The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-15
STANDING Rco1I ONLY.
Court Room Was Packed During Yes
terday's Session.

Cincinnati o.. oct 1L-Standyng room
was In demand in the United States dis
trict count room or the second day 90
the trial Of Miller and Johns for con-
spiracy to cNtOrt a bride in connection
with the recently exposed postal frauds.
Nine witnesses were examined today and
the government has four more TO cali
so that the defense will not begin until
the afternoon Of the third day. and The
case may not 60 10 the jury until the
last dav of the week.
The mOnOtOny of the trial was very
much broken when J. T. Watson t0su-
fled THAI he was the private secretary 80
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
HristOW and told of the letters passing
between john j. Ryan and the depart
mcnt. Finally Assistant District Attor-
uey Darby asked him 60 describe what
. took place i'm the office of Fourth As
/ sistaut Postmaster BristOw on MAY Is.
when General RObb and Chief Inspector
cochran had an interview with Miller.
lie was asked 90 describe everything m
detail in the room. and told about Fourth
. assistant Postmaster General BristOW
Concealing him behind his desk in one
corner OF his office while General RCbD
and Chief Inspector Cochran were in the
room. Then AR. Bristow retired and Nil
Ger was soon sent into the room where
Robb and Cochran awaited him.
Watson Took Notes.
Meantime Watson WAS seated on a bun
ole ut old newspapers On the corner ana
taking fun stenographic notes on his
tu the court from those original notes
and occupied an hour and half in
doing SO.
Tile first question nrouounded TO Mil
Ter was bv General Robb. when he said.
/ Mr. Cochran and 7 have an unpleasant
duty. and il must be performed now. BE
I fore anything is done YOU had better talk
the matter over. You are "a lawyer. and
DO Is unnecessary to tell YOU that subter-
fuse wiz be useless aud that we will have
nome OF g. We viii leave that aside.
The examiners have been at work in the
west on che Ryan matter. We have their
reports and their statements have been
corrOb0rated. It looks mighty bad for
YOU. and we want you 10 explain
Confronted With Reports.
Miller said he would explain whatever
Die could. and then he was iuterrogQted fn
{ regard 10 his old friend. Joseph NJ. Johns
and his connection with him from the
beginning or the case TO the end. He
was not only questioned closely Ov both
EObb and Cochran, but he was a-so con-
fr0nted with the reports Of the postoffice
3 inspectors. Watson read his notes on ev-
orythng that took place. reproducing all
except the reports of the inspectors and
letters and kilograms that We're presented
90 Miller at that time. "A. t4iis interview
Miller claimed that he had done nothing
with Johns until after the Ryan case
was decided. ana admitted that he did not
regard Johns as an attorney OF record in
D the office for Ryan. When RODb and
Cochran showed him the reports. alsO
/
I ing that he had sent the ruling OF tie
I department 10 Johns on Dec. 10 and wired
him that the same had been sent A--lcr
admitted that nc had written n letter 20
Johns: that it was, Ia his own handwrit-
Z ing and dictated. as other letters I'm the
official correspondence of the depart
ment. In that secret Interview the de-
! PENDANT admitted that he had not taken
copies OF his letters and kilograms 70
/ Johns or filed those that he had received
from him and that he considered them
/ as personal and not official.
Miller Made Denial.
Then Watson read from his atenograph-
&c notes "a question by General RObb
whether Ryan had turned over s. 800 10
Johns on the same day that the latter
got the ruling from Miller. Miller denied
any knowledge of thatN transaction. and
insisted that be had neNer received. dl-
rectv or Indirectly. a cenb for any copies
of any ruling OF any INFORMATION regard
ing the same
Tie declared to Robb and Cochran that
DE did not believe that Johns, had ever
made anv such representations a,sra
L fffrf .tffo4f "a him Tho 10 mort