The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-13
THE POSIOFFICE TRIALS.
MANY WITNESSES IN THE TTNER-
 BARRETT HEARING.
'. P. NiilIanas obtains Leave to Correct His TestimOny--B. 3. I<idder Tells of Barrett's Work for
 Him Before Department.

Washington, May 12.-The Tyner-Bar- rett trial opened today, with A. B. Snow. a postoffice inspector, on the stand. Mir Snow identified a signed statement which he obtained from Harrison J. Bar rett, showing the amount of retainers received by Barrett and Nelms as coun- SC: for bond investment companies. be- tween January 1, and March l. 1901, and by Barrett subsequent to the latter date, The total was S10,541, received from 22 different companies.
 W. F. Roberts, a Washington engraver and printer, testified to printing 1so an- nouncements of the Barrett Nelms part nership cards at the order of Mir. Bar rett. These were all printed during De- cember, 1900. A. E. Riddle, a clerk at the government printing office, testified to the printing of 1000 copies of the Barrett opinion on the bond investment, all delivered during December. 1900. As sistant District Attorney Taggart read to the jury three letters written by General Tyner, recommending Mir Bar rett to President Hayes, of the Southern Pacific Railroad; President. Stevens, of the Chesapeake and Ohio. and Vice-Presi- dent and General Manager Greene. of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. The first two letters were written prior to MT. Barrett's retirement and the last in Jan' uary, 1901.
 F. 8. Hoss. an attorney for the Tom tine Loan and Security Company. of St. Louis. in December, 1900. testified that his company engaged MT. Barrett as an attorney and that employment ceased in February, 1902.
 On oss-examination it was brought out that the employment of Barrett to n nf 1902.
 A telegram signed by A B. HosS asking MT Barrett to meet him in | Washington. April. 1903, was shown to the witness. He said he had never sent such a dispatch. but he met MT. Barrett in Washington at the time suggested.
 At the afternoon session J. P. Will Hams obtained permission to make a correction in his testimony. He said
 that his statement that he saw MT
 Barrett in Baltimore in December | 1900, was incorrect, and that the in- terview referred to took place Tn Jan
 uary, 1901, after Mir. Barrett's retire ment from the Postohice Department The correction vitiates all that DOT tion of his testimony which reflected on the defendants.
 B. B. Kidder, formerly connected with the physicians institute of Chi cago. testified that m October. 1901. he employed Mir Barrett to look after $Se | interests of his company before the Postoffice Department He said that a postofice inspector had made a report against his company, but that Mir. | Barrett had gone before the depart | ment and prevented an action against the company. In an argument regard | ing the admissibility of his testimony | Major Conrad said the evidence was
 for the purpose of showing that Gen | eral Tyner was under the influence of
 Barrett after the latter left the de- pertinent.
 Mir. Taggart attempted to ascertain
 from the witness what fee was obtain
 ed by Barrett. MT. Worthington said
 1t was incompetent. but that Barrett
 had nothing to hide and he would ad- init that $5,0O0 had been paid. Judge l Pritchard ruled that the testimony was incompetent. The prosecution put into the record a letter from Barrett td l General Tyner, addressed to the lat ter's residence and making an aFgu.
 ment in favor of the company. statine that the company's business was legit.
 innate and suggesting that he would be
 pleased if General Tyner would come
 to the same conclusion in passing or
 the case.