Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

are likely to be cross-examined to the
greatest length II Mr.. Brandeis, the CLAWS
attorney follows the precedent he has al
ready set with the minor figures for the
DEFENSE
Protest from BrandeIs.
AS soon as the committee was called to
order Attorney Brandeis was on his feet
protesting against the letters written by
Secretary Ballinger last week complaining
Of the numerous wholesale calls for papers
made on the department by the attorney
for the prosecution.
The secretary characterized Mr.. Brandeis'
course as an "obliQue attempt to control
the name in which the evidence should
be presented" and "a mere fishing process"
Mr. Brandeis complained OF the delay of
the Interior department in producing pa
pers required and he asked that instrue-
lions be issued calling for the production
OF the papers at once. Mr.. Brandeis at
tackled the position of Secretary Ballinger.
which he characterized as a remarkable
reversal of ideas. He declared that at
first the secretary did not even want coun-
sci, Test 1t hinder the committee in it's
search for the truth" Afterward he en-
ployed counsel and now was protesting
against the production of papers, he said.
Attorney Vertrees, in reply declared
counsel for the prosecution was fishing
because the main case put in against Sec
rotary Bal!inger had failed in all its
parts"
Fishing" remarked Representative ollie
James, amid laughter, don't hurt nothing
unless you catch something"
The discussion was ended by the adoption
Of a motion by Representative DENLY call
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duce all papers called for by the committed
with "all due speed"
Christensen Resumes stand.
Andrew Christensen, chief OF field divi.
sion Of the land office, who succeeded
CLAWS at Seattle when the latter was dis.
missed, then was called. He said he haC
trouble with CLAWS about the turning oveI
of certain official papers in the Seattl,
office. CLAWS, he said, took a bundle o.
papers away with him and declined to lie
Christensen see them until he had mad,
copies,
Christensen said that on advice of tn,
United States attorney at Seattle he mad
a demand in writing upon CLAWS, sayinl
as he was no longer in the government
service he had no right to the papers.
In response CLAWS returned some paper
to the office the following day. After thi
the witness said he found that twenty-fou
letters mentioned in a receipt of paper
were missing from the files
Third Degree Methods.
Mr.. Christensen read copies of letter
and kilograms that passed between hln
and the department regarding the missing
letters. Mr.. Vertrees apologized for in
nicting this correspondence on the com
mittee, but said 1t was necessary In vie,
OF the intimation OF the prosecution tina
Christensen had framed up" somethin
against CLAWS.
Members OF the committee QUESTION:
{ the witness at some length regarding Tn
minute details of how the discovery wa
made that the letters were missing.
The correspondence read by the witnes
showed that others than CLAWS were unde
suspicion as to the missing letters.
; general inquiry was instituted by the do
partment and third degree" methods WEI
resorted to- The letters were subsequntl
found by Christensen, 1t is said, in a DO
belonging to CLAWS.
Mr. Christensen was still reading fro
[ the voluminous correspondence when n
= luncheon recess was ordered.