The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-23

New York. Jan. 23-It was a gold
stream that flowed to Col william n.
Mann Of Town Topics when he wanted 10
borrow money" and many were its
sources.
The bewhiskered colonel admitted yes
terday al tho trial OF Norman Hapgood.
editor Of Golfers Weekly. for criminal II
bel on the complaint OF Justice Joseph
NJ Deuel. OF Special Sessions that many
well known men had succored him with
gold to the extent OF over sl65 600 I'm
loans" when he needed money and was
poor"
on his list were William c. Whitney.
Coils z Huntington, William X. Wander
blt. Howard Gould. James r.. Keene, J.
p. Morgan. John w. Gates. DR.. Seward
Webb and others
In some instances he gave his unsecured
notes and in others security in the shape
Of Town Topics stock. The par value OF
Town Topics stock Is $40 a share and Of
ten the colonel got as much as 1000 on
20 shares.
But the colonel insisted that he consid-
cred IL worth $1,000 and more "a share.
Only one OF the loans has been repaid, the
colonel said, and that>was 10 Coils p.
Huntington, 5000 He is dead. Nearly all
OF the loans were made about 12 or 10
years ago, when the colonel was poor"
GAVE SHARES BACK.
From William X Vanderbilt the colonel
got $4,000, and he. the colonel. says that
Mr.. Vanderbilt not only returned his notes.
but also gave him the stock-25 shares
OF Town Topics-back.
II Mr.. Vanderbilt had retained the stock
he would have been classed by Mr.. Je-
rome yesterday as a stockhoder in Town
Topics with John w. Gates. Howard
Gould and DIR. Seward Webb who hold
between them GO shares of the stock and
are as morally responsible for the de-
cency OF the sheet as Colonel Mann. JUS
tice Deuel. and Colonel Mann's daughter,
who hold the rest OF the stock.
Mr.. Jerome made this statement in
questioning Colonel Mann, as the colonel
explained the judgment would not have
been effective against him for ten years
II the men who held the stock called for
the payment OF the money.
He couldn't pay them and the stock
would be theirs though II has not been
transferred 10 them on the books OF Town
Topics.
FROM VULGAR PEOPLE.
The redirect examination OF Colonel
Mann by Mr.. Jerome was one OF the fea-
lures OF the trial. He got the colonel to
admit that many of the contributors to
Town Topics were vulgar people.
Mr.. Jerome seemed surprised when the
colonel declared he didn't know that the
Information that formed the basis OF the
paragraph that William r, Travers was
a social outcast' came from "A well-known
cotillion leader who poses as the leader
OF Newport society,""
In addition Mr. Jerome drew from Col
onel Mann that he goe-a loan OF $4,000
from Dr. Seward Webb, although "oun-
sci for Mr.. Hapgood overlooked II.
With the examination OF Colonel Mann,
the prosecution rested It's case. No action
was made for a dismissal OF the indict-
ment and in his opening James w. Os-
borne compared Town Topics. Colonel
Mann and Justice Deuel.. with an allegori-
cal picture, THE Fat-s," on the wall of
the court room.
The spinner was Town Topics, he sad.
Justice Deuel. was the measurer who
went to Town Topics office from the
Children's Court Bench in the darkness
OF the night--let's hope II was under cover
OF darkness OF the night TO measure out
law. And the severer was Colonel Mann
that old man OF the mountain. the king OF
the assassins OF regulations.