The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-16
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Read stenographic Notes.
1t required one hour and a half for
him to read the notes which he went
over much more quickly than the in.
terview was carried on. The differ
ence of an hour in time was account
ed for by the witness because of the
hesitation of Miller at times during
the interview. The sensational ape
pearance of Watson on the stand was
followed soon afterwards by Charles
n. Robb, assistant attorney general
for the postofice department, being
called and he produced a copy of the
transcribed st~enographic notes of his
secretary, Mr.. Tullis, of another long
interview with Miller. when the same
parties were present. At the first
meeting of Miller and Robb with
Cochran the defendant did not know
hA st~enographer was concealed in the
I room, as he did in the last instance,
when he made an equally lengthy
by Mr.. Tullis. The extent of the de.
tective work that has been done in
these cases by the government was
never disclosed until during the af-
ternoOn session when verbatim re-
ports of these interviews with Miller
were submitted in evidence, notwith-
standing 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
today. when postof1ce inspectors are
to take the stand.
Defense Badly Broken.
In the afternoon. after Judge Out
calf of Cincinnati testified to D
ing before Miller and Christiancy at
Washington with John j.. Ryan, in
the capacity of the latter's attorney,
and to getting instructions as to
changes to be made in Ryan's business
so that he could continue the use of
the mails, and r. D.. Webster and In
spector Cochran had identified certain
papers and reports bearing on the
ase the defense was very much
broken when J. r. Watson testified
that he was the private secretary to
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, and told of the letters pass
Ing between Ryan and the department.
Mr.. Watson told in detail of how he
was hidden behind a desk and took
q stenographic account of the examina-
ton of Mr.. Miller, who was accused
by Mr.. Rohb Of being implicated in the
Ryan affair and asked to explain his
connection Herewith.
Miller said he would explain what
ever he could and then he was inter
rogated in regard to his old friend.
Joseph M. Johns. and his connection
with him from the beginning of the
case to the end. Miller said he had
done nothing with Johns until after
the Ryan case was decided and admit
ted that he did not regard Johns as
an attorney on record in the office for
Ryan.
Denied Receiving Money.
When Robb and Cochran showed
Miller the reports, copies of the let
tiers and kilograms indicating that he
had sent the ruling of the department
to Johns on Dec. 10, and wired that
the same had been sent, Miller admit
ted that he had written a letter to
Johns and that it was done in his W
handwriting and not dictated, as other
letters in the official correspondence
of the department. Defendant admit
ted that he had not taken copies of his
letters and kilograms to Johns or filed
those he had received from him and
that he considered them as personal
Euu uOI OIuCldI. lu0H watson pro-
eeeded to read from his st%enographic
notes a question by General Robb that
Ryan had turned over $4,000 to. Johns
on the same day that the latter got
the ruling from Miller. Miller denied
any knowledge of that transaction and
insisted that he had never received d.
rectly or indirectly q cent for any copy
Of any ruling or any information re-
gardfng the same.
The last witness of the day was
Charles E. Robb. the successo of J.
h Tyner as assistant attorney gen.
eral of the postofice department. He
testified to the second interview.