Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25

Of WI on fho oko nd mill
into the onestion vhattar ~ $500 i sv
nod hafora ~ ~ ;fnr.e., INC tao Ju,y
have anahIad n r. Hnd a 800 ,"r.,n,,,.r a..
scrintion of the booLs ond sha p' ner-o;t IT,
oovarnmant to shom - - go pon.nio
between the defendant and persons to whom
ir tha.a hoaIs lettels winch were COPIED
a corrupt motive or nurnose IN destrovine
the books. I shall say nothing more now
An exception Will be noted In favor Of the
oeiehoaht.
Formal Offer Submitted.
"It is necessary, in order to perfect the
racord NTH r.fara,,. - ~. ,,..t,.-,
a.1,os ~" ~ 'no auon
asAeo MI. Rough that the record snail
snow what l offer to PROVE" Attorney
Worthington suggested.
YES YOU NAV state IT." the court re-
,,orLod
IT offer to nrove nv him 3" Mr. wor+b;ng-
ton then announced chat tho Grand imry
before the indictmant u,as rotnrnaS Wa.e
inforneJ tbat r. hno,,s anh;cL 4hn $3.50.
ant was chareed With dastrov;ne varo
letter-press books which were kent in his
ofica and not IN anU ai,.;sio,, ~ n.has
branch Of the office Of which the defendant
had charge and that thew we're hooks
which Contained letter-press comics Of let.
tiers signed. by him. some of a nersonal
character and some relating to the AFFAIRS
of the office; also that they were informed
that each Of the hooks was marked .ner
sonaP and numbered: also that the con-
tents of the books were In substance as
had been stated nv the witness Houeh and
the witness Roger upon the stand.
s.,Tbis offer 10 axciuded on6 on axcant;o,
is noted the court then ruled.
statement to Newspaper Man.
The name of a newspaper CORRESPONDENT
was brought into the case, and Dr. Roger
was asked whether within a space of time
shortly before the Indictment against Mr..
Hermann was returned he had not told the
correspondent in question that the letter.
press copybooks were personal or "pri-
vate" to the commissioner.
fes' sir; did make that statement" DR..
Reger answered, because L thought the
DOCKS were personal
Wnas 40 you mean by personal?
Cn1ted states Attorney Baker queried.
Well-Ietters from friends of the commits
sioner. political letters which he would re-
celve by reason of his previous membership
In Congress, etc.
Were there not letters written by the
commissioner and copied into these books
which referred to affairs in the land Officer"
Yes"
Joseph T. Bridges. formerly register of
the land Office at Roseberg. Ore. was next
called to the witness stand. He was asked
land of17ca in wsshu e1 70 nun IRON. from the
Mr.. Hermann. were upon the blue" letter
heads OF the commissioners private office
Ii,, epum M p ,sesneaas OF one OF the
and when his answer to that eject had
been noted the court adjourned for the noon
recess.
Session This Afternoon.
At tho onen,ng NJ tho .,ta.,..r .,u.,
NJ the court ITnited states attarua,, &C.,
vi 'he eooit oln'eo states Attorney BAKER
pursued the examination of Witness
Bridges as to the character of his CORE
spondence while in Office with Ringer Her.
mann tho comn,ss,onor ~ ~. 80 oaa.
'-e commissioners VI TIC '0au oince'
A point was raised concerning a statement
said to have been made by Mr.. Bridges to
Irving Rittenhouse, an attache of the land
office who was detailed tn assist tho limited
States attorney in preparation of the case.
T,he defensa ohiaofad TO The voc ~ q $50
ment made 70 Mr. R,ttanhomsa bacansa
the latter IL not an attorney. IInited States
ATTORNEY Baker maintained that Mr. Rit
tenhousc was an officer ~ the Tinted c+ate.
particularly designated by the secretarv Of
MT. Rittenhouse was nut on the stand r.
establish the fact of being detailed TO az
sist the United States attorney.
George wagner. a former emnlove in the
office Of the surveyor general portland
Greg. was testifying when The Stars re-
port closed.
witness Recalled.
After Justice Stafford had nassed ,,non
the auest'ons winch were penang wnen
court ADJOURNED last thursday, DR.. Harry
Roger, formerly private secretay to Com
missioner Hermann was recalled to tho
,,,,tr.s. s.ona Irn;.aa Stato. 49, D.
~ e' C0 S'"'es A.'oaeS Dam
er again onered the much-discussed ste
nographer's note book and asked DR.. Roger
to read a letter written to Representative
Williamson.