The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-15
SOME STRONG EVIDENCE Miller and Johns Now on
 Trial in Cincinnati. UNEXPECTED EVIDENCE Interviewss Ire Reported by
 frivaWt tenosraDhers' The e nm.nt Making '. Very str Case Against the Par
 g B Charged With Con- spiracy.

in demand in the United States District Court room on the second day of the trial of Miller and Johns, for conspiracy to extort bribe in connection with the recently exposed postal frauds. Nine wit nesses were examined today and the gov- ernment has four more to call, so that the defnce will not begin until the afternoon of the third day and the case may not get to the jury until the last day of the week. The principal witnesses were Ryan and the officials from Washington. The defence was not taken by surprise until the afternoon, when the stenographic re- ports of the private secretaries of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, and of General Robb, of interviews with Miller were introduced as evidence.
 Joseph T. Watson, Secretary and Ste- nographer to the Fourth Assistant Post master General, testified to being con- cealed in the office of his chief when Gen. eral Robb and Chief Inspector Cochran had their first interview with Miller about the reports of the postoffice inspectors re- garding the decisions in the Ryan case and the discovery of his relations with Johns. He then read from his original stenographic notes all that was said du- ring the two hours and a half that the officials were thus questioning Miller re- garding the case.
 The sensational appearance of Watson nn the stand was followed soon alter wards by Charles H. Robb, Assistant At torney General for the Postoffice Depart ment, being called and he produced copy of the transcribed stenographic notes of his Secretary. Mir. Tullis, of another long interview with Miller when the same parties were present. At the first meet ing of Miller with Robb and Cochran. the defendant did not know that stenog- rapher was concealed in the room as he did in the last case, when he made an equally lengthy statement, and signed the report made by Mr. Tullis. The extent of the detective work that has been done in these cases by, the government was never disclosed nnril during the afternoon ses- sion, when verbatim reports of these in terviews of Miller were submitted in evil dence, notwithstanding the objection and exception of counsel for the defense.
 The Trial Resumed.
 The trial of Daniel Voorhees, Miller of Terre Haute, formerly Assistant Attor- ney General for the Postoffice Depart ment at Washington, and Joseph M. Johns of Rockville, Ind, for alleged con- spiracy and bribery in connection with decisions allowing J. J. Ryan & Co.,, turf commissioners, the use of the malls, was resumed this morning with the direct ex- animation of J. J. Ryan still in progress. When court adjourned last night Judge Thompson took under advisement the ob- lection of counsel to Ryan testifying to what Johns said to him about what Miller may have said to Johns concerning flu ture decisions. Ryan and Johns were in a room at the Terre Haute alone. and the former testimony was stopped yesterday when he involved Miller.
 When court convened Judge Thompson, in an opinion of some length. in which he cited cases bearing on the question of tes- timony where conspiracy was involved, decided that a prima facie case had been sufficiently made out to permit the testi- mony of Ryan to be admitted. Counsel for the defense excepted to the ruling and the examination of Ryan by the govern ment counsel was resumed.
 While Ryan proceeded to repeat in de- tail the conversation between Johns and himself in the room at the Terre Haute hotel, during which the witness claimed to have made a contract with Johns for $45o0 for favorable ruling from Miller as Assistant Attorney for the Postofflce Department counsel for the defendants interposed frequent objections which were overruled by Judge Thompson, Ryan pro- ceeding to testify to all his future trans actions with Johns as the middle man up to the time last December, when Johns came to Cincinnati. and they met alone in a room at the Gibson House, where Ryan gave Johns $1 900 in cash and $S,4O0 in checks. Ryan continued his story about subsequent transactions in which he said Johns wanted more funds right along until the witness finally made statement of the matter to the postoffice inspectors and made no further efforts he thrOilOh the n6ila
 Before Ryan's examination was com pleted James G. Bresnahan, assistant manager of the Washington office for the Western Union Telegraph Company was introduced and he produced copies of tel egrams that passed between Miller and Johns. which were used to corroborate the testimony of Ryan.