New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-15
"MONK"s SAYS LAMAR PAID
BUT INSISTS ON 1LIBI.
The -Four Defendants Seem to Re
dli1e Situation Is Serious.

Freehold n. j.. Oct. A-In the third day OF the
trial of the men indicted for conspiring assault
James McMahon with intent to kill, all four de-
PENDANTS have seemed tc realize the seriousness OF
the situation.
BY motion of Prosecutor Foster all the witnesses
for the defence were compelled to retire from the
courtroom. TO be admitted only when their testi-
mony desired
Monk Eastman, called by the defence, said he
was Twenty-Five years old and married, and lived
at No. 2I East Fifth-st... New-York. He said he
was in the picture business On July 9 he declared
he was in saloon at Seventh-ave. and Forty first
st. New-York. when Thompson, the manager of
Bennets hotel there, asked him If he would go to
New-Jersey for q couple Of days. for a man named
Lamar was in trouble and HIS wife afraid 20
stay alone. Eastman said that "Joe'' Brown. Harry
Lewis, Abraham Klein and others were invited TO
go to New-Jersey with him. They all went TO
Oceanic July Next day they were introduced by
thompson TO Lamar. who hired them to guard tho
house They guarded it the night of July g. On
July they returned to Oceanic, and later in the
day Lamar went there and said he done with
their services Lamar told the hotel proprietor
that he would pay their bills. Eastman said lie
asked Lamar whether he could hire a carriage so
that they could the sights. Lamar gave his
consent That evening Eastman, Brown and the
Two other men got carriage and drove around
Pleasure Bay
Eastman said that on July he and his com
panions~ were driven by Dunphy Lamar's new
eoachman. TO the house Of McMahon's brother-in-
law, Taylor, where McMahon was STAYING Their
SSoJect was TO scare McMahon that he and his
II r, would keep away from Lamar's house.
they registered that night In Charles Greene S
notel In Long Branch They got away July
4pout noon 1hey returned to NewYork, and later
Eastman ana Brown went TO Coney Island where
tAey registered at the American House. The next
morning they got up at 8 o'clock. They drank
they went to the beach and had swim.
. lie said they saw nothing of Mcmahon at any
time; Prosecutor Foster failed to shake Eastman.
o,,t DIDN'T you show revolver" asked the prose-
cetor. referring to Monks' arrest.
Certainly not; I never carry a pistol" replied
Eastman
Joseph Brown corroborated Eastman
Bernard Smith testified that he at Long
Branch on July TO attend the hearing the
charge OF assault made by Mcmahon against
lamar. lie saw three men assault Mcmahon. He
eald tnat before the assault he had been drinking
with these men. although he not acQuaint ted
with them On crosse examination he could not say
why he had not before given any Information as
were the aSSailants
David Lamar testified as to the annoyances to him
and his wife by noises around his homo at night.
Mrs. Lamar had become hystericaL Thompson got
the mon for him TO guard his property. He corrobo-
rated tastman's testimony 10 the Pleasure Bay
trip. He finally accompanied them TO the railroad
into an alteration. and Lamar heard them say
something about Mcmahon. Afterward he sent
Dunphy. his goodman, to Mcmahon, 20 warn the
latter to be on hts guard. Tho next day Lamar re-
turned to New-York. On the night Of July he
vas at tho ImpeI ial Hotel. in New-York. He did
! not go TO Long Branch the next day.
Prosecutor Foster asked Lamar II he did not
know that there were police to patrol the RumsOn
Road and protect property. Lamar replied that lie
cid, but that the police were good
Joseph Fisher and Nathaniel Caller, proprietOrs
OF the American Hotel Coney Island. swore
positively that Eastman and Brown registered at
their hotel on the evening OF July g. and that they
remained at the island all the next day. Fishers
testimony mistaken by cross-eXarnination
Geller is TO go on the stand first tomorrow.