The Detroit times., 1914-12-10


tity OF the letters He said he had
stolen the document from Mr. Browns
office. Then my brother called Clark.
When Clark came he said that he
knew ! had written the letters but
that II / would swear that Leas had
written them he was going to sue
Leas and would protect me. He said.
'Leas is the fellow I'm after
That's ALL" said Watson.
Mrs. McCready. did you thank Mr..
Clark for being after Leas instead OF
your" began the district attorney.
Il didn't. He was trying TO bride
me-"
And you don't thank him YETI"
On objection OF defendants counsel,
the question was stricken out.
You said moment ago that this
letter had been changed?"
IL said II had been copied"
And changed?"
Eyes. copied and some OF the words
changed"
Well, point out some OF the words
you say were changed"
The word dog Is used here.
never called anyone dog in my life"
What did you use?"
II probably said cur
We'll we have one change from
dog to cur" said Mr.. Webster.
rs the rest of the writing yours? ?"
yes, sir"
Il thought you said this was
COPY"
Il did"
How can the writing be yours
then7'
Il misunderstood you. The rest OF
the sentence is mine, but the writing
is not
The hearing adjourned at noon until
! I:30 o'clock.
DR.. Herbert II. Harper, Ypsilanti
dentist and lecturer. IN the University
OF Michigan, brother of Mrs Mar
garet McCready, testified, Wednesday
afternoon that at the time the notes
In question were received. his sister
was so Ill that she could not feed
herself, much less hold a pen.
He also swore that James Clark
and a man named Fisk had come to
him with statement from A. s. Os-
burn, eastern handwriting expert, to
the effect that the anonymous letters
and several known TO have been in.
dited by Mrs. McCready had been writ.
ten by the same hand, and attempted
to have him get his sister to say she
had beer induced TO write them by
Alvin Ed. Leas, Ypsilanti liveryman,
whose name has figured prominently
In the trial. Clark and Fisk had, the
witness 3wore, promised his sister inn
munity If she would lay the blame on
Leas.
DR. Harper said that his sister had
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feed herself from Jan. /, 1913, until
about the first of April, period dur
ing which many OF the letters were
received This statement was borne
out by Mrs. Theodore Harper, mother
OF the defendant
James Clark entered an absolute de-
NAL of the doctors story insofar as 1t
related to him when placed on the
stand later in the afternoon.
DR.. George NJ. Null Ypsilanti physi-
clan, and several other character wit
nesses were called. The greater por-
ton OF the character testimony was
excluded. practically all of the wit
nesses admitting that they had not
discussed the matter with anyone else
and consequently were not able to
tell what Mrs. McCready's standing In
the community was.
DR.. Harper's testimony is consider.
ed one of the trump cards of the de-
Tense in that il established an almost
complete "alibi" for his sister and
lays portion of the blame on Clark
DR.. Harper said that Fish called him
up the day after his sister returned
from. California.
He told me that 1t was a matter
that concerned my sister greatly"
testified the defendants brother, land
that he had a document from Mr.. Os-
burn, the handwriting expert, saying
that my sisters handwriting and that
in the anonymous letters was identical
He said that Clark had paid Osborn
500 for his work. Fisk told me that
he had stolen the document from
Clark's attorneys. Then Clark came
in. He said my sister had written
the letters but that Leas had made
her do it. He said that Leas had gone
around to saloons and barber shops
talking about him and that he was
going to show him up and get him.
He said that he had spent $1,000 and
would spend $4,000 for the purpose.
II told Clark that my sister had
not written the letters and could not
possibly have done SO. Clark then
spoke about Mr.. Osburn and told me
what wonderful man he was. He
said that he could tell persons |
by looking at a straight |
line the person had made. l told him |
that IL he knew anything about the |
letters he had better straighten II |
out with Leas; that my sister had had !
nothing to do with them. He then |
said that Leas had told others that |
he had written them and that he was |
going to get him. II your sister will |
get some lawyer and make an affl- |
davit that Leas made her write these
letters, l will fix It up so that she
will not be harmed Clark told me.
II said: Clark, your proposition Is
damnable and you had better leave
my house at once"
REORGANIZATION failed to shake
the doctors story, either as to his
sisters illness or as TO Clark's visit.
The testimony OF DR.. Harper Is also
in direct contradiction to that given
by Mrs Eva Weiniger, former chum
Of his sister, who testified that, dur
ing the time covered by the doctors
story OF his sisters illness, Mrs. Nc
Cready had entertained Leas and
other men.
Edward Henning, a brother-in-law
OF Leas, who was mentioned by Mrs.
Weiniger as her companion on sew
eral Soy rides" with herself, the de-