Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03

titled and thereby satisfied the DEFENSE.
| After the witness had stated that ms
| hrotbnr and orenz are now really indebted
! to him, in view of payments ne mas maoe ~
| the factory for fasteners, he left the stand.
Maggie Newman, Colored.
| Considerable amusement was caused oy
| ths appearance of the next witness. Mag
gle Newman colored. She said she haa
| been employed by Mr.. Groff's family 1or
| twelve years past. The witness spoke IN
! a high-pitched voice. She testined tndt
] May q last when the inspectors called AZ
/ 11O7 street, she heard one OF them say ~
So muel A. Croft. You go out. Mr. >. y.
| C,roff then left the house. The govern
ment contends that when the inspectors
| and the Croft brothers neared the mousse ,ne
| day in question s. A. Gron sl1d wan.
| to go around the corner for moment.
! and then left the party of his own volitton.
Take the Witness" said Attorney Doug
lass.
mo questions" promptly announced MT.
Purdy, and again there was laughter, Wnieh
was renewed when Attorney Conrad IN
CURED: What is the lady's name?"
A Question of Patents.
Mr.. ]. Nota McGi;l. the patent lawyer,
was called by the defense witness. He
testified that Samuel a. Croft was po-
neer' in that he was the first person to
produce a device decidedly new in the way
of a box fastener.
The witness was asked regarding the val
ue of the Miller fastener. The government
promptly objected to the question BEFORE
the argument that followed was ended ne
entire direct testimony of MI Miller VINO
had q appeared as witness for the govern
ment. was read from the record
Il will rule the question cut now, an
| nounced Justice Pritchard. 1t may De ao-
MISSILE after the defendant MacheA n"0
testified
Upon receiving a promise from Attorney
Douglass that the materially OF the state
ments would be made apparent ia'e.,
Mr. McGilI was permitted to say tEat IN
his opinion. the Miller fastener is an actual
and substantial infringement on the Gron
he was willing 10 sell his device to the
Post Office Department. at price niu I...
lower than that the department palo ioi
TIE Croft fastener.
Mr. McGill was not crosS-examlned.
Mr. Carr on the Stand.
After the usual midday recess President
Carr of the National Bank of Commerce OF
Toledo, Ohio was called by the defense as
| a witness He testified earlier in the triai
| at the instance of the government
The examination of Mr.. Carr this after
| noon was conducted by Attorney kumier.
| The witness said he has known Mr. Lorenz
| and Mr.. Machen for many years Ihey mao
engaged largely in the oil business IN Wood
county Ohio. Companies made up OF
|
Lorenz, Charles Lorenz and Ferdinand
i Machen established an oil refinery and en-
gagged in the producing business The COM
panies borrowed money from the witness
| bank In the spring of 1893. according to
| Mr.. Carr. Machen stepped out. his interests
| in the companies being acquired by George
| e. Lorenz.
| Mr. Carr identified a promissory note,
| with large number of renewals. After
| certain date in 1888 August w. Machens
| name disa ppeared from the note.
| large number of other notes were also
| identified by the witness and offered in, evil
| dence The total amount loaned the COM
panies in question by the bank was $4,000.
| Mr. Carr told of the Indebtedness being
| decreased from time to time, until 1894,
| when the bank accepted from Mr.. Lorenz
| real estate. oil lands and other assets in
! the direction of further settling the loan.
Value Of Refinery Property.
| According to the witness the refinery
! property at the time Lorenz and Machen
| and their company operated it, Was worth
! about 10000; it IS now worth $250OO0 or
| 100000.
| The testimony of Mr.. Carr was somewhat
| embarrassing because of the time con-
sumed in identifying and reading notes and
other papers He on the witness stand
| I'D to the hour AN adjournment was taken
| until 10 O clock tomorrow morning.