The Washington bee., 1907-03-09
CARDOZA ON TRIAL

midnight, the Board of Education Mon
day adjourned until 3 pm. today. Frn-
CTS L. CardOza was on the stand when
the adjournment was taken. The court
room was crowded with interested per-
sons who listened intently to the testi-
mony of the accused supervising prin-
cipaL Henry Z Davis, senior counsel
for Cardoza, withdrew Monday from
the case, being replaced by Mason n.
Richardson.
Cardoza denied absolutely that he
wrote the anonymous letter upon which
the case hinges, and said that none of
the teachers mentioned was in his di-
vision, and that he did not know their
ratings. He insisted that he had always
been loyal to Assistant Superintendent
Montgomery, and his ttorneys produced
a great many witnesses to prove that
from the beginning of last summers
agitation Cardoza had supported Mont
gomery for the position of assistant SUI
perlntendent, and had advised others to
do so, and that he was active in at
| tempting to promote a coalition between
the supporters of Montgomery and thoss
of Charles S. Clark, supervising princi-
| pal, who ws at that time a candidate for
the superintendency of the Washington
schools.
NOT ASPIRANT FOR OFFICE.
Cardoza denied emphatically and pro-
| duced a number of witnesses to testify
that he had never in any way, shape,
or form" desired or attempted to obtain
the Office of assistant superintendent of
colored schools, his only aim being to
do his whole duty in his Office of super
vising principal. Cardoza testified that
he, as soon as he read of the selection of
DR.. Chancellor to the superintendency,
wrote a letter of congratulation to the
new superintendent and expressed a
hope that he might continue to serve
as a supervising principal
He received a notice Monday, Octo-
Der I, to appear at the Franklin School
the following day. When he reached
DR.. Chancellor's office he there met Ad-
miral Baird, w V. Cox, J. F. Oyster,
and J. F. Cook, OF the board. DR.. Chan
cellor began the conference by asking
the witness if he had lways been loyal
to Assistant Superintendent Montgom-
cry.
The stiffness in the crowded court
room was oppressive as the respondent
told of being summoned to a confer
ence with DR.. Chancellor Tuesday. Oc-
tober ?; of there finding President
Baird, J. 7 Oyster, w. V. Cox, and J.
F. Cook, of the board; of being con-
fronted with the anonymous letter, and
denying that he wrote it. DR.. Chan
cellor and Messrs Baird, Cox and Cook
expressed the belief, in spite of his de-
mails, that he was its author, said the
witness. Captain Oyster gave no opin-
ion as to his guilt, but told him that
things looked dark for him and urged
him to be candid and tell the truth. AS
sistant Superintendent Montgomery was
brought to the room, said the witness,
and asked if Cardoza had always been
loyal to him.
! DISPUTATIOUS. BUT LOYAL.
Montgomery replied that Cardoza, al
though inclined to be disputatious, had
always been loyal to him. DR. Chan
cellor produced seven or eight other
letters, routine communications which
the defendant acknowledged as his own.
Dr. Chncellor then asked Cardoza II
he did not think it was time for him
to think about resigning or being dis
missed.
Between this and the time of his next
interview with DR.. Chancellor he was
assured by President Baird and J. F
Cook that they would do nothing fur
ther about the case unless it was brought
| up by DR.. Chancellor Captain Oyster,
the witness said, assured him that he
would have a trial and fair play. Al
/, this point of this testimony the board
d diourned.
Samuel c. Malone, a handwriting ex-
, pert testified at great length concern
ing the handwriting of the disputed let
ter and the admitted writings of Car
: dOza He found a similarity between
them, but 1t was not very great
, When the anonymous letter was hand
! ed to this witness, Admiral Baird asked
t that It be examined to see that it wa;
the same one. Mr.. Richardson instant
!, " protested against this remark, claim,
ing that it was an insult to Cardoza':
+ counsel.
LAWYER BECOMES ANGRY.
at is an indication" he cried, "ot
, the way in which this board has con
Quoted the case, and its attitude toward
the defendants counsel"
I Admiral Baird insisted that counse