The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-08
Wife DEFENDS HUSBAND,
HOLDING AS FALSE THE
STATEMENTS OF Afford
ocoNcIJrDED FROM FIRST p

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
Il don't know; think So" replied Mrs.
Brown uncertainty.
'When?' shouted Healing.
when we bought your house-didnt L
WalterY turning TO her husband.
I m asking YOU" interrupted keallng.
ri ri can tell particularly, was the repy,
The defense launched its case with the
testimony of Miss Beryl Tousley Brown
stenographer Al the Consolidated Paper ana
Bag Company plant. She was questioned
10 have taken place between Afford ana
herself relative TO notes signed by both;
Miss Tousley." ketcham began. did
you meet Mr.. Afford in the corridor OF this
building during the session of the grand
jury when Mr.. Brown indicted and
have conversation with him 10 this effect;
ford, on the same business that 1 am; about
signing those notes? And he replied, Yes,
l suppose So Then you said. We'll. | don't
Thlnk there is anythihg in it. Thsy cant Te
piled. L understood there wouldn't be any
trouble about il, but / went TO Mr.. Brod-
rick to make sure. and he said it was all
right. Did you have that conversations?
That was the conversation" responded
Miss Tousley
In that conversation was the word check
mentioned?'
ut not
did Afford say further to you: L didn't
say anything about going to see Brodrick
Brown to know il. l would not have
signed those notes for any one else but Mr..
Brown L always had perfect confidence in
Mr.. Brown"
"Yes, SIR
CHARACTER WITNESS CALLED.
Now, Miss Tousley," continued Ketch-
am referring to the conversation of Brown
and Afford at the plant of the Consolidated
Paper and Bag Company shortly after the
bank closed, did Afford come to you
after this talk with Brown and say that ne
had been awfully mad, but was all right
now, as Mr.. Brown had explained every
thing?"
Yes, sir, he did, was the reply.
Mrs. Brown was then called to the stand,
after which the defense introduced num-
Browns good character w. H. A. Read,
an attorney of Toledo. who had known
Brown when the latter lived in that city,
was the first Of these witnesses. He was
allowed to testify only as to Browns char
acter as it was in Toledo. He said that it
was good.
On the cross-examination Healing
asked: ''Were you ever, Mr.. Browns at
torney?'
ION one occasion, yes" Read replied
There was another stir of excitement
ness, Daniel T. Storms. secretary of state.
How long have you known Mr.. Brown,
Mr.. Storms?' Ketcham asked
About four years"
You have met him in connection with
Elkhart people and Indianapolis people,
and you are capable of knowing his reputa-
ton, are you not?'
well, Mr.. Storms, you may state what
was his general reputation as to honesty.
integrity and fair dealing" said Ketcham,
nouns.
1T good" Mr.. Storms replied
NEWSPAPER FIGHT RECALLED.
Quick to shoot his questions on the cross
examination, Healing asked: Mr.. Storms,
have you met Mr.. Brown in connection with
Elkhart people since the failure of the
bank?'
II have not" the secretary of state an
swered.
That's ALL" said Healing
James II. State, of Elkhart. was next
called by the defense and asked as 10 Mr..
Browns reputation for honesty, integrity
and fair dealing, before the bank failed. He
replied that ii was good. Healing asked:
What is his reputation since the bank
closed?"
Il should say that it is bad" answered
the witness.
On re-examination Ketcham questioned:
do you know a publication i'm Elkhart
known s the TRUTH"
4 do. 1t is a newspaper there"
Did the publications in that paper sub
sequent to the failure have anything to do
with his present reputation" &.
II could not state certainly
We'll. what We're the relation of Mr..
Conn, proprietor OF the paper, and Mr..
Brown? Was not Mr.. Conn bitter enemy
They were very unfriendly," replied
State.
George Il. Pratt a manufacturer of Elk
hart, Samuel Tbroop, a grocer of Elkhart.
and John w. Fieldhouse were then called
by the defense and testified to Brown S
good character. George A. Briggs was the
last witness introduced before adjournment
of court.
COLLINS ROSS-EXAMINED.
He testified as TO values he had placed
on property of the National Manufacture
ing Company, estimating buildings, ma
chinery. stock and equipment at s113, 7i2 Al
Ketcham asked him what Browns reputa-
ton was in Elkhart before the failure of
the bank. Briggs replied: II should say
that IL was excellent"
On crOss-examination Healing asked him
If he were not a bondsman of Brown He
replied that both he and Pratt were
The REORGANIZATION of Collins by At
torney Ketcham, who withstood a rain of
questions for over ten hours, ended shortly
after o'clock last evening. Collins was
well-nigh exhausted when he left the
stand. 1t was the general opinion that
ketcham; In his long cross-examination,
was unable to shake Colinss damaging
testimony of the day before. The govern
ment ended its case by brief testimony
from Miss Amy Gravit and Miss Emma
Peltire Hill, directors of the defunct bank
AS final evidence Healing introduced a
number of records on the banks books re-
ferring to Browns indebtedness to the
bank.
1t is not known how long the fight of the
defense will be. but il is thought the trial
will run over into next week. Mr. Ketch-
am yesterday said he did not care to saw
anything about their line of defense or 10
betray any of their plans.