney general, Vansant said his testi-
: mony in behalf Of Lynn was entirely false
and per1ured.
Vansant said the first time Lynn and
Fahey came TO see him was at a Glrard
street house. It was a few days before
the Lynn trial was to be held. The first
conversation he had with Caleb Johnson
was on the same afternoon. He added
that they practiced their testimony several
times so that one would not swear TO one
thing and another TO another thing.
did Mr.. Fahey hold out any induce
ment Of any kind or give you anything or
promise anything for you TO come here?'
mo, sir. He said II they put him
tFahey) In the worlKhouse with Lynn he
(NansanD would have no work"
Caleb Johnson, George ". Duncan, VII
liam II. Duncan and John Hinton followed
Nansant on the stand.
Because OF the late arrival OF George
Ebenhoner Of st. Georges, a juror in the
Fahey case. trial OF the case was not re-
sumed until 1895 this morning. The de-
+, fendant came into court with Chief War
den Meserve with whom he spent the
, night in the Clayton House. The bail
bond OF $1,000 given yesterday afternoon
} to insure the appearance OF Mr.. Fahey
% this morning was dissolved.
? Mr.. Biggs called Nansant TO the stand
to finish the cross examination begun
yesterday afternoon
Reference was made to the visit by
Lynn and Fahey to the houses on which
Nansant was working, but the witness
could not recall the conversation which
passed at that time. He had sworn at the
Lynn trial that he had seen Lynn pay
= Whiteman the $50 some time between Oc-
tober 10 and u, not at the suggestion Of
either Lynn or Fahey. II was not brought
out who suggested these dates.
Witness denied that he had said in the
presence Of William Campbell while driv
ing between Silver Run road and this city
that he would "go to H. for Scott and
b Hart" whom he had learned were to be
arrested with all those members OF the
Levy Court"
Mr.. Biggs asked the witness II he had
not said at the same time that he would
as lief tell a lie as tell the truth on the
, witness stand. Before the witness could
answer. Mr.. Ward objected, arguing that
the answer could have no connection with
the present case. The court ruled that
4 In. a1 Ha
/ ton was put to the witness again and he
denied having made such a statement.
Vansant denied that he had said to
Carroll A. Dorsey that Attorney
General Ward had said that he Wan
} sant) would not go to Jail If he
= "squealed,' but that Fahey would.
I The witness declared he had no recol-
lection of telling William Campbell
that nobody got me into this trouble;
l got into it myself.
The cross-eXaminatiOn here ended
Mr.. Ward asked the witness when
he first confessed that his testimony
4 at the Lynn trial was untrue, and Van
SAINT replied that it was on the day pre-
ceding his trial for perjury. The con-
fession was made in the office Of Wal
ter II. Hayes On the following morn
ing Vansant, with Mr. Bird and Mr..
Hayes, went to the Attorney Generals
office and then for the first time the
witness acknowledged to MIR. Ward
that the testimony given by him at the
4 Lynn trial was false. No promise ol
= escape from punishment for his crime
4 was ever made. Vansant denied that
r his lawyers had promised him escape
T, from punishment if he would confess.
: Oscar Comegys was in the employ OF
] Mr.. Fahey n 1901 when Fahey and
Lynn visited Vansant at the Girard
= street house The witness could not
e say what conversation passed between
them. Richard Falls also saw the three
8 men in conference.
g John S. Hamilton testified that while
= he was sitting in the court room hear
e ing the lynn trial. Mr.. Fahey came in
> and sat between the witness and James
e I. Ford. He said he had been sum
money by the defense, but did not be
y lieve he could help Mr.. Lynn. Mr.. Ham
! ilton remarked that Vansant on th'
" following day had testified that Fahes
i had driven Vansant to the Lynn home
,, on either October 10, IL or y. at which
e time Lynn paid Whiteman the money
Mr. Fahey said at the time that Van
u SAINT was wrong, Fahey's time-bool
e showed that Vansant was at Silver
" Run at the time.
it James I. Ford corroborated Mr.. Ham
! ilton's testimony in this particular.
= Lawyer on the Stand
Il Walter II. Hayes. who was counse
IS for Vansant in the perjury case, wa
called to the stand by Mr.. Ward. Th
n | purpose of his calling was to prove
81 that the Acknowledgement had no
s promised Vansant escape from punish
+ ment if he would acknowledge that h
e. had given false testimony in tn
/. Lynn trial. Mr.. Hayes declared that no
Il to his knowledge did Mr.. Ward know
that Vansant was to confess until tn