Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-27

this document is with the court alone
and 7 don't see how the court can inter-
nret Sawyer's to mean Sawyer's Maya
zine
eft is a matter of fact for the jury,
answered the court. "Will the proof sub
mitted sustain the allegations in the in
the Jury and one Of the important ones
The docum ent was admitted, subject 10
the objection of the defence.
Mr.. Philbrook began the cross-exami-
nation of the witness by inquiring into
Boshans duties at the postoffice. The
witness replied that Mr.. Bosnian was kept
fairly busy.
Asked in regard to the weight slips
from the weighing clerks, which Mr.
Whitehouse had testified Bosnian tore up
after entering the figures. the witness
| replied that it had been the custom 70
| keep the slips. In November Mr.. Bosnian
| asked him if it We're necessary to keep
the slips after the entries had been made
| and the witness directed him to save
them for three months at least in order
to compare them if any complaints were
made.
Mr. Bosnian had never been instructed
| to save the slips before that time.
"rhen there is no reason why the slips
should have been saved as far as the reg
ulations of the postoffice Go?" asked Mr..
Philbrook mot that 1 know Of" an
swered the witness.
Mr. Philbrook went into the matter Of
the deposit kept in the postoffce by the
! publishing houses and the witness re-
piled that whenever the deposits became
low it was customary to notify the pub
| fishers. He had notified Mr.. Terry by
| telephone and had sent Mr.. Bosnian to
| inform him of the condition of his de-
| post. Sometimes he had sent Mr.. Bo-
shan two or three times a month to no
tfy Mr. Terry.
In regard TO marking the bags with a
cross to distinguish the sample copies,
the witness replied that he knew that
there was a system of marking them
but he did not know when it originated
or who originated it, Several years ago
wncn he worked in the second class mail
ing room the samples were marked witt
| an IS"
On redirect the witness said that he
sent Bosnian to notify Terry of the con
dition of the deposit probably two OF
three times Il month and to his persona
knowledge Bosnian visited Terry two OF
three times a week.
William w. Soule. n clerk in the Wa
terviile office was the next witness.
Inspector Robinson is the man who mi
tiatad the investigation and vino hal
charge of it. His testimony is expected
to be important but he was allowed tt
tell very little yesterday. After he hat
told of directing the clerks in the Office
to make inspection Of the second elias:
mail sacks and to send a duplicate o
weight slips to him without allowing Bo
shan to become suspicious of what they
were doing, he said that Bosnian was or
dered to Portland on Thanksgiving day
This was done so that the inspector
could continue the investigation unham
pered bv his presence.
Bosnian went to Portland on Thanks
giving day. Did you see him in Port
land at any time after this?'' asked TIL
district attorney.
yes. at the Falmouth Hotel"
WAS there anyone with you?'
inspector Shaffer and Wilson +. VIII
mot. clerk in the third assistant postmas
ter generals Office
II am going to ask you what that con
versation was. What was said from be
ginning to end, but I don't want you t
answer until the counsel for defenc,
have chance to object if they see fit
Then turning to the court the distric
attorney said that the testimony woul
be confession by Bosnian and he woult
ask the court to instruct the jury tina
it was to be used against Bosnian alone
Mr.. Bird objected at once on the groun
that the government had not establishe
a conspiracy and that it would not b
possible to have the testimony go il
without injuring the other respondents
After partial argument of the poin
Judge Hale adjourned court until 9.45 to
day, when the argument will be mad