The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-12-17
CRIMINAL LAWYER
EXHIBITS STRAIN
Hummel on Trial for an Alleged
Conspiracy.
TAKES ALL ADVANTAGES
REMARKABLE CASE WITH ORA.
MATlc SETTINGS AND BE
WlLDERiNG RAMiFicA.
TioNS-THE MAN.

New York, Dec lG Tne keynote Of
Lawyer Abe IIummels defense In his
trial for conspiracy IN me famous
Dodge Morse divorce mystery was
struck today In he formal opening OF
the case. 1t was this;
I'VE decline 10 anawer on the
: ground that 1t might tend to incrim.
mate MS and convict rs OF a crime
Abraham Hummel Kaffenbnrgh,
nephew of the defendant, and Nathan
lei Cohen, two attaches of the firm Of
Howe & Hummel his daily associates,
mis- assistants in the case which has
brought accusations of crime tumbling
about his ears, made this answergoYe
and over again when piled with ques
items that go to the very heart Of the
conspiracy charge.
Assistant District Attorney Rand
called them as his own witnesses.
They went upon the witness stand az
gressiyely and to every material ques
tiou each made the same reply;
Il decline to answer on the ground
that il might tend to incriminaie me Z
Not 50 much progress on the face
of things for the prosecution, il would
seem, but
Dodge viii Be Called,
Charles r. Dodge win later on be
called as the star witness for the state.
When he takes the stand he will make
a clean breast of everything, Rand
said tl'day, and the jury will hear him
tell the things which Kaffenhurgh and
Cohen today declined to tell on the
ground that their answers might tend
TO ineriminate them and conyict,them
Of the crime.
Bod Is Rand and crafty and he+ex~
ecutel another OF his master strokes
today when he made two men admit a
knowledge of criminal acts directly az
feeling his witnesses, and by infer
enee corroboraied the stsry OF his staS
witness before the latter has been
PLACED on the stand.
II was bad day for the little law.
yer undoubtedly one OF the best
known men in New York. AT the end
OF the session Hummel showed the
effects of the strain he had undergone
There were deep lines in his face. anC
| his hand trembled as he lifted the In
evitable silk hat and fixed II on his
massive dome" prior to leaving the
courtroom.
He had heard Rand tell for the frs
Tine, with great exactness Of detail
the entire story of the Dodge Nor
divorce tangle, and when this had beer
laid before the jury Hummel was
forced TO SIT and listen to an examIna
ton Of important witness es tha
served t. bring home in the minds Of
everybody che startling accusations
made with such dramatic effect by the
assistant district attorney
The Telling Points.
Some Of the telling points made by
Rand were brought out by these ques
lions:
Did this defendant tHummeD
send you to Texas TO prevent the ex
tradition Of Charles r. Dodge?"
i decline TO answer On the ground
that Il might tend 70 incrimina'e me-
Did this defendant (HummeD in
struet you TO keep Charles F. Dodge
drunk all the time?"
II decline 20 answer on the grMnG |
that II might tend to inerimnate me
Did you meet Captain Morse In
Stanford and did he hand you $500 |
in cash, and did you hand that cash |
over to Abraham Hummel this de-
fendant?"
Il decline to answer on the ground /
that II m ght tend 10 ineriminate me"
Always the same reply and Away. |
Rand. particular to pin The witness
down TO this specific declnation. until |
the sentence rang through the room |
sinister and dominant. the one clear. |
far.reaching note Of the entire pro |
cedings.
Rand's opening address was begun /
as soon as court had been formally |
opened this morning.
II was a ma. terly pet ton. dramat-
ically covering the time from the mar \
r.age Of Clemeace C-wles and Char e.
T. Dodgr down to the time when. after
her divorce from Dodge and her mar.
riage 10 Charles W. Morse and the sub I
sequent setting aside Of the divorce.
the plot 10 break up a family TO salts
~ she wounded prize Of Charles "
Morse's uncle was brought 10 the al
tenti-n Of the district attorney
Graphic Pictures. u
In a ser.es OF graphic pictures Rand /
told OF she divorce. the marriage. the
interven ion Of the uncle and the al [
legged Matching Of the plot
d is a story in which money f0wed
freely hears were tnodden upon and
every device of the tricky praciitio-e.
was used 70 defeat yusi.ee and de
liver the gods"