Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
Terrell. but the others have" replied Mr.

Terrell. but the others have" replied Mr..
| Hughes.
Mr.. Fulton took up the conversation to
which Mr.. Hughes had testified, in which
| DR.. Chancellor denied to ex-senator that
he gave out the interview on the $4,000
worth of brains proposition, and he
| asked Mr.. Hughes when he told Mr. Nc
| Namara about 1t.
| In the last two weeks, perhaps" Mr..
! Hughes stated.
What was your object?" he was asked.
Veracity Questioned.
Il do not know the particular object"
stated Mr.. Hughes. I'VE were talking
over the matters of the trial and the
question of Dr. Chancellor's veracity
came up.
You were giving Mr.. Mcnamara in
| formation about DR.. Chaneellor'S verac-
ity?" asked Mr.. Fulton.
| 1T looked that way" stated Mr..
| Hughes.
He was asked for it," stated Mr.. Nc
| Namara. The counsel for the board
| added that he had received information
| from many sources. and he could not tell
| where he first received some of the in
| formation
| You know Dr. Chancellor has been
sick?" Mr.. Fulton asked the witness.
| Yes"
| Have you been to see him."
| NO" replied Mr.. Hughes.
| You said in connection with that con-
versation with a senator that DR.. Chan
celor left you without even the courtesy
of goodnight did you take offense at
that?" Mr.. Fulton asked.
NO, but I did not think it was gen.
| tlemanly," stated Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Mcnamara objected to further ques-
tions as to why the witness had made the
statement.
You showed your feeling by that re-
mark?"
Il think man ought always to act like
a gentleman" stated Mr. Hughes.
| DO you mean that DR.. Chancellor is
not a gentleman"
He did not act as a gentleman that
night" stated the witness.
| And you harbored it?''
| Not at ALL but l remembered it." stated
Mr.. Hughes.
! Mr.. Mcnamara then asked the witness
If he had told him of the incident when
! Mr.. Mcnamara was examining him for
information and Mr. Hughes said that he
remembered it that way. Mr.. Mcnamara
then stated that Mr.. Hughes has not tele-
phoned or written any information for the
charges against DR.. Chancellor.
Details Cause of Friction.
Capt. Oyster next asked the witness as
to what advice he had given the board of
education regarding a superintendent, and
| Mr.. Hughes replied that at a conference
at Mr.. CoX's bank. at which were present
| MeSsrs. Cox, Evermann and Cook, he told
all he knew Of the situation IN the schools
and the causes of the friction at that
time, and advised the board that if they
could get superintendent of first rank
and of great experience from the outside
| 1t was best to do So but that If they
found they had to get a. man of second
rank from the outside he wanted to be
superintendent.
Ralph A. Collins, newspaper man. was
the next witness. He was asked about an
| interview with Capt. Oyster which he
wrote and which was published in the
paper by which he was employed. The
interview stated that Capt Oyster said
he had not yet signed the charges, and
was introduced by the defense to contra
dict President Oysters statement that he
had signed the charges before the inter-
view took place
Mrs. Mussey was called to the witness
stand and asked by Attorney Fulton if,
at the time of the D. A. r. convention
here last spring, she had said she was go
ing to put out DR.. Chancellor. and that
he must go. Mrs. Mussey replied that
she remembered no such statement by
her.
Attorney Fulton next offered to put in
evidence pile of letters from prominent
educators OF the country which were in
praise of DR.. Chancellor. These letters
were from William H. Maxwell, superin-
tendent of schools of New York city: Ed
"drd l.. stevens, associate superintendent
of schools of New York: Jesse n. Burke
principal of the Teachers Training School
at Albany; +. f. Spaulding. superntend-
ent of Newton (Mass.) schools: Henry
Snyder, superintendent of schools Jersey
City; A. B. Poland. superintendent of
schools of Newark. n. j.: Frank Webster
Smith. principal of the Normal Training
School. Paterson. N. j.; John R. Wilson.
superintendent of public instruction of
) Paterson. n. j.: James II. Van Sickle
superintendent of Baltimore schools: Thos.
NJ Ballet dean of the New York Univer-
sity: E. G.. Cooley, superintendent of
schools of Chicago. and others.
Rejected by the Board.
A motion was made and passed the
board that the letters should not be ad-
mitted in evidence. but should be placed
on file with the secretary of the board.
Mr.. Fulton declared that unless the let
ters We're admitted in evidence, he refused
to place them on file The letters were re-
fused as evidence on the ground. stated
by Mr. Mcnamara. that the witnesses
were not subject to cross-eXamination.
Mr.. Fulton also offered in evidence a
report of Supt. Chancellor. submitted to
the board November -. in which he gives
his reasons for issuing the order, and Mr..
Fulton maintained that this report WAS
accepted by the board, and therefore the
filing of charges on that point later was
ill-advsed. Attorney Mcnamara asked
whether the report on the text books was
accepted, or was referred to a committee