New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
MAINS COUNSEL SLOW.
WOULD DISPROVE MO1TpE.
Colonel O. KID Ward Letter, Says
WoOstcr- Copyright Suit, TOO.

Slow progress was made yesterday af'eiIioo"
sn The examination Of Colonel W. u M'1iii
rrofrit,tor az Town Topics. on the ch1rss
he committed perjury in tire Harsood ul'i IA
DENYING shat he wro;e tie ENDORSEMENT -
W. u NJ" on a letter from Reginald ""'u -
II r Wooster Justice McANo', q ne No"'
Of Special Sessions. sitting as rlssis'i''e j"
the case Joined with Assistant Disti;ct A''otiF'
Ear, in an eryor. to Obtain from Colonel M2nns
counsel definite statement as 10 the tiiile me
deferce would tale i'm the examination OF VIII
,e.ses. hut Martin w Li:;.eton would say only
shat he intended 10 keep asking questions as long
IS there was any information TO he obtained
As a result Justice McAvoy mace arrange
Inents 10 hold 2 session AZ 10 a. m to-day.
Moses Ellis Wooster was the witness called
for the prosecution yesterday. and. replying 10
Mr. Harris questions, he told of his partnership
with Colonel Mann in the "Fads and Faneles
undertaking. Then he told of trip TO Lohooh
early in 1903, his meeting with Reginald ward
and Wards agreement to pay for advertising
the Rico syndcate's mining stock with n'ooo
shilling shares.
Mann? Al did in February 1908.
Q-About The stock that you got from Is C0 rdat
agent for the Rico stock in America. was 70 get
Mann agreed To the proposition and that Town
Topics should be used for advertising, because II
shares Of the stock and afierward another 5000
shares II was ARRANGED i 1b Is sIoe 5dyerfsns
columns, but through reading Items and IN the
Q@You received letter from Count Reginald
Ward which is the basis Of The perjgry charge
showed wards letter to Colonel Mann. and saw
~ agerRa s kept the enc letter. Which is tie EXHIBIT
in this case II is in the same condition now
Q-And you attended the Hspgood trial and
theIe heard Coqnei Mann, as w, Wlln n 9 ny
Wards request to have his name pat AT on the mail
6|was there to be any other consideration paid
by Count Ward through you to Colonel Mann for
mining stock? A-There was not
Mr. Littleton. in the cross-examination. asked
questions about the minutest details of Woos-
tiers correspondence with Reginald Ward. and
demanded the production of other letters Ward
had written 10 Wooster. II was developed that
the letters had been turned over by Wooster to
counsel for the Golfers. and Robert Collier said
he would produce them. Mr.. Littleton also
wanted Wooster TO produce his shares Of the
Rico stock Learning that Wooster had been
introduced to Ward by Mr. Newhouse, Mr.. Lit
1leton insisted having all Of Woosters con-
versations with Mr.. Newhouse detailed. as Civ
ing information about the Ric9 stock.
When Mir Hart protested against the line Of
cross-e5 animation. declaring that il had no re-
laJion 10 the perjury charge, Mr.. Littleton
argued that he must have the right to SHOW
that there was no scandal in Colonel Mann S
acceptance Of the stock from Ward. and conse-
Quently he could have had no object in denying
that he wrote the Endorsement the Ward
letter IL he had written It, Mr.. Littleton's cross
examination of the witness VIII be continued
to-day.
Justice McAvoy decided not 10 hold William
l. Daniels secretary and treasurer OF Town
Topics Publishing Company in contempt Of
court for failing TO produce a free mailing list,
Daniels said the list was in the possession
OF Colonel Mann. BY direction of Mr.. Hart,
Daniels went TO the office of Town Topics In
the afternoon and procured the minute book IN
which the minutes Of the meetings of the pub
fishing company's directors kept.
At the examination yesterday, papers in q
damage suit were served on Daniels as secretary
and treasurer of Colonel Manns publishing COM
pany The suit is brought by p A. juicy, a
photographer, who wants 5000 damages be-
cause a photograph he took of President Roose-
welt was published in Pads and Fancies' with
out the acknoWled cement, copyrighted by p.
A juicy. photographer" The picture represents
the President horseback and in riding cos
tune. the horse in the act Of jumping fence.