Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-25

ed at the meeting Of the board of gov
ernors held on Saturday, April Is. in the
to him on the same day. since which time
he has made no response thereto:
Therefore be il resolved. That IN accord
ance with the bylaws of the club the
SAID Yturbtde BE and he is hereby expelled
from the ub-foE conduc ting himself in
manner unbecomihg gentleman"
After recefvihg1his he asked to be fur
nished with the-charges. which request
was. as stated above denied. He said he
was never confronted with his accuser.
and repeated tho assertion that he had
not received AFFAIR hearing.
Mr.. Calderon3 Carlisle cross-examined the
prince and to Mr. Carlisle he said that the
manner of the president of the board at
first was pleasant, but that he became
rough later on. He said that II he had
been permitted be could have honorably
and satisfactorily explained the whole mat
ter. But. he explained. he could not have
justified his conduct by showing that the
lady was the author Of the anonymous let
ters
"Then," said Mr.. Carlisle. you couldn't
have denied having said that she wrote
the letters?"
INC" replied the prince. and with .., that
Mr.. Carlisle significantly remarked: ''1hat
Is all, SIR"
The Clubs Side.
Mr.. Berry then announced the close of
their testimony. when the he airing OF that
on behalf of the club was commenced.
Judge John Davis Of the Court Of Claims.
the president of the Metropolitan Club, was
the first witness called by Mr. Carlisle
and Judge Davis then related the appear
arce of Prince Yturbide, before the board
of governors. The witness SAID .nat ne
explained the charge to him, Whereupon
the prince replied that the charge was
true and that he repeated 1t. Judge Davis
then explained that he considered that
CROUCH, and although other members of
nuaSftnna1
ries were Irrelevant and the interview was
concluded about as described by the prince.
Did the prince" ..sked MI; CARLISLE
deny having made the charge!
mo, he did not" replied Judge Davis.
The prince, said Judge Davis: was the
only witness examined, and to Mr. Berry
upon cross-examination. ne saiu INA. .pe
prince, however. did deny having made a
scandalous charge, but he did admit having
made charges in the club. aithotsh tIs
witness could not say that the prince ussa
the term "scandalous charges. But, re-
marked Judge Davis, he considered tnat,
even emitting the word scandalous. the
charge preferred against the prince mao
been admitted. Judge Davis also SAID that
in his oninion the prince had been given
d fair hearing.
Admiral Walker.
Upon the conclusion of the testimony CT
Judge Davis the court took recess until
l o'clock.
then called and stated that he was VICE
president of the club and member OF us
Mr. Carlisle asked Admiral Walker IL ne
bad been present on the occasion OF inc
trial of Mr. Yturbide, and if he had OBJ
served the manner of Judge Davis lie said
he had, and that Judge Davis manner
toward Yturbide had been courteous and
considerable. Admiral aiker sali luf
bide when asked if the charge ne was
claimed to have made was true, rePilel
that 1t was true and that he could prove
it. The name of the young lady in ques-
ton was not mentioned on that occasion,
but he had heard It. mentioned by Iiurb.Ic
later.
Mr. Berry cross-aueStioned Admiral
Walker regarding Mr.. Yturbide's replies to
Judge Davis. and. when replying to aues-
ton. referred to the 'scandalouS letter.
which Yturbide. had said the young lady
had written. Mr. Berry asked Admiral
Walker if he knew this letter was scan
dalous. and he finally said he would not
say he knew it was scandaiouS. but merely
inferred that it was, as it was an anony
nous letter.
Was it not fact that the president of
the club entered before MIR. Ylurbide had
finished his defense. and that he was in
vtted to leave before he could finish his
explanations asked Mr. Berry.
Admiral Walker thought Yturbide had
finished his explanation, but he could not
swear to that, because he had no way Of
knowing what Yturbide proposed saying.
Are you willing to state that the Pres-
dent of the club did not on that occasion
use the name of the young lady in aues-
tom Mr. Berry asked.
Admiral Walker thought the president of
the club had not mentioned the name of the
young lady.
Mr.. NcCammOn.
J. Q. McCammon, member of the board
of governors of the club, was called as a
witness.
Mr.. Yturbide has stated that you said
that he had not been treated fairly in his
trial. MIR. Carlisle asked. rs that true?"
1T is not u fact. l did not make that
statement. Mr.. McCammon explained.
Mr.. Yturbide stated that you had told
him he would not be required to appear be-
fore the board at present. but that he
would be communicated with through the
secretary of the club. Is that true?'
Mr. McCammon said he had no recollec-
ton Of making such a statement.
Mr.. McCammon further stated that Ytur-
bde when accused of making accusations
against certain young lady, daughter
of a member of the club. of writing
scandalous letter to him, had said that he
had said the young lady had written him
an anonymous letter. that he reiterated the
statement and said he could prove the
charge.
During the cross-questioning of witnesses
Prince Yturbide sat behind his counsel Mr..
Berry and frequently prompted him.
Mr.. Berry asked the witness a question
to show that Mr.. Yturbide had been order
defense before the board of governors Mr.
Carlisle took exception to this line of cross
examination, stating that Mr.. Yturbide had
pleaded guilty to the offense charged, and
that that ended 1t, so far as the board of
governors were concerned.
This caused conSidera BILE controversy be-
tween the counsel, and Judge Bradley sus-
tanned the objection made by counsel for
the defense.
Other Testimony.
Mr.. f. Francis Riggs was called to the
stand He stated that he was a member
Of the board of governors of the Metropoli-
tan Club and was present at the trial of
YtUrbide. He said the accus ed admitted
the charge against him. and when he had
asked Kim if he fully understood the
charge, Mr. Yturbde had replied in the
III He said said the president had not acted
roughly or discohrteously to the accused,
but that perhapst the president had shown
some impatience coward the accused about
things which ne cid rot wish to hear.
General Ruggles, L. S. A., then took the
stand. being of the members of the
board of governors and second vice presi-
dent of the club. He said Judge Davis
manner toward the accused was courtesy
and kindness ITSELF He had heard no
one on the occasion of Mr.. Yturbide's trial
say he was being treated unfairly.
Made Denial.