Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
MRS. CLEVELAND ON STAND
Widow Of Former President Testifes
in Brandenburg Case.
DEFENDANT Is LAST WITNESS
Denies He Told Finley Cleveland Had
signed First Typewriter DOcu-
ment-secOnd Photographer
Not Present.

NEW YORK. June 2S-Attorneys for
Broughton Brandenburg, charged with
grand larceny, in connection with the al
legged spurious letter OF Grover Cleveland,
placed their final witnesses on the stand
and closed tn case for the defnse.
George E. Fleming, a lawyer, said he had
seen the article with defendants signature
attached, on June 4, 1905. A stenogrGpher,
for the prosecution, had previously testi-
fled to tipping the article June 10. Ran
dolph z. Lewis, Sunday editor OF the New
York Herald. testified he had the signed
article in his possession before August Is.
on cross-examination Mr.. Lewis stated
that the article he had was a ribbon, not
a carbon copy. Brandenburg had testified
that Mr.. Cleveland signed a carbon copy.
In rebuttal, the prosecution called Charles
r. Miller, editor of the Times, who de-
clared that Mr.. Cleveland's signature in
evidence, was the one attached to the ar
ticle when it was received by the Times.
1t had been claimed by the defense that
the signature before the court, which had
been pronounced a forgery, was not the
one originally attached to the Times ar
ticle.
Mrs. Cleveland On Sand.
Mrs. Cleveland ,attired in deep mourn
ing, was called. She was asked as to her
examination OF Mr.. Cleveland's signature
submitted to her In the New York Times
office. in the presence OF Mr.. Hastings,
one Of the executors OF Mr.. Cleveland's
estate. She testified that Mr.. Hastings had
not told her that the signature she ex-
amined was not the one he saw on the
article when it first came to him. Mrs.
Cleveland was not cross-examined.
President John Finley Of the College of
the City OF New York testified that
Brandenburg had told him that he
CBrandenburg). had transcribed Mr.. Cleve-
lands notes of the article and had taken
them back and had them signed. Brandon
burg had told him. Mr.. Finley said, that
there were two photographers present when
the article was signed.
Brandenburg, himself, took the stand
as the last witness in the case. His attor-
ney asked aim:
Did you hear President Finlcy's state
mont that you said Mr.. Cleveland signed
the first typewriter document you took
him. Is that true7'
Absolutely false" was the reply.
Did you tell him a second photographer
was present."
II did not" said Brandenburg.
Both sides then rested. A motion to dis
miss the complaint was denied.
The end OF the trial drew near today.
with the commencement of the summing
up, by the attorney for the defense and
prosecution. The case will go to the jury
tomorrow.
Oswald N. Jacoby, summing up for
Brandenburg. referred at length to the
fact that f. S. Hastings, executor Of the
Cleveland estate, though called before the
grand jury, was not called as a witness by
the district attorney. He declared there
had been powerful interests at work to
attach the authenticity Of the article, and
said that former secretary of the treasury,
John G. Carlisle and President Finley OF
the City college had made up their minds
to discredit the article, II possible" and
that the only way open to them was to
attack the only living man who really
knows whether Mr.. Cleveland wrote it or
not"