The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-21
THE ADMIRAL ON THE BENCH.
HE WILL OCCUPY \ SEAT WITH
JUDGE SPEER THIS MORNING.

pie in the Tyson Conspiracy Trial.
Tyson Il Co. VIII Begin TO Demon
strate Their Innocence To-day.
Poverty. Not FRAUD. viii BE the
Cry of the princfpaIs-The Lesser
Lights VIII Get out of 1t as Best
They Can-ThiS Determination Not
Likely TO Help the Case of the
Leaders.
Admiral Dewey has accepted an invita-
Jon from Judge Speer TO visit the United
States Court during this mornings ses-
sion of the Tyson conspiracy trial. Though
the Admiral has probably witnessed the
delibemuoDs Of the higher courts at
Washington. it is quite certain that he
has never seen court conducted WITH
more stately dignity and decorum, or in
more spacious and beautiful apartment
From this visit the hero of Manila Bay.
who has proved himself lover of both
justice and mercy should carry away
from Savannah pleasant reeoilections Of
the manper in which justice, tempered
with mercy, is administered away down
South in Georgia"
The Admiral will have chance TO see
something of the people from the inte-
Tior of Georgia who are connected with
what is likely TO become celebrated, as
the Tyson conspiracy case.
The Introduction of evidence on the part
of the government in the case against
Tyson and Others will probably be CON
cluded at tO-day's session. When the re-
cess was taken yesterday District Attor-
ney Erwin announced that he had only
few other Witnesses whose testimony
he desired 10 lay before the jury.
1t is probable that these Witnesses will
have concluded their testimony by noon.
and that the defense viii begin its at
tempt to rebut the charge of guilt and
fraud that has been brought by the gov
eminent. 1t is with the introduction of
evidence ON the part of the defendants
that some of the most interesting incl
dents Of the trial are expected
While the principal defendants have not
outlined the exact plan of their defense
II is understood that they viii rely upon
an attempt to convince the court and Jury
that there was no scheme to defraud no
conspiracy and no design to refuse credi-
tors payment of their just accounts. That
some of these were unfortunate enough 10
lose by their business transactions with
the defendants will probably be admitted
but this viii be charged to inability to pay
and not attributed to an intention to de-
fraud.
With some of the lesser lights of the
conspiracy it is further understood an
entirely different course will be pursued
1t will be their endeaVor to show that
Whatever the truth of the matter is and
whether there a conspiracy to de-
fraud or not, they are innocent of any
criminal intent. They will attempt to show
that sCtne of the more prominent defend
ants bought of them the use of their
names for the transaction Of business a
course Il at at any rate is not unusual ami
not necessarily criminal in the section of
the state in which the defendants are
said to have operated.
AFTER selling their names in this fash
ion these minor defendants will contend
they had nothing further to do with the
business and neither received the goods
nor the profits from their sale They
might have been thrown an occasional
pittance in payment for the use of their
names but they were not let into the
secrets of the conspiracy if there was
one, knew nothing of the manner in which
u was worked and in fact did notAknow
mat there was a conspiracy or a scheme
to defraud. by the use of the mails or 9TH
erwise in existence.
whether they will succeed in making
these contentious good is quite another
matter and one that only time and the
evidence they are able to adduce in their
support can determine 1t is reasonably
certain that If the lesser lights find it
necessary, in the course of their efforts
TO demonstrate their own innocence and to
free their skirts of blame TO administer
what is known in the vernacular as a
throw down" to the alleged leaders OF
the Il spiracy, the latter will receive a
rude and sudden shock that will threaten
the safety of every tooth in their heads
1t looks now as though the original pre-
diction that the case would extend to the
end of the present week is nearer correct
than the later conjectures that il would
be concluded a day or two earlier. After
the introduction of what remains OF The
evidence for the government there will
come that of the defense and after that
possibly, evidence in rebuttal. The argu-
ments and the charge of Judge Speer will
consume at least one whole session OF the
court, so that il is quite likely that Sat
urday morning will witness the case not
yet in the hands of the jury
The evidence at yesterdays session was
on the same lines as that recently intro
duced, but lacked the elements of inter-
est that chung to the introduction of other
evidence that had preceded IT, Station
agents of the Georgia and Alabama testi-
fed to the receipt of goods consigned to
the defendants and the reshpment of
these goods TO others of the defendants
The evidence was part of the warp and
wool of the cloSe-meshed net of guilt that
District Attorney Erwin is weaving about
the defendants, and from which it seems
impossible that some of them can escape
and improbable that any OF them will es-
cape.
Deputy Marshal George White was
placed on the stand by the district attor-
ney to prove a confession made to him by
Wheeler, one of the defendants. The dep
uty said that at the time he arrested
Wheeler he had two letters. purporting to
be signed by that individual in his pos
session. He had shown these to Wheeler
and the defendant had confessed he wrote
one of them. The other letter, he said. he
did not know who had written. but he had
received the consignment Of beer that it
ordered.
Mrs. Thomas c. Plat, wife of the SEN
ator, has great fondness for cats. She
has several of these pets in her house, and
number of paintings of others.