| Show IS ACQUITTED I 1 the ex banker exonerated by the jury deliberated deliberate D SIX HOURS if jurors aurora in tit the case ot of the ethe ex bank president stood seven to ne at t first but after further instructions returned a verdict ot of n not ot guilty at t 1125 warmly congratulated by friends Friend sHo he thanked the jury individually lot for the verdict gentlemen of the jury do sou find I 1 tile ilc defendant 6 evilly or not guilty curlly nut not guilty 1 tell oia from ilic 1 ps or foreman S C aing elne and tinker r A eked and thin que question aaion given lei in the united states court of othe the caso case last night marked the iho close ire in velch aich ex president joseph id national bank wall wa charged of the iho viall math uh filing a ruble statement ot of the bariks batiks 3 condition condl llon with the comptroller of tho the currency in july 18 1838 M tho the ell cn tire clu terge however upon or riot not mr BIT forged forced the name of J H 11 hedges to a 0 note nolo for fw I 1 fi gurett extensively la in tho the tur and by tire the verdict of be ac couitt al it vaa man clow decreed reed that the iho signature won was genuine the care reached the jury at in ili the after niton but before taking a bal baj joac ot the jurors went out to dinner dinac r rInat ballot miles liken vi aich resulted in III H H vote of beek tor for acquittal air and five naf for conviction then camo came the htiu amm anti and one by one on tile jl live e jurors went over to the majority until unfit thi the twelve meet wele for acquittal she 1 ho verdict va man riot not reached ho holever uever tint after ille jury bad returned into court ant bunij ie avd fed further instructions as aa to li whether or not nl could too bo round found guilty avold aalde from the alleged fo f vicea ged note judge Bl arthall informed I 1 the he jurors that they would have to lo bell acquit alt it if thoy found the lie note genuine thit thin settled tho the To mailer atter find and at 1120 the verd verdict let of not guilty was re BE Mr rs tout t and his hl attorneys took tho the verdict u n s a otter of coumbe courbe although hatt hars they ai elih t mho heard the beati mony arx verc a ur col nl at tile the time con bul necil by th the jury as ait it was generally I that the verdict mould b be e returned adjoin a it ery f few ew in minutes invites although not MI mr IT 1 i wa U ell m alth ell tit result of the w 1 I an anil I 1 shok sho k hands handa m ith I 1 thu he ju aurora 0 to and ti thanked anaed them individually for their v verdeil e bellit rr fm siefert riso alyo exchanged g rec tings N velh till a number of ills friends aho vho he alval camly conciatu dated illon him upon leaving been completely xO MId discussing the trial I 1 mr IT said I 1 have alania this brome c catlon U tie and malicious but bui I 1 1 new that I 1 va vai i not guilty and I 1 have A never ever had a a doubt as aa to the cout outcome AGAIN AG AIN ON THE STAND nis testimony la is concluded and the defense rester hosts promptly ot at 10 yesterday yeat erday morning joseph M al out buol look tho tand stand for further ter direct examination hy by judge powers said aall that jun jurita held had not consulted with mith him bin gibout making up tile banks july statement and had riot not called ills hia at to 10 tin ile A t dahy Y or r S kater donled elul t hat be h ever haid tw to jurors or any ally ORO one cl cla that ho he was aus Is silent partner in tile stock deals but did not nant it to he be known 1 my emilly a at ini lit lur ginning bald mr air sault Stu lt was W a year it II was reduced to siw jadi and in 1893 to MOO I 1 did riot not draw it nil all whoa when the rate waa man oruo area and 11 in february uary IV there was sas 1 wio edif ailing oili iff UK TOO 01 on vala I 1 that victor bum of ny cry oun onn in february it MA baauw beau the ill hunk bank lead had not been alink I 1 ng money f fur or TAC me time the directors paid rr that they mt under borad ObIl Callion to ran 1111 tor for that sun bum and that ir if tho bank became prosperous in tile the future they would pay me roas E EXAM I 1 NATION crosb hy by NIT mr whitemore proult ft wild that he had been a almut be tut bight years lie in tho the banking it m vaa abut about juno june 23 29 or 30 10 that thai vileness flold through sheet phocas Theal romon the llast boor charos A of liff igess gey gyl r blarson mock li liedke edge clan C I 1 lan li i I 1 t wont ant to 11 tile tho stacle lii lei thought it as going coins up we the matter over continued tho the ond and le doces offered toi to put up I 1 aw anoro 11 r e A aich tio ile hol had as u fur CUT tarr vi e for his indebtedness to elie 11 bank and ho he did so ro lie laid he 1 was as guillor amay and he wanted to buy more of iho ill stuck and it was agreed ali it if f th lh arlo o went down low to lo T 75 5 camit that I 1 would mould buy for him vuo buo more inore moharem herf and the note for SI are tta ars drama draft n and signed by him and given to me to pay for the stock choin I 1 hould bay bought it witness linesa credited his own account lint with the note but after afterward veard gave ledge the he money to take it up be bc raun tho the stock was never bought till note was tons made mad payable to tie hi bank duo due on day atto ilir ili r or date i thought thouR lit it t was waa finite bilte regular for him to aft credit the th note to ills on ov n recount eaid to pay out bill big own lioney to tako take it up 1 1 TOOK car candit MIT FOR SALARY or on the sallie aarino day that you put tile rut not to your credit you al alio 10 tools took credit t L tw for 1500 calary aldry ra Pe lary asked counsel Ts Y i did iti in that thai nolo 1 in the namo name condition an i ahen hen you put it in the th note pocket I 1 b book cook in th bank asked 2 mr whitte inon building tile the witness a the note I 1 I 1 1 1 it I As no 0 o but I 1 it t has ahna been scratched 11 mito you swore to the report on july i aih and toe n R letter to the comp 0 that your indebted 1 nc lit wan OR above the limit anil and that I 1 lou had road mad it I 1 IL good by making a dait of 0 si noco tiou yi YA Y A jon m wrote rote the ino lottor better and I 1 4 f tend it it would hale baio been a little roon more orrt to have raid fruit my n ocy e count had bit atoll credited sinie jet at e a 1 f 1 1 ot of 1 hut hall had boser tile 1 r tilt m its the ten am of attio banks banka xi ik k which h leb I 1 bought frum fr i 9 1 W OH I 1 i at aunt of the bunk my i 1 y v I 1 AUDI IM d 1 I biad malli m ill the 1000 and I 1 f W ahti bill I 1 turned over the bic k to the f batik bank my 1 aunt crelli ted t v lra idd verri lie relinquished hi bl 1 till to baak matter the direct i pd abd AB d FIL a 1 to lo the cirit er ahat I 1 hua t ho he mat nut not to be li 1 I it imy ally chat char for his hip I 1 und ad no later tat was ato ob mer soil w a luxl us about got ling that not after ader li it mas paid 1 it l ua tile first noto note that c vur vt away amay from UW hodges wanted IL llo lie was auspicious about it bad atler after jones jona tried to murder mr me n crime to mo in bud aud wan wa tearful fearful that ho he would havo to pay the note arlica yu you bet I 1 wan man anxious about ILI IL then said bull that fledges him harn that wight told haq had A neon eye bilm in in ili tb batik bank land holding a note four S tie v f as t woy asked him if he our had bad or op signed it bald he h told ji right man that h he thought he hol had not bt be abo his hie noton of mero dran on ili river dellit d having kloeti give jone any in lE to account bell joques fla am ing or up tho the statement for the comptroller to I 1 ter paid faid he had a man named taylor ali 11 on account of stealer by ale a tern instruction and ling had out tic a check for it to keep as aa IL a w that ll it would bo be clice irl to cra account la in tho the regular may ay tilt THE DRAFT speaking of the aft draft drum to by on the state bank of ohio at Ci cleveland oveland the mit nests said he hod an art blut vlut A friend named le in coalo to deposit money lah the cleveland bank lie he had find arranged I 1 nh ith st to 1 tid ind hint him but steles changed chanced lilt mind AN lag that bt cau 0 of t alic he breaking out of tho the war mar with sp spain a n he want mount to ter malte lice loans bans over he i to know liow low the fler sIO market mould auld be affected henc c tho the draft man aa return eil unpaid it vaa vo am IL a genuine transaction on tin the port part of the and when lien tho the draft was wa put lie in t tho ito to biank I 1 ank h here e re it vias credited to ills witness did riot not know until after july luh fill that elie dro draff aft lead riot noc bean paid nests the defense here rested and gill S P polion maa ilea called by the prosecution in lie IIA was a director in n alio utah na lonal bonk bank in ili january lafi he h bought some caril tat stock block of tile bank hilik ut at par sir li H fl share cros crass by mr IT dickson tin the 4 haiti he pao LL a full price for tho the stock been because tese he be man as not paying cast cash for it t and hu wua was ganir to it be a appointed atop IL fl director Hrc ilir in the iho institution tit th awk was wan selling outride at 0 bout about i 50 a ut at that time lime we rest said mr IT Whitter nore I 1 by agreement the arguments wore limited to hour h 0 ur find and a half a hide ond and curt adjourned until 2 21 p BE m I orens arins on 1 at united unit ed states attorney Ch orrington opened arguments on behalf of the government lie ho ol the caso case gov to the efret made imade it a false I 1 return of the condition of tile the bank on oil july ciui at tho the lose close of business on that day and caused con tabu entries to be made on oft the iho books of the bank theme theao faint dalye returns a and 1 ivl antiles consisted III id his ate wah fill a note for 2210 puri port inic to be signed by J 11 fledges I 1 lull lilt counsel contended man tt a and krumn known to ile IM such puch by moult this an the cantral chirpe charge in hie lie cap cp 0 in support of abich lirly to show tho the intent testimony had bacon introduced to ill chow unit that hlo ble iter citer co lend hul nn an of about 1140 valley halley co ot of 1 IW and the tempest miliner company coni aDy of and waw was it n partner in those firms 11 mis and that the overdrafts to 10 them really nit an oNer overdraft draft to him I 1 0 oun untie tl then discussed the testimony of or in fledges denied that lie he lived had signed the note fledges NET mr cherrington argued could hae hac lead had no object lit in falsely irk in that regard the note had been paid anti heftier a forgery fordery or not he could not bo be required to pay tt it brain moreover moreaver hedges hedgers was very friendly to and would not injure anti and I 1 rong liia his friend by paying he hud had not noc sign signed id the note it if he h had the thai tote note la Is u forgery or is a perjurer majd cherrington he ferring to lo the alie nr 1 tie aft drawn dramn on tho the 4 stale late baduk BE ai cleveland credited to li account and which came back counsel held that had no maccon to expect that tile iho would lie be and ever even after ho he knew anen li it mits us dl honored it was wa many any I 1 N days before it mas too so n written ritten up or IT in I 1 t iho he books of cf the bank in support of the 0 cloth argument that mice 9 part partner 0 1 in J H ft co counsel cant contended contend fd that had signed a heck I 1 for MO with nith the lit name of J R stealer co and therefore then fore must muhl leave have been a partner lieda vi us was all a honit honett old gentle jinta in mho told the truth avid and choso whoso testimony wid as unshaken unit hiken by the ci fichs coms atif or judge powers so tile U BIT air coun 4 0 for r a verdict of got rulley lity a and 1 I cla rl lineol that a a t of acquit 11 M auld uld mim in all that the jury bran branded dedA A it jones rank bank Wight nia edges If balloy find and sil ns I 1 pcr juneia DICKSON fort tim till SE lor the ih defense SIT mr dickson etli baon opened tire he calling attention to the rood good t harp hara tor ter and reputation of us its to hy by NO HO nearly many men of high Nth rolling in tin thu community RON to ing 10 lo alio t ito balley Liall py livator hii att and te tempest rup pt accounts mr air dikson DI solid they we were to not 0 t at issue tied ind th allover the fact about at out them be I 1 mr ller fault his aa nut not balg etl etli fit Niong doluK lit regard to thin and tile jury should only r hie ile ledges into denied that a of quoits matini 11 aiges 4 a pr per juror wo we sald bald mr BIT don dunt dont t that lie Is it a perjurer Ir jurer 0 N o e do clutter bhul lit a old man mail aho vho according cording to ills 0 OKI 11 admission liefl a n bud bad from aburt n hurt to lila ills horid frais apo jre ile denied that ito bad signed another noto note but afterward a ad d anut ll el it a and pai 4 ll it lie he denied III ills 0 own 1 in d on a thock check anti de dc ailed riled his oun on signature vie iiii the iho banks book thin haiti bourise 1 during recon recess s Id lodges pg probably hy by in roes to moles office and a d aith ith the bank examiner and that melted sepulcher jows tn in the next room vanities to tile that tile lature on the batik bank book Is his anti and c inal back into court to correct hla his testimony lac lacause muse said hild we mr dickson it t it had been to tand stand ns as it was wan alln lie prosecution case vat nees gone cone NIT mr dickson then referred to the t ile other oilier discrepancy dearro panela panel 1 lei in hedges a testimony diaming the abat dedger mas avus it feeble old fre nion tin vo lecome memory vas m as so ao treacherous that no de pend pen aln n P could be placed in anything ho he might SAY bay without corroboration the erasures era on oil tile iho signature to the noto note carne in for a share of the attention tin ot of mr BIT dickson lie he argued that unless ho be vas aas an absolute abio luto idiot blint mho hr ought to be in the insane at ilum in oum riot not have rosido erasures era in ill thi 1111 1 signature to u note lie had billeted I 1 ac cho ho spoiled one on blank lee ho ba biad 1 I ll or of others he could practice ou till 1111 he got tile the signature to suit non him THU ahr buttan or whamon said cou counted nisel denied net ina ic kank ing the erasure tho the prose muting at larmye denied it and ana their dental denial fw nobody ALIP hupponen Hupp onea POses they did it jones jonea denba it lice ho was waa not t put on the b fund aland to deny it whoever did it bud III dark ark deadly malice maheo in his heart against lie ile crawled up tin und and struck in the file dark and the man mall v m ho he did that la 14 capable of 0 shooting anti and murdering his oletia one ne man mall paid I 1 mr arm iknon and only 0 one ne of all the actors in this case Is IN c amiable of having tampered tAmper cd ajtal lih that signature and I 1 leave it to you ti to determine 1 aho vho he hr he Is counsel eloquently the testimony agrillo ant and ridiculed tile the wea idea ot of convicting on oil such uch test mony and consigning en an old plan in hill declining years yearn to a cell rowers ON THC I 1 CUTION judge followed fattened sir BIT dickson fur for tile defense ind and made boo an it argument tilt judge referred to ili thu presumption ot of innocence with ili alch aloo defendant and vory every man is iline hod by the th IA contended cit that it would br be un all to ti lic arnd 1 nis I anybody body to prison on filch hufh testimony as that offered by the iho prosecution there volon nun no necessity fur for to to sort to lo I I testified that could haive haat all his note nol for 59 art an all ah ac commo elation autv and if he hold had asked it ito ili lead term of irl do such I 1 im SI INI it walker mho ho oula have limpid out of any ally difficulty lie he might |
