The sun., 1906-01-18
BAG EN- ALL, SAYS THE BENCH
EOR "FiDS AND FiN(IES" AND
WE'LL HAVE 4 SPREE.
Some OF Justice Dcucls Crown Topics"
Revenues Disclosed One Was COni-
mission on Al, crtlslnS Did Not Ap.
prove item Follow ch b, Tra,c crs suicide

iIdny things were produced yesterday
It he trial of Norman Hapgood, editor of
CoNr 3 weekly, for libelling Justice Joseph
NJ Deuel. Of Special Sessions to show that
tustc" Deuel. was a prime mover in the
management of Torn Topics, that he read
g., .roofshcets Of the paper, here and there
maEnG suggestions, and that he was prac-
r.ly IN charge of the scheme for getting
descriptions for "FadS ard tanCies. He
r.,r-tcd the names of many prominent
to0u,c who ought to be "Secn," and wrote
many letters to Moses Ellis Wooster the
,hef oliCtor for "Fads and Fances ;"
Mp,t oi these letters were written on the
of,airdper Of the City Magistrates.
,'cn Assistant District Attorney O'Con-
- ~ his lrief opening of the case said
Vat 'l,ticc Dcuel's life was an open book,
roauy % be inspected in any way, he made
rdIctlon, so far as the lawyers for Hap
,trunled every page For five and
llI AuurS yesterday James W. Osborne
llrl ,-el Justice Deuel. with questions,
q. when The session was over the witness
Va. ,tlil On the stand. with prospect of
lcrs here all day to-day.
4 crowd packed the court room. women
frhtag to Get seats. Justice Deuel. seemed
van and tired, but Col William Dalton
Mann looked Gi ruddy a. ever, One of the
w!'ie,.es was Detective Sergeant Sheridan,
v ho has charge of the rogues gallery,
Who l. under subpoena. 1t is said that
fe viii lie asked to testify about some per-
.ou whose picture is numbered by the
Iu.i,c.
1t vas brought out that Justice Deuel.
read in proof the article printed in Toun
Topics about Mrs. William X. Travers
getting a divorce from her husband. Soon
after the publication of this article, which
called him "a social outcast,' Mr.. Travers
committed suicide by shooting himself
II was in connection with the introduction
of testimony to show that Justice Deuel.
know the character of the paper that the
article was read. Several other articles
Of the same description were produced.
INT in none were the names of the persons
mentioned read. They were referred to
Us MIR. Blank or Mrs. Blank"
Did you object to that article (the Tray
ers article) in proof" asked Mr.. Osborne.
did but my bjection was overrlled.'
But you did not retire from the paper?"
NO, / did not"
that the whole scheme of "Fads and Fancies"
vas Justice Deuel's and that it was his re-
sourcefulness that brought about the pro-
ducton Of the book. He first produced
the contract between Moses Ellis Wooster
and 1'oun Topics, in which it was set forth
that Wooster was to get subscribers, and
after having got S25,ooO worth was to have
a certain percentage on what else came in.
hn nj nh ha
scheme with Col. Mann and witnessed the
contract. The contract said that set
price-sl ,50O-was to be paid by each sub
soriber.
Wasn't there one subscription Of slo,o0o?"
asked Mr.. Osborne.
so Col, Mann told me-" said Justice
deuel.. Mr. Osborne referred to the SUBJ
scrption Of Mrs. Coils p Huntington.
Wasn't that $4,000 paid in blls?"
Il only know what Col Mann told me.
He said it was"
Mr. Osborne read letter which showed
that there was some complaint by Wooster
about his share. The letter was from
Justice deuel., who admitted that he had
written it. Thereupon Mr.. Osborne pro-
duced batch Of letters and asked the wit
ness if they were in his handwriting JUS
tce Deuel. said they We're. and Mr., Osborne
read them to the jury. The first said:
Mn. WOOSTER: Look after Very Rev. f.. A. !
Holman ,specal. Mr. Francis Burial Hon.
man. Mr.. Robert Hoes Mr. Thomas Hitch
cock, jI.. Mr.. Center Hitchcock. Mr.. Colgate |
Hovt
Try to run down Marshall Field. The Col.
thinks h" is in town somewhere. j. NJ. ID.
Mr.. Osborne wanted to know if he ever
wrote any letters from the bench or if he
saw To,rn Topics representative during
court hours. Justice Deuel. said he didn't. !
Mr. Osborne began reading letters on City
Magistrates paper askingiWooster to call /,
TO see him. One letter told Wooster to |
give his card "to the police at the door" |
Another said that the writer couldn't get F.,
to the Office tToun Topics) until after 4:3O +.
O'Clock, when he left court. This is sample |,
Of these particular communications to |.
Wooster:
MY DEAR WOOSTER: Look this over and /,
com" down to my court-Jeierson Market. |
sN'h avenue, cor. 10th st-to-mOrrow. !
Wednesday. and talk it over with me, shall !
be there until II and between and T. There /
was another guest at dinner md | did not |
have an opportunity to discuss all the mat
teFS had in mind. Yours j. NJ. -.
TUESDAY, midnight.
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry was
your guest at dinner that night, wasn't ,
he" asked Mr. Osborne.
i don't recollect," said Justice Deuel..
lie might have been
Mr. Osborne went on to another letter
HAGUE. y. Y, Aug. 1901.
MY DEAR Mn. WOOSTER Thanks for your !
TWO letters whicn have been received, am |
glad OF the last one because II shows material /
Progress but you are seeding the garden. /
and trust with gentle cultivation, Of which !
You are quite capable. will yet fill our
basket quite iull of either flowers or fruit.
On another occasion Justice DeueI wrote .
10 Wooster: Il am to be the guest Of Com
modore Gerry tonight and all day to- ,
Will not be in court. Will see
you on Friday"
You were anxious to get the Commodore
10 subscribed"
L was extremely anxious" said Justice
Deuel.,
Mr., Osborne popped up with another
'etter, Justice Deuel. wrote something ,
about Il want to see some big money We .
must get $4,000" There was printed |
iOrn of int roduciiou to SubscriberS and /