Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-06
Some OF ConnelI,s Tartnrs.


He says he is a bachelor and has no
family and no debts, no responsibilities
and pays no taxes He ought to have
family and he ought to have debts, If they
are legitimately handled, he ought to have
all those things"
He is the most revengeful, most avari-
cious end violent witness that was ever
on the stand here"
IF he has a good case why did he not
bring a civil suit for damages against Mr..
Rosewater? I'll tell you why! He might
get stuck for the COSTS The government
educated him at its own expense and he
ID wise enough to know that in this kind
OF a suit the county shoulders the costs"
Educated at Annapolis at the expense
OF the government he did not serve in the
navy he should, he was not success
az a civil engineer, he could not succeed
as a lawyer and like many other men who
are failures at other things he turned his
attention to insurance"
"Howells exhibition on the witness stand
here was the worst / ever saw. Sherciffe,
that discredited counterfeit, was far and
away ahead of him for fairness. He evaded
questions and put the poison in his answers
at Red OAK but he wasn't in 1t with
Howell This man would not tell the truth
on the stand If he could, and could not
II he would"
He must be lacking In that high sense
Of honor inculcated at the Annapolis
academy or he would have at once resigned
when that report Of the council investigat-
ing committee was made"
He never smelt powder, never saw a
battle according to his testimony on the
stand, and during that war in which he
says he served as a naval lieutenant he
hatI 4 tgtav of Gaf mn
son or Schley or Hobson He said he didn't
even see Spanish gun. unless 1t was, per-
haps at the exposition here, the one we
all saw"
After being educated for a naval officer
he resigned on the plea that he was trou-
bled by a pulmonary complaint. Think of
i'll Why, II the statue of the Apollo Belvi-
dere had only been discovered several
hundred years later, than 1t he would
have appropriated 1t for himself"
Howell smarts Under Lash
These were in substance some OF the
crisp comments passed on the prosecuting
witness. r. h. Howell by Attorney w. ].
Connell in his talk Of an hour at the con-
clusion of the evidence in the case for
alleged libel against Edward Rosewater
editor of The Bee, Wednesday afternoon
Mr. Howell plainly did not relish the
sharp references TO himself while the at
torney was criticsing his evidence, or fail
ure to give evidence when he was on the
stand He was decidedly uneasy and was
continually presenting to the county at
torney his resentment against the orator.
cal haying He even put on paper the
things he thought Judge Slabaugh ought &c
say in reply. The latter finally tired Of the
naggtng of the elephant he had on his hands
and arose to pace the floor in peace.
Before the arguments to the jury begaT
Mr.. Cornell read at length and with nice
information and emphasis the minority ant
majority reports presented to the council
after the investigation of City Engineer
Howard in December, 1896. Three member
OF the committee had passed severe censur'
on Howell for what they called an indiscre
ton, while two members had presented I
strong analysis of the circumstances ant
the evidence and recommended his immedi
ate removal from office. At that tint
Howell had the council on his side an'
the majority report was adopted.
Howell left the court room when COnnel
arose to read the reports and did not return
until he had finished. They had grown
tirOsoms to him.
Testimony of K. ROsewatcr.
When the case OF State against Edwar'
Rosewater, on complaint of r.. b, Howell
for alleged criminal libel. was resumed be
fore Judge Day Wednesday morning Mr.