Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-10
Character Witnesses Called.

Character Witnesses Called.
Thomas G.. Gerding of the geological
survey was the first witness at the ses-
sion today. he being produced by At
torney Campbell in behalf of Defendant
Benson. He was asked to indicate GER
tain sections of land in California on a
map in evidence.
William r. Wheeler. the new assistant
secretary of commerce and labor. and a
member of the United States immigra ton
commission. was next sworn, as the first
character witness in behalf of the de-
PENDANT Henry p. Dimond. He said he
has known Dimond for twenty-six years
and knows his family and acquaintan noes
During the years 1901. 1902 1903 and
1904, what was the reputa alton OF Mr..
Dimond?" Attorney Vanderheer asked.
Good" Mr.. Wheeler replied.
Franklin X. Lane. member of the inter-
state commerce commission, also testified
that Mr.. Dimond's reputation for honesty
and integrity during the time covered in
the indictment was good.
Other character witnesses introduced in
behalf of Dimond were r. D. Hatch, a
business man of Philadelphia: Mrs. Anna
X. Dutton. a former resident of San Fran
cisco, now living in this city: j. G. Bur
nett. United States Navy, and Lieut.. Col.
Daniel NJ. Appel. T.S.A.
JoOst H. Schneider, who was on the
stand practically ali day yesterday, was
direct examination by Attorney A. S.
Worthington.
United States Attorney Baker first
asked the witness If J. A Zabriskie, the
attorney to whom Schneider is alleged to
have made a confession which started an
investigation and led to the indictments
against the defendants in the case, is
dead. The witness replied in the aff1rma-
tive.
When Attorney Worthington took uu
fhn oina Inn re ute, h.
him to repeat testimony he had given
yesterday to the effect that his mail had
been tempered with and that he never re-
ceived certain letters which he was told
had been written to him.
Have YOU seen any of those letters 80
he was asked.
In Possession of Prosecution.
The witness replied that he had yester-
day recognized letters on the desk of
United States Attorney Baker as the
missing letters. AT the request of Mr..
Worthington the letters We're produced
by the government and later the enyel-
opes were introduced in evidence
They We're addressed to John P
Jones'" the name under which Mr.
Schneider testified he went during a trip
to Mexico in November and December
1903. Mr. Schneider was then excused
from the stand
United States Attorney Baker and AS
sistant Attorney General Pugh were next
put on the stand and asked where they
got the letters in question. Mr. Pugh
stated he took them from a safe in the
office of the Secretary of the Interior.
but had no personal knowledge where
they came from before that.
Letters were next presented by Attor-
ney Wort hington tending to SHOW that
Attorneys Brtton & Gray of this city
knew of the suspension order in Deem
Der, 1902. This was introduced to refute
the claim of the government that Hyde
had obtained knowledge of the order by
bribery.
Henry P DimOnd one of the defend
ants was next recalled to the witness
stand and asked if "Elizabeth Dmond,"
the name used in several applications
for lands involved in the trial, was a
member of his family.
II have no member of my family by
that name that know Of" he testified.
At this point the attorneys for the de-
Tense announced that they had concluded
their case.