The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-30
NORRIS ACCUSES JUDGE RONALD
SENSATION IN
wAPPY TRIAL

The bin9est sensation In either OF
the WsppensfeIn trials was sprung
today, = few minutes before ~
O'Clock, when VIII ~. Morris, chief
counsel for the Indicted former po-
lice chief, accused Judge Ronald OF
lntimIdstino T. J. Long, a witness,
who had been called BY the state.
Long, who was manager OF the
BIG Casino, q bawoy house, under
the Wsppenstein regime, failed 20
Give the same testimony against
Wappenhteln az on the first trial.
ne fell back on a weak memory az
his excuse.
Judge Ronald. after excusing
the jury. turned 10 him az last
and said Court win now
take a recess until 1880. by
that time. you ought TO be able
10 refresh your memory. The
court wants the whole truth. I
don't want anything concealed"
What Did Wsppy ssy7
This statement was made after
both Prosecutor Murphy and Judge
Ronald had sought TO have the wit
ness answer what Wappensteln
said or did TO cause him to 20 10
Tupper and say that Wappenstein
had sent him and try TO leave
money with Tupper for the chief.
Long had testified. as on the first
trial. that he called at the chiefs
office one day when his house was
summarily closed up. and that the
chief said TO him What are you
trying TO do down there7 Run a
bargain counter7" Long also tesfi.
fled again that the chief had told
him 10 come back later alone. He
had come with John Armin, proprie.
tor OF the Casino. first.
And what did the chief say 10
You when you came back?~ Murphy
then asked him.
Falls Back on Poor Memory.
Long pondered for n long while.
In the first trial Long had said;
And he told me 10 go 10 Gid--he
kind OF left II 10 Gid what to do"
Today. after relating that he in
troduced the subject OF a bribe By
offering the chief new suit or
fancy vest. the chief left the room
Immediately. Longs testimony be.
came confused after this, and he
said that he went TO Tupper be-
cause he wanted a bridge built be-
tween his house and the Midway,
and that the chief told him TO see
Tupper, as the latter was owner OF
the Midway.
This bridge" conversation be-
tween Wappenstein and Long was
not mentioned In the first trial.
Murphy tried to get Long back 10
that conversation which led him TO
go TO Tuppcr and try TO leave
some money with him. But Long
seemed 10 be In a daze and could
not recall the incident.
Court Asks Question.
What was II that Wappensteln
said or did at any time TO cause
you to 20 20 Upper and say to
him that Wappenstein sent you
and then try TO leave money with
him." asked Judge Ronald.
HE never told me to leave
mony with Tupper." Long replied.
After several efforts OF this kind
TO get the witness 10 answer this
question directly. Judge Ronald
dismissed the jury. and made the
statement 10 Long TO which Morris
objected.
The manner OF the court in talk
ing TO his, witness is an intimi-
dation. He said that nothing wap-
penstein said or did caused him
TO go TO Tupper with the money
proposition" said Morris.
Court Wants Truth.
Il Will stand by what said"
replied Judge Ronald. "Yon may
note an exception. but this court
viii see that the truth Is told. even
II the state or the defense must
cross-examine its own witnesses.
! don't want the truth concealed.
Neither do | want statements
volunteered that were never made.
Judge Ronald had been giving the
defense a wider latitude through
out the trial than Judge Main did.
This was the first clash between
the court and the counsel for the
defense.
State Senator Nichols this morn
Ing reiterated the story that wap-