Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
HE HID In OFFICE
WORK DONE BY DETECTIVES IN
POST OFFICE INQUIRY.
TESTIMONY OF WATSON
tSTENOGRAPHlC NOTES SPRUNG
ON MILLER AND JOHNS.
RYAN CONTINUES STORY
Interview with First Suspect Brought
Out 81 Cincinnati Trafalgar Tells
OF Money TRANSACTIONS.

OF Money TRANSACTIONS.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 15.-During the
second trial of Miller and Johns
for conspiracy in connection with the
recently exposed postal frauds, nine
witnesses were examined and The gov
eminent has four more to cali. Court
was in session from 5 a. m. until
after 6 p. 10 The principal witnesses
were Ryan and the officials from Wash
ingtOn. The defense was not taken by
surprise until in the afterno> N, when
the stem y raphic reports Of the private
secretaries of Fourth Assistant Post
master General BriStow and of General
RObb of interviews with Miller were
introduced as evidence.
Joseph T. Watson, secretary and
s'enogrApher to the TO nth assistant
postmaster genera, teStif ID to having
been concealed in the office of his
Chief while General Rob- and Chief
Inspector Cochran had their first in
teryieW with Miller about the reports
O. the ~poStoffice inspectors regarding
the decisions in the Ryan case and the
discovery Of his relations with Jones.
ant did not know that a stenOg rapher
was concealed in the room, as he
did in the last case when be 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 until
during the afternoon session, when
verbatim reports of these interviews
Of Miller were submitted in evidence,
Notwithstanding the objection and
exception of counsel for the defense.
1t is now known that more of the
detective work Of the government
will be disclosed tomorrow when
p~ostofice inspectors are to take the
stand. .
When the trials were resumed to
day the direct examination Of ]. j.
Ryan was still in progress. At the
adjournment of court last night
Judge Thompson took under advise
ment the objection of counsel to
Ryan t~estifyirg to what Johns said
He then read from his original
stenographic notes all that was said
during the two hours and more that
these officials were thus questioning
Miller regarding the case. 1t requiI-
ed one hour and a half for him to
read the note. which he went over
much more quickly than the inter-
view was carried on. The difference
IF an hour in time was accounted for
by the witness because Of the hesita-!
ton Of Miller at times during the in
terview. The sensational appearance
of Watson on the stand was followed
soon afterwards by Charles II. Robb,
assistant attorney general for the
postodice department., being called
and he produced a copy of the trans
cribed stenographic notes of his Sec.
ret ,ry,".Mr. Tullis, of another long
interview with Miller when the same
parties were present. :
At the first meeting of Miller
with Robb and Cochran the defend
to him about what Miller may have
said to John concerning future diff
c~ulties.
When court convened today Judge
Thompson decided that a prima facie
case had been sufficiently made out
IT, permit the testimony of Ryan to
be admitted. Counsel for the de-
Tense excepted to the ruling, and the
examination Of Ryan by the govern
m Mt counsel was resumed.
While Ryan proceeded to repeat
in detail a conversation between
Johns and himself in a at a
Terre Haute hotel, during which the
witness claimed to have made a con-
tract with Johns for 81, 500 for a ia
voTable ruling from Miller, counsel
for the defendants interposed fire.
quent objections which were over
ruled by Judge Thompson. Ryan
also testified that all his future
: transactions we're with Johns as the
middleman up to last December.
when Johns came to Cincinnati and
they met in a room at the Gibson
house, where Ryan gave Johns 81: 100
in cash and SO, 400 in two checks.
Ryan continued his story about SUBJ
sequent transactions in which he said
Johns wanted more funds right along
until the witness finally made a
statement Of the whole matter to the
~postofice inspectors and made no
further efforts to get bets on the
races through the mails.