Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-20
BaIIinger-Pinchot Committee
Adiourns Until Next Friday.
TWO DAYS FOR SPEAKING
Each Side to Have Until June 13
to File a Brief.
DEFENSE ANNOUNCES CLOSE
Prosecution Puts on T. L. Spaulding,
Who Contradicts Assertions of A.
Christensen on Stand.
TWO DAYS FOR SPEAKING
DEFENSE ANNOUNCES CLOSE

The taking OF testimony i'm the Balln-
ger-Pinchot investigation ended today,
and the committee adjourned to meet
again next Friday to hear oral argument
by counsel.
Two days will be devoted to speechmak-
ing. The so-calied prosecution" will
OPEN and for five hours next Friday the
committee Will listen to the addresses of
Louis D. Brandeis. counsel for l.. X.
CLAWS. and George w. Pepper, counsel
for Clifford Pinchot.
The defense will sum up its case Sat
urday. May 2S. John j. Vertrees, counsel
for Secretary Ballinger. will have five
hours in which to answer the attorneys
for the other side. Such time as the at
torneys for the prosecution shall have re-
served out of the two and half hours
assigned to each may be used in closing.
Both sides will he given until Monday.
June Is. in which to file briefs with the
committee to assist it in passing upon the
great mass of evidence which has been
presented.
without having given previous notice,
the defense announced unexpectedly at
the opening of todays hearing that it had
rested Its case, and the prosecution put
o1 Dut one Witness Ill reDOItdt.
Christensen Contradicted.
Frank L. Spalding. a stenographer in
the Office Of the chief OF field division at
Seattle. who had previously testified for
the defense. contrad.cted several state
ments CT the testimony of 4. Christen
sen, who succeeded CLAWS. Christensen
testified that he had never visited the
at Seattle, where the twenty-six mys-
teriously missing letters were found in
q boz, containing CLAWS personal effects.
He also swore he did not know CLAWS
personal effects were stored there.
Spaulding swore today that he had ac-
companied Christensen to the grand jury
room soon after CLAWS dismissal last
September to look for his stenographic
note book containing dictatiOn which
had given him on the occasion of visit
to Seattle that summer. Spaulding said
he had told Christensen on that occasion
that the Boxes stored in the room belong
ed to CLAWS.
Christensen's testimony that he had
never asked Spaulding to find his note
book was fatty contradicted by Spauld-
ing. The latter also testified today that
he had carried some papers to the grand
jury room and the missing Cunningham
letters might have been among them.
What l want to know said Repre-
sentative Madison, lis, if those letters
were carried by yoI to the grand jury.
whether it was By mistake or design on
the part OF you or CLAWS.
by mistake, of course
No More Perkins Letters Found.
Before the examination of witnesses
was begun this morning Chairman Nell
son read letter of today's date from
Secretary Ballinger in response to the
request OF Mr.. Brandeis that a further
search Of the department files be made
for two letters of the Perkins Ballineer
correspondence.
MIR. Ballinger wrote that a further
and careful search failed to reveal any
other letters than those already made
public. He said Mr.. Perkins letter of
June 1880, inviting his son Edward
to accompany him and Mrs. Perkins on
probably had been Enclosed by Mrs Bal
l1nger In letter addressed by her to her
son at Williams College.
He said he would endeavor TO obtain
the letter: Mr.. Ballinser said he could
not recall having received any letter
from Perkins in the month of September.
He said he had already furnished the
committee with all letters between Per-
kins and himself that could be found
mere was no correspondence between
Mr.. Perkins and myself which had auy
business connection: wrote Mr.. Balm
ger, and ii was all purely a matter OF
friendly concern
ITO Make Ballinger the Goat,
E. T. Perkins Of the Chicago Office of
the reclamation service was on the stand
yesterday afternoon. His name has been
frequently mentioned in the course of the
Investigations in connection with the
black tent" lectures.
A conversation which Perkins claimed
to have had in Chicago October - last
| with F. III. Newell director of the rec
iamation service, whom ii has been al
legged Secretary Eallinger intended to
surplant with n. VI. Thomson of Seattle.
was the most interesting feature of his
testimony. He outlined tho convcrsation
| as follows:
| You should no, try to vindiratc Bal
| lingcr III tho black tent mattcr' said
| Newell. Il want to make BaIlinge; the
goat
| You can't do it, replied Perkins.
He's too big a man..
Never mind" replied Newell II am
\ going to do ii anyhow.
| Perkins told OF attending. at the request
| OF CHORD Pinchot. a conference at the
| house OF cx~Seeretary Garfield in West
! Mentor, Ohio. July ~. He said that Pin
the Conservation Society were presen.
! at tho conference. the purpose of which
was to insure the retention OF Newell IN
/ office.
| Perkins said he had promised to work
| for Newell and had done so to the extent
| Of inducing a number Of railroad officials
to write to Ballinger in Neweil's behalf.
The Alleged Conspiracy.
| Attorney vertrees introduced number
Of letters and kilograms written by Shipp
and Garfield regarding a trip ''Our friend
(who. Perkins said. was PinchoO was TO
make to Washington 10 see Newell.
| The evident purpose of the defense
was to show through the testimony of
Perkins and these documents that the
conspiracy WHEN tie defense" charges
exists against Eallinger had its beginning
at the home OF Garfield. and that Pinchot
came TO Washington to try to induce
| Newell and other subordinates of Balm
ger to participate in it,
| Senator Purcell asked Perkins IL he re-
garded Newell as competent. The witness
J replied that he had dome satisfactory
work. but he did not believe him the
fittest man aVaiia BILE.
/ Would YOU recommend man if he
| wasn't competent" asked Senator Pur-
cell.
II think ] would if lie was a friend OF
laughed. ard Mr.. Perkins was evidently
embarrassed by the way his reply was
received.
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