The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-28

ana caused the spectators 10 iauSng
covertly 1T the discontinue Of Ar.
Andrews.
His Intimate Friends.
For instance, Andrews asked poinf-
eddy: MIR. Roosevelt. your associates
for the past fifteen years have been
mostly politicians in Washington or
New York"
Mr.. Andrews put specially biting
emphasis on the word politicians. q
Yes, with politicians and with
practically every naturalist and HIS
torian in America. These men are
my intimate friends"
The colonel replied with a smile
Again the attorney attempted by
implication to impress the working
man jury with the idea that Roose-
ve1t's parents were of the idle rich
class.
! This country place where YOU
spent your summers as a boy. that
was a country pleasure place wasn't
I it?" asked Mr.. Andrews
\ TT was usually a farm" said the
colonel showing his teeth in the di-
rection of the four farmers on the
jury.
Liquor In White House.
j Mr.. Andrews questioned the colo
liquor kept in the White House cell
lars during his residence there.
II took over President McKinley's
stock when | came" the colonel
started to answer. Attorney Belden
objected on the ground that the
bringing in of President McKinley's
name in the connection was irTele-
want
The colonel was permitted to conn
plete his answer.
Mr.. Andrews questioned the colo
mel as to his habit of drinking brandy
at bedtime. You drink little
brandy, a teaspoonful. in a glass Of
milk" Mr. Andrews would drawl out
sarcastically at every opportunity
Henry Reuter-. assessor of Isphem-
ing. was the second witness called He
only testified to the ownership of the
paper there in the hands of Mr..
Newett.
MFR. Riis Is Emphatic.
Mr.. Jacob Riis. social worker, was
witness number three, and his testi-
mony given with characteristic vigor
and in the soft Danish dialect. was
tremendously effective addressed to a
jury made up largely of Johnsons.
Fredericksons and Larsens
The statement that Colonel Roose-
welt was a drinking man is a mon
strous lie" said Mr.. Ris with en-
phasis In answer to the question
does he drink any whiskey or
brandy"
Lord. no." answered Mr.. Riis. Mr..
Riis disputed Colonel Roosevelt. in
one point. He was very emphatic
in his assertion that the colonel never
drank a mint tulep. When Mr.. An
drews questioned him particularly on
this point Mr.. Riis qualified his state
ment: II have never seen him drink
one and have seen him great deal"
he aid.
Colonel Roosevelt gave a history OF
his life from the day of his birth until
his return from the African hunt. He
clicked his teeth in the long familiar
manner. leaned forward in the witt
ness chair and began his story.
Expert Testimony.
The most interesting witness Of the
afternoon was DIR. Alexander Lam bert,
who said that had the colonel been
an excessive user of alcoholic liquor
he never would have survived the
shock when he was shot at Milwaukee
last year. Mr. Lambert has been on
numerous hunting trips with Roose-
Welt in North Dakota, Colorado, Louis
lana and Wyoming and has known
him personally since 1891. The witt
ness aid he was an expert on alcoholic
cases and had treated 10000 Of them.i
From your close personal ex-
perience with Mr.. Roosevelt on trips
and in official life at Washington.l
would you say he was a man who
drank to excess or not?" DR.. Lambert
was asked.
The witness replied with emphasis
that the eX-president was extremely
temperate.
DR.. Lambert said the first time he,
was called upon To give his profess
sfonal services to Colonel Roosevelt.
was when the latter was at Mercy
hospital at Chicago suffering from tho
wound he received from the bullet at
Milwaukee. DIR. Lambert was1 asked
his opinion as to Colonel Rooseyelts
chances of recovery had he been =
constant user of alcoholic liquor.
Owes Recovery to Abstemiousness.
He would not have recovered" was
the reply. ITO his splendid physique,
imprisoned by alcoholism, he owes his
recovery from the wound"
DR.. Lambert told how he had been
on hunting trips with Colonel Roose-l
welt and said he never had observed
him drink any whiskey except once
and that was when the colonel was
suffering from a slight fever he had
contracted in the Cuban campaign.
II gave him a teaspoonful of whis-
key to hasten the perspiration- said
the witness. That was all the whiskey
} l ever gave him.
During your twenty-five years ac-
quaintance with him did you ever
know of his being under the influences
of liquor of any kind?"
II never did,
Breath Was Pure.
Ibid you ever observe the smell OF
alcohol on his breathe"
Never"
If he had been a user of strong
i drink to excess what would have been
the result of his bullet 'wound?"
+ Well, IL he had drank ALCOHOLICS
drinks to excess the wound would hAvo
resulted in his having delirium
tremens 1t very often does in cases.
of that kind"
When crnss-examined DIR. Lambert.
was asked whether there had not been
a meeting of witnesses for the plainttA
in Colonel Roosevelts ONCE In NAMa
York and whether they had discusses
what testimony should be given hers
DR.. Lambert said he had been In Cod
onel Roosevelt's Office and had signed
la statement giving the substances e&s
his testimony.
Colone, Denies Report.
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