Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
BURTON FOUND GUILTY
Trial Closed at st. Louis
Last Night.
LENGTHY. ARGUMENTS
ATTORNEYS FOR EACH SIDE
SPOKE FOR TWO HOURS.
District Attorney Dyer Made the Clos
Ing Address and Vehemently De-
nounced the Defendant.
LENGTHY. ARGUMENTS

L. S. Senator j. Ralph Burton OF Kansas
I'm the L. S. circuit court at St Louis on all
six counts against him charging that the
senator practiced before the Post Office De-
'partment at Washington while a United
States senator to prevent the issuance OF a
fraud order against the Riaito Grain and
Securities Company OF ST. Louis. The jury
was out only two hours.
This is the second trial of Senator Bur
ton similar charges. the present allega-
tion charging the senator with making the
agreement to practice before the Post Office
Department in st. Louis and with taking
money for the work also in st. Louis The
senator was found guilty I'm the previous
trial, but the verdict was reversed by the
Supreme Court, because it was proved only
that compensation was paid to Burton In
Washington, outside the Jurisdiction of the
trial court
Senator Burton was ordered to appear in
court at 10 o'clock Sunday morning when
his counsel announced a bill of exceptions
would be presented and an appeal asked
for. Court then adjourned.
ST. LOUIS, Mo- November 2J-After
many hours of arguments Judge Van De-
vanter late tonight gave to jury the case
of United States Senator ]. Ralph Burton
of Kansas. charged with appearing before
the Post Office Department as the paid at
torney for the Rialto Grain and Securities
Company of st. Louis while senator
The jury brought in verdict of guilty on
all counts.
Judge Van Devanter adjourned court
this evening. and on reconvening gave the
charge and instruction to the jury and sub
mitted the case for verdict.
Judge Van Devanter read the charge to
the jury in twenty minutes Five minutes
later the jury had left the room TO consider
the verdict
Judge Van Devanter said that he would
respond to any call made by the jury to-
morrow, provided it was to receive ver-
! 9iict. An important point brought out in
Judge Vandevanter's charge was that the
question of the jurisdiction of this court
relative to the agreement between Senator
Burton and the representative of the Rialto
Company, Mr. Harlan, which the defense
commended was made In Illinois, was left to
the jury to decide
Attorney Haynes spoke for two hours
this afternoon. Court then took a recess.
One OF the principal points brought out
during Mr. Haynes speech was the omis-
sion, as he termed it, of the prosecution 10
produce r. II. Kastor upon the witness
stand. He pointed out that Mr.. Kastor
was the third person present at the meet
ing between Senator Burton and Charles II.
Brooks and IL was kastor's statement to
| the effect that Burton had prevented the
| issue of a fraud order against the Rialto
| Rr0nka 1ad RI
the witness stand
| Attorney Haynes declared that it had been
| brought out in evidence that Mr. Kastor
was in the city. and then asked the jury
10 consider why, If such was the case, the
government did not offer kastor's testi-
mony corroborative evidence, IN the light
of Senator Buttons denial of the truth of
Brooks statements.
After the Recess.
When court reconvened Attorney Leh-
| mann began the closing argument for the
| defense While the previous speakers had
| confined themselves almost exclusively to
! hiethodical reviews of the testimony offered
| by the several witnesses Mr.. Lehman laid
special stress upon the deductions that
could be drawn from the evidence. He
summed up the contentious of the govern
ment and then, one by one. endeavored to
refute them by the testimony of the defense
and his Interpretation of the statements
made by certain government witnesses
| Attorney Lehman spoke more than two
| hours. District Attorney Dyer made the
! closing argument of the trial, vehemently
Il