Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-27

liquors YOU took in general would be q
little brandy with milk?
a teaspoonful In a tumblerful Of milk.
q. You have never for fifteen years
taken more than a dozen glasses OF
A. did not drink a dozen glasse.
Of whisky in fifteen years
q. Now, the wine you drink is light
wine?
9. What do you mean by light wine
A. / mean white wines. and some
times it may be little Madeira.
Wines in White House.
@ Any other kind Of wine?
A. I may have drunk little rec
wine and occasionally a little sherry.
Q. You don't keep any wine Of any
kind in your house?
A Red wine?
@. Do you keep wine Of any kind in
your house?
A. Yes.
q. Did you keep brandy and wine in
the White House?
Mr.. Pound: I object to that.
The court: You may note an exception.
Roosevelt: I continued to keep wine
AZ I found that my predecessor had done
SO.
Beginning Of the Suit.
Q. Do you know Mr.. Wallace Of De-
troit?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. What is his business?
A. don't know.
Q. Had he anything to do with the be-
ginning Of this suit, II you know?
4. That cannot tell.
Q. Don't you know who began this
important suit?
A. was In Mercy Hospital. Chicago,
at the time.
@. Did you know that Mr. Wallace had
charge Of it, and did you know that he
had charge Of employing counsel?
A That I could not say.
Q. Had you met Mr.. Pound up to that
time?
A. may have met him.
Q. But have you any memory Of It?
A. don't remember whether I met
him or not.
Q. Was Mr. Pound employed by you
that is. employed by you personally?
A. No. he was not employed by me
personally.
Q. Do you know who paid for expense
of taking testimony and all that? Did
you stand that expense?
A. Yes.
Q. And it has not been borne by any
organization In the state Of Michigan?
A. 1t has not.
Jury Completed Last Night.
The jury was completed at II o'clock
last night after a long and rather
wearisome examination Of talesmen.
during the course Of which a number
were excused for cause or by per-
emptory challenges. One talesman was
challenged by the defense because he
wore q bull moose badge. Following
are the twelve men finally accepted for
jury service:
James Robear. teamster. Ishpeming.
aged twenty-five.
Thomas Pryor. locomotive fireman.
Marquette. aged twenty seven.
Thomas Howard. farmer. Chocolay
aged forty
Robert Bruce. lumberman, Powell
aged ffty-six.
William III. Matthews, miner, Ishpem-
ing.
William Fassbender. teamster. Mar
quette. aged twenty eight.
John Fredrickson, miner, Negaunee,
aged thirty zone.
william Garrow. miner. Ely town
ship. aged sixty; native Of Denmark.
John A. Johnson. farmer. Skandia
township; aged thirty-six; married.
William Sharp. teamster. Negaunee.
aged thirty-three; married.: native Of
Gus Polcen. blacksmith. Wells town
ship; married.
Jurors Are Locked Up.
f, As soon as the fury had been sworn
Judge Flanagan ordered the jurors lock-
ed up and kept in confinement until a
verdict Is rendered In court.
Gentlemen Of the jury said the court,
until you have rendered verdict in this
case you will be kept in close confinement
so that you will be protected from any
possible influence other than the testi-
mony which you win hear in the court
room. have decided on this to see that
you are not approached by outsiders. II
any one attempts to talk to you about
this case, want you to report to the
court. II possible, giving their names. l
wish to caution you against coming to
the merits Of the case until YOU are In
structed to deliberate on verdict. Don't
talk among yourselves about 1t.
''You may write to your families, but
no letters will be delivered to you, unless
you agree that they may first be opened
by the court
Two bailiffs were then sworn by the
clerk to keep careful watch and ward
over the jurors and not to allow them to
communicate with any one. including the
baififfs. except by permission OF the court.
Is an interested Spectator.
During the examination Of talesmen
Col Roosevelt was one OF q number oc-
cupying seats within the railing, and by
his side during most Of the afternoon and
last night sat Mr.. GARFIELD. Myron Sher-
wood. a local lawyer and mine owner.
casual visitor at the trial by chance oc-
cupisd the seat on Col. Rooseveits left.
but they found time TO whisper q few
words to each other, which seemed to be
of jocular and pleasing nature, the for
mer President smiling and Sherwood
choking of . laugh with diniculty.
During the day Judge Flanagan re-
ceived a telegram from Minneapolis, as
follows:
Don't let this sensational trial con-
tinue until / have arrived
1t was signed Jacob Miles" Judge
Flanagan turned the message over to
Frank Tyree. who was one Of Col. RoOse-
velt's guards while President, and who is
here as a witness. Tyree notified the
chief Of police of Minneapolis, who wired
back that Miles was insane and had been
arrested.
Insists It Is True.
hewitt has searched the United
States for men who win swear that
they have seen Col. Roosevelt drink
to excess. His defense will be that the
statement to which Col. Roosevelt
fore, there WAS no libel
DISPOSITIONS have been taken by both
sides.
Col. Roosevelt's friends in Washing
ton have been called upon for afnda-
Wits to the effect that though they had
known him Intimately for years. they
never had known him to drink to OK
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