Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-02
CLAIMANTS BROTHER
DENIES HIS IDENTITY

Boston, Mass, March IA climax
to the many sensations that have oc
cured in the identity hearing in thu
| Cambridge probate court where Sena
| tor Leslie Simpson and Ranchma1
Daniel Blake Russell of Dickinson
have fought shoulder to shoulder for
hundred days for the fortune left by
Senator Daniel RUSSELL, took place
today when William c. RUSSELL, the
recluse of Melrose, denied the ranch
man.
"That man is not my brother lie
muttered with his head turned away
Dams shoulders heaved with emotion
and his hands grasped the court rail
as he stared into his brothers face
Judge Lawton ordered the ranchman
to resume his seat and Dan wept bit
terly.
IT expected this" he told the re-
porters after court. "But it is ter
rible blow to he denied by your own
broher In the presence of hundreds
who have recognized you. l don't
blame Willie; he's doing what he
thinks is right, but I will convince
him yet"
William denied much of Dams evil
dence about his childhood in Mel
rose. On the stand he resemblei
Dan in many respects, but is slighter
of build.
This was the first time ever his
neighbOrs have seen him in many
years. The recluse plainly showed his
uneasiness toward the end of today's
session. He glanced at Dan, who sat
fifteen feet from him, then his gaze
travelled often to the ranchman and
their eyes met frequently.
AS the case nears its close Senator
Simpson manifests thorough conf
dence in the ease. He is fighting a
half dozen of the most brilliant legal
lights Of Boston and alone has put
up battle never equalled in the his
tory OF New England courts.
John K. Berry, of the law firm of
Berry & Upton, counsel for the de-
PENDANTS, was on the witness stand
under Grass examination by Attorney
Simpson of North Dakota.
He was questioned in detail with
regard to certain marks on the Jim
Rousseau exhibits which he said were
not on the exhibits when they were
in the Office of Berry & Upton. He
knew nothing about how the marks
came on the exhibits. The witness
told in detail as to how the Rosseau
exhibits, fully fifty letters. envelopes
and photographs, came into posses
sion Of the firm, and laid particular
stress upon a postal, which, it is al
legged, was sent his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Rousseau of Brazier, N.
Y, during the early part of the trial
in September.
Didn't it strike you that the claim
ant was a very simple man if he sent
a postal to his parents in. Brazier
while he was here in Massachusetts,
trying to establish his identity as
Daniel Blake Russell?' asked Mr.
Simpson. :
Yet did strike me that it was a
very simple thing to d." replied the
witness.
The attorneys for the respondent
attempted to introduce into evidence
a letter alleged to have been written
by Maude Rousseau, one of the daugh
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rosseau,
which the respondents allege was
sent to the law firm of Berry & Up
ton. Attorney Proctor asserted that
this letter was answered and refuted
the charges of conspiracy made by
Attorney Simpson A legal squabble
that lasted a full half hour ensued
and was finally terminated by the
refusal of Judge Lawton to allow the
postal card to be brought into the
case.