Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-06-01
IF ACTION WON THE WITNESS
CLAIMS SHE WAS TO SHARE
M0NEY-CLAIMs MORRIS
SENT HER LETTERS
TO BE COPIED.
SUSPENSION is FOR TEN DAYS.
Stop Taking Depositions in Morris
100000 Damage Suit After the
stenographer's Admission For
mer Testimony of Conspir-
acy Was Untrue.
From St. Louis Post Dispatch.

The taking Of depositions in the
sl00,o00 damage suit Of George Morris,
Jr., against Clarence A. Barnes, Frank
r. Jesse, A. G. Barnes and J. G. Lake
nan, which has been in progress in the
Offices of Boyle, Priest & Lehman, was
abruptly suspended at l O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon, following a
consultation between attorneys Of
both sides.
The suspension is for ten days and
the taking Of the depositions may be
resumed by either side giving notice
at the end of that time, but it is very
improbable that 1t will be resumed.
The suspension, proposed by the at
torneys for the plaintiff, resulted
from definite reputation by Miss
Alyce Goodwin of her former tcsti-
mony relative to the letters on which
Morris allegations Of conspiracy
rested, and the introduction Of letters
from Morris to her abiding to COM
pensation, present and prospective,
for her testimony.
When her deposition was being taken
three weeks ago Miss Goodwin testi-
fed that six letters which were intro
duced bearing signatures Of the de-
PENDANTS were originals which had
been received by Joseph Linz, Dal-
las, Tex, jeweler, while she was sten.
ographer for him. She testified
Wednesday that the letters were not
originals received by Linz from the
defendants, but were her own handi-
work. She said that she made the
letters from originals In the hand
writing Of Morris, given to her by him
and copied at his request.
She said she had seen letters con-
tanning the same subject matter which
had been received by Linz, and had
written letters from the dictatlon Of
Linz referring to leaving no stone un-
turned In the prosecution of Morris on
an embezzlement charge in Dallas,
and she claimed that she supposed
the letters which she copied for Nor
ris had been obtained by him from an
employ of Linz. She supposed that
the letter heads of the defendants, on
which she copied the letters, were OBJ
tained from a stenographer of the de-
PENDANTS.
DETECTIVE WORKS IN INTERIM.
Miss Goodwin's change of attitude
is attributed to the work of Frank
White, a private detective in the en-
ploY of the defense, during the three
weeks interim since Miss Goodwin
made her original statements.
When, after the suspension Of the
proceedings, Miss Goodwin was told
that she would not need to come to
the Office again without notice except
to sign her name to her deposition she
said she did not know whether she
would be in the city.
| Miss Goodwin told on the witness
stand Wednesday what led to hel
change OF attitude.
Questioned by Mr.. Lehman, she sale
she met White on the street a few
days ago and told him she was afraid
she was bel 1g dragged into something
which would cause her trouble.
He advised her, she said, to talk tC
her employers about it. She spoke t.
Murray Carleton, but did not go intC
details. He advised her to tell moth
| ing but the truth, and referred her Il
bis attorney, Mourton Jordan, but
she did not get chance to talk Il
him.
She first met Morris, she said, IL
January, 1901. In April of that veal
he went to her at Dallas with copie
OF letters written on St George Hote
paper, In his writing, and gave hel
letter heads Of the defendants and a
his request she made copies OF thu
letters