The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19
THE EVIDENCE.
People Can Form Their Own Opin-
ions of c. w. Metsker's Char
acter.

crat having published a long accoun
of the trial of the case of the Stat
OF Indiana VS. John w. Wolford, be
fore Solomon Zehner, ]. F., tried Ap
I'll 10th, 1906, and in which article h
tried to belittle the evidence of i'm
parchment of Clay W. Metsker tn
publisher thereof, it may be well, il
defense of the witnesses whom h
seeks to upbraid, for the people t.
KNOW who they are and what thei
evidence was, and therefore we will
give the substance at least of the evi
dence given on that subject.
The first witness called by the de
tense was William O'Keefe, ex-Treas
urer of this county a person wei
known to the people, who after stat
ing his name, residence, etc, wa
asked to state if he had heard tn
question of the truthfulness or un
truthfulness of Clay w. Metsker dis
cussed and talked about by the citi
zens of the city of Plymouth. tn,
community in which he lives His an
swer was that he had
He was then asked if he WIS &C
quainted with the general reputation
of Claw w. Metsker for truth ant
veracity in the community in which
he lived? Answer, he was. The Eek
question was. Is that good or bad
Answer. bad. Cross examination b,
W. b. Hess.
Question, you have had some per
sonal difhcultics with Mr.. Metsker
have you not?
Answer, The first trouble | hat
was for another person He, Nets
ker, tried to beat poor orphan bo,
out of his wages and it was over tha
and his grating, and Mr.. O'Keef'
then started in to give other reasons
when Ar. L. NJ. Lauer, Metsker's EN-
ployed attorney in the case, objected
and then Mr.. O'Keefe was asked tn,
question, Are your feelings TOWARD
Mr.. Metsker friendly or unfriendly
He answered, unfriendly, but l woult
not do my worst enemy wrong.
would like to give my reasons why
No further questions being asked, Mr.
O'Keeefe left the stand and Peter
Kruger, former me.rber of the Dem
ocrat State Central Committee, an.
referred to by Metsker in his artcl
as an uncle of VIM. c. Hendricks
was called as witness and after Civ
ing his name, resids,ce and business
was asked the question,
Have you heard the citizens of Ply
mouth the community in which Clay
w. Metske. lives talk about and dis
cuss the question as to his truthful
ness or untruthfulness?
Answer, | have
The next question was
Are you acquainted with his gener
al reputation for veracity in the com
munity in which he lives, based OF
what the people said when they talk
ed abortit'
Ans1Seri am.
Gu, SION, What is the general rep
utat;on of Clay W. Metsker for trutl
and veracity in the community il
which he lives?
Answer, bad.
Cross examination by W. B. Hess
Can you name some persons yp'
have heard say it was bad?
Well / can't name all the persons
but can name some ! have hear,
Arthur O'Keefe, VIM. O'Keefe, Viii
liam Craig. Ihave heard his truthful
ness questioned in business way il
commissioners court, / have hear,
others speak of his being untruthful
Question, How many?
Oh, eight or ten. | have hear,
Arthur O'Keefe and VIM Craig sa
they would not believe him unde
oath.
Otto Weber was the next witnes.
After stating his name, residence an
that he is now Deputy Auditor :
Marshall county and City Clerk @
the City of Plymouth and that h
knew Clay W. Metsker.
Question, Have you heard tn
question of the truthfulness or ur
truthfulness Of Clay W. Metsker di:
cussed and talked about in the CON
munity in which he lives?
Answer, Yes.
Question, Are you acquainted wit
his gneral reputation for truth an
veracity, based upon what you hav
heard people say when they talke
about it?
Answer, Yes.
Question, Is that good or bad?
Arswer, Bad
When asked to state who he ha
heard say it (meaning the reputatio
of c. w. Metsker- was bad, answere
Arthur and VIM. OK'eefe, Hoy Sint
rey, auditor of Marshall county, an
John R. Jones, clerk of Marshall CT
eaitcourt and others whose names
can't remember.
Albert Wickizer the next witnes
stated that he had heard persons
the community in which Clay v
Metsker lived, talk about aid discus
the question of the untruthfulness I
c. W. Metsker, but could not sd
that he was acquainted with his gel
eral reputation for truth and veracit
and for that reason he was not con
petent to state what it was. And
the same extent L. G.. Harley state
that he had heard the question of h
untruthfulness or truthfulness di
cussed and talked about by the cil
zens in Metsker's community, b
could not say he was acquainted wi
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