The Detroit times., 1910-04-09

Alfred Wallerstein Testihes lonia
Prison Officials Dumped Equip
ment Into Yard.

Wallerstein. whose Arm is suing thu
state for the cancellation OF $l54,Oo'
contract for the making OF shirts, col
llSrs and cuffs, in Ionia prison. resumet
Ito stand this morning.
He was questioned about the amour
of damage done 10 the WallersteiI
machinery when the ionia prison au
thorities had torn IL out with the ale
o. crowbars after the company haC
refused 10 remove II.
| Witness said he found the prison
officers had thrown considerable por
lions OF sewing machines and meta
! ironers. out into the yard where they
were exposed 10 the elements, thal
they were badly broken and damaged
and that when he asked Warden Full
Ter the privilege OF taking camera
inside the prison yard TO take photo
graph OF the broken machinery Fuller
declined TO let IL be done.
The machinery when installed was
valued at about $4,000, and after II
had been torn ont and the factory ais
mantled the company sold most or IL
to parties in New York for Ss2o's4
the rest OF IL was sold as scrap iron
for which 500 was realized.
The state then introduced In evil
dence certified copies OF financial re-
ports filed by the Wallerstein Co. with
the secretary OF state showing that the
value OF its personal holdings on Dec
81. 1902, was s275, 5s0.65 more than
the year before, yet the business went
into the hands OF a receiver on May
/, 1903. Witness could only account
for this increase because OF a possible
increase In the stock on hand
Wallerstein testified that In talk
he had with Warden Fuller following
the cancellation of the contract he
told Fuller he was satisfied the board
had not acted legally In cancelling his
contract, and that Fuller replied he
thought they had acted legally, but
that even IL they had not the state
had got a better contract from Green
and il the Wallerstein Company had
suffered any damage In consequence
of the action Of the board 1t might
better pay the company some dam
ages than to make any change In the
deal with Green.
On objection OF the states attorney
to the introduction OF the copies OF
| letters sent Joe Weinhold by Waller
stein, and which Attorney Smith
sought TO have read In evidence the
court ruled them out as not tending
to show the board was not warranted
In cancelling the contract.
Assistant Acknowledgement Lawle'
tried TO show late Thursday afternoon
that Wallerstein was In a scheme tC
| land Hiram F. Hatch, general super
intendent OF the shirt factory In
Ionia prison, as warden OF that insts
tuition.
| Raising his voice TO high pitcf
Lawler went after Wallerstein with
hammer and tongs.
You were in scheme 10 lant
! Hatch as warden OF that reformatory
weren't you?" asked LAWYER.
Witness declared emphatically tina
he had no such thoughts.
will you say you were not In
scheme TO get Locke TO resign so thai
Hatch. who claims 10 control the gov
error and Weinhold, could GUST War
den Fuller and get his job? Don't you
know" continued LAWYER, without
giving the witness time 10 answer
that Hatch went TO Lansing and
made complaints against the deputy
warden and Warden Fuller?
Il think he complained Of Deputy
Warden Douglass 10 the members OF
the board, but know nothing of his
complaining OF Fuller"
Didn't you know Hatch was pulling
his wires 20 GUST Fuller and land the
job for himself"
Il didn't know any such thing.
never contemplated any such thing as
Mr. Hatch being appointed warden OF
the reformatory."
Wallerstein admitted he gave Vein
hold no instructions as TO what to do
with the papers he had which would
expose Locke. Wallerstein said ne
expected Locke would resign as he
had said he would, and that they
would get a new member on the board
before whom he could go and get 4
square deal" He said he didn't go
TO the governor and tell him about It
when Locke failed TO resign, although
he said he ought TO have done so. He
said he didn't consider that Weinhold
would help him any because he knew
all about the matter and had not in
sisted on Lockes resignation, and so
far as he knew. never reported the
matter 10 the governor.
Wallerstein said he had let the mat
ter drift along to this trial.
Isn't IL a fact that you had the
trial of this case delayed" asked Law
Ter, because you were afraid OF what
YOU had done In Offering Locke a
bribc 80 ,...aa.a.< &, 49,
Wallerstein replied IL was not a fact
and that he had been anxious all
along to have il tried. lie said for
some reason or other the attorneys In
Detroit who had the first handling oi
the case didn't get around to have
il tried.
Didn't you have II delayed so as 70
take advantage OF the statute of limi-
tations, which makes IL impossible 20
prosecute the offense OF Offering a
bribe after six years have elapsed?"
Il never thought OF such a thing.
replied the witness.