The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-27
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extreme hostility. Was candidate
for reelection as state Chairman.
and Butler fnoved heaven snd earth
TO defeat me. but be failed tgnomini.
ousiy. The statements OF Cruise and
Ledeeftsr As TO my telling them I
would stand forever. or like = lone
iceberg. before I would decide the
test case against the Indiana. are rot
true.
The deposition of Mr. Howell. OF
the Department OF the Interior. that
| said. "You did not expect Us To rule
the court out OF a job" Is not true.
| do not recall any such expression.
IL could not be true. for the decision
had nothing TO do with the life OF the
court Was In Washington after
court ceased TO make my reports and
TO pay my respects TO the President
and other Departments. and not at
all for the purpose OF helping Mans
field. McAurray Il Cornish collect
their fee. There was not a particle
OF difference in my relations with or
treatment OF these lawyers from what
| treated all lawyers who practieed
before the court.
| reached Greensboro with my
family on January /. 1905. was
called by wire TO Washington and
found this Injunction suit had been
Instituted against the Secretary of
the Treasury. He desired me TO give
him the facts. so as to make answer
United States District Attorney Rus
sell wrote the answer, I made the
affidavit at his request. and every
member OF the court signed IL.
Dictated my court decisions 10 a
stenographer. Never knew or in
quired what kind of paper the type
writer wrote 1t on. Supposed he used
paper from the clerks ONCE.
All cases were carefully heard In
open court. evidence being taken by
stenographer. After evidence was all
in, judges would confer upon decis-
ions, and apportion cases TO each TO
write the same.
In case of awarding fee to attor-
neys, / distinctly remember we spent
nearly a whole night before agreeing
On the amount. / found, when We
took a vote, that one was for a mil
lion, one for a million and a half,
while | was for half a million dol
lars. l finally succeeded in getting
1t compromised at $750.000. II was
not found on a percentage at all. and
the letters of the two Governors
made no impression on me. had no
idea. however, that the law frm die
tated these letters.
Adams Contradicts Several Witnesses
The testimony OF Congressman
Stevens and Webster Ballinger that
the court struck from the rolls per
sons entitled to be there is incorrect
in the sense that this was wilfully
Or criminally done. | do not claim
infallibility.
Every applicant who came into
that court had a fair and impartial
trial. IL single one was denied un-
Justly | do not know It,
Judge Adams here went into a de-
tailed explanation of reasons for de-
nying several cases, which had been
mentioned in depositions as instances
of injustice.
Witness said he had no recollection
Of reputed conversations with Gilbert
and could not possibly have said to
him that the Joins case was all right.
He was not in the town on the date
| fixed by Gilbert. Joins did not apply
| for enrolment as an intermarried
citizen, but by Indian blood, so as to
get in children by a white wife. He
| was a white man, who had married
| an Indian, and had one child by her.
He was divorced, had white wife,
and wanted to get himself and all the
children on the roll. OF course he
did not succeed.
A Poor Promoter.
| Concerning the conversation with
Judge Bynum, as to my making $685.
| 900 out of a coal company in the
Indian Territory, will say, l was only
a promoter for a big coal deal. In
which / tried to interest Mr.. Duke
Marion Butler and others, and
thought / was going to make a great
deal more than $4,000. But l did
not make a cent. | was out of pocket
In this deal 5000. l may at sometime
or other in intimate relations witt
Judge Bynum, when he was talking
about how much he was making have
said that | too was worth $4,000
The property l bought six years age
In Greensboro, has advanced phe
nomenally In value. But | have nevel
received a dishonest penny In all m!
life. l never In my life authorized
Mr.. Smith or any one else TO go Il
see Butler and try to compromise thi
case. It is a matter in which Their
can be no compromise. My integrit.
Is attacked and / shall have its as
sailants punished to the extent of tn
law. IL any man can show that
ever received a dishonest dollar,
am willing to go to my grave dis
graced as I should go, and have m
children pointed out in after year
as the heirs of a thief.
Il Cross-examinAfion
On a rigorous ana prolonged cross
examination Judge Adams denie
ever having given expression to an5
thing mentioned in affidavits or tina
: he had ever received a dollar OF taini
ed money.
: (Here the prosecution introduce
several witnesses,> citizens OF Greens