Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-30

States senator j. II. Burton, OF Kansas
charged with being the paid attorney
for a corporation In matters pending
before the post office department by In.
PRODUCING as witness Thursday
Charles H. Brooks, former president
! Of the company which was the prede-
cessor OF the Rialto company, and for
mer president Of the National Securi-
ties company.
Brooks testified that at q conference
between Senator Burton, R, H. Kastor
and himself. Senator Burton was In
troduced by Kastor, who said that the
senator was willing to represent the
National Securities company Brooks
said that he did not see how the Sem
ator could be Of any use to him.
"Kastor replied" continued the wit
ness. there is the man. pointing to
Burton, who defeated your fight
against Major Dennis, president Of the
Rialto company by preventing the Is
sue of fraud order by the post office
| department.
II replied that in that case 1t might
bo we'll m emnlov SENATOR purton as
xoctor ossured nc that al srocr,ot,vo
co,rnan,os In 6, Iou,a ,,aro rrdar a.
vosticot,or ord that tro,,h,o ro,oh. he
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'ion W. Dyo, announoeu 'nat 'ne
pfoeecuon nSu compie'eu Jus case
n..oney n0n1nu oD!oc.eu, cia'h-
lug 'ne uolense hau Inc rish' 70 KNOW
lne prosecutions entlre case before
attempting 70 controVert IT,
ouuse vanueVenle. ruieu mat II inc
wl'nesS was on manu- a. inc reconven-
ing VI court at Two p H. ne could Dc
nealu, Due ~ Vnis nour tne uelense
Shoulu pesih'
very iew witnesses have been sum-
monso py the oeIense. Wnile no an
houncement 70 tnat enect mas been
liouo ~ 10 presumed tpat senator BUT
ton VIII DC tne principal witness In his
own Dena1. ~ MS previous trial the
government dismissed the senator
Without croSS-examlnatlon Dut Dlstrict
Attorney Dyer mas stated tnat II the
senator IS placed upon the witness
stano az tnis triai that the government
Will nave several questions to ask when |
tne ueiense Is through WIN the wit
ness
Tue nrst witness THURSDAY was Hec-
tor 7, Mchea, former comptroller OF |
the hlaito uraln ana securities com
Panyl VINO testined tnat ne was intro
duced 70 senator burton in the once
OF Vlce-President Mahaney ,or the
Rialto company. on March q, 1903, and
was told by Mahaney that the senator
mad rendered his resignation and sew
ered MS Connection with the company.
Immediately upon the reconvening
OF court after the noon recess, Attor-
ney Lehman, leading counsel for the
DEFENSE, questioned the Jurisdiction Of
the court In regard to counts Nos. one,
two, six and eight Of the Indictment
which charge that an agreement was
made to receive compensation within
the limits or the Eastern district Of
Missouri, and also asked tnat the other
counts which chargethat Senator Bur-
ton accepted compensation be dis
missed.
In lengthy eXtsmpore opinion
overruIed motion IL
dismiss all the commits IN the ind,et-
nent against Senator Burton. Judge
said that the definition
# the word agreement bore peril
lently upon this contention and went
leeply into both the legal and COM
nercial meanings Of the word. He
leid that the agreement was not con-
ummated until the representative OF
ne rlalto company VINO mad conduct
q tne negotiations with senator Bur
on on tne Train en- route, from 81.
|ouis 70 Cnlcago had returned 70 81
,ouis ana senator bur.ons proposi-
ion nag Deen accepted py tne HlalOo