The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-15
MRS. FORD ADMITS HIDING OF $22,OOO Cooke Told Her 1t Came
 From Big Four SCENE IS PATHETIC Woman Makes Complete Confession and Tells Where Money Was
 Hidden and How Taken
 to New York
SCENE IS PATHETIC

Cincinnati, June 14-Charles L. War riner, defaulter to the extent of ss4s.- 900, stepped from the court scene in the trial of Edgar s. Cooke here today back to his cell and there entered Jean ette Stewart Ford, once a veritable Du Barry. now. pathetic palsied invalid
 With auivering voice she admitted having hidden $22,ooo in money for Cooke and then declared he had told her it had been taken from the Big Four railway.
 In essential details her testimony supplemented that of Warriner. War riner had related that when he dis covered Cooke was short the defendant visited Warriner's homo and gave him s20oo.
 Mrs. Ford today said she had accom- panied Cooke to the Warriner resi- dence one night but had remained out side until the latter had finished his call; that Cooke then said, Its all right; we'll both go to New York" and that there they opened a deposit box and aided Cooke in counting bills to the total of s22,o0o.
 According to the woman, Cooke's ex- planation of his methods in acquiring this money was that he just helped himself"
 Mrs. Ford's s-examination Is to begin tomorrow. Attorneys for the de- fense were willing to undertake it at an afternoon session but the woman's physician objected.
 "She is testifying at the risk of her lfe," he told the court and the respite was granted her
 Warriner again today resisted success fully attempts to lead him into an ex- posture of ''men higher up." He denied that there were any such men, that he had pleaded guilty and accepted a prison sentence at the behest of Big Four off cials or that he had ever as an officer of the road paid out money for illegal rebates
 Mrs. Ford was called.
 She gave her residence as a hospital.
 Who is maintaining you there?" was the next question.
 My bills have not been paid" she re- piled, but have some furniture which hope to selI.'
 HOW many cnlldren nave you.
 Two, boy and girl. They are now with friends" was the response. accom- panied by facial twitchings that showed how closely thls question had pressed home
 Then the questions turned to Cooke.
 The big moment of the trial came when Mrs. Ford was callod to the stand fol- lowing Warriner. Before she had testi fled more than a few minutes she startled the courtroom by declaring that Cooke had given her $22,000 In cash. She also revealed the innermost secrets of her de- fendant so far as the judge and attor- neys would permit.
 Cooke would visit me at my fiat two or three times a week. she said. ''Eacn time he brought packages of money which concealed in a trunk. Later I went to New York. engaged g safety deposit box and put the packages in 1t.
 Cooke and went to New York in September, 1901. He went to the safety deposit vaults and opened the packages and counted the money. It came to $22.- 00o all in s10. s20. $50 and $10O bills.''
 While you were in New York. did you have any talk as to where this money came from?" she was asked.
 "Yes, from the Big Four" was the re- ply. Cooke explained how and why he got it. He said other men were getting 1t, and that they let him out, so he just helped himself"