The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-11-13

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Offices of city engineer and members OF
the board was the first thing on the
program for this morning His evil
dence was intended 10 help make the
record correct for the supreme court 10
case 1t is needed there The balance OF
the day was planned to be devoted >
Williston.
SIMPLY FOR BARGAIN.
His attorneys We're unable to say
this morning whether they will finisa
with him today. When he leaves the
stand the defense according to its open
ing statement to the jury last Satur-
day afternoon after the state had
rested, hopes to have shown. that while
Wiiiiston did accept money from Dean,
the money was not considered by the
city engineer a hribe, but rather
money given By Dean to williston 70
bind a bargain between the two. ac-
cording TO which wilIiston was to Sc
cure options for Dean for the latter's
site for the heating plant.
DID HE GET HIM DRUNK.
According to this opening statement
the defense further promised to show.
that Dean came to Gary at the behest
of certain persons in Gary with the
sole purpose of entrapping city Off
cials. that in Deans conersa ton with
Willston. the former would do all the
leading and inject the money talk for
Williston's vote into the dictograph
records, and that in order to do this
more easily he would induce Williston
to drink 10 such extent that he was
partially drunk at the time these al
legged discriminating conversations took
place, that Dean did in fact present n
good franchise to the board of which
-Wfliiston was member. better than
any of the other franchises OF a SINH
lar nature that were pending and that
W4lliston had promised his support
long before the records show that even
Dean mentioned money for the vote
WILL BE VITAL FACTOR
Practically all of this testimony is
to come from Williston and his bearing
In the witness chair. the straight for
wardness of his story and the general
Impression he makes upon the jury
viii be a vital factor when the jury re
tires TO ballot for the verdict.
While Deans character was inn
peached last Saturday by character
witnesses who had been brought up for
this purpose from Louisville his former
home, the attack was made only in a
general way and II was a question aft
er court adjourned whether the at
tempt had not fallen fat Not a hint
Of detail about Deans moral character
was permitted to go into the records or
reach the ears of the 5urymen. And as
the purpose Of the presence of these
witnesses was to tell stories about
Dean of a nature so shocking that the
testimony would be unprintable, the
failure of the Impeachment was all the
more apparent.
WE'RE GABBY ON STREETS.
For two days they were in yalpa-
raise. charging the very atmosphere
with stories which even many friends of
Williston and of the indicted city Off
Gals refused to believe The very an
pearance of some of the character wit
nesses against Dean was against them
TO make any impression upon the jury
Then there was their forced admission
kinnarney a Louisville detective and
promised expenses to come here to
testify. A question by Attorney Park
er for the state, asking one of the wit
nesses, whether or not he had met a
Mr. Cain of Gary and had been asked
By him to come TO Valparaiso to testify
against Dean gave some intimation as
to who is furnishing part of the money
TO defray the expenses of these char
acter witnesses. A pool of q thousand
tor two thousand dollars is said to have