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Show A FORGED DRAFT. Bat tha Persons Accused m Acquitted by a Jcry Today. A yr.UX MM.UMIt ATVAIH. Dm lltfcnilant ami Ilia Nlffl fttlUr Ilorr ih I'aprr tame Into Thflr l'usritiia. Id the Third Dlilrlct Court thla mornlug, Al rabam rich", a Jew, an I Annie Hchai, buaband and wb'e, were In Jlcte.1 for hating forgeJ the name ol Prealey Denny, an attorney of Hearer, to a draft on Weill, Fargo & Co.'a bank, for theium of $100. The defendant de-fendant are about Ihlityyearaof ago and apparently b resectable couple. The wlfelaa gwd looking, well driMrd woman. Aaalatant Dlatrlot Attorney Htephene preaeculed; JuJge I'owera defended. de-fended. The cae for the proaecutlon waa that Mr. l'rriley Denny purcbaaedthe draft In iLeatlou at Welle, Fargo A Co. 'a bank, In thla clty,on Atigual 16th,18t, and loit It from bla p ckrt during the earae day, but where be coulj not atate. He waa about to go to Ban Francleco, and dulling to take a auni ol rasney with hlia he obtained thla draft. The defendant and bla wife, hating come Into poaatiiilou ot the draft, alleging that they rrcelred It from a man In payment for certain goods, paid It over to a Mr. Clarke, of Ogden, tho mine day, In arttlement of nti account. Judge t'owereeall thedefenee made no contention that the endorsement nf tha name ot 1'rcaley Denny ou the baik of tun paper waa not tho signature of that gentleman, and woul I admit that eoniebody bad forged lb The aecoud uame underneath the words "l'ay to the ord.r of A. Helm" waa wrltteu by Mrr. Ho lai, at the direction of ber husband, the defendant and bla wile formerly Meed In Ogden, where they carried en a pawabrullng butlneai. upon niovlag to Bait Laie, haling during bla realdencn In Ogden accumulated a quantity of Jewelry, be encaged In peddling. He waa Indebted to Mr. Joaerb Clark for rent when be left Ogden, and was anilouatopay hlra olTaa aoon aa pnstlble. While on Flrtt riwlh street, about Hrptember 81b, trying to sell eoaie hetiei,a gentleman whom be did not know came up aud they half, oonTereallon. In the course of which Bchas asked him if, he wanted to iur cliaae some Jewelry. The gentlemau accompanied Hcbaa to bla bouse, purchased pur-chased about $: wprth of Jewelry( an! bauJrd Bohas the draft In payment, pay-ment, representing blmielf to lie Mr. I'rrsUy Dsnny, whose name bo wrote on the back of It. Mrs. Hclmi took the draft to Ojdeu Bad paid 11 uror to Mr. CUrka In settlement ol bis rent clelm of $173, tne balance being hinded oter to ber by Mr, Claiku. The draft waa nld lata the bank, but aliottly alterwarda returned Mr. Denny, In hie evidence, sworn thattbealgnature on the back of the 1 cheque was net bla, and Mr. Clarke enokv to receiving the draft from Mrs. I Bellas at Ogden, on the same atlerfloon I that It waa alleged to have Uea paid U her huabaud by the alranger. The defendant took the aland and swore to tho truth of the explanation glren by bla counsel, at whose requeat be now wrote bis own nameonasbeet of paper In orJerto show the court and Jury that lha signature on the draft was not hti. Asked by Mr.Stephens to describe the alranger be aald bu waa a foreigner, but talked "ftelty good Kngllih," He waa a "pretty" heavy set mau, about !J years uf age, bad a moustache, but nu whlkra. lie thlugbt the iltart was all right "because It waa from the bank," aud therefor did not go to Wells, Fargo ,V Co'r. to make Inquiries. In-quiries. Had It ttien check, In-alea In-alea I, he woul I have doue ao Mr. Htephens Didn't It occur to you that you could cash the draft bure and take the $171 to Ogden, luatead of -sending thu draft thirtT Defendant I wasn't afraid to truat Mr. Blepbetis Hut she could have got It cashed, couldn't she? Defendant What la Ihedlllerence? Bh coul 1 pay the mouey all the aatue, draft or cash. Mr. l'atterson, a local atbrnsy, ssld he was near Bellas' store some tlmelu Bei teraber, and beard a conversation between the male deleudsut Blid another man concerning a draft or clieok. There was some talk, too, about horses, an 1 aomn "bickering" as to making a trade. AnnloBchas, the female defendant, swore that tbeatrauger, In her presence, pres-ence, wrote on the baok of the draft "Tay to tho order of A. Bellas, rreslvy Denny." Hhe endorsed It In Mr. Clarke's ifflce. 7udge rowers Did your husband hu rr j you til to Ogdeu to gut rid of this diartr Mrs. Bchas No, It was to get rid of thedubt. Mr. Clarke bad been patient with us and we were auxlous to settle wltb blm as soon as we could. Tu other questions shssAld she saw the strauger take the dratt from his Eockat and ban I It over ta ber bus-and. bus-and. Neither Mr. Hchas ncr hrratlf picked It up on the stnet Ubr any where else. Wltuess Utscribed the siranctr. J. Oorllnikl, n tar tender, slated that be vrtu In the defendant's house lu an adjoining room, with the door oj en, when the Jewelry sale to the atrauger took plate. He beard the converia-tlui converia-tlui ; etw Hie men sign bla name to a (taper and hand It to Hchaa. Judh.e I'owera aiked the court to Instruct In-struct thejury to find the accused not guilty, atil tailed attention to the fact that tho nam on the back ol tho draft was spell with a "," "rfohat." There was bo utgumint by couuit-1 ou either sldeaud Judge Kane left the case to the Jury, who aftor a brief do-liberation do-liberation relumed a verdlot of- not guilty. AI LIUI.U III) ltd I AllY. Th trial of Frank M Huron, on a charge of burglar) , was next taken up, Mr. Htepheus prosMMlllng and W. 0, lUllly and W. Newton defending Thedefendaut Is accused ol entering certain rooms at the Continental hoiu and stestlng varljus articles belonging to tbu guests there, among the loirr UlugBupt. Welhy, of the It. (i. W. Ily. The case was In progress when tin court aJJourned at noon. |
