The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-12
WILEY GOES
 AFTER THIELE Trial of Eugene Hester Grows Interesting. TILT WITH A WITNESS Defendant Tries to Impeach Post
 office Inspector. Case of Railway Mail Clerk Accused of Robbins Car of ss,o0O win
 Be Resumed in Court
 Today.

In his oss-exaIiination of Postofffce Inspector H. E. Thiele of Mobsie, wno the case against Eugene Hester. former railway mail clerk and alleged embez. zler of. ss.U00. Colonel A. A. Wiley or the counsel for the defendant, went ar ter the witness hammer and tongs yes terday afternoon in the United States Circuit Court
 In his erforts to discredit the testi- mony nf MT. Thie.e Colonel Whey prac- ton of the rules of the court. with O. ercing a witness, whose testimony in the preliminary nearing or Hester case before United States Commission the defendant, and with using undue influence with the Federal grand jury to secure an indictment against Hester. All of this was. however, fatty denied
 when the court convened yesterday morning ten of the jurors whose names had been drawn from the box were chalienged-five by each side; Finally case. was made up as follows: ". F. Watford, HiliiaSdsville. Henry County J. s. sWaldrup. Randolph. Bibb County; & p. Stephens. Ozark, Dais ls,ls nsanya Sonnay; County; J. E. Ray. Brundidge. Pike County; G. Woolf. J. w. Mitchell and ". c. Holt Montgomery; II. M. Jones. Praiivilie. Pratt nise Agtanga gusgs County; E. J Rawiiason. Fletcher, Ehiiton County; and q. c. Floyd. Wetumpka, Fillmore
 whole Day Consumed.
 The whole of the day was devoted to the examination of witnesses intro duced by the District Attorney to snow that ghe packages from which Hester Is alleged to have taken the contents went into his hands through the prop CT channels aud were not dispatched from his car. chambliss. postmaster at Enterprise. $121 to the Assistant United States Treasurer at New Orleans; w. R. Wat ford. bookkeeper n the First Na- tional Bank of Dothan. who had pre-. pared and turned over to the postoffice c package containing $2.500 addressed to the Hanover National Bank In New York; w. F. Helms. Railway Mail tion and s. J. Sykes. the clerk who ran from Elba Junction. meeting Hester at Iron City. Ga; Harry J. Durr. J. x. Mo Carty, a clerk in the Dothln postofhce; M. w. King and his assistant. s. l. Ar rington, transfer clerks at the Mont gomery union railway station; A. J: Le- Bon and Postoffice Inspector H. E. Thiele one of the officials who worked up the case for the government. govern ,sae.a .n. packages into the hands of Hester through these various witnesses. 1n- spector ThieIe said that 1t was the duty of Hester, whose run was from Way cross, Ga, to Montgomery to hand the packages over to the clerk on the New OrIeans-Atlanta Railway postofiice.
 Conduct of Mfr. Thiel.
 It was on the cross-examination of Mir. Thiele by the defense that some oi the sensational part of the evidence began to be brought out. It seems that J. T. Richardson, a witnses for the de- fense, had testified at the preliminary hearing before the commissioner that
 sltGgsthsTf Sssf PsnS PossSle ths TOT saeka railway car so as not to be seen by the clerks.
 Colonel Wiley of the counsel for the defendant, asked MT. Thiele If he had mission would be revoked If he again gave such testimony. MT. Thiele said he had not thus threatened Richardson but he said he was concerned about the safety of the mails, for he knew from his own experience as a railway mail clerk that man from whom a person could conceal himself in rail- way mail car was not fit for the ser vice.
 Under the circumstances he said he thought proper to warn Richardson Of the Import of his testimony. He de- nied that Inspector McCrea. who at that time was stationed in Montgomery. had said to him that the dismissal of Rich. arQSOn WOulQ TulH lHCtt Cooc ob belhSe Hester, and that for that reason he had taken no action.
 Mr.-l hiele denied in answer to a question from Colonel Wiley that he had used persuasion on members of the grand jury to get m indictment against Hester He said he did not tell mem bers of the grand jury that If an ira- dictment was not fourd Inspector Mo Crea would lose his position. He had not been aware. he said. that the grand jury had at first failed to find an in- 6ietnent as claimed by Colonel Wiley Colonel Wiley Was Warm. Colonel Wiley asked MT 'Thieie 1T ne had not talked to Mr: McCrea about on trial in the morning. MT. Thiele had been allowed to remain in the court room to assist In the prosecution Iut MT. McCrea had been placed under present at the trial. MT. Thiele said he had said nothing improper to Mr. McC.rea about the case.
 what did you say to hinn?' asked Colonel Wiley.
 N.yNhy. is your recollection so short and treaeherous that you cannot re- member a conversation of few hours ago| .
 "If your honor please, we think 1t manifestly improper for this witness to have talked to another witness who had been put under the rule by the court" said Colonel Wiley, addressing inc court, 'ard We hope your honor will place a legal coal of ire upon his hack and make him crawl little.
 s~rhe witness should he treated with courtesy" interposed District Attorney
 "I don't want any lessons in cour- tesy from you" retorted colonel Wiley
 Jndee Jones's gayel brought the tilt to an end, but Inspector Thiele's mem orv was not refreshed ever by ques- tions from the court.
 MT. Thiele was still on the stand