Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-14

Little Rock, July IA victory fer
the state on the question of the ad-
visibility of the testimony of A. f.
Maberry, the star witness of the pros
ecution, and the denial by the defend
ant Ch the witness stand of all the
charges made against him were the
chief features Of the trial of Renre-
sentative Chaplne on a charge of con.
spiracy yestt 'ay.
prosecuting torney Rhoton fol
lowed up his victory by showing bv
Maberry that checks for STATS were
put up in the hands of Oscar Davis.
cashier of the German national bank
with tht understanding that it was to
De paid to M. D. L. Cook if the Cache
River levee bill became law. Ma
berry, who with S. G.. Robinson. MT
up the checks. swCre that the money
was put up for the purpose of getting
TIE bill through. He declared that
ne did not know what it was TO be
used for. but that this was left to
Cook Judgment. He declared that it
was his understanding that the mon
ey was to be used for securing sur
veys, maps or other necessary ex
penses connected with the bill
Chapline. when he went on the
stand late in the afternoon, denied
positively that he had ever talked
with Cock about the Cache River
levee bill. He declared that he did
not know that any money had been
raised, although he had talked with
the committee which was in Little
Rock about the necessity of raising
money to secure evidence to present
to the legislature. He declared that
he did not know any money had been
raised until he saw the Indictment
charging him with conspiracy He did
not deny positively that he introduced
Maberry to Cook, but said that he
did not remember doing so. and that
if he did so. it was not by design. He
declared there was no truth in the
statement that he told the committee
that he would put their representa-
tive in touch with a man who could
place their money to the best advan-
tage.
Chapline made his statement direct
to the jury without interruption from
his attorneys. His statement was cvi-
IDENTIFY the most interesting part of
the proceedings to the spectators,
and there was absolute quiet in the
court room while he was talking His
wife and sisterin-law. Miss Calhoon,
sat at the end of the fury box and lis
tened closely to every word that was
said
The testimony was all in when
court adjourned last night, and the
argument was begun this morning
at $3.50 o'clock The case will go tc
the Jury some time this afternoon.
It was not decided last night how
much time would be consumed in the
argument, but it is probable that each
side will have either two hours or
two hours and half.
Aside from the testimony CT the de-
fendant, the greatest interest attach
ed yesterday to the ruling by Judge
Winfield on the objections of the de- |
fense to the testimony OF Maherry |
regarding his transactions with Cook
This was regarded as vital point |
in the case and the attorneys for the |
defense made a hard fight TO have the !
testimony excluded. The attorneys
for the state made an equally deter ,
mined fight and won their point,
After two hours further argument
Yesterday morning Judge Winfield .
anne unced that he would overrule the ,
objections. He did net give the ground /.
for his decision. but throughout the
he had endeavored to have
confined to the point as &c
whether the state could use the teStl-
mony of Maberry on this point IL II
had made a prima facie case OF con
sniracy between Chapline and Maber
ry, regardless CT the fact that Maper-
ry had not been charged with con-
spiracy in the indictment.
Not as much interest has been man
ifested in this case as in the Covlns-
ton case. The court room was oniy
partly filled yesterday, but the an,
that the arguments are
to he made today will probably at
tract a large number of spectators.
The same precautions are beng
taken in regard to the jury in this
,aso that were taken in the CovingtOn
al ynI IN