The Washington herald., 1913-05-27
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interest In the case. and sometimes sat
leaning over in the direction of the juror
who was being examined and with his
eyes fixed sternly on the mans face
Sometimes an answer by a venireman
would cause him to whisper excitedly to
Garfield or Shiras, but he exchanged no
words or even look with his counsel.
Newett shows Little Intercst.
Editor Newett, who y a tall, spare man,
possibly fifty years of age. with iron
gray hair and mustache and rudy COM
plexion and looking more like a colonel
Of cavalry than a country editor, did not
take eager interest in the trial. but sat
stiff and grim by the side of his counsel.
with the freedom Of the press weighing
heavily on both shoulders
The court room Of the SSg Marquette
County Court House. with sed walnut
furniture and stained glass dome and
windows. Is as ornate as a Loop restau-
rant In Chicago and would be a fine place
for cabaret show, but the dignity Of the
court Is unimpeachable..
The bailin saw to that. He eyed the
many correspondents who have swarmed
into Marquette from every quarter Of the
compass with manifest uneasiness. for
they looked frivolous to him in their
shoes. and he laid down his gavei just
before he was about TO say: Hear ye,
hear We, hear ye;'' and tiptoed down
among the correspondents and said:
Now, mind yez, boys. sthand oop
when i hit three times"
And dignity was certainly becoming
to the county court of Marquette. Mich,
this afternoon. For the little court ROOM
away up in the modest port on the shores
Of Lake Superior, in the Upper PENN
sula of Michigan, had such crowd
as 1t has never held before and probably
never will again. and there are few
court rooms in the United States that
can boast of having held much more
gathering. First and foremost
there was Theodore Roosevelt, twice
President of the United States; the plain
tiff in the action. Around him and scat
tered through the court room were men
whose names are household words in the
nation, who were also in court not as
spectators, but as actors in the thrilling
little drama staged in the Marquette
County Court House.
Distinguished Men Present.
Next to Col Roosevelt sat James R.
Garfield, former Secretary Of the In
terror. and back of him was another |
ex-member of a Presidential Cabinet. |
Robert Bacon, once Assistant Secretary
OF State; Clifford Pinchot, formerly Chief |
Forester of the United States. sat just |
outside the railing. Next to him was a |
Swede, who had been
brought in by the Sheriff as a venireman, |
but who looked as though he expected |
that when they got him in the front of
the room they would convict him of muir |
der and hang him on the spot Another |
former mInber of the Cabinet, Truman |
II. Newberry, once Secretsrq of the Navy, |
sat next the Swede and whispered words
of comfort, and two or three rows back |
was Regis H. Post, once Governor OF /
Porto Rico, and DIR. Rixey, former Sur
geon General of the Navy.
dozen or more miners and lumber
men in their Sunday best. but who looked
as though they wished most heartily that
they were down in the blacklist corners
Of their mines or in the heart of the
trackless forest were in the back Of the /
room, and seated among them were Jacob
Riis, whom Col Roosevelt once called
1.-THE most useful citizen OF New York"
and Lawrence Abbott. of the Outlook.
Tomorrow Gov. Hadley of Missouri Is
expected and Edmund Helloy, naturalist
of international fame, who accompanied
Col. Roosevelt into Africa Also Judge
A. z. Blair. Of Ohio. who rose to fame
A few years ago by the wholesale dis
of corrupt voters in
Adams County. Ohio. and Walter Brown,
State chairman of Ohio.
1t was indeed a distinguished gathering
FOR any city. and Marquette feels keenly
The honor that is now hers
Camera Men on Job.
Photographers haunt the steps of the
courthouse and the downtown streets.
and crowds of people. denied admission
70 the courthouse, stand about on the
avn and gaze at the building, waiting
'or some one to come out with the lat
,st news.
The situation is altogether unique and
full of interest. Here is former Presi-
lent of the United States against whom
an attempt will be made to sustain a
,harge of drunkenness. The charge was
made in the heat of a political campaign,
lust as many worse accusations have
been made under such conditions. For
he first time a man Of national reputa-
ion has taken up the charge and
brought suit for libel and declared his
to stop the publication or
he statements made even in the heat or
| political campaign unless they can be
,acked up and proven in open court to
,e true.
Augustin Brodin. OF Ishpeming. caus-
d a smile to 60 around the room
when he took his place in the jury I
,ox wearing an extremely aggres-
i've Bull Moose emblem in the lapel