The news & observer., 1901-03-21
DEFENSE RESTS ITS CASE
The Star Attraction Of the Day Was
Judge Montgomery.
LOST HIS TEMPER AND MADE FOLKS LAUGH
He Did His Best to Help His lmpeached As
sOciates But Did Them Much Harm,
Then Announced His Readiness
to Leave the Bench.

Yesterday was an interesting, not to say
exciting day, in the Court of Impeachment.
And today promise to be like unto it.
Judge Walter A. Montgomery, by bis
nished great CABS of amusement at the
morning session.
The "Bynum Experts" were the at
traction Turing the afternoon. They were
paraded back and forth before the court
for several hours, and always there was
enough variation in the show to make it
interesting and amusing.
At their first trottins OFT they were
labelled in big letters, Learned Lawyers
from all Parts of the State" This was
Gov. Jarvis invention.
Tho next time they came round the au-
dienoe beheld on them these words writ
ten by Mr.. Long: cable Men in no Way
Interested in the Cace.''
Mr.. Osborne chose short label: "Dis-
interested Witnesses"
But Mr.. Rusbee. of volunteer fame
eclipsed them all, in the final parade,
by finging out his banner: Eminent
Attorneys from Beaufort by the Sea to
Buncon,f inNthe West"
After that Capt. Cook threw up the
sponge on the labelling business and de-
voted his efforts to get pay for the "ex-
perts," pleading that it was not their
fault that they didn't go on the stand.
The Senate ordered them paid, just as
regular witnesses are.
The expert incident was very inter
esting, but it did not equal in amusing
features the performance of the morning,
Justice Walter A. Montgomery was on the
stand
The Judge was put on the stand for the
defense. He was there he said ito tell
the whole truth" and he went at it
with a will. Judge Clark composed a
large part of his story and when Judge
Clark was mentioned the witness prompt
ly flew into a passion and his narra-
tive always then assumed purple color
His voice became brocade and his state
ments violent in pronunciation and pict-
uresque in language.
Mr.. Watson was conducting the cross
examination, and always with a manner
that was "childlike and bland" This
however. together with the laughter OF
the audience, seemed all the more to rile
the Judge, and finally he declared that
he was being laughed at, and he didn't
think, as he was a Supreme Court Judge
that was treating him with proper
respect.
Mr. Watson didn't think so either, and
he regretted the state of affairs greatly
AS for him, he was never more serious in
his life, though, he added apologetically
there were times when people couldn't
help laughing.
And he proceeded with the examination
of his waspish witness.
Shortly before adjournment of the af-
ternoon session the defense rested its
case. and the prosecution began it's testi-
mony in rebuttal.
MIR. Lacy, State Treasurer, was called
and put on to prove that there was not
money enough in the Treasury to pay the
White claim when the decision was rem
dered and the Treasurer was by the
mandamus, compelled to take money out
of the General Fund to satisfy the claim.
This evidence was, however, ruled out
as incompetent.
Today evidence of a most interesting
character will be brought out by the pros
ecution. This will probably be completed
during the morning session. Then the
argument of counsel will begin.
Tho Mn1 ming Session