New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-26
CALLS DEUEL. CORRUPT.
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1 llaL MI Baker very wealthy I needed
money al the time, and went TO Mr. Baker ana
SAID that wanted to borrow some money. asked
tWventy-hye shares Of stock in Town Topics
unpleasant paragraphs printed about Mr. Baker.
/ Colonel Mann said he had no recollection Of a
list Of 'immunes' being prepared before he
went to Europe. He said he told Mr.. Wayne TO
be careful about the people he criticised.
The witness denied that Mrs. Clement Moore,
Mrs Andrew Simmons or Harry Lehr contrib
uted to Town Topics" He was then questioned
by MI Osborne
Els nSc IN SaGs a R PE s
the !s i, President re- Roosevelt pay any money for
ptQ;-Was airy one else on the free list? Ayes.
Bishop Potter.
Justice deuel. then went on the stand and
made some corrections in his former testimony.
Mr.. SHEPARD SUMS UP.
Mr. Shepard began his summing up at
o'clock. In beginning he commented upon the
/ thoroughness Of the cross examination. which.
he said would doubtless make the trial memoir
able. because during the proceedings, a man
had beer compelled TO tell the truth against
himself After saying that he was strongly
/ prejudced in the case. he said:
I'm Listening t9 ths G cut 29S P0tG SS o8G the
rest. and that is that the hundreds and thousands
Of items published in Town Topics" were all OF
vile and corrupt acts and practices, These items
were published at the rate OF from i've TO six
were all OF that character. Stil. we find the
Topics in fifteen years to be the Editor Of Col
liers Weekly 1t is an extraordinary thing that
ne ne should he punished for one article IN Collier
Weekly while there were no prosecutions fo Tor
the hundred thousand scan c articles which
appeared in the columns Of Town Topics.
He then read from the section Of the Penal
| Code referring to the defense iE a libel suit
He said the defense provides that a libel is
malicious If no justification or excuse be shown
for it's publication. On the score Of justification
he said:
# you ind the article was true and justiha5le
you will find verdict of not guilty for the de
decency Of the people that are at stake. The rec
ord parties to this suit are he people as the COM
they the true parties? No one who has attended
ase s6s Ed6 but Of Pss that @ 5sS
Topics and Justice Deuel. They are the real
Hapsood Believed what he rad written. He be
Heved more He had information from the District
Attorney A communication from the District At
torney himself, along the line Of his BELIEF IRere
do his duty; but the question Is one OF excuse ior
The District Attorney and Mr., HaPgood we're
together in thought. II was the duty or MI hap
Hapgood sWore he had no malice and that what
he did was along the lines OF 5s saitoTiaI oq[y
their dUtv The Safety Of the republic rests on
free criticism and We can have no free government
without IL. Had Mr.. Hapgood kept silent IN tins
[ matter, then he would not have been Mt Tor the
editorial seat he occupies.
Mr.. Shepard then referred TO Justice Deuers
place on Town Topics" as a "Quasi-editorial
writer" and said that a judges powers and
duties 20 together. Continuing he said:
We say that the business Of Town Topics" was
TO print scandal, for payment by those who were
TOO cowardly refuse. In taking this money we
say Deuel. was corrupt Judge. He vas q 5 Iuqge
beyond doubt. and he was corrupt Deyono oouoI
he was n CorIIpL JUDGE, 49,. o....t,., g. s~,4
fault with us for introducing two articles one
cricises the Recorder and the other the presiding
we are sure that Justice DeueIs assumption that
Fanries 70 get his bread and butter and the facts
Of the case are as far apart as he'll and heaven.
and Mr.. Osborne has referred TO a second con-
spracy.
CONSPIRACY TO MAKE MONEY.
The correspondents were next attacked, and
Mr. Shepard said there must have been some
one 10 tell them what was safe to print. He
said that the reason suits had not been insti
tuted against Town Topics" before was that
the persons did not want their affairs aired in
court Continuing, he said:
OF course the $4,000 year derived by the
Cumulation of ten-cent pieces from the news
Standard ! regret 10 see Town Topics there
is nothing And the revenue from the advertise
meuts is nothing 10 Colonel Mann But something
Use Rad 70 ne uq oe ne pl ge On se conspiracy
] have told You about Town Topics its stories
Ana 5s s ere R 6 T0p s oce Wa og
/ called AN udeX'-a history OF leChery lust. dis
/ honesty beastliness and grewsOme scandal, gath
cred in the home and elsewhere. by agents Of the
paper, for use at a moments notice.
Mr. Shepard then scored the article printed
about Miss Roosevelt He then referred to the
influence Of Town Topics and how It was used
/ TO get subscribers to "Fads and Fancies" Mr..
/ Shepard continued:
Stories spread and scandal is made and pro
/ duced. and print IL becomes a business ] am
/ not speaking of honest criticism Of honest men,
/ but when organize mountaineering a
/ business money must he made out OF it. When a
/ reputable paper says things about me 7 vince bur
Town Topics is a power, and II keeps things
/ for money.
/ Reference was then made to the methods en-
/ ployed by Colonel Mann in dealing with E. Clar-
| ence Jones, Perry Belmont and Thomas F.
/ Ryan, and Mr.. Shepard said that the colonel
worked upon the vauities OF the rich.
Mr.. Shepard ended his address with the fol-
lowing words on vanity He said
The delight Of life consists in innocent vanity. in
my garden, II my mushmelons are larger than those
/ Of my neighbors and If my cucumbers are larger
/ 7 take delight in letting my neighbOrs know about
I II. No is free from vanity. And II / were in
the position Of President Roosevelt or eX-President
/ Cleveland Of having one Of these elegant books
! present ed to me. I do not know but that should
/ place it in a conspicuous place in my library.
HIS scathing address occupied two hours and
/ a half and because Of the lateness of the hour
when he finished Justice Fitzgerald announced
/ an adjournment for the day.
| District Attorney Jerome will present the case
| for the prosecution to-day. This Will be the first
! summing up he has made while District At