Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-06
EMBRACERY CHARGE
WAS A MISTAKE
Juror in Capitol Conspiracy Case
ExOnerated
LARGE PROFITS ON FURNITURE

Harrisburg, Pa, March "a dis
rlaimer that the state suspected the
integrity Of any juror in the capitol
trial, and an admission by the district
attorney that the arrest Of c. F. Hum
phreys on a charge of attempted en-
bracery was a mistake, closed the in
cident involving Juror A. A. Poist. Mr..
Gilbert asked leave for an investiga-
ton to which District Attorney Weiss
assented. and for over an hour the at
torneys conferred, Mr.. Weiss present
ing an account of what transpired in
his Office and answering many ques
tions about the visit of the juror to
him.
Upon the return to the room OF the
lawyers. Mr.. Weiss said for the com
monwealth:
IF your honor please. complying
with the request of our friends on the
other side, a conference has been had,
with the following result:
1.-THE commonwealth desires tc'
state and does state that the arrest OF
Humphreys was a mistake, as subse
quently ascertained. and the common.
wealth is satisfied that there was nc
wrong whatsoever between Hum.
phrevs and the juror named. The
newspaper statements that other war
rants were out or would be issued for
other persons were entirely unfounded
and unwarranted; that no warrants
were out: that none would be issued;
that no juror had been nor was now
suspected of any improper conduct
1.-THE district attorney admits that
the juror voluntarily came tc his Of
fee and made a statement of the facts
prior to the discharge of Humphreys |
that after the discharge of Humphreys |
he again voluntarily came and a col !
loquy occurred between them" /
With the taking of testimony in re
buttal of Miss Julia A. Cooper a pub
lie stenographer. Of Philadelphia, both
sides closed.
Miss Cooper was called to refute
the testimony of two typewriter ex-
perts who testified for the defense
that the sample sheet of the quanti-
ties book, the quantities book itself
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former Attorney General Carson were
written upon the same typewriter.
Stanford B. Lewis, assistant to Hus-
ton, had testified that the sample
sheet was brought to him by Snyder,
and that the other two papers were
prepared by Huston.
Several furniture experts were
roI1ad nv tho commonwealth IN testify
as to the cash values of certain
articles of furniture supplied by San
ierson for the capitol. According to
the testimony Of these experts, a divan
worth 1910 was billed to the state at
$1,000; table worth $3.50 was billed at
1880; a settee worth SIS was billed
It 1916, and a sofa worth $500 was
billed at $1,000
The testimony of these experts
ihowed that the rostrums Of the SEN
tie and house caucus rooms, for which {
he state paid Sanderson $9O,74S.S0
we're worth $4,000; that the bootblack
tand, for which Sanderson collected
1619.20 was worth S182.50, that a (
ola for which Sanderson was paid {
1920 was worth $3.50, and that an {
Their sofa, for which Sanderson col I
ected 1888, was worth $12O.
This testimony also showed that the
peaker's chair. for which Sanderson
yas paid $3.50. was worth $175; that
he fifty senate desks for which San
erson was paid $265 each. were
Torth 500 and that the house desk \
1r which Sanderson charged s2S5 =
ach, were worth sos. .