New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-22
ST|LWElL CASE
RUSHED BY COURT
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up any matter except when ii was in
the form Of pending legislation, he said
there would be meeting of the codes
committee February 10. and that we
could come up then and explain the
matter to the committee
Mott had emphasized in his opening
the point that Stilwell, on Kendall's
first call February 49, had given the
engraver legislative pamphlet con-
tanning list of the members of the
Senate and Assembly and of all the
committees, and he interrupted Ken
dall's story at this point to emphasize
further this part of the states case.
Did he give you anything on that
occasion?" he asked Kendall.
yes. a pamphlet containing the
names Of the members of the Lcgis-
lature and of the makeup of the diff
ferent committees"
Did he direct your attention to any
particular part Of this pamphlet
ale turned down a page at the Codes
Committee designation" Kendall an
swered. and then, rather heslts tingly,
! ut was the Senate or the Assembly
Codes Committee
The point which the state aimed 90
emphasize particularly to the jury was
that on March ~, when Stlwell saw
Kendall in New York, they had talked
of the membership of the Codes COM
mittees.
According to Kendall's testimony
! it WAS on that occasion that Stilweli
| first fatty preached the question Of
money to be used to bride the bill
| through. and said:
Il need $500 apiece for four members
of my committee
| Kendall said that he affected TO con-
| slider that. and then asked:
Wei. how about the Assembly
! Codes Committee"
TeIegrsphed Number Fifteen
Stilwell, Kendall testified, told him
! he would look into that when he re-
turned TO Albany, and that he would
telegraph him a number which would
be the number of hundreds Of dollars
needed for the Assembly Codes Com
mittee. Subsequently. Kendall testified,
| Sulwell did telegraph him the number
fifteen" which he accepted as mean
Ing $1,000 would be needed to get the
bill reported favorably by the Assem-
| bly, Codes Committee.
After Kendall had threatened Still
well that if he did not report the bill
out of Codes and see that it went
| through the Assembly also he would
telegraph to every member Of the SEN
ate a message telling Of his demand
for bride. Kendall testified, he re-
! ceived a letter from the Senator which
! the state claims is an attempted abb
! letter" In that letter Stlwell wrote:
Il find there are only thirteen MEM
bers of Assembly Codes. not fifteen, as
/ telegraphed you the other day
Mr.. Mott drove in on the jury
through Kendall's testimony that the
banknote engraver had received from
the Senator book giving not only thu
number Of members Of Assembly
Codes, but the name of each member
long before the fifteen telegram and
the "alibi letter" and that there was
! therefore no need for such a telegram
as the defence is expected 10 offer.
| The telegram and the letter were
offered i'm evidence. as was also the
check for $3.50 which. Kendall testified.
| he sent 10 Lewis, the clerk in the bill
drafting bureau 10 whom Stilwell in
PRODUCED him as the proper man 10
draw up his bill.
AT the end of the night session Sena-
| tor Stilwell told Mr.. Mott he would
have John Popp. the committee clerk,
on hand to-day. He admitted Popp
had lived in his house, but said he had
not been there for some time.
Kendall whose story was not much
more than sketched out last night, will
he the first and probably the only wit
ness to-day. His direct examination
will take up probably another hour,
and il is believed his s-eXamina-
ton will be long ordeal. The states
case rests almost entirely on his evil
dence, and il is expected the defence
will attack him savagely in an effort
to tear it down.
The work of selecting the jury took
up long and full court day from 1870
o'clock in the morning until 6 in the
evening. Sixty-three talesmen Of the
special panel were examined. and when
the twelfth juror was accepted by both
sides there were just two talesmen left.
Albany. y. Y, May 2-Franklin Ken
nedy, Deputy Attorney General. has been
sent to New York by Attorney General
Carmody TO assist District Attorney
Whitman in the trial OF Senator Still
well. Mr.. Carmody said tonight his In
tention was that Mr.. Kennedy was to be
at the service of the District Attorney in
case he needed him. Mr.. Kennedy Is IA
miliar with the Stlwell case.
CALLS BRITAIN u. S. ALLY