The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-04-24

with three witnesses In the case. He
reported the matter to Judge Pope.
and asked that the Judge repeat his
previous order that the witnesses in
the case talk to no one about the
case. He said that these witnesses
had just come from Roosevelt coun-
action, but that the special agent was
not obeying the spirit of the order,
since he had been in the court room
a greater part of the time and had
no doubt heard the previous order
that none but attorneys in the case
should talk to witnesses. Judge Pope
repeated the order, and the matter
| rested.
This morning U. S. Attorney Lew
ellyn brought up h affair again in
a defense of Joseph Priest, whom ne
said was the special agent whose &C.
tions were condemned by Mr.. Stew.
enson the day before. Major Level
Ign said hat Mr.. Priest was not gull
ty of any misconduct-that he was
not talking about the case to the jul
rors, and that unless the attorneys
for the defense would withdraw their
~insinuating attack on the character
of his officer. he wished to introduce
testimony to show that the converse
ton of the witnesses and special ag-
ent was not on the case, at all, and
thus to exonerate the special agent
of any charge that might be held ag-
of Mr.. Stevenson the day before. And
then the u. S. attorney began to wax
emf was an honorable man, working
under the direction of the govern
ment, and had been working for Tn
Gle Sam for several years. He said
that the move of the Tallmadge law
yers was only to eat a feeling in
their favor by attempting to snow
that the government attorneys and
specia agents were working with foul
means against them, but that, never
theless, the move would not deter
the United States officials from their
efforts to conduct a fair int just pro-
secution, nor would it stop hem in
the least in their efforts.
defendants, answered, saying that
Major Llewellyn was mistaken as to
the insinuation that h special agent
was talking about the case to the
witnesses, but merely asked that
Judge Pope renew the order so there
would be no chance of its accidental
violation. He said that they did not
know what the special agent was
talking to the witnesses about, and
had no reason to know. but that they
wanted to be on the safe side.
that it was in a n an attack
on the court to say that these former
grand purors who are now witnesses
are not being properly taken care
of. The court spoke up and advised
Major Llewellyn to let that part OF
his remarks go unsaid, as the court
could and would protect itself.
Mr.. Stevenson said that the matter
was beneath his attention, and he
did not care to respond further.
Judge Gatewood, another attorney
for the defense, arose and delivered
himself of a recital of what he des-
cribed as the events that led up to
the request of Mr.. Stevenson, and
concluded with a scathing attack on
the special agents who mad worked
up this case, that reached the boiling
point as it drew rear the close.
Judge Pope allowed Mr.. Gatewood
to have his say. evidently desiring
TO let the affair go to the bottom
right there. Judge GatewOod said that
only a short time after the jurors for
this term of court had been drawn,