The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-09
BALLINGTR WITNESS UPSET
CHRISTENSEN "MESTAKEN" As
TO LETTERS IN GLIIIS BON.
AalnSis Triplr MlMstatemeat IN TelsSrAS'
90 RenWartE Emhegkiemsai AFresis
were COaIemplAteSi DaliOngsT u
OFdeTed 10 Give - ssos DaUers-


% RehWartE Emhegkiemsai AFvesis
were COatemplAteti DaltOaUsR u
OrdeFed 60 Give - ss1s Papers
wAsuISoI n. April s-Andrsw Chrts-
tenssp. ~ no sucessdsd I. y. CLAWS 80
chief Of tho aald division st Seattle vas
ths Rrst witness called TODAY by the
defence before tie committee that 10
Investigating the charges agAins, Ssars-
sAry Ballinger He testified a. 10 the
difficulty he had had N getting poassansOn
at All the Official papers that wore an the
SEATTLE oehos and said that Claws had
carr led some Of the papsrs away without
pMrmistinR MIN. Christensen. 20 go Lhsin or
know what they were 10 ast LEeHl
christensen, OF adyIcS ~ ths United
states District AttoT nsy a. Seattle. Sroto
y formal demand To S4aVIs. saying that
lsznl action would no begun a, once un-
Ieas tho documents were pTOdnSaJ
Claws then delivered some o the
rspers, but IL developed latar thai t~snty-
four lsttsrs barring ON the Cunningham
claims were still missing. These we're
the letters afterwaT1 found hidden away
In 0lavts's packing box. according to
Chrimesnsen. These letters have no iD-
portance a. evidence b'r Attorney YER
trees charges that CLAWS withheld them
10 that Secretary BailiuGer would b. en-
barrassed and unable To produces them
when called upon TO 90 50 Nv the COIN
mites.
Mr.. Chr,stensan told in detail az tho
long asarch for the documents and placed
Ia eUldsncs many letters. telegrauns and
afsidavies bearing on the question. Tie
testified that as one Ume IL vas proposed
20 bring criminal proceedings against
a =
tho forestry service Tor tins enbez.ie-
meat Of Government props-ty. beCaus@
soula OF the documents found their wav
into the columns ~f Collars Weekly. and
= ~sS s Sssy ss a9s , oas; hs 5.,4Ss%
Todd held that there was Insufficient
svsdenos 70 Justify the ac'iosI.
In telling OF the discovery OF The in'sa-
ing letters IN a package case h.lonEnS Ia
Claws, which nRd heen siotef IN a room
IN ths Federal building NJ seattle. Mr..
christensen eoTroboratsd testimony prv-
Niously given.
you made a false statement IA your
telegram % February to schwartz tell-
ing him about finding the letters. dIdn
your Was the hrst question Attorney
Brandeis put ~ Christensen on cross
examination
aen6en.
AS a matter Of fat. didn't Won lie
when you said IN thas Telegram that YOU
brose open the box IN rhich the letters
we're fosind:' shouted Brnndsi-
Before the " itnaGs could reply Senator
Sutherland an Attorney Nertrses pro
tested asstE-i th" question:, tire senator
charactei IYIng % A. Improper and Ofen-
~ive. sGd the attorney declaring thai he
had never knoNn o. more uuS@eTnly,
more reprcheT-lbls aud more iInpronsr
methods" than thcse resorted 10 ny Air.
BGrndcls.
Slr. Bsandeis then modified ~" form
~ biz question aUd forced Christensen !
IN Admit that hs had made thres mia /
takcss IN the one short Telegram. He
had not broken open the boy. he had not !
found the brS in Ia Grand Jury room
end Re had no. found all the twenty
four missing letters. az hs he'd stated IN
the message
Now " AIT vo.. 20 explain. said Mr.. |
tlrandRls tine -suss-S sole 'OinVisienc"
mat there were Just twenty-Tour ut~slng |,
letters end there we're jrst twenty four !
letters found bit a. least thf-r of those T,
found ~eTe uot Snons thos@ lo@t
The WitatsS al NOT undertake an
explanation on further questioning /,
re admitted mat Claws bad nothing |
q DO witt rA"king thA box. Tha: bad been I
done by Andrew Kennedy
Mr. Rronisis aunouncsi 'hsf hs - ould
not continue the gro s--"Xs-linat"u u1'l 4,
be had IN opportunity - "vaTuue 'Fs 4
document introduced 10y Christensen. I
y hich hs 80" had been I-rr-OO~rlv VITA Z,
held from him The rtJu'>- va EXCUSED ,
until tomorrow
SecTetarv Rllr.grr vts called rTon 1
to-day hv ere commute. - prod'I.- = I,
''Rce all do Hn-n,- at ,.tf-rs ia7i Laf"
tasD TeIues, ed or may u-geB.t-r he ,
requested ~ counsel me aSttpu v - /
tax en- on morton - EcprerSu- alive i'sTJv !
in trs fa~r Il - ,re'gTr RaiNrgs swrt.-n
erotast 10 the cru1ul.'.s 'UeT Attprrev
Nrapds- 81 Ih0 prUa"ottgto' ~aa Ipdu!g !
mz in a -.rs iisn.nE process and mas
ins IA 'OIIus ai'rTtpt - cCutgD! he ,
wsnrsr ~ v.t,h 81" ,..ri- 80 ms. |
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AtJoTr"F ~. E1' .. made. Spr" - 10 /
icino.-r l.J ire ~ .Us SssI'flTy balIne-r y
kSf address II rn tne commit. 80
We cant 90 .ny'h ~ Iu tu@ nature ~ /
y suTpTtse IN the r,y' .G-uts - call FOR. !
al,d M BIeu. 80. = re- Secretary tI.pws
everything 49, AIS for. ND might s.v
the her Ihr' several r Dur ~rlls Es' !
k@sn vtrhha.i - 'nRt the Ns"rstaTV |
conld iuox Over LIE p.,refa