The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-11
MAKES, S
Hl|S8DEN''.l||A|L
Says 'TliatS1Ic Did my tH sign
tho Letter Of Jtrtl1lcc
Ba, Ss5ss5Si17til. III
EsTlMoINIYs R Rel | ] \ 'I'l
Begin This Tits Morn Morn
ing $alld#tlle6Casc May So sssas
the Jury To-day. 55sl

ing and #thcS Case May GO
toStlle Jury To-day
Arguments Hi. the famous case of
Busby US. 81 Dawson ct nls VIII VIII beg y =
III tho Law and Equity Court before before
Judge Ingram a 40 o'clock this morn nor n
lns. ss B \ M s5s3 "A sA7,
Many OF tho leading lawyers and 1S1t bus 81
ness men Of tllo5city have been IN con con-,
.stant attendance Upon tho hearings ta IL Il,
tho case, and from the evidence fopln-
ions nre diversified, III, III e
1tis now up to#the lawyers, all ef 11l'3
Snent men, They will lave tccr#wtaace lts
at the jury to.dny and that body OF pa
Gtient citizens Mt small stipend 'artl5 per-
day. will, at the conclusion, take up the
considcrationjo tho case, with the pr1oob'al-
Ebilities Of a verdict either this after
moon or tomorrow A +. ~ Vi 3s
i Much Interest," Isl cntcrcd In this case.
The verdict ofEStho Jury will have g
widespread effect IT will DO the in-5
strumcnt by. which business men may
actions TO a largo degree. i.S3
III The defendants to the suit claim tina
what they did ain5thc. matters3'y'as wllat III
any business man, #lnder similar circum-s
stances, would have done. and n that no
harm was Intended the plaintiff. tt@f 4
64 On tho. other hand. the latter claims
that he was harmed and or such
ground llc bases his claim for damages
AIS tho y witnesses III the case We're
closely examined 1 by counsel u for boths
sides, and not TO- point was ovcrlooked go. x
Tho various members Of tho Jury. IL
their earnest desire to treats tho case \
with all Il possible u fairness, themselves.
questioned At the witnesses, 50 that no
question Of misunderstanding could be-
tra Used. i5Is H n
@fIn summing mp to-day. the jury will
have the adYantag sc OF having the whole
case explained N by Il somo OF al he best
equipped lawyers #ir tho profession
5 MA RIls ON TITLE STAND
n When court convened yesterday morn
ing Mr.. Marks was still on the stand,
under cross-examinntion by MIR. Royal
and Colonel James.
He maintained his staEd under the
fire. He said that he did not think. as
a substantial man Of business. that tho
famous letterior any letter. Of similar
import, w tended ITO 4 injurc the moral or
business staEdingaof& Mr.. Busby. ia That
was not his idea.$i II was simply a bust
ness proposition. for; the purpose #of2put-
ting everything in The proper I. business
light. 9J5 3 ii5 J,3 n
In answer to a.. ques tion5ahe said lie
would not have objected to such letter5
having been written about himself under
similar circumstances. IN " III. issi
VI Mr. j. Sd. yVoolin OF the firm OF Stokes
& Co., stated that Busby's account with
his house showed that In June, 1908, ne
owed them s1l5. Letters had been written
Busby5 asking for q settlement on July
list. He stated that Dawson called upon
them and asked thatSth firm hold OF 4
for az short while. as Busby was able to
pay this debt If given a little more time.
The extension was granted at request OF
Dawson, who assured them the bill would
be paid.
In reference to a communication be-
tween Dawson and Beveridge, concerning
the question of converting the Busby
business into Joint stock company.
Beveridge5 said that nothing was said j
about excluding Busby.H lie understood
that Busby was to cone Of tho com ~
pany. NJ EB3} NJ # s:5f
4 He received one Of tho torn letters
from Dawson, in confidence. Dawson told 4
him 1t had been torn 50 that no one
could sec that ii was the statement Of
Busby's financial condition. The idea was
to get Beverdge to- take stock In the
proposed corporation al til ga pita l4zatlon
OF $4,000. tif ;ssS Ss E5i 555 ri III I'D
EBU1"TAL TESTING N.Y. e
| Then came the rebuttal testimony. III
Mr. Pcttigrcw, of sWansboro, was the
| first witness. His evidence was desi gned
to show that DawsoriB and Marks ll; ma
known each other u long time lie stated q
|3thatAhe saw them In CONVERSE ton i re
IN, 4 heiN fo jlryf&
This Testimony was corroborate ted by NJ rs
Brown, of Manchester. 3t H 5g 8lS
II Both of these witnesses had boon ems
fpoycd by l3usby. III &
This evidence was designed to 3renut
what both Dawson and M arks had stat ted
on tho stand-that they We're not IL ac-
lqualntcd prior to tho trouble g Y last y = rs.
Then Mr.. Rusby was pln ced .on tho y
stand. He denied That lef signed 4 illet tor
heard OF 1t until It NJ was AZ oducAd ill1a
court, ana after, he had Identified 4 the
| signature as his own, a $8v 4 y .3i " .
G"It Is a fraud" hos said. ~ ~ loud
voice. 445f ass Ne y 4sf
Mr., Isusby's voice; and manner We're
quite dramatic, He indicated that no was
laborlng under intense excitement
Judge Ingram warned him ols keep
within tho bounds Of dignity, WNlcn "
| reached after several alleH'2ts'
In answer TO Jurors question, i M lFr'
Busby said he signed the papers Oh uIle
ed ..f \. @ |. Z,
"Mr. Dawson rushed into The store ana
told me 70 asn thenl. wlilfff \ did' With l7
out reading lhcm. s59s XII ia
He said he rccolIccted no such paper az y
that5o( June 18th, ayerS IN appeia "a ll y
Then tho case closed; the 1llry wa a.
adjourned to 10 o clock this morning, ana
counsel went into an arg ments on -
strtuctlons. u, Z.
What the Instructions ire VIII anot " ~
known until court meets o-aa ~
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