The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-12
YODER UNDER HOT
QU|zz|AG Fire
Tells Jury He Got First Infor-
nation For Articles From n
Atkinson. n
DAILY CONFERENCE
FIRST THREE WEEKS
Editor of The Idea Insists, How
ever, That He Alwas Tried
to Verify What Eyed
Man Gave Hinnail
rges against tS
. ~

- ssman CarterC 80.
hs b don 4. -Yoder~ in Lynchhu4
forp. e transferred his publicat
The Idea, from that city to r.. kssIll
mo, :, were repeated at Saturday
mornings session of the trial of Yoder
for criminal libel against Police Com
mt ser chris Manning and ".
Dou. As Gordon and Police Justice
John j. Crutehtield.
Charges made by Yoder AEainst
Judge Frank T. Christian. of the Corr
poration Court of Lynehburg. were
also repeated.
Harry M. Smith, counsel for the
complainants. read the charges from
back number of The Idea. The obs
ject was to confound Yoder and beliA
his assertion that he never made II 4
practice to attack personal character.
To some extent this maneuver Prov
ed boomerang for the prosecution.
Yoder iterated and reiterated that
what he had said about Congressman
Carter Glass was true. He was not
so positive about Judge Christian.
Large Crowd In Court.
The prospect of the case being ccri-
eluded earlier than circumstances In
Dictated at the beginning OF the trial
attracted to the court chamber the
largest crowd of spectators hitherto
assembled.
Judge Harrison, Of winchester, who
Is sitting for Judge Witt, by special
appointment of the Governor, mains;
tanned his reputation for punctualityxs
being on the bench at the stroke of To-.
The defendant. Yoder, was recalled
to the witness chair at the openings
OF the morning session.
Mr.. Yoder was questioned closely
by MIR. Smith concerning the informA-s
ton he had received as to the cause
Of Atkinson losing hts ifcenee. YC4NE;
had previously declared that h0 AoAs
p0us9d AtKfnsoFFs cause becauS0 N
was advised that Atkinson was given
dirty deal when the license wa1
revoked.
Whom did you get your informa-
ton from? Give us namesT' insisted
Mr.. Smith.
prominent men. Then, too I got Il
from the clerk at the Park Hotel and
from Mr.. Atkinson"
j want names-names, shouted
Mr.. Smith. Il protest against your
telling us you got information from
prominent citizens.
Il refuse to give the Names" said
Yoder. Later he said:
Mr. Jarvis, who told me he was
| employed at Walter d. Moses music.
store, in Broad street. gave me soma
information"
Witness said he had been told bNs
several persons that applicants for liz;
| Quor license had to give up difYerenel
amounts to secure the license. The
Implication was that Police Commits
sioners and others were subsidized to
help the applicant get the license.
Mysterious "Mr. Jones'"
| The mysterious mfr. Jones' was
resurrected by Mr.. Smith. Jones II
the unknown, who vanished after Civ
| ing information and whose existence
is challenged as mythical.
Mr.. Smith here produced copy Of
the latest issue of The Idea. published
under date of February p Mr.. Mere-@
| dith objected to the introduction OF
| the article Mr.. Smith desired to read.
said MIR. Meredith.
| Mr.. Smith withdrew his copy of The
Idea rather than lose the time the
| opposing counsel demanded.
In the course of the examination.
Mr.. Smith said:
You said yesterday that you never
attacked any mans personal charac-
| ter"
| Yes"
The Attack ON Glass.
What about the attack you made
| on Judge Frank #. Christian. of the
Corporation Court of Lynchburg, and
/ the attack on Congressman Glass 2"
/ Mr. Yoder replied that his attack
on Congressman Glass was justified.
| He said. replying to other questions,
| that he thought Mr.. Glass was afraid
| to face the charges, as he had written
when he was publishing The Idea In
| Lynchburg Witness refused to b0
! drawn into an admission that he had
done the Congressman any iniustice
/ In the course of the remarks of coutl--
sci. Mr.. Smith characterized the att
| tack on Carter Glass as false and
| outrageous.
Yoder protested earnestly against
| this term being used by the lawyer
The charges are not false and OUT
! rageous," he said. N
For the purpose of proving CIRQUE,
llation" of the alleged libel. Mr.. Smith
questioned the witness regarding the
! territory Into which The Idea Is mail-'
/ ed. He said the publication had ~
i sale In Petersburg. Norfolk. NewporE
/ News. Lynchburg and other cities.
1T goes all over the State. does e
note' asked Mr.. Smith. S
I 1T does not 60 all over the 6tatesA
/ There are some sections or the 6tatq
where 1t Is not seen" said Witness
! Intended for Commissioners.
! Referring to an Idea article. M1s7
I smith asked. When Sou made th1ns
4 allusion 10 these people who GC4&
graft, didn't you mean to insinua&6
! that they were police commissicn~3
+ ers 20 sd
Mr. Meredith objected to the queg
| objection. Mr.. Meredith noted IN w N
I ception TO the courts ruling. u N
Yoder reluctantly admitted that f,E'
/ insinuation was intended tor tho Alsl
lice commissioner B y H I'll
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