The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-01
M'CRACKEN
rs REPROVED
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that the judges instructions to the jury
WIN. ut least take an hour. and the case
may not get to the jury before O'Clock.
II there 10 any time before court ad-
5ourns the case of Otto Mathis is the
NEXT one set for trial
McBr4de was put on the witness stand
again this morning and his evidence
was as follows:
McBrido's
Strange Evidence
Il called at Ferry's place frequently.
man by the name of Grant went with
me Sunday morning. 1 went for walk
with him and told him I was going
down as far as Frank Ferry's house.
Went into teh dining room. There were
three or four fellows sitting around
the room Saw Mrs Ferry and Frank
Ferry also there. Talked with him
probably ten minutes. Talked with
him to being supoened as a witness.
He told me his doctors were George &
Craig. Found out In his telephone book
whore their Office was. Grant phoned
to them. The doctors came down to-
my house and Grant went with him to
find Ferry. I talked with Grant after
wards and he said the doctors advised
Ferry to go to ahospital. Mcbride tes-
titled that doctors Offices were in Tom
Knots building. Told doctor I wanted
him to go to Ferry. I wanted to get q
certificate from the doctor showing
that he couldn't come down to Crown
Point as witness He was not q wit
ness supoened by him. I did not sug-
gest to the doctor to give him any med
icine or chloroform. I did not enquire
where he was afterwards
Redirect testimony by McCracI<ens
Went down to see Ferry to see If
he was coming down on Monday. sug-.
gested a certificate to keep him from
testifying. 1 have seen certificates
turned in at Crown Point evcusing wit
nesses- I thought it would be for his
benefit as much as for mine.
Sensation after sensation was sprung
in quick success ion in the circuit court
yesterday in the hearing of Mathew
Mcbride, the Gary blind tiger keeper.
Evidence of witness tampering was as
plain as the nose on a face, and the
sspiriting away of witnesses was one
of the sensations of the day. and the
work is accredited to the machina-
tions of the clique who made excellent
use of the respite offered by the
courts adjournment on Saturday and
Sunday. 1t was day full of tense
situations and hardly q minute OF the
NOW four-days old trial but what was
replete with some point of interest,"
or sensation to the assembled throns
hearing the evidence being submitted
The ordinance further disclosed the
terrible conditions in Gary that arr
being made light of and condoned by
l. l.F> D.
low is given some of the points OF
interest and part of the testimony
of material weight given during the
day:
At the opening of court this morn
ing Special Prosecutor Bruce as ket
the court to issue a bench warran
for the appearance of Frank Ferry
one of the blind tiger keepers sub
poenaed to appear state witnes.
In the trial of Mcbride this mornins
Bruce stated that Ferry should hav'
been there. but that he tBruce) hat
strong suspicious that the defendant
side had aided in his nonappearance
Judge Peterson issued the warrant 70
Ferry, who will no doubt answer Il
charges for contempt OF court on hi
appearance.
ripple was caused in the court
case when Attorney McCracken search
ed the courtroom for the person of At
torney Matthews and asked in a gen
erai way: Wonder where Brotne
Matthews IL this morning?" Attorne,
Bruce was on his feet in a second witt
the retort courteous He'll be her
later. SO don't let it worry YOU
Richard o. Winkier was recalled b,
the defense. In an effort to show tina
his work on the court records wa
regular winkler tesrIfied In part a
follows: About midnight made one re
ceipt for 500 which was to be fine
and costs of blind tiger keepers o
trial. Usual way / did when I ha
number OF cases. Got all paper
ready for next mornings work
knew they (blind pig keepers) wer
going to get the minimum fine Ha
blind pig cases before these In ques
ton.
Contamination brought out moth
ing new in winkler's testomony.
Jake Labovfch was the next witnes
to testify and the utter reversal {
the testimony which the state expecte
hi INTO disclose proved to be one {
the sensations. or perhaps the sense
tion of the day. Labovich testified |
conference with the mayor,
which Knots asked him IL he ws
going to tell the truth at Grow
Point. land to remember to prote'
himself when you go on the stand
Iabovich told OF an alleged confel
ence he had with Bruce. Houren ar
Renollett in q cirontt court aDte-reoz