The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-28
viii Attempt TO DlScredit
Coleman.
CLAIM TESTIMONY FALSE
Sworn Story Differs from That to the
Jury-Cross-ex Of the
Witness Was Continued
Yesterday.

Boston, Mass. Nav 2s. m order Ia
get certain testimony before the jury II
I the case Of Big Bilr keliher. on trial
IA the United States circuit court fol
aiding and abetting George w Coleman
/ IN the wrecking 81 the National City
hank Of Cambridge, the defense was com.
PEELED to show is hand yesterday morn.
ling Coleman was undergoing cr0ss-ex.
ANIMATION by Daniel II Coakley. Keli.
hers counsel who proposed to put IN
Fan interview which a paper had with
police Inspector Hurley. and which pur-
ported to give statements made bv Cole.
man to Hurley Preliminary to this. he
wished to show what Coleman had told
the district attorney prior to this inter-
view. District Attorney French claimed
that the United States supreme court
had repeatedly held that what passed
in the district attorneys office was not
70 b made public as matter Of public
Ipalicy
eBnt this Is the very gist Of the as
Tense exclaimed Mr. Coakley IN impas-
stoned tones ana after Judge Hale said
BE- would exclude the newspaper inter.
view. and Mr. Coakiev excepted Mr.
french withdrew his objection and let
THE whole matter 10 IN. The cross.ex-
Iamination consisted So largely Of repeti-
tions evidently intended to entrap the
witness. that Judge Hale cautioned Mr.
Coakey and said that there would come
d time when he would stop "these reit-
erations During the eleven o'clock re-
cess. William a Morse. counsel for Cole
man, had m interview with the counsel
for the case IN regard to the line Of
aues tioning
Coleman was called t. the stand for
by attorney Coak1ey
shortly after court opened Yesterday
morning Attorney Pratt Thursday be.
gan the crosS-eyamiaatioH Of Coleman
with questions regarding hits bank tran-
saetious,
sir Coalsfey began BIZ drawing from
the witness q recital of the witness
sporting experiences ID New York and
BOSTON Coleman told Of entertaining
women ia restaurants and elsewhere. but
denied that The sums he had spent bad
exceeded 5000 a night TIE said that
Keliher usually paid the bills ID New
York when they were together but be
paid the bills ii Boston. He went with
Iockhart 60 Il resort III Hoston and knew
Lucille CLANCY but denied that Lock
bart ever aid u NE preences T ex.
rect 70 20 to iaiI for YOU, lucille"
AZ 1880 o'clock Judge Hale announced
that Ne would ia compelled to adjourn
court 81 order 70 be here next week.
Addressing the jury. he cautioned them
DUNG The long interim. not to talk with
anybody aboBt the case Attorney Pratt
asked that Coleman might be brought
to the federal building to-day 70 70 over
the hooks If the bank with the attorneys
for the defense and the district attor-
nev. and the motion was granted
stephen f HinlleY, parlor conductor
On the five-o'cloclS train from New York
To Boston, and p 4. Lawrence train
conductor Of the same train testified to
seeing Keliher and Coleman together on
trains going 10 New York. The last
time he saw them together was before
election night Eugene Z. Rowland. IN
charge of the observation ear. saw Keli-
her and Coleman together about once
week last November He saw them two
or three times before he knew their
names.
THE sessions next week win be longer
The cross examination Of Coleman win
20 on Tuesday morning at $3.50 and the
afternoon sessions viii also be longer