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strengthened mis- case, nut in the main
the testimony is What Mr.. Sim usOn
dug out for the first trial.
The Boston Globe OF April %, said
James MuIhaid, a hotel proprietor o.!
Onset. destined in the Russell tria;
yesterday that he went 10 school in
Louisville, y. Y, when a boy with
James b. Rousseau. He is positive
"DakO.a Dan is not ROsseau. Mt.
SchartOn wanted the witness 10 tell
a conversation he had with Joseph
ROsseau Jim's father. in 1904, as to
the latrer's belief whether or not jim
was dead. The question was objected
10 by ,'lr. Mason and Vas ruled out.
William Henry Rose q firearms eX.
pert, was called by Mr.. Mason 10 testi.
ty concerning the condition OF a re-
volver which has been identified as
the one left in Melrose house BY Dan
iel Blake Russell when ne left home
in 1885. George ". Harvey. an expert
for the claimant, had testified that he
would expect TO find the revolver bad
" rusted if it lay away for % years.
Mr.. Rose a asked his opinion.
considering that the revolver had been
we'll oiled before it was put away, had
been taken out after a few years, fired
again and cleaned and had during the
past two years been handled consider
ably. The witness said that the
bright appearance of the revolver
-t-nrlI W.T. no irrorcirtnr with Yt1-
usage.
Albert H. Hamilton, he claimants
Handwriting n microscopic expert.
was further cross examined by Mr.. Ma.
son. He contendcd that in a picture
which was identified BY the Rousseau
family as that OF Jim and Louis Rous-
seau a head OF Dakota Dan had been
placed on the body OF some n else
sitting alongside OF Louis and then
the picture Photographed. He offer
ed to show how the deception could
be successfully performed. The pic
ture h. produced in court va, a copy
Of the first exhibit with the head OF
Leslie A. Simpson, Dakota Dams
former counsel, placed On the head Of
Louis Rosseau.
Il think said Mr.. Hamilton, hand.
ing up his compost effort 70 Master
Pevey. that / did a better JOB on this
than "a done On the other
The Boston Post Of April 18th inter
viewed Fresno Dan and said in part:
A legal battle for a sons slice OF the
remnant OF the $500, 900 Daniel Blake
Russell fortune is being planned by
Fresno Dan the estates accepted
long missing son and heir. who, for
three years has been pitted against
Dakota Dan" in an effort to convince
the Massachusetts courts that the lat
ter is an imposter. ~
Fresno Dan" has broken his
reserve and in an exclusive interview
to the Post pronounced his utter dis
gust at the enormous expense of the
prolonged Russell trial, and at the
manner in which he had been treated
by the brother Willie" civilian C..
Kussell.) He took occasion to en-
phatically declare his disapproval of
the manner in which the estate had
been conducted.
For three years I have been hang
ing around Melrose and Boston. de-
cidedly against my will. Hostility
from partisans of the other side has
not tended to make my lot comfort
able. And what have been getting
from this enforced stay in the east?
Not enough to provide a man with
meals in an ordinary hash house. The
money given to me during that entire
time is about $4,000. That certainly
is some contrast to the benefit that
others have reaped from the Russell
estate.
These persons have lived like
princes while l have been glad to get
half a square meal"