Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-23
SELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Progress in the Trial Of Huston,
Lewis and Dufour. :

minous pile of letters. which passed be-
tween John G. Brannock of Oakland.
Cal, president of the Ell Orc Mining Com
pany. and Samuel Graham Of Montreal,
Canada, said to be one of the. brokers
who referred many applicants for guar
anty to the National Trust Company. oc-
| cupied large portion Of this mornings
session Of the trial of James n. Huston,
Harvey NJ. Lewis and Everett Dufour
before Justice Wright and a jury in
Criminal Court No. 1.
AT the close or the afternoon session
Justice Wright announced an ad ,ourn-
ment until next Moaoay, owing to the
thanksgiving holiday.
MI. b annocn destined that the de-
fendant Dufour had no connection with
his transactions with the National Trust
Company, but all his dealings with 1t
had been conducted through Samuel Ora
ham & Co. at Montreal.
Closing Testimony Yesterday.
H. X. Shuster Of Wibaux, Mont. was
the last witness introduced by the gov
| eminent after The Stars report closed
yesterday. in 1908. witness stated. he
and several other townsmen were organ
izing a company to promote cattle rails
ing. He saw an lad" of Samuel Ora
corporated COMP anies. Witness SAID he
answered the advertisement.
Mr.. Graham replied. said the witness.
offering to undertake the sale OF the
trust company, suggesting the Granite
Securities Company OF California as a
good company.
Witness tod the jury that after investi-
eating the California concern 1t was not
acceptable to the board Of directors of
ic 10 advised n a o.
cordingly. In reply Mr.. Graham. witness
stated, declared he was not tntereS ed In
the selection Of any one company, bud
recommended a communication with the
This was done, said the witness. and ar
J rangements perfected for guarant- eing
the stock, for which guaranty witness
paid, he stated, $500.
1901 .o..s uerap.e correspondence re-
garding the selection OF a trustee to act
n connection with the sale of the stock
and no agreement being reached, all COM
munications between witness and the
company ended.
Calls for Entire Correspondence.
On cross-examination Attorney Davis.
for the defense. told the court that 1t was
apparent from the reading Of the letters
that there had been correspondence be-
tween witness and the National Trust
company that had not been offered in
ev dence. Counsel called upon the United
States attorney to produce any such let
| tiers in the possession of the government
which had not been read to the jury.
Two lie tiers were handed counsel by
United States Attorney wilson, in the
first Of which it appeared that G. aaam
had suggested the name OF a company
to act as trustee with which none OF tie
d.1enjan.s thus far Las been sho wn to
be connected. In The other lette.. Ward
& Co. OF Month cal; Cana.a, had made
report as to the financial standing O..
Graham to NJ. Shuster. The repoI,
tended to show that Graham was a re-
sponsible broker in good standing.
Mr.. Wilson told the court that he had
not read the letters because he c -nsld-
cred them ir. elevant No disposition, &c
! stated, existed on his part to keep a.iy-
thing from counsel for the de Q idan
and that these lie tiers had not en-
offered to counsel. but had been ioentth. q
nv uy,tnoSSas at the trial