New-York tribune., 1905-06-28
D. ROTHSCHILD A WITNESS
DENIES in Wooten Trial That he
Cot $1,000 from Mathesos.

- IN. sunre1ne Court, did his utmost TO hS't1
,hs trial of John w. Wooten, lnoicpeo iol On
LACED Grand larceny In taking q che0A ~
from David Rothschild and alIhouSh "
saesion of the court was ordered
.etsrnoon In the expectation OF ililisihs
case there was an adjournment oA 'ne
,o.+ evening until this morning because
Assistant District Attorney Kama hslu - .,,o
,onr IN summing up for the prosecution ol1.
iOie :. or .,e 3nrv were TOO tired and hun
=. ,,o,r mora .allS II was 8: 10 O'Clock "ile'A
e. Ran5 ceased his appeal for the conViclioii
- xpooten. Justice Davy then asked IL the JuiS
,refarred 10 finish the case or return III 'ii0
,,orninsr and got a reply which caused MN "
say: ,oeo ~
Tomorrow. .aoa 70
II MAS said that Justice Davy had lntehoeo "
leave the city this morning, ana thaI 'iie Uei"'
IN finishing the trial was great
10 him. .,o
robn " wooten was the last witness lor ul'
defence in his trial He testified yesterday al
o~ .ha+ q was not until last May that he
heard he was accused Of stealing the chech ~.
q GOO given by David Rothschild. the conTlcteo
.,-.as,den+ of the defunct Federal Bank. a1thoush
=. haa talked with Rothschid about that very
check before Rothschild's conviction- oh o0to-
her % 1908 he said Rothschild SPOKE o. 'Ne
check and said he was soTry an Arrangement
haa not been made with Armitase Malhe" =
adding: .eIf you can't make arrangements win
Mathews you are a Jonah
VVooten testified that Rothschild had been anA-
.ous to become administrator OF the Weisen eS-
.etA He said Mathews was trying In ocIopei'
1ons n get his surety company off Rothschilds s
bond
Devtd RothsohiId was g. witness for the prose-
s-o- ff1A eff
said he was convict in Sing Sing, but had been
Lent IN the Tombs as a witness for the State
.onoa months He contradicted fatty the testl-
7nonv of Arrnitage Mathews. given on MONDAY
that Mathews had paid back to him the Slooo
Gent In 8 check through Wooten ss payment OF
q second prernium on the security company s
bond
THAT is q lie" he said. 1T never got the
money" Rothschild said he gave $3.50 more TO
Mathews in December. 1903 when there was
more talk about the security company getting
off the bond Part Of Rothschilds cross-exam-
ination ran as follows:
Odd you ever do business under the name Of Of
Barrett? Al did business under lhe hAHie u
oNYou used the name Of Gould? A-Yes: on
InSTsag6fisb mo 6isb TO as pIlHa95eeo sso9e
Q.--who was Gould? Ale was a man IN our
ooHa Was dummy. and you used his name?
A.
DID YOU countersign the cashiers check for
$1,000 on October q. 1903? Al don't remember; I;
him: you three you and Mathews and Ferguson.
have got about SO 600 out Of the estate and no"
o.-Have you been promised immunity for tesd-
'oeDid YOU tell the District Attorney that you
would help him if he would help you? Al did
Mr.. Baldwin of Wooten's counsel, began to
sum up for the defence at p m. Justice Davy
having stated that he would hold a night ses-
sion to get through with the case, as he leaves
town to-day. Mr.. Baldwin declared that the
prosecution had failed utterly to prove the
charge OF larceny against wooten. as it had
beer, shown that Wooten acted merely as Roth
sehild's agent IN passing over TO Mathews the
check for $1,000. He added:
What is there against Arn1itage Mathews? Not
thing. and he is brave for taking the
that the 100 was not made payable TO the Bank
ers Surety Company like the first one. but was
So that the surety g company would remain l-' on
@ Rothschd's BONG until the close Of the contest in
he gave back the money to Rothschiid, the convict
Where, at the time the check was drawn his ac-
count had been oVerdrawn.
Mr. Rand. in his summing up for the prosecu-
ton, declared that Wooten and Mathews had
perjured themselves in testifying that Mathews
paid back to Rothschild the $1,000 He said
the jury was not bound to believe the testimony
oA hothschllo' the convict, unless it was cor
roborated. but that it had been corroborated
In everything except as to the payment of the
stolen money by the testimony of Wooten and
Matthews themselves The lawyers, he asserted
had been in a conspiracy to loot an estate with
the aid of Rothschild. and. not satisfied with
that, they had robbed RothschiId Mr. Rand
made strong plea that the Jury should give
verdict TO act as check on dishonesty
among lawyers.
District Attorney Jerome heard Mr. Rand,s
long address with evident satisfaction He Ssi5
iast evening that in addition to Wooten and
MatheWs there were about a dozen LAWYERS
uhQer Indictment in the county and he wanted
TO bring them all 10 trial before the end Of the
year. 0 VI 'he