The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-14

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slvt ~ B Sss &. ss 3p os st essst h BOT
- Afternoon Session.
i At5n few minutes after to,ir o'clootck
court n W. MI u ~ y resumh nye
~ n hs t a1 m hs g 'hs III N hs
4 American National Bank, MS thls cou ~
would strengthen, his credit ~ .tlle pa iat.
i Here Mr. Royal handed witness q let
ter for ident ,fcatlon, and THO latter az a..
ciared he had seen the document at VIM, me
former trial the letter w. q n Ss
nth ooa turning te as vas wp[tten 81
4 Ltihus, Busbys clerk. ana W ne. ,,Mi ,ts
alleged to have been signed by the pail
MI. Royal asked the witness when n. W sil .
| the first time he knew the contents OF tho
letter, but Mr.. Hunton, counsel ior Blo 81
| Berg, interposed objection ana tna 3uLl s
,c mSI 4 Mr. 1Iunton commended that IN. !
| less Dawson had deceived Busby as s. 10
| tho contents Of the letter, the mere ia e
that Bsby dd net +. re [ Way ss W,t It's
oTeots and solemnlty.
Mr.. Royal replied vigorously, ana cor con-
tended that his question YVES = proper no. ,.,[
son had procured the letter from Busby
through fraud and he thought he ought
| to be allowed to proceed on this line.
Mr. Mafoah o 5pHNG nn,eig said
| should not be allowed to shove off the
solemnity Of written contract IN order
to get out q agreetnents he h Ii', MADE ,hs
lie had attached his signature to the
paper. This was but one OF q dozen o. y
| brushes between counsel during the day,
the trial that every point would be warm
| iy contested Judge Ingram admitted the
l Question and counsel for the defendants NJ
Gea Sa aour IA ia no pnss 'ei
I n had a right to show under what cir
cumsmnces the letter was signed.
Another Wrangle.
Tho jury was brought back and Mr..
when 1t was handed him at the former
trial by Mr.. Smith lie could not say Y; j
was not his signature. ana another ne
paper on juno nth, 1903, which date It
!, bears. The question was allowed, and ex-
Witness was emphatic in his declaration
that he did not sign the letter on June
17th though on tho ed, on which day no
T hays been aonE pae e he dd mot
| know OF 1t, or its contents
Mr.. Busby said he had met Lockhelm IN
Dawsons office and r. hs nres Is n %
se,t ement q his account. Lockhelnl had
| thanked witness and said everything
would be all right. The checks for the
| payment Of the Lockheim claim had been
| made payable to Dawson.
! The checks were shown the. witness ana
they were found III to BE- PAYABLE to sashb
memory of witness having been at fault
This was after banking hours. Here Mr.
Royal reverted to the letter Of June 18th.
and ho s]s ed the witness what Kind of
pen he was in the habit Of using.
H "a fountain pen. sir"
Objection Made.
ne bu Roob 9 sahs made and he line
of questioning was abandoned
been made with Lockheim, and witness
declared that prior to the date Of this
paper he had not authorized Dawson TO
effect any settlement with Lockheim;
only a note for sci. which was not dye dye
ness. lie, said he did not, write or dictate
it, nor did he think It had been signed
BY h wss so5 asKnr esse
q of the creditors OF the witness. 1t has
been heretofore printed in this U, paper. x,
Here came another das clash between .ha c9n
view to comparing the signatures. and
was iaken ON nde tat is
would be improper, because II was ad'
,nitted that Dawson. acting for Eusby;
that Busby admitted the genulneness, of
his signature to the letter Of June nth.
Mr. Royal denied the latter propsiti9pn.
line the court overruled the request to
show the jury the letters for purposes
of comparison of signatures. and the ex-
Witness s;a id Dawson made trip North, |
and when he returned he said the North
ern creditors were well satisfied with the |
settlement he had made of three and six
Dawson told me-" said the witness,
you go on and look after the store
and Ill9look after the finances ="
Stand by Marks.
Mr.. Bnsby., proceeding, said that when
plated bringing suit aga INST Marks, that
Pnw sand had 81 sad II You sa 1ds
told him he had seen Bloomberg about
getting some Of these claims against him.
understand why he had done this. Daw.
son replied: I'VE lawyers have q way OF
pulling, wires that laymen don't under
Witness said he and Dawson started to
to see Marks about the letters the latter
had written 10 his creditors, and on their
Marks" He finally went. and Marks adj
mitted that he had written letters. PVT
that they contained nothing to IN njur re- me ne
had at his lower store. and said he made
up his mind to pay of outsta,n1dlng notes.
going to IS stand By him financially any
longer. Dawson suggested that the sale
be made to Marks at fifty cents on the
Marks Marks came down on the day q the sale
and offered him fifty cents on the dollar.
which offer he declined; He took the pro