Richmond planet., 1902-11-01

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that these letters should not be intro
duoed until it ia proven that they were
written by Mr.. Eastman -
tJust1ce Crutchfield. 1.-THE court is
simply investigating this matter to find
out whether these letters should be in
troduced. j do not intend to let any
technicalities stand in the way OF the
evidence. We want TO get at the facts
and hnd out whether or not this man is
guilty. The objection is over-ruled."
Lawyer Smith. -"If your Honor
please, l viii pass to the witness letter
NrJosie johnson looked at the let
- e'ftically.
Lawyer Smith. Estate by whom
this letter is signed
81. p. Eastham," was the response.
Lawyer Smith. lis this letter in the
same hand writing as letter No. 1
which was not signed?"
Miss Josie. l-"Yes sir. -
Lawyer Glenn. l-''I object"
THE BOY WHO CARRIED THEM.
The witness continqed-'My sister
opened the letter. told her to open il.
i then gave it TO Mr.. Jordan, my broth
er-in-law My law answered
The prosecution at this point rested
the case so far as this witness was con-
cerned. Lawyer Smith stated that he
would prove Eastman 8 connection with
Seitz's place.
To this end, the boy who carried the
letters for Eastman was placed on the
witness stand. A light, brown. skinned
boy about 13 years Of age came forward
and testified as follows:
My name is Nathaniel Moody.
used to work for Mr.. Charles p. Seitz.
was there last week because
his boy was away. / have seen this
gentleman (Mr. Eastham) at Mr..
Seltz' s barber-shop. / shined his shoes
ana he got me to carry two letters to
NO: 500 Slst st. gave the letters to
girl at the house"
Lawyer Smith. (which of these
letters did You deliver there?"
he examined them critically and pick
ed out two letters, declaring that these
We're the letters that Eastman had Civ.
en- him to deliver.
Lawyer Smith. l-"Whom did he
tell you to hand them to?''
Witness HE told me to give
them to nobody but her, and I gave
them to her"
Lawyer Glenn. l-'I object to the
letters being read"
tJustice Crutchfield. III over-rule
your objection"
Witness. III saw Mr.. Eastman
last Saturday. worked for Mr.. Seitz
last year. / was just around there
shining shoes because he had no boy.
saw Mr.. Eastman at O'Clock and
then he gave the letter at $50. / saw
one OF her brothers when / went there.
L got the pext letter at about 10 O'Clock.
waited there about half an hour be-
cause some one came in
Lawyer Glenn. (which Of these
letters did you deliver?''
The witness picked out the two let
ters.
Lawyer Glenn. l-''How do you know
that these are the two letters that you
delivered?"
Witness. 1-"Because they haven't
got any stamps on them and the name
is spelled little different"
The witness retired.
MORE ABOUT THAT CORRESPONDENCE.
Miss Josie Johnson was then recalled
to the stand She was asked to identi-
fly the letters. She did so.
(Lawyer Smith. )-"Your Honor,
ask permission to introduce the letters. :"
Oawyer Glenn. .)-'I object"
Iawyer Smith. Pass those two
letters up to His Honor and let him de-
eide whether they were written by one
and the same person"
Oawyer Smith. .)-"Let Clerk White
and Sergeant Thomas examine the let
ters
Police-Justice Crutchfield. y "I'n
do nothing of the sort. ] care nothing
for their opinion. I'll examine tho let
ters myself"
Pohce-Justice Crutchfield elevated
his head to the angle of his Eyeglasses
and scanned the letters closely. A self