The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-10
|. ROSENBERG GIVEN F|VE-HOUR
CHILLING ON STAND YESTERDAY
UNITED STATES ASSISTANT DIS
TRICT ATTORNEY ORRIEN
BRINGS OUT POINTS
Witness Makes Number of Admissions
for Government IN Complicated
Bankruptcy Case.

Al day yesterday. from 20 o'clock
until after O'Clock. Israel Rosenberg.
th' o-depf udant with his brother. Abel
Rosenberg. charged with consutring To
conceal assets from a." trustee ia bank
ruptcy. was ON the stand In federal
court. The greater part of the forenoon
was devoted 20 m" reciting OF his bust
moss career and the agreement with hts
brother 90 pay him 5000 In "a business
transact ION. which according to the Wit
ness. was tho reason Tor his shipping
the large amount Of goods from his storr
20 IN" stores conducted by \ bel Rusen-
borg al Cameron and Georgetown H. G
li" was placed ON tho stand by his at
torncys. J. H. Sommcrville and j. Der
uard Handlan
For four hours Israel Rosenberg was
given a. grillIug by United States Assist
ans District Attorney J. j r. OIsri.u ia
Interrogation was IN. most rigid and
closest given ia IA" federal court here
for years. Israel Rosenberg viii resume
ga. stand this morning and will likely
b. followed by his brothcr' Abel ItoSen-
brrE- IL Is prubtbi" that tn, ,Namina-
non VIII take up 1li OF today and the
case viii not 40 To- the jury before
Wednesday afternoon. The trial has
been ON since last Tuesday
Upon the defense placing Israel
Rosenberg on the stauG yesterday morn
ing hv r.cited his many years business
stores It ThuruuEhfar,. Va Manassas.
Va, N'w MHr'lu-Nlll'. -. MaryS. Fair
mum lam, I'tl ~tl'u ana Wheeling,
also go St'ub'us ill,. -. a.. testified that
during all his business years. including
hit""n years az Nv Martnsvillc. a,
had never b,ru involved in trouble and
thai his ,rciit was alysass good
Explains Agreement.
Tbs witness then Explained IN detail
tht agreement drawn mp 10 writing be-
tween himself uut his urotncr ,n.t
when fI.. I.-.I.I Oh. Tt--ol,.. r,r-,,..r-
ship. Ii. testified that assets 81 th,
W h"' iiHE store w,r' Sl'.""" aud Oh, liza
..rDr -..r. were SI- -1U ana tt. r.i'.f..
fl.4 S.. ,Iu 10 ,,4- 4.-r...t rb-r I,,'.--
much .-.fr. KNr..Ifr- -f..-.. ,.'.s 49,.
,4ui.,-I Than rh. cameron -t.r. Anil
should r. .ufftI.t o.. s.. -u1 fr,rn r-r,,i
f1 u.4A. fH. iFa.r.r... Trr.r ..b.u fIs
uyoI.. WAS taken 10 o,- f.uu, 49, t-
bal. "a total of s, 0uu ana fbi. 49, -, h.
uald D., Israel ru Ab.i Ina r,r.h,ndt.'
Do tu.- WAS Israel ,Nrltlu,d me shin
ta a.. ,,,n.-Sn .,a '- ''' II.' i1r,ha- ,.s,i-
fled tH.tr when r, WINS thrown into hank
rupt,y H,r. fh1f b.. mad fIlIv SOS 600
MIN ,I r..r'r'.,..i'.. ,'.. y"1
rrsiS,r- .uE allowed him 81. 5000 for
The -Iu.t 81. stf,I ., number ,f alleged
instance where. Nh. 4.nr4t-.r, ,f.lru-
Grated certain merchandise az r,r TOO
low . rsur. D.. eNuIatu,i tn. many
shipments mad. tn Cameron six months
%. for, r. was thrown mn. harErurfl,.
that Ab.r was .reI-r.rt- Thar I. nan M
promptly according Oh. fu. dissolution
agreement. Tnc witness r.,Ited aI hi.
business dealings Tor tur many wears IN
"A clear distinct Ful.. ami AZ times APP
p"arcd Goo o. much distressed that he
g. DU .tl charged With such a serious
or.u-,.
defense ty saying that ATTORNEY CLYDE
u. Amos. representing one OF HI~ lHrE-
about November lH, 1918. fHr a bin, that
boo attempted to persuade Mr. Amos
not t' institute suit aEsinst him that
ls would 100 IuStaIImeut- r8y on the
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