Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-26
SENATOR BURTON
PLACED ON STAND
Tells of His Connection With
the RialtO Company.
TESTIMONY CLEAR AND FULL

Him BY F'tOrnoyS Without HsSlta
ton or FOrsthOunht-Hs vas AZ
Sured that Company Was All Right,
ST. Louis, Nov, Ex-senator Burton
took the sand In his own OcdNI W,
aay. Before any Testimony Vas intro
ducei Judge Vandeventer delivered an
opinion in which be held tuNl tur ue,
tense would be peTmiueI " iu,roauco
evidence TO which an objection was
sustained yesterday for the purpose VI
showing tlat tae pOstOniCe inspectors
had communicated ~ the RidIO Ggdiu
and Securities company AZ "a time pre-.
yious 10 tile employment " Senator
Burton by the RiaAO company that tAe
investigation had shown The necessity
for the issuance Of = fraud order.
Under tais ruling, Postmaster NJ, G,
Price was recalled by the defense
Mr., Price testified that uc Iad made
q report TO his superior Inspector
Dice. that the coalition Of tuc Rialto
company was not such that fraud or.
der was necessary but SAID hr did not,
remember telling any on, connected
with the R!alto company auy ling to
cfllst effect.
Senator Burton was then called To
the stand. he answCrDJ al quos
lions in a clear dlstinc, voice. aud
apparently without hesitation or fore.
thought. lie frequently anticipated
his counsel's question beginning his re-.
plies before the completion Of the IN.
| terrogailuu.
The senator's testimony In the be.
ginning. followed closely that given In
The former trial. win the exception
that In describing bic conversation
With Taomas h Harlan, Senator Bur
ton laid special strcs- upon tho fact
that before the oou,crsation relating
10 his employment by the Rlalto CON
pany was started tLo train In which
they we're enrOute from ~, Louis 70
Chicago had crossed the Mississippi
and was In Illinois outside the jurls.
diCtion Of the court bo'sc"n which The
case h 10 be tried,
Senator Burton testified tha duFin
his conversation with Harlan WOO vas
the representative 81 RiAltO o0mpa.
ny be (Burtonl ns'd the following
words 10 conneoiion attn bis proposed
employment:
Nov Str Harlan. d. me understand
you I am . senator. This company u |
using the mall extcu s.vcly. IL n con
tempiated Ia any VA that ! am eE.
pected 30 use my innpshce IN the IL.
paTtmeHi directly o. lrdirocriyT'
Hta answer wac Vory emphatic. Sc
aaid.
Nov. SruaioT. We 90 not WAhi ahy
influences IN The depa r meat"
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