New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
MR. WISE GOING ABROAD
TO TAKE DISPOSITIONS IN
PANAMA CASE.
Material ILLNESSES To Be Examined
in Paris by Mr. Lindsay
and DIR. NicOU.

Henry a Wise United States Attorney, will
sail for Europe on June 80 to be present at the
examination of witnesses at Paris in the Pan
ANA Canal purchase libel case by John D. Lind
say. of counsel for the Press Publishing Com
panv. publishers of The World, which has
been indicted for articles regarding the canal
negotiations. printed in October
Mr.. Lindsay will sail the following Saturday.
possibly on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
Delaney Nicoll, senior counsel for the Press
Publishing Company. will sail on the Lusitania
on June so, and will be present at the taking
OF the dispositions.
Mr. Wise will take dispositions of his own, and
the counsel for the defendant will he present at
the examination of MS witnesses The United
States Attorney received order from the
United States Circuit Court a month ago to go
to Paris.
Mr.. wise was in consultation with one Of the
attorneys interested in the case yesterday. and
received papers from Mr.. Nicolls Office 1t
may be that Mr.. Wise and Mr.. Nicou will be
passengers on the same boat.
The leave Of absence granted to the United
States Attorney IS for five weeks. which would
bring him back the first week in August. Every
day Of his absence not spent in travelling to
and from Paris. will be spent in the French
capital on the case.
NIr. Wise had been determined to try the cases
against the publishers of The World and
Caleb n Van Hamm, the managing editor. who
was also indicted, before the summer vacation.
but Mr. Nicou pleaded for delay in order to get
the evidence Of material witnesses in Paris and
to look over the records of the old company
Mr. Wise will have access to the papers Of
the old company, it was said yesterday. as a
representative. OF the United States court These
papers. it is understood, are kept by the French
according
TO counsel interested in the case. has volun-
teered to give every facility 70 Mr- Wise and
the other LAWYERS that will aid them in their
Investigations.
The depositiors obtained by Mr Wise and
transcripts of the records Of the old company
can be used AZ the trial OF the cases in Wash
ington, where. in addition to those against the
Press Publishing Company and Mr.. Van Hamm.
indictments were found against Joseph Pulitzer
and Robert H. Lyman. assistant editor Of
The World" and also ir the prosecution Of the
cases al Indianapolis. where Deiavan Smith and
Charles r Williams. owners Of The Indiaaap-
| oils News" were indicted.
The proceedings against The World and
| The Indianapolis News we're begun in Wash
ington on January IS when subpRras for Wit
nesses we're issued. Indictments were found
there on February u. and in this city on March
4 The indictments in Washington against
the proprietors OF both papers and the editors
Of The World" while in this city they were
against Mr.. Van Hamm and the Press Publish
ing Company
An effort Is being made IN Indianapolis 70
take Mr.. Williams and Mr- Smith to Washing
ton for trial The compainants in the prosecu-
ton were former President Roosevelt. Presi-
dent Taft Senator Root J. P. Morgan. Charles
P. Taft. Douglas Robinson and William Nelson
Cromwell