The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-07-27

| ed along lines of minor importance. I.
but the real sensational feature Of
1.-The trial. the bomb shell of real
importance, was exploded when
Representative White was asked if
after Representative Adams refus-
led to accede to his proposition and
accept 81 200 job for his vote and
support Of Percy. if he (White) did
mot accept the job himself. and if
he were not now preparing to move
| to the Delta to take charge Of his
duties
The witness at first very quietly
answered No.
The question was repeated by
counsel for the defendant, and Mr..
White admitted that he had accept
led a position during the session of
the Legislature from one Mr..
Marshall at a salary Of $1.250 per
year.
Mr.. White was then asked If MT.
Marshall was not an enthusiastic
Percy man. to which the witness
replied that he did not know. He
was then asked if Mr.. Marshall
was not an enthusiastic anti Var.
daman man, and he replied again
that he did not know.
The witness was asked for what
purpose was Mr.. Marshall at Jack
son SO much during the recent ses-
sion of the Mississippi Legislature,
and the witness replied that Mr..
Marshall was there working in the
interest of the passage of an amend
Inent or modification of the Talla-
hatchie drainage bill. The witness
was asked if he voted for the drain
age bill amendment, and ne replied.
that he did. He was then asked if
he did not get the job referred to
about that time and he replied. 1T
was offered to me. /"
When this question was asked
the counsel for the State evinced
no special interest, but when the
witness answered as he did they
were evidently taken unaWares.
They strenuously objected to the
question, and answer after the
answer was made, and the court
ruled that it was not competent. ]
The counsel for the State and de-
fendant argued the matter heated
", and frequently during the pro-
longed argument the witness asked
that he be allowed to make state
ments, but his attorney waived him
down and admonished him to
wait and he could explain"
TENTATIVELY ACCEPTED.
After the argument the court
this time ruled with the defendant,
and the witness was allowed to
answer the question. The witness
again admitted reluctantly that he
had been offered and accepted the
81, 200 position, but later qualified
his statement BY saying. i tenta.
lively accepted the position. and
don't know whether I will take it
or not.
The witness was asked why it'll
was that he came via Memphis
when he came home from jackson
three times during the session of
the Legislature, and if it were not
true that he did 60 to Memphis to
confer and consult with the brother
of Senator Leroy Percy. To this
the witness replied that his purpose
in going to Memphis was that he
had relatives there.
Mr.. Cunningham, Of counsel for
the State. asked Mr.. White how
long he had been for Leroy Percy
for the United States Senate when
he made the proposition to Repre-
sentative Adams Of rishomingo
county, already referred to. and the
witness stated that he was not for
Senator Leroy Percy until the last
ballot IN the secret caucus. The
witness admitted that he did have
a conversation with Representative
Adams, in which he probably
jokingly' told him to come
across" and you might get one Of
these jobs, too. Mr.. White was
asked to detail what Representative
Adams said to him when he called
on him to ascertain what he would
swear il this case, and he said that
when he called on Mr.. Adams, he
fAdams) first told him that he did
not offer him anything. but that
Mr.. Adams. after thinking for a
minute. did say:
81 believe you did offer me some
thing, and | believe it was tick
commissioner, probably or some-
thing like that.
NEW OFFICES CREATED.
The witness stated that Repre-
sentative Adams told him while in
jackson that the Legislature was
creating great number Of new
offices, such as county attorneys
and an increase ii the Supreme
Court Bench. in order to defeat
Vardaman. White said it was un-
necessary to create new Offices to
defeat Vardaman. as the opposition
already had him skinned, and
that you had just as we'll come On
across and get ID the line, and
that probably he did tell him that
he could get one Of the new offices.
The witness admitted that he
did tell Representative Adams that
be might just as well have some Of
these places as anybody, or at least
that lit is probably told him