The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10
BROWN MEETS QUERIES
WITH COMP POSTURE, ANDIS
UNRUFF[ED BY ORDEAL
Roughshod Treatment of Prose
cutor Is Withstood by Manu-
facturer Accused of Frauds.
HE CHAFES UNDER FIRE
Outward Signs of Discontinue
Are, However, Seldom Seen
in Courtroom.
HIS ACTIONS EXPLAINED
Apparently Logical Motives Are
Assigned by Witness in Reply
to Kealing's Queries.
HIS ACTIONS EXPLAINED

Cool, defiant and outspoken, Walter
Brown, whose trial in the Federal Court
is speedily nearing an end. faced a rigorous
cross-examination by the government yes
terday with no show of nervousness or
aversion. Subjected to a four hours siege
of direct questioning. he stepped from the
witness stand apparently nerved and salts
fed, having held firmly to his story told
the day before in which he explained his
connection with the insolvent Indiana Ma
tional Bank of Elkhart.
District Attorney Healing. who conducted
the cross-examination, drove query
after query at Brown, who an
swered them with a show of wonderful
composure. Not until near the end of the
examination did Brown betray resentment
Of Kealings rough-shod questioning. al
though on several occasions he retorted
hotly because interrupted in his answers,
which Healing said were not direct.
Judge Anderson sometimes sustained
Brown in his objections to the threatening
manner Of the cross-examination and twice
admonished Healing to conduct his ques-
tioning with less noise.
Although the story in his own defense
was shaken in number of points by the
cross-examination, Brown adhered stub
bornly to it's details and answered the
majority of questions quietly and with lit
tie hesitancy. However there were some
questions which he could not answer
saying that he would have to make an ex-
animation of the books of his company to
reply directly.
AT the outset he received a slight shock
when questioned in regard to stock of the
Consolidated Paper and Bag Company, al
though at the end of the days session,
Ketcham, in his REORGANIZATION. intro
duced evidence to show that Brown was
correct in his statement.
EXPLAINS COMPANY CONNECTIONS.
Healing asked: Mr. Brown, is it true
that you had no interest in the Consolidat-
ed Paper and Bag Company"
Il did not" Brown replied firmly.
did the National Manufacturing Com
pany have any interest?''
"Only CREDITOR"
Answer my question" flashed Healing
''No, sir"
Did you borrow money for the Consol-
idated?"
"As it's manager, yes
did you hold yourself out as interested
in the company"
II did not
Ibid you indorse its stock?'
Il indorsed 1t in blank
I'm ask you to look at this certificate
and tell the jury if it is indorsed" said
Healing. exhibiting a stock certificate.
NO, sir, 1t is not
Then you were mistaken when you said
you indorsed t?'
II evidently was"
Now, Mr.. Brown, you say you did not
have an interest in the Consolidated. I'll
ask you If you wrote this letter to Dun and
Bradstreet, making a statement to the
stock of the Consolidated and stating that
you held 100 shares"
BUSINESS DONE ON SUNDAYS.
Brown took the letter and examined it,
"Yes. that is my signature. L guess 1
did,"
did / understand you to say yesterday,
Mr.. Brown. that you took the B. c. Brown
note from the bank Sunday afternoon,
Nov. 15?"
"Yes, SIR"
it?''
Because Mr.. Collins said that 1t was
credited to the National
Tell the jury why you went to the bank
on Sunday to take up notes."
"It was not an unusual thing for many
business men to do business with the bank
on Sundays, because die not have time
on other days. Furthermore, Mr.. Brodrick
had asked me to come to the bank that aft
ernoon."
why did you take up the notes?''
Mr.. Brodrick said there some doubt
about the bank opening on Monday morn
ing"
Healing then asked Brown If he were at
the bank the night of Nov. 16. He
replied that he was not.
'Were you there at any time during the
day?'
Eyes, dropped in near noon on my way
home from the factory"
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