Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-25
TOWN TOPICS
BUSINESS WAYS.
Got Advertisements Through Dis
agreeable Paragraphs
About People.
Mr.. B. N. BAKERS EXPERIENCE
Agents Asked Him To Subscribe to
Fads and Fanclcs, Said Col. Mann
Would be Sore n lie Didn't.

New York. Jan. 2i.--The trial Of Nor
man Hapgood. editor of Golfers Week.
~, charged with criminal libel In pub
fishing paragraph relating to the con-
nection OF city Magistrate Joseph NJ.
deuel. with Town Topics, continued to-
day with the introduction of testi-
mony as to the method employed by
Town Topics IN securing It's news mat
ter Jnd gossip. alons with the expert
ence OF several men of prominence la
dealing with publications concerning
them IN that paper.
Charles $. Wayne. formerly manag-
ing editor OF Town Topics. was AGAIN 4
witness, and testified at length lie
SAID that Recorder -Goif ana Justice
Van Brunt of the appellate DIVISION OK
the supreme court had oeen criticised III
Town Topics while Justice Deuel. MAS
connected with the publication.
''Who wrote the articles that caused
Billy TraYers to commit suicide! ASK
ed Dist. Atty. William Travers Jerome,
for the prosecution.
Rowe. the Newport correspondent,
the witness replied.
Robert Il. Rowe, Vho gave ms occu
patton as Newport correspondent OF
Town Topics, later was called to the
stand. He said he had been telegraph
operator al Newport. and admitted that
he had given information secured by
means OF his connection with the tele-
graph company to Town Topics lie
said also that he had distinguished NM
self as violin player in order to get IN
to the Duchess of Marlborough BAN at
Newport to report II for Town Topics
The case will be continued tomorrow,
when II is expected the defense VIII
close. -
Bernard n. Baker OF Baltimore was
the first witness to TESTIFY today Mr.
Baker said lie was president oil the bai-
timore Trust company and was presi-
tent of the Atlantic Transport company
from 1880 to 1900. :,
Mr. SHEPARD of counsel for the de-
fense showed to Mr.. Baker two copies
of Town Topics OF Dec. 10, lSss cailel
his attention to the item under the mead
Of "Saunterings, and asked II they re-
ferred 10 Mr.. Bakers family. Mr. BaK-
err said they did, A.,
Mr. Shepard then read them to the
Jury. They referred to the blossom
ing forth" of Mr. Bakers family into
baltimore soicety. After reading the
I;em MI. Baker said he visited Cob
Mann. editor of Town Topics, in ms Oh
fce. He lad no acquaintance with Co..
| Mann. but introduced himself
Continuing, Mr.. Baker saio:
| II saw Col Mann we TAXED owl
these Objectionable Articles appearins w
| ToWn Topics. and / said | wanted them
/ stonued He told me that IT. was only
! ~. fest people who were mentioned III
1nwn ,ropics. He said that other steam
| sh,m,,en were after something ana that
| 7 night want something when loWii
| ron,cs could help me to get. lie sai',
| ,rara ought TO be reciprocity. l tolu
| III, thot n he wanted our ADVERTISE
| ment he ought to say so. lie sald lo"i y,
| 'ron,cs had f,iends as wen as enehlies'
| rol Mann shove him the advertise
ment of the American line OF stealieia
and told him that Of the A'ian.It
Transport company should De OF equa'
size, said Mr.. Baker. .,o =,
He then authorized the insertion VI
the advertisements The Witness loen,
tilted II in an issue OF TOWN TOPICS VI
! Jan. 20.
"Dld those articles referring TO you
! ana your family cease after the inser'
tinn ~ the advertisement? asked Mi
| Shepard.
~ think So" said Mr.. Baker.
The witness said the advertisement
continued to be published In Io"i
Topics for about year.
| Three years later. In 1881, an lien
concerning his family appeared agar
I'm Town Topics. said Mr.. Baker, ano
he consulted counsel about stoppinl
them. After that. witness said, Nose.
T. Wooster, the agent. visited him anc
asked him 20 subscribe to Fads anc
Fancies.
II was surprised that Town Topics
should ask me TO subscribe" said Mr.
Baker. He .old me the subscription
price was $500 Afterward he calico
again, showed Inc copies of Town Top
leg and told me the paper was saying
pleasant things, and that " | woulc
consult Col. Mann could find out what
| wanted" Mr.. Baker said that on th'
second visit Mr. Wooster showed hin
clippings from Town Topics and again
urged him to subscribe to Fads and
Fancies, hut he did not do so. After
that the witness said. more items about
Mr.. Baker and his family appeared II
Town Topics ard Mr.. Baker went agar
TO see Col Mann,
"He informed me that there had beer
| a definite change In the running OF
Town Topics, and that It was TO be rnr
on q higher plane. because he was as
ISOLATED with better people said Mr.
Baker. 81 told him / wanted to be lei
alone and he promised that | would
not be troubled again. He again asked
me to subscribe for Fads aud Fancies
and said that he was going to send q
solicitor to see me. Irving afterward
called on me with letter from Col
Mann"
Irving told him IN substance, the
witness said, that Col. Mann would
be extremely sore and that the
friendship Of Town Topics was worth
having
Mr.. Baker refused again to subscrib,
to Fads and Fancies In May, 1902, Mr.
Baker said. he had q third interview
with Col. Mann "Ie wanted to Dor.
row money" said the witness "Ht
wanted ME to take five shares Of Town
Topics stock for $4,000. | said that
was not interested In Town Topics OF
Its stock"
Mr.. Baker refused to take the stock