The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-24

senator hs A. AiEef, William H0cke- feller, Mrs. Potter Palmer and Corne- at Detroit. and called on Grover Cleve- land at Princeton. At the time he saw MT Vanderbilt he thought that there was some one nearby concealed behind curtain, although he did not see any one.
 Irving, in response to questions by District Attornev Jerome. said that he had been told he would not be pros- ecuted on the charge pending against him if he told the truth in this case.
 Did you ever threaten to roast peo- ple?'. asked Mir. Jerome.
 No occasion to-" replied Irving. II was all done by fattery
 Moses Ellis Wooster. who solicited fod Pads and Fancies was tho next witness. He said he gave up the work because he found the interviews dis agreeable"
 Went After Hegeman.
 Wooster said that among those. upon whom Colonel Mann instructed him to call was John R. Hegerman. President of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
 Colonel Mann told me that Mir. Hege- man was very rich man." said Woo ster, and that I should get after him and get him to subscribe to Pads and Fancies.."
 The witness said the printer of Pads and Fancies was to charge s35,000 for turning out 200 copies He said that Harry Lehr subscribed to Pads and Fancies and paid $200 on his subscrip- tion- This money was later return sd with the contract.
 < -.Iehr told me-" said Wooster, that he had been badly treated in Town Topics"
 MT. Lehr, the witness said. called on Colonel Mann, who afterward told the witness that MT. Lehr should not have been treated so badly and told the wit ness to see MT. Lehr and get him to pay the subscription to Pads and Fan cies. Lehr, however. refused. Witness said to Lehr that he (Wooster}, was interested in Lehr's subscription to the extent of $20o, and Lehr gave him a check for that amount.
 Lehr Not Always Roasted.
 The witness said that pleasant sto- ries were then printed about Lehr for time, but later the unpleasant ones reappeared.
 Wooster continued his testimony af- ter first stating that Colonel Mann told him he was not to exploit the columns of Town Topics for the purpose of get ting subscriptions to Pads and Fancies.
 The witness said he had asked Bish- op Potter to subscribe to Pads and Fancies. meeting him in Washington.
 District Attorney Jerome, then began questioning Mir. Wooster about Amer ica's Smart Set. a publication similar to Pads and Fancies which was pub lished by the society editors associa- tion.
 Was Americas Smart Set connected with Town Topics T' asked Mir. Jerome.
 Not as a publication.
 The witness said that tho price for a small paragraph in Ar1erica's Smart Set was $250 and for an extensive write-up. $500 Among sixty persons who he said paid for being written up in this publication. Mir. Wooster named Colonel Jacob Astor and Reginald and Alfred Vanderbilt.
 Did Not Threaten.
 VT. Wooster denied in answer to Mir, IeYcme's questions that Ae ever had said If "a perSon refused to subscribe to Pads aud Fancles uupleasant things would be printed about him in Town Topics. 9 M : Tn your experience as a canvasser. you found the. alleged society leaders to be easy marker asked Mir. Jerome.
 'I cannot say that. but society pub lications like Pads and Fancies have all been financial successes"
 Mir Shepard, Of counsel for the de- fense, here questioned Mir. Wooster who said that in many instancs subscribers to Pads and Fancies and America's Smart Set were the same. He said that letters were sent from Town Topics to prospective subscribers to Americas Smart Set. Sf
 The witness. replying to questions by Mir. Osborne. said that he had received a letter from Justice Deull stating that business was slow and that he then se- cured the services of Robert 4. Irving as an agent for Pads and Fancies.
 MT. Wooster then left the witness stand and Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry was sworn. Mir. Shepard ques- tioned him. He testified that in 1901, while he was at Newport, Wooster call ed on him with letter of introduction from Justice DeuIl This letter was produced in court. the writer stating in it that the idess of Pads and Fancies were his and that he had complete con- trol of the scheme,
 Gerry Refused to Subscribe.
 Commodore Gerry said that he found out that Town Topics was interested in Pads and Fancies, and that he re- fused to subscribe to 1t. He was then excused.
 Janees 4. Burden, Jr, of Troy, N. r.. was the next witness. being called by the defense. He said that he was ask ed to subscribe to Pads and Fancies by Robert A. Irving.
 He showed me several names of sub including Mrs. yAstor and Mrs. and I was surprised to know they had subscribed" said Mir. Burden. He told me that Colonel Mann used q very trenchant pen and that had bet ter subscribe. I told him that was all wanted of him and that he had bet ter get out, and he did.1
 Charles Stokes Wayne. formerly man. aging editor of Town Topics, was the next witness. MT. Shepard questioned him. He said that Justice Deull read proofs of Town Topics every Tuesday night. Frequently the work was done at Colonel Mann's house. the witness said. He next described d card index which. he said. Town Topics kept of persons about whom 1t printed para graphs. saying;
 The persons referred to by name in | the paragraphs were written on the | cards and those referred to anonymous | ly were indexed by the cities or places | where they resided"
 Had Town Topics a list of im- asked Shepard.
 Yes"
 Name some of them
 Russell A. Alger. James Hazen Hyde, Perry Belmont, James R, Keene. | William K. Vanderbilt, George Gould, | J. Pierpont Morgan, Chauncey M. De- | pew, A. J. Cassatt and about fifty oth- ers."
 was not Abe Hummell, the lawyer. an immune?"
 He was"
 was Melville E. Stone of the As sociated Press?"
 Yes"
 Thomas W. Lawson?"
 Yes"