Evening journal., 1912-11-21
FOSTER CASE
NEAR THE END
Government Puts in Addition
al Testimony at Afternoon
Session of Court

Nine witnesses We're called by the
Government In the case OF Mahlon B.
Foster. charged with using the mails
for fraudulent purposes, In the United
States Court yesterday afternoon
practically closing the prosecution.
One Of the witnesses called yester
/day afternoon was ! S. Bennett. of
Riverton Md. who testified that Guy
II. Jackson, a railroad agent at Mar
della Springs, Md, received a letter
from the Warner Coal Company or
dering q carload of cord wood Jack
son turned over the letter to Bennett
and the order was filled In the name
OF Jackson This was in January Of
this year. Both men stated they
thought they were shipping the wood
TO the Charles Warner Company
Bennett said that two weeks after
| the shipment he went to the Charles
Warner Company offices and asked II
any more wood was desired lie
was informed that the company had
not received any wood
shortly afterwards notice was re-
cciyed from the railroad company
that the car was being held for de-
murrago charges This caused tho
witness 10 come here again and Inc
wont TO Locust street wharf where he
found tin house concern turned
over on It's side Foster was not
there nor az his home. but the wit
ness later found him and received the
manifest for the car from him. With
this the witness paid the charges and
had the shipment transferred
Thomas J. Bowen. public stenoe
rapher. who did work for Foster was
recalled aud identified certain letters
dictated by Foster William III
Cooper. counsel for the defendant
tried TO shake his testimony but with
out success. Bowen also said that
since the trial began Foster had had
him address an envelope TO a Mr.
Walton. OF ST. Paul MINI. He iden.
titled the envelope by producing one
similarly addressed from his pocket
Bowen said he took the precaution e
save his duplicate In case he shoulf
be confronted with the original
Lewis III Maltritz. an employe o
Held and Company. tested that Eos
ter ordered from that firm IN 1910
$4,000 coal bags lie identified thl
plates from which they were printed
, Charles H. Gray. a local printer
also ideptihed the plates from which
I he printed coal bags in 1911 for Fos
b ter
, Mr. Beatty. an attorney OF Phila
E delphia, and counsel for Charles S
| Warner, OF Meadowbrook. Pa. VIII
/ was an incorporation of the Warne
D Coal Company. testified that Foste
1 left sample OF the Charles Warne
h Company bag and the one to be use
4 by the Warner Coal Company in hi
Office Ia 1908 or 1909 These wer
q the ones Postoiiice Inspector Plum
v mer found in the attorneys Office.
i Postmaster NJ IT. Jester testiie
Y that letters written by the Warnc
Coal Company containing orders pass
= ed through the Wilmington postotlio
because they bore the cancellatio
: stamp OF the local postoiiice stampiu
machine.
a c. Wesley Weldin. a local lumhC
n dealer. testified that in Februar
4 1912. he purchased a carload OF lun
q ber from the Warner Coal Compan
n paying for il $162 6S. at the rate
$50 per thousand feet
~ Following the hearing OF the WI
~ nesses Mr.. Nields succeeded in ha
: ing all the documentary evidence a.
= mitted Mr.. Cooper objected. hut d
"a objection was overruled