The Washington times., 1906-03-06
CALM AND ONhOVED
GREEN LISTENS TO
FINAL ARGUMENTS
Government Contends
Conviction Is
Warranted.
CONSPIRACY IS DEFINED
District Attorney Uses a.
Chart to Trace Com
missions.
CONSPIRACY IS DEFINED

The arguments of counsel in the trial
of George f. Green have begun. When
court convened this morning, then be-
gan the final stage in this dramatic le-
sal struggle wherein the stake Is the
liberty of a man who has held a high
position in his community and State.
The usual crowd was there and the
display OF interest was perhaps more
intense than usual Green appeared in
terested, but not especially concerned.
District Attorney Baker made the in
troductory argument It was a plain
statement of the Governments position
upon the facts. unadorned with any
flights OF eloQuence or fancy.
The Nature of Conspiracy.
The district attorney began with a
discussion of the nature Of a conspiracy.
In the very nature of things, Mr. Baker
contended. the crime is one of dark
ness and secrecy, the terms of which
are rarely or never committed TO writ
ing, and, In many Instances, are not
even formulated in spoken words. The
conspirators understand each other and
act together, each in his agreed func-
tion, TO carry their illegal purpose into
effect.
The Government does not contend,
said Mr. Baker. 1T has proven a con-
spiracy out of the mouths of the con-
spiratogs but il does contend that from
the evidence adduced the jury can find
and must find-that the conspiracy was
entered into and that its purpose was
10 defraud the Government of the
United States
Activity of Beavers.
From this point the District Attorney
traced the activities OF Beavers. as
Superintendent OF Salaries and Allow
ances in the Postoffice Department, in
securing the introduction and general
use Of Bundy time recorders in posi-
Offices throughout the country He
showed how Beavers had used his Office
and the influence of his office for these
purposes. He said that Beavers. at the
instance of the Bundy Company. had
directed the installation of time record
ing devices in Dostoffices where the post
master had never requested them.
The activities of Beavers led. IN the
ANALYSIS OF the District Attorney, TO his
relations with Green He quoted from
the letter Of recommendation written
by Green, IN which he had asked the
appointment of Beavers. In that letter.
frequently referred to in the course Of
The trial, Beavers was described as "a
trustworthy and reliable gentleman. en-
tirely honest. whose sturdy Republican
ISM has never been questioned
From that point the growing intimacy
"a
with their common activities in securing
Government contracts, Mr.. Baker took
up the position of the defense, that
Green had acted IN his private capacity
In whatever transactions he had. with
Beavers, and not as the president OF the
international Time Recording Company
The District Attorney described this
contention as absurd. and passed on.
The Deadly Chart.
Then came the charming literary and
financial display that has come to be
known as the deadly chart" BY this
instrument the commissions paid Beav-
srs BY the International Time Record
ing Company were traced to the pockets
OF Green.
Mr.. Baker affirmed that the defense
mad offered absolutely no evidence to
rebut or explain these transactions
Green himself had not been placed on
the stand. II was c0ntended that these
omissions OF the defense must have ma
teTlai rS Y1elght with the jury.
argument with an appeal to the jury tG
ma verdict IN accordance with the
evidence Mr.. Baker said evidence of
the previous good character of the de-
fendant was the ncly evidence produced
to rebut the Governments case
Good Reputation Admitted.
why. he must have had a good repu-
tation, at least said Mr.. Baker ..tn
order to have made profitable-or even
possible-this conspiracy W aiiege. He
must have had a good reputation in
order TO call upon men distinguished m
public life. Let not this good condl,ct
blind your eyes to the truth. If Green
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