The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-27

due influence WAS not used? That lawyer
is so lost 10 all sense of honor and deli
cacy that courts and juries are not con
tent To- accept his sta cement
~ IL no: permissible for lawyer 70
profit by such relations. Certainly not
when a fortune Is to be disposed Of Is II
any wonder that Mr. Bryan would not
permit Mr. Bennett TO give him $4,000 out
and out7 lie knew such document
would not stand SO. instead, he made this
subterfuge substitution for the so-calied
sealed letter
CALLED HIM a LIAR
This suggestion i'm the letter was a
mere sham The pretence that Mr.. Bryan
offers TO tho widow that he will not use
this $4,000 left 10 his family is sham
That is left I'm trust and the Jaw would
not permit him to give up this trust even
II he wanted to. What do you think of,a
solemi letter addressed TO n wife In the
shadow OF death secreting the fact that
$4,000 Was going 20 another mans wife?
1T is not strange that Mr. Bryan
should think that possibly Mrs. Bennett
might not like the idea OF Mrs Bryan
and her children provided for when he did
not make provision for his own What do
YOU think OF that letter IN which he Of
fered TO pay the Inheritance tax coming
from this liar who drew this viii?
Just think OF "a lawyer taking $4,000
out OF a family and not anticipating a
contest. n IL incredible. when he finds
out at last that he was not going TO get
tho money he made one more last de-
spairing effort TO influence the widow by
writing 10 her.
What conceivable right had this man
10 intimate that any miserable political
controversy would prejudice me In ad-
vising my client? What rule OF decency
did nc follow to go behind my back and
say such things 10 my clients?
THAT incident alone marks the moral
ity OF the man and It shows the desperate
ends he is driven to I'm his avarice to get
this fortune"
There was such a tumult i'm the court
room at this point that the sheriff had TO
rap for order
Judge Stoddard went on as follows:
"'rhe statement is false and was made
rs last resort TO get that s2S.ooo for his
family. I ask the court II such man
would be delica .e in his methods In trying
to obtain q legacy"
not meet the requirements of any legal
turisdiction in any state. Judge Stoddard
quoted authorities 10 sustain his claim.
BRYAN's REPLY
lie said II am not surprised at the
language this gentleman has used nor
the infercnces he has sought 10 bring
out from the facts. II was because
believed him inspired by motives :hat
do not inspire reputable LAWYERS general
~ that | wrote as | did concerning this
case to the widow Of the best friend
ever had. | am not surprised that Judge
Stoddard fails To comprehend such dis
interested devotion TO principle. In re.
ference 10 the claim OF the counsel that
secured this money through induce
ments. would say he has purposcly
forced me to remind the court that the
first letter I ever received from Philo s.
Bennett made me an offer OF 1900 before
knew him from the casual stranger on
the street
when | WAS running for president in
the first campaign men like Judge Stod-
dard here said | was not any lawyer
and that | could not make my living at
IT, But ! am pleased tonight TO think
he had reversed this opinion and cla sses
me with thoroughly competent lawyers
when he says that was too much Of
n lawyer not 10 realize that II Mr.. Ben
nett had made the direct bequest 10 me
the will would not have stood Mr.. Stod-
dard knows, and knows that ! know. :lat
II the beouest had been made TO me di-
rect he would never have counselled a
contest of this will.
'1f had been fortune hunter. would
have permitted these gifts OF money TO
educate students OF this country I'm the
science of free government? If my in
terest In Mr. Benefits fortune was more
ly pecunary. would / have suggested
TO him the construction Of a library hr q
linking his name with mine TO it In the
most sacred project | had ever con-
templated on the site OF the place where
I was born?
NOT ASHAMED TO HAVE TT KNOWN.
This lawyer wants to know why
have formed the opinion OF him that |
have From his conduct from the first
was convinced that there was more
politics than law I'm t
~ am not ashamed TO have II known
that ] was Philo BENEFITS friend and he
mine ! was devoted to principles which.
when men OF the east refuted them. he
dared social and business ostracism to he
my elector There Is no power at com
mand 10 prevent his disposing Of his prop
erty as he willcd. II he dare 10 endure
the epithets which my friend here has
cast upon me?
The Judge seems to thing he should
be attorney for me and my family 10 take
this money and distribute it trust he
will permit me TO take care OF my own
family. ! prefer to retain the memory
~ the confidence OF my friend than 10
substitute one who hated the principles
which he and I represented IT may have
been p mistake for the tesfator 10 pro-
,lde for the Individual who represented
the principles for which he contended.
but he had right 10 dispose OF his pro-
Ats az he pleased.
Mr. Rryan read number OF extracts
from letters Of Mr.. Bennett extolling him
and his principles. and concluded "You
will not have TO require bond of me
to keep my promise not 90 accept one
dollar Of this money for myself and fam
lily without the consent OF Mrs. Bennett,
but would be unworthy OF the trust I'm
posed In me " were not willing TO brave
these innuendoes, nay. anything TO dis
tribute that trust as he desired IL to be
The arguments were In progress at mid
night
The Judge will take the papers and re-
serve his decision
The following are some ~ the private
bcguests IN tho will 81 Phlio s. Rennett
made public TODAY. Hattie y. Foster.