The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-20

to the amount of nearly s100.00o. in the federal court today. The matter of in- sanity will be decided before the trial for the embezzIemept will proceed. The court room was crowded again. much interest having been worked up.
 4. S. Morton, paymaster of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railway Com pany, was placed on the. stand and said he had known Chisholm since he was a boy and had come in contact with him frquently in the course of his business. Chisholm had always appeared to him accurate and prompt and had evinced no eecentricities. The witness thought that Chisholm was undoubtedly a sane man.
 On the cross examination 1t was emphasized that the relations between witness and defendant had been purely those of business.
 I. T. Dixon, paymaster for the Re- public Iron and Steel Company, gave much the same testimony saying he conducted his business efficiently and promptly. He had at no time noted anything in Chisholm's actions or de- meanor that seemed unnlturaL He had always lregarded Chisholm as sane man.
 Believed Him sane.
 S. R. Rainbow testified he had known Chisholm for many years. He did bus mess with the First National Bank. Saw defendant almost daily and found him accurate and quick in the per formance of his duties. Never saw or heard anything unnstural in his ac- tions or conversation and believed him to be sane if any one was.
 Cross examination brought out the fact that the only relations between the two were those of a paying teller with a customer of the bank.
 M L. Satterfield testified that he had had business transactions with Chis- holm daily and had found him correct and careful in all his dealings over the teller's copnter. Had seen nothing un- natural and regarded him as sane man.
 On the cross examination witness stated that he knew nothing of Chis- holm except in his banking business.
 F. M Sinclair custodian of the First National Bank, was placed on the stand. He had known Chisholm four years, and for the better part of that time rather intimately. Chisholm had always appeared jovial and light-heart- ed. He had called on him several times at the jail, but had seen or heard nothing that he regarded as unnatural
 He regarded Chisholm as a sane man as nothing had ever occurred to make him believe otherwise. No cross exam ination,
 Court Takes Recess.
 Chief Deputy Marshal H. c. Ashley was then placed on the stand He tes- tifed that he had carried Chisholm to and from the Jail since his imprison- ment and that when Chisholm was brought to the government building to he arraigned he had asked to be brought down back way in order that he might avoid meeting people that he knew. No cross examination.
 Here ensued a consultation between the judge and attorneys which resulted in a recess of thirty minutes being de clared.
 Instead of thirty minutes. however. It was an hour and a quarter before the court resumed its deliberations William Nj. Walker was then sworn He said that he had known the defend. ant for a number of years and had seen his frequently since his connection with the bank. He had seen him a f Atlantic City during last summer and had had a brief conversation with him then.
 In this conversation he had noted nothing unnatural in Chisholm's de meanor Witness said he was a directo' in the First National Bank.
 United States Commissioner Waite was called and testified that the cases of F. G. Smith and W. l.. Sims, charg- ed with aiding and abetting Chisholm in his dedication, were heard before him and that Chisholm has testified in those cases. In delivering this tes- timony Chisholm was on the stand for a considerable time and made lengthy statment, involving all the details of his embezzlement. At no time during the trial had the witness noted any | thing abnormal in the demeanor or sub stance of the testimony of the defend- ant except that he appeared nervous | During these trials Chisholm has said nothing in reference to his extraordi- nary ability to make money on the cot | ton market.
 Chisholm Answers Clearly. Chisholm had answered clearly and intelligently all the questions that were | asked him.
 On the cross examination the wit | ness said that the question of Chts- holm's ability as a speculator had not been gone into during those two trials 1 Dr. J D. Dabney was again placed on the stand and testified that dur | ing Chisholm's sickness he was not de lirious at any time when he was pres ent and showed no symptoms that in dicated the coming of mental derange' | ment.
 | Dr. Clark was recalled and Attorney l Bradley read to the witness ana jury