Show COXCBItKISCr FORGERY CASE The man Green or Griffin whose arrest t ti ar-rest on the charge of forgery and the circumstances leading thereto were detailed de-tailed i yesterdays Herald had recovered covered from the influence of liquor yesterday and seemed to thoroughly realize his position A Herald representative repre-sentative called to see him at the city jail and offered to put his side of thecae the-cae before the public All I can say he said Is that there has been a big mistake that can only be explained in court You think the officers are mistaken in the man then Yes or at least the witnesses are Several witnesses said you spoke to them of some horses you were shipping from Kentucky westward CA relative of mine a coming through with some and I was to see him He telegraphed me that he would be here Saturday morning I got full and missed him I suppose he has gone on The reporter assured him that as nearly a could be ascertained no shipment ship-ment of the kind referred to had been handled by the roads that i his relative rela-tive was en route he had likely been delayed and that If he cared to mention S men-tion his relatives name the reporter would try to communicate with him t No I dont want to much known T before the trial There Is a man named ed Hunt Will Hunt a prospector who will let him hear of my fx Hunt knows who I a The man further stated that his name was not Green that he was from Chicago Chi-cago and had been out here running a ranch but would not say where the ranch is located He admitted having sent a drayman for his horse giving him an order forte for-te animal This drayman says continued the reporter that the order was signed George C Green and the order received receiv-ed by the livery stable proprietors certainly cer-tainly bears that name yet you say I is not your name There I some mistake was the reply and the only reply which the accused would give to any question ques-tion after that He asked anxiously about a lawyer for whom he said he had sent lset The witnesses a equally positive J 5 that he Is the man who passed the check on Olausennius and Van der I Vlies Friday afternoon though at that time they say he had a beard which he must have had shaved as soon a he left them at about 9 oclock when he went to the livery stable he had only a mustache Mr Nelson said the name on their books of the party bringing the horse was Griffin but this name was not taken down until the next morning a the man who received the horse was busy and omitted It While the amount involved is not very large still the crime charged is a serious one and if the man is innocent in-nocent he certainly is an unfortunate I victim of strong circumstantial evidence I II I |