The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-22
DENTIF les LEWIS
AS MR.. JOHNSON
Witness in Huston Trial
Throws Bomb Into Camp
of Defense.

Most OF tOday's testimony in the trial
OF James y Huston. Harvey N Lewis.
and Everett DUfOur, who were indicted
FOR alleged conspiracy 10 use the mail
20 defraud By means Of worthless trust
companies, was directed TO show the
connection Of Samuel Graham, a Mon
tFeal, Canada, broker, with the de-
lenuants. as a --C0me-aIOnE-
u Graham was jointly indicted with
Huston, who Is a former Treasurer Of
The United States, and Lewis. IN one Of
me series OF indictments returned viii
be placed on trIal a. soon as the pres
ent case Is completed, which viii be
HbOut three weeks, Il - expected
~ MISS huoy N Cox, pretty sIenOg-
Fapner from Knoxville. Tenn, was the
principal witness Of the day She work
"a Tcr Graham at one time, and today
2cenuned numerous letters alleged 20
have been written by him The Gov
eminent expects 10 offer the letters IN
evidence later in the trial
II Is claimed by the Government that
t5raham connection with the opera
IONS OF Huston and Lewis was similar
10 DufOuT shat Is. that he advertised
90 sell bonds and stocks for concerns.
and when prospective client appeared
ht would require that the stock or
DOhuS De guaranteed
Work OF Trust Companies.
Then, IL is claimed. came in the work
o. The trust companies, which would
charge a certain commission Tho Gov
ernment alleges the trust comuaUIEs
were virtually worthless. and. there
lore, could not give valid guarantee
one OF the alleged victims OF the Sud
poser COMBINE. Col Austin Curtin Of
curtin Pa was very curt and Cr7rsTv
on croSS-eSa rninatiOn, and showed thstr
ne keenly telJ the loss OF 500 he CLAIMS
ne pail 10 have some bonds on a fur
mace company guaranteed he identi-
ned RuIne-7ous letters he had received
from LEWIS q DufOur- the introducing
Of the letters being in such order as TO
show seeming collision between Du-
-FOUR and the other two defendants.
. Colonel Curtin told of coming to
washington and hunting Tor The Enter
PRISE company, which had been repre-
scented TO him, he claimed, as having a
capitalization OF s. 600. 90 He said most
OF his letters from the concern had been
sign D r Johnson" and when he
found the office after several DAYS he
asked for Mr. Johnson
Identifies MI. johnson
At the mention Of M. johnson" bv
the aged witness there was a litter
among the defendants, as 0. r John
son was none other than Mrs Octavfa
r. johnson, one Of the sJenOEraphers.
who essayed the role Of ''secTeJary'' OF
the enterprise company The Young
women stenOgraphers also giggled al
The apparent mistake the aged man had
made.
Asked to point out Mr. Johnson 70
The jury. the witness threw a verbal
bomb into the camp Of the defense BY
standing I'D and exClsiming-
There he Is, nOwt''
Foil owing the trembling finger Of the
civil war veteran. who seemed teeninE
with snmity, the jurors saw Harvey N
Lewis The United States Attorney VIII
son touched Mr.. Lewis on the shoulder
and asked rs this the Mr. johnson -
Explaining the seeming mistake
Colonel Curtin made the charge that
Lewis had posed as Mr. Johnson -
Grilling cross-exam inatiOn failed 10
shake This testimony.