The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-24

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WIN; .. muI.asn sworn anu ehnmlnea ey
m vonsV p.n,'n Vuso, and puUusner o. .ne
iocai rsnor,sr onnsc,sd w,,h ,So v nanas
locM rePor.er connected win tne paper
wtness va SHOWN me article IN question
ena ssseu wns puonsneu IN ms paper,
anu ne rcspouuou IN tne alnrmatiye' ne ald
a aS IeeosnIG as .ne P,odusuIon Q, nj.
shepherd, ne hrst saw the article 10 MS
paper on Monday evening" knew nothing Of
Tue circumstances OF US preparation. ne nad
never seen the original manqserip, and knew
nothing OF US authorship. nc did not MIN
sell supervise ARTICLES OF tn,s cnarae'er. MI
harrs tne managing edtor, ana ne per
forms Una, duty. witness meyer visits tne
once on sunday ana repeated ,a nc, s'asement
tnat ne aid not sec tue ar'ieic VII MONDAY
morning. s,,
Y. have you neara MT onoPhera say that
NJ was tne autno, oi ",
VUJecteu 70 " Mr. mller:
hNer Prot,acted discussion inc ouJecton
was nnaiiy wnndrawn, ahd MI. Murtagn
ans, ne naa not inc witness stated
tors, assistant editors and reporters upon the
paper. witness had been su6penaed to pro-
duce the manuscript from when That article
was printed. lie had made no search Tor
the paper, out had looked into the box where
such manuscript Is usually put and found u
had been destroyed In tho ordinary course OF
business. snch manuscripts are "perishable
memoranda. They are cut up In what Is
called takes, and given 10 the compositors.
no cross:eIamlnation.
Mr.. y. n. Harris sworn and examined by
Mr. johnson. am managing editor OF the
kEruBLicAN; l have control OF the paperi
All that goes into the paper goes through my
hands.
Y. III that be so, viii ask you whether
you can recognize this communication, al.
leged 10 nave been written by Mr.. shepherdf
Ob)ected 10 by Mr.. Miller, and objection,
after argument, overruled.
witness. did not sec the article writteni
witness secs the handwriting OF Mr.. shep-
herd every day; looks over his copy; he In
spccted this article, but did not know OF his
own knowledge who wrote 1t. reporter
may at at one time write good, careful
hand, and at another time, when In a hurry,
q perfect scrawl he remembers that this
article was In three or four different hand
writings, and docs not know. whether he
found the manuscript on his desk upon
coming 10 the ONCE or whether IL was sub
seqnently handed to him; could not say In
MnIse nanu wiring sue uiueIent paris werei
So ". u no1 ny mnas ptoPotuon OIL ,he article
was IN one manu- Nritihg or 'ne otheri mad
haa eohversauons WIN Mr. shepheru, per-
maps ABOUT tnIS article, as mas oeen the
W,, oi genera Conversation s,nee us pup,
hcation, put mad not heard MT. shepherd
say nnytning aoou, oelng the author oil II:
Mnness generai instrustlons 10 inc onice
Ne,c not 70 nave tne employees themselves
,n kno"n ,ne authorshlp OF any partlcu-
.a no drt'cae. Manusctlp', IN an cases where
spec@I Iequest was not made 70 preserve II,
Vas, Tas uessroyeu aiaer Puoi'casion. nag not
sinee seen 'nc manuscript Presumed IL was
deSroPeu; ~
tny mr. pnephetu' mr. ohePhcru spoke 10
witness ABOUT the nrst assault, and re-
questcd him not TO make publication OF the
same IN the REPUBLICAN. This request was
compiled with. MI. shepherd stated that
he had conversation with the Judge, and
1t was the desire OF the Judge that no publ
IN n
AS soon as MT. Harris examination was
concluded Mr.. Barrett addressed the Court,
stating ~. m that on account Of indispositlon on
ms part he prayed continuance Of the case.
me motion was objected to by the counsel
ior the defence and by the accused, but the
justice hnaily consented TO allow contin-
uance.
Here an amusing scene was witnessed.
Judge Purcell and Mr.. Shepherd, the prose-
cutor and prosecuted, took a position In
'front.' Of the desk OF the Justice, aud, as II by
mutual consent, the counsel on both sides
suspended their remarks, and the large
crowd gathered around, laughing heartily
meanwhile:
The parties seemed to be on excellent
terms, the Judge Familiarity grasping the
hand OF the prisoner, who, In a bantering
manner, said; Come, Judge, withdraw
your suit; you havn't got any casei why
uon you put y stop 10 TINS iarcc r.
The Judge. But, cir, ! must Vindlcate
myself; have been libeled, and viii not
STOP tlll have taught you fellows lesson
ta,y noie IN orphans couTt styie, saying
oyertires made 10 me 10 h,ve lii co.o al" dta
missed. Now will take the matter under
advisement, because l believe our reporter
mere leiSspins MI. shepherds hand between
when he wrnts that art,cls fndesd NE
been told that he had 10 be helped TO lila
buggy"
Mr.. Shepherd. go, come now Judge. IN
have to sue you for libel, Won know I am n
Jonadab, and don't drinks
The Judge, Well. your Honor. I wonId
like to have this case postponed until next
Friday. Mr.. Brent, one Of nv counsel, will
not be here until then.
After questioning the prisoner, Justice
Walter continued the case until Friday next,
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