The Washington times., 1913-05-29

of the Gridiron Club dinner at Wash
ington. He was a member Of the en-.
exceptional opportunity for watching
Roosevelt when the latter was the guest
of the club.
Took Champagne.
He nearly always took a glass OF
champagne" he said, ''and once In
while he would take a sip from it.
There usually was wine left In the glass
when he got through
Have you asked Attorney James
II. Pound. ever seen him under the in
fiuence Of liquorT'
Never" said the witness.
Thompson was with Roosevelt on his
II. 000-mi1e swing around the circle.
His assignment particularly was TO
describe the colonel's actions, and not
to report his speeches.
There never was any liquor on MS
table, said the reporter, nor any
wine glass When the colonel was shot
at Milwaukee / went to Mercy Hospital
and returned with him to Oyster Bay,
and remained there until after election.
When he went to New York to make
his two speeches while convalescent the
vitality he showed was perfectly amaz-
ing.
HE could not have been drunk on
any of these trips without my knowing
4. and / know he was not drunk on
any of them. and at that time / never
heard any suggestion that he was"
Never Profane.
THOMPSON concluded his direct testi-
mony with an emphatic statement that
the colonel never uses profanity at all
and that no man would ever dare to
use an obscene word in his presence"
This testimony was directed at tne
statement in Editor George A. Newetts
paper that the colonel curses disgust
ingly."
of the witness brought this from Attor-
ney Pound, He will not suffer in com.
par,son as to intelligence with counsel
himself"
Andrew Abele. forty-five. of Ironton.
Ohio. was next called to the stand;
Afele said he was once coal miner and
later railroader. He met Colonel
Roosevelt at a convention of the rail-
road brotherhood In Chattanoo2a,
Tenn, in 1902 and took a trip with him
to the top of Lookout mountain.
There was a street car there, said
Abele. 1.-The colonel said, Come on:
boys We went around with him and
went back to the hotel. He was in
Chattanooga that time about a day.
saw him next at Huntington. W. Va.
He made q speech there. Huntington Is
twenty miles from 1ronton.
Doesn't Remember.
II don't remember what year that
was. Maybe a year or two later than
the Chattanooga firemen's convention.
Then ! saw him at lronton, Ohio.
In 1872 I had quit the railroad and gone
into business. He made a speech. and
Immediately went to the car. I went to
Portsmouth, twenty-eight miles away
with him.
The territory covered by Adele in this
part of his testimony is ground the
colonel's attorneys expect the defense to
the colonel on various occasions was
drunk.
Had Hard Time.
How did you get him through the
crowds?' asked Attorney Pound.
I'VE had q strenuous time Of It." said
Abele.
The court refused to allow Adele to
tell how the colonel was helped through
the crowds.
Abele said he had gone with Roose-
welt on the same campaign on the same
trip to Waverly, Chilhcothe, Jackson.
and Hampden. He identified a photo
graph of the colonel and the crowd at
jackson.
| The jurymen gravely inspected the
picture 1t showed the colonel standing
erect not with his arm wrapped around
a spoat ~ae the colonels- attorneys expect
the defense to try 20 prove
Abele took the court through Wells