The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-20
IN AND ABOUT TIFF COURTS
PROGRESS YESTERDAY IN THE
 CAREY CASE

Decision in Dateher-stewart Case--Set-
 tIement of Rose-sinttery Case-BaIti-
 more Firm Attaches Property-The Late William E. Downes Left Nearly
 Half NEiIIion-Judge EImer's Illness
 Various Notes.
 Through a decision in favor of the state on the admission of certain evil dence the trial Of George ". Carey of Bridgeport for perjury and forgery yes terday assumed the phase of a retrial of his case by the grievance commit tee of the Fairfield County Bar asso- citation, by which he was disbarred some months ago. upon the same all legations as those now charged. Af- ter a bitter fight for and against the admission of the proceedings of this committee, Judge Gager at last ger mitted their introduction, and Attor- f ney Howard H. Knapp, of the commit tee, repeated the questions an dan swers propounded and received during the committees hearing, in which Carey practically admitted his guilt of the charges against him. ' No time was lost by States Attorney Williams in getting down to an ex- ! traction of the facts he wanted, pro- gress bein gmaterially assisted through Mr. Knapp being an experienced law yer. and answering promptly and con- cisely.
 Taking up the proceedings of the proceedings of the Fairfield grievance committee. MT. Williams led the wit ness through long series of questions nut to Carey during the hearing, to- gether with his replies, some specimens of which were as follows:
 Were you custodian of the bank book of John W. Ford?" CThese are the committees questions and MT. Carey's answers.)
 Yes"
 How much money of Ford's did you yourself draw from the bank before MT. Ford's death?"
 T should judge somewhere in the neighborhood Of $3.5OO."
 Did you ever turn over any part of this $S,500 to Mir. Ford or his estate?" i Nothing, except as represented ill the inventory, where have charged myself in the inventory"
 You simply charged yourself in the inventory with certain sums. in expee- tation of accounting for them to the est tate?'
 Yes"
 You have represented yourself to the court in your account as having nearly s6.OOO in your hands--that was not ! true?'
 No: mo-"
 "So. at the time of filing your inven- tory your had only the building and loan stock and the Rutland note and mortgage, instead of some SCOOP"
 Yes"
 At the time you filed the inventory the money was practically all expend- ed?"
 Why. I think it probable
 How much was drawn for MT. Ford?"
 Maybe s200; probably less" To all these questions and those fol- lowing, objection was entered by At torney Hamilton, the overrulings being followed by exceptions.
 The introduction of this evidence was regarded as q material victory for the state in one of the lesser gageemnts.
 Content with having introduced these disclosures, the state rested at noon, Mrs. George ". Carey, wife of the ae- cused taking the stand as the first witt Iness for the defense. The direct exam ination by MT. Hamilton was frequent ly interrupted by consultations with Judge DeForest and with Carey him self
 Designed to contradict Mrs. Wheeler, the testimony of Mrs. Carey was to the effect that Mrs. Wheeler had originally made no claim that he name had been ! .orged to the executors bond, but, on the contrary, had expressed herself as being responsible for any shortage in Careys accounts. 1 Mrs. George w. Carey, the wife of the accused, was subjected to a strict cross-examination with but little re- suit.
 The brother. Paul Carey, was next ort on the stand by the defence. He 1 Sllf1.llV LeSIiIleua tO d knUWleUSe OI HIS fathers signature and identified 1t signed to a note and mortgage of $1,S00.
 Mrs. Charles Carey, mother of the accused. was then called to the stand. She was asked concerning her hus- bands having signed bond for sS000 in the Ford estate. The question was objected to, but was finally admitted. She said that she had heard the scratching of a pen, and said that some conversation had taken place be- tween the father and son at that time The question was asked the witness whether after the signing of the instru- ment anything had been said by her husband. This question was objected to and the judge excluded it.
 Mrs. Carey told about some conversa- ton which had taken place between Mrs. Wheeler and herself in reference to the Ford estate, and at this point court was adjourned until this morn ing at 10 o'clock, when Mrs. Carey will resume her testimony.
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