The evening times., 1896-03-19

in Tennes ssec. said he had kuo wn the defend
ant all bis lie and his reputation was good.
X. l.. johnson, one OF the young men who
was with Mr.. Milhken On the Fourth of July
Was called to the stand. He is n rroofreaCcr
in the Government Printing OFFICE. He de-
seribed ,he incidents OF the Gay as Mr. Mill
ken i'a6 to.u them.
How many whisky punches did Mr.
Milliken drink"
Seven or eight
do you know the ingredients of q
whisky punch?'
Il do not"
when you reached Mr.. Millikcn's room
after you played billiards was the de-
fendant drunk?''
mo; 1 would not call him drunk
What do you call drunk,''
when u man reels and fails on the
street he is drunk. Mr.. Miliikcn talked in
cOherentiy."
You played poker when you reached
his roosn?''
Yes
"For money?''
We'll, it may be rather rcmarka BILE,
but We did not play for money"
W. A. Miiliken. the defendants brother.
an assistant to the Attorney General In the
Possoffice Department and formerly in the
State legislature of Tennessee, was asked
to take the stand.
did YOU receive communication from
your brother on the morning of July Az
asked Judge Goode.
i did, and went to the stationhouse.
He was gone and when got back TO the
house he was there. He appeared to have
been on a drunk.
did you go to see Judge Phillips?"
Yes, and we talked the matter over and
Iexpressed to him the regrets of my brother
and myself. He demanded that my brother
leave the city and never return. / said l
would have him do so.'
.Did your brother leave at your request"
He left a my command"
Ibid you ever see Miss Phillips photo
graph in bis room?''
"Oh, yes; several of them. He had a
number of cabinets of her on his toilet
table l packed them up aud pat them in his
trunk when he left the city"
The ecross-examiuatioD OF the witness was
brief. and the court took recess at 1875
o'clock.
first wi;aess after recess. Mr.. Anthony
examined him.
''W bat, In your Judgment. was Mr.. Nil
iiken's condition as to sObriety when you
went TO his room with him?' asked the at
torney.
He was pretty well loaded
'.w hat time did you leave him.
About O'Clock"
The witness was not crOss-cxamned.
WITNESSES NOT THERE.
Maj. Ackers, formerly of Tennessee. was
another reputation witness. Judge Goode
then announced that Representatives Pat
terson. Richardson and McMilin. all Of
Tennessee. were to be called in the same
capacity, but as they were not present
he would not ask to have the case held open.
The defense thereupon closed its side of
the case.
Assistant District Attorney Mullow why.
who permitted Milliken to be released
from the station house, was called upon by
the government.
Il saw Hiiliken at the station house. and
he said he went into Judge Phillips house
drunk" said Mr.. MuIlowny. He said he
went to sleep in the parlor and woke up
on the stairs. He was charged with house
breaking. l asked them to change it to
suspicion. and told the desk sergeant
would see that he turned up all right at
police court. I told him to take a cock
tail and go home.''
did he say he would come to court"
asked Mr.. Birney-
He did. but he did not show up
Did you know at the time he had been
in the young lady's room?"
Il did not II had, l would not have
let him be released
The district attorney then offered Mr..
Milliken's letter as evidence in the case.
The letter was read.
Mr.. Jeffords began addressing the jury
for the government at 2:25 clock.
When this report closed Mr.. Jeffords
was still talking. A full account of the
further proceedings will be found in the
morning edition.