Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-29
BRIEF CoLLooUY BETWEEN OF
POSING ATTORNEYS
Small Attendance Of Spectators
Samples of Satchels Not
Admitted as Evidence.

l. AS tohOiibN WA nc lcEA4 alDtlddSs lRs
hearing will go over at the close of she ses-
sion of the court this afternoon until next
Wednesday morning. The prosecution ex-
poets to conclude the Introduction OF its
evidence in chief tie following day
With the passage OF hours the proceed
ngs grow more tedious and unlnteresting
from the standpoint of the average member
OF the small audience that faithfully attends
the sessions of the court from day to day.
There was merely a corporars gaurd pres
ent this morning. The prosecution con
tinued 10 produce checks. drafts. deposit
slips and the like, and read the same to the
jury. counsel for the defense throughout
most of the procedure signing YEARLY and
murmurng pontedly about the needless
consumption of time.
The Witnesses Today.
Three OF the witnesses who testified this
morning at the call of the prosecution
Benson d. Carr and Henry Halstead. both
Of Toledo. Ohio. the home OF George r.
Lorenz and Henry Humphrey of Cleveland.
Ohio-were well remembered because OF
their appearance on the same witness stand
during the Machen-Lorenz-Groff case. They
testified today along similar lines. what
they had to say bearing on banking trans
actions by Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenz with finan-
cial institutions in Toledo and Cleveland,
Ohio. Crawford being more or less con-
nected with the same. As usual, the defense
was prepared to admit the accuracy OF
nearly everything the prosecution made a
move to establish by proof.
Mr.. Carr told Of the Institution of which
he Is president Issuing a draft on New
York. at the request OF Lorenz which was
made payable to bearer"
is this the draft the money for which
was paid to Crawford in New York as
shown here the other day7" Maj. Conrad,
Quired.
MAJ. Conrad knows very well that II is
the same draft" Attorney Worthington re-
piled. shortly.
II do not know so" Mat CONRAD 49,,
said with spirit. II am asking il IL ia SO
At Is. Attorney Worthington answered
1t was further shown that Crawford made
out the bills 10 the Post Office Department
for satchels furnished by his comnanv and
that he was the Individual who received ths
warrants In payment for the same
Inc court declined to permit the intro
duction in evidence OF samples of letter car.
r1erS' Satchels and straps
Consul General Wynne was placAS IN III.
witness stand this afternoon. '''e
Mr. LoTenzs brother was In the court
room. as Is his custom. and he followed the
proceedings apparently with interest
Bank President a Witness.
When the hearing was resumed this
morning Mr.. Benson D. Carr. president Of
a bank in Toledo. Ohio. was called bv the
prosecution as a witness. He testified re-
garding the procuring of a number OF
drafts at his bank by George E Lorenz.
The latter asked that one OF the drafts on
New York, be made payable to bearer
The witness objected to the draft being
written IN that way. but Mr.. Lorenz in
sisted, and finally he was given draft to
the order of bearer" This draft Is the
one admitted last week by the defense TO
have been cashed in New York by MI.
era wford.
Henry Halstead. clerk in the employ Of
the Home Savings Bank. Toledo, Ohio. the
next witness, explained that Martha J.
Lorenz had an account at his institution
against which both Mrs. Lorenz and her
husband. George z. Lorenz. checked The
witness identified a transcript OF Mrs
Lorenz's bank account.
At this point Attorney Worthington en-
tered an objection. Counsel explained that
the prosecution evidently wanted to show
that when LOrenZ received a remittance
from the Postal Device and Lock Company
he shifted his accounts IN various banks in
connection with paying over some of the
money to Machen. The defense urged that
II was immaterial to the present trial to
prove what Lorenz did with money paid
him in discharge Of an honest obligation.
The objection was overruled and q great
deal of time was then devoted to Identify
ing and reading to the jury checks from
the Postal Device and Lock Company to
Lorenz. deposit slips, drafts and the like.
Bank Account Verified.
Henry Humphrey. who is connected with
the Society for Savings. Cleveland. Ohio.
followed Mr. Holstead on the witness stand.
He stated that in 1902 and 1903 Martha ].
Lorenz had an account with the Society
for Savings and that number of drafts
on New York were issued at her Instance
The prosecution then called Edwin A.
Neiss. in charge of free delivery supplies.
Post Office Department. His predecessor
in that office was Thomas McGregor. The
witness testified that 1t is his duty. among
other things, to prepare orders to con-
tractors for the shipment of free delivery
supplies. The defense admitted 1t to be
true. when tho prosecution began to show
by the witness that the bills for satchels
furnished the department by the Postal
Device and Lock Company were made out
by Crawford. and that the latter had re-
ceived the warrants in payment for the
satchels.
The prosecution offered In evidence sam
Piles of letter carriers satchels and straps.
The defense objected. in the interest of
economy of time. The objection was sus-
tanned 1t being remarked that the validity
of the contract between the Post Office De-
partment and the Postal Device and Lock
Company for the supplying of the satchels
was not In controversy.
Take the witness. Assistant United
defense.
"Cross-examine the bags" Maj. Conrad
INTERCEPTED. with a smile.
I'VE don't care to take the witness and
Worthington said. ending the colloquy.
1t being the desire of counsel for the
government and for the defense to confer
regarding certain documents In order to
reach an agreement, IL possible, regarding
the admissibility of the same in evidence.
a recess was taken at noon for one hour.
Afternoon Session.
At the opening of the afternoon session
Of the court Emanuel Speich. auditor for
accounts rural free delivery, was sworn as
a witness. He was asked regarding con-
tracts for supplying letter carriers satcheis
from the year 1894 to 1898. which contracts
the prosecution intended to offer in EVIL
dence The defense objected on the ground
that the contracts for 1S94-1S98 could have
no bearing on the contract of 1902. In which
Crawford was interested.
Robert j. Wynne, consul general OF tho
United States at London, England. and for
merly Postmaster General who tourneyed
to this city from London for the purpose OF
testifying for the government in the Craw-