New-York tribune., 1909-06-18
HOW STORY WASB0UGH
H1STINGS LETTERS READ.
Defence in Brandcnburg Trial Tries
to Shoe Executors Endorsement

Counsel for Broughton Rrandenburg while cross
examining Charles NJ Lincoln. Sunday editor Of
! The New York Times" yesterday, brought ont
that the Cleveland article alleged to have been
forged not bought Mr., Brandenhurg's req
resentations but on the strength Of two letters
signed with the name Of Z. S Hastings. executor
/ of the Cleveland estate.
Did you read this article as 10 its style and
the views it expressed" asked Mr jacob. counsel
for the defence. as well as for its availability for
publication"
I read it TO see whether it expressed Nj CIeve-
! lands views SO far as I knew them" Mr Lincoln
replied.
Further questions showed that a reporter had
been sent to NJ. Hastings and the letters signed
with Nj HastirGs's name were admitted in evi-
donce- Tho first one read:
,,. am goenizant of an article written by Grover
~ 'l'I NlyLL Il ora agreement ne 1SIiEIllI'l
assent. assent. love given Nj. Brandenb,lrr formal
written assignment 10y which he has the exclusive
right 70 dispose Of it as he may sect fit
Both letters We're dated from Indian IEarbor.
August 21. 19o> The second letter read.
have cyarrined the siGnature submitted to me
ny ny NJ lhaTra ard compared Il with others ~ Nr-
ne by Mir Yiarra is genuine I have talked with
dav Her telegram sent 70 YOU under q mis-
apprehension and she authorizes me to say that
the agreement with Mr.. RrandenhurE is valid.
nish"d YOU by Mr RrandonhurG purp"rttnE TO have
am sending YOU signature OF Nj CIeyorand's in
order tHAt YOU may tINF'"T" II NltI tt' one SUD-
mitted by Mr.. Rrandenburg.
Mr Iaooh brought out that NJ Lincoln had told
BrandcnhurE that the article was red hot and
"a fine one
Was not that unusual praise?'
1T was" said Mr.. Lincoln.
The representations made by RrandenburE ~ the
time of the sale gone into at length
"Dld YOU rely on any statements made 10y Bran
d"nhurG in determining whether the article was
genuine"
Did YOU rely on any representations made hv
Hrandenhurg 70 the genuness of the sigma
turo7'
4 did not"
Did You rely solely on the statements made
by F 5. Hastings2"
Yes. sir"
Did you ever ask RrandenburS any questions
showing doubt OF the authenticity of the article
I did ask him any
Did YOU not him II the article and sigma
ture genuine
He told me 50 when he first handed # 10 me.
without my asking
What became Of RrandcnburG's original article
after Duhlshcd7" -"
4 gave r back him"
Isn't Il n fact that he voluntarily returned 70
YOU after rs authenticity had been quoer'onedo
"No. ! did not 500 II again. TIs may have given
& 20 Mr.. Reick cd rot see # again until Tues
day"
When You gave it back dsd he not abter, be-
cause rhe signature had been cut OFF,"
He larncrted the fact"
''pd he not say that n could not dispose ~ the
arr.~r" as he Gt' unless the signature was
on it,
He said that"
-Dt3n., y,u ,or him tina, ,or would no.. give up
the signature because the ecugsaencSs q the aI-
cle had been ques'ioned2'
Il did"
NJ. IAncoIu's testimony vas followed hr '.a
reading of R-audou hurE's testimony G,co~" ''.
grand 3Iry which indicted him m" story 81" told
rlon vas that NJ Cleveland had written twenty rr
thirty pages of notes which The writer fixed 70, f.
tho article taking il 70 NJ cleveland f"- e'rree-
ton The changes mad" another copy necessary.
and this one he said was signed h> NJ Cleveland
Nr Hastings was IN th" room during 'E" after.
noon session. 3ur d.d NOT 70 on the stand ~. IS
expected 70 testify TO-DAY. with Richard W-'sn
Glider and President Finley - 'ae 'al"r" - Cd"
City Of New York
IHllau VI Bacon. IN" sreuoE-apher who typed
RrandonalrE's copy f"T him. '"s'lh"l that 'H"
prisoner brought some manuscript 20 hog in long
hand last August He said r. uas ur"rse''u
that he had had with NIr Cleveland She testified.
and that u vas a moss of stun that he wanted 20
5ut in shape for maEszlr" article. I told Miss
Pearson take part oF .. While r." Wera copy ing
s. 10 wrote a desk. and thcn told us 70 copy
that
"Wha, did Rrandcnhurg say when Dc string
al vo1r desk" was asked in crose-czan.natou
y think he said that # was good salab.a stun
and that It vas Cleve|auis style or something Ike
that"
-Iid ho tell you how he got this"
He said that he was closely associated with Mr..
Cleveland and had written stuff from him for
series IF articles"
Rrandenburg did NOT appear worried 10y this tos't-
mony for. turning to tho reporters table after
court adjourned. he said that he could pr'lua"
witnesses 10 show that the aIticI" written long
before August 10 when Miss Bacon says he dc
tate IT,