Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-27
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faea HAD charge 81 a and did you
know than 10 Had charge % employ
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o-~lind you mot AIR. Pound up
b. that timer"
A.-''f may have met him"
Q.-"nul have you any memory Of
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met him 81 not
Ewes Mr. Pound employed bS
fon. that j.. employed b. you per-
ronaiis7"
A.-sNo. h. was not employed BY
me personally"
c.-.po rrn know Who paid for
che expense Of taking testimony and
all thotg DID you stand that OK
ponpe7s
A.-~YeA"
Q.--Apd 4 has NOT been borne by
any organisation Ia the state u Mich.
igan4"
Alt has not"
o.--"ilsve yoa or any other person'
had charge Of NJ"
A.--"Mr. Pound has charge of 81"
Mr.. Andrews think that Is a!l. n
Mr. Pound, on redirect examlna-
ton. asked;
Q.--s'As I understand Il. you have
no recollection OF hayiug seen mr..
Pound In Michigan or Chicago, prior
TO tho beginning OF this suit. which
was some time In the month Of Oc-
toberg"
Al have no recollection"
o.--''As matter Of fact. you conn
municatod with Mr. Pound BY letter
a. soon as you were sufficiently able
10 do sol"
Cobiectcd 10 A. leading BY Mr.. An
drews.l
A..-'I assume complete RESPONSE
bliity No organization has any re-
sponsibiilty excepting myself. ! have
Il all"
Q--"Y0u have hired your attor-
neys and stood all the expense In re-
gard TO this case 20
(Mr. Andrews objected 20 question:
a. leading)
The court-sTt seems 10 me the
question IL leading"
This concluded the examination.
Colonel Roosevelt was on the stand
one hour and forty minutes.
Henry Raathier. city assessor of
| lshpemlng. was the next witness. He
tesiifed concerning the publication 81
the alleged Ilbes.
Attorneys for Mr.. Newctt said they
, would concede the publication OF tho
article but Colonel Roosevelt's ettor-
neys stated that they would insist
upon proving IT,
Jacob A. Rlis. the writer called as
1 the nrst important witness for
Colonel Roosevelt. testified that he
was 60 years old and Was born In
Denmark.
Ribs said he became acquainted
with Colonel Roosevelt because ~
their mutual Interest In the welfare
Of the poorer CLASSES OF New York.
II made him my brother" said
Riis. "for days and nights We walked
the streets together. watching wheth-
or the police were on duty and look
ing into the condition of those dcs-
perate tenement houses
The same degree Of friendship con-
/ tinhCU hNtll amer AIFrfN'hA At"F'N-
Welt became president.
During the fifteen years you have
l known sir. Roosevelt did you ever
sec him under the Influence Of IT.
uuorg"
"Oh. Lord. no. replied SIR Riis
'The atatement that he II free user
Ut liquor IL lie. ! have seen this
man under the greatest stress and
never have seen him resort to
liquor"
lis he q bIasphemous mang"
"No: he Is a gentleman"
Argument followed between coun-
sel az 10 whether u was competent
for witnesses 10 testify whether
Colonel Roosevelt Was gentleman
The court sustained an objection
that the Flaw presumed the plaintin
was a gentleman" When cr0ss-ex'
amined. Rils Was asked whether HE
work a. a writer took him out OF pol
tiles,
III has put me right in the thick
of II. I have been lighting Tammany
I'm New York for thirty years.
ibid you ever see ar. Roosevelt
drink mint iuieps?"
Il never did and I don't believe
he doeas I have seen him drink
champagne"
when RiiH Was excused court an
j0urned until y. M.
Had Colonel Roosevelt beer an cK'
cessiye user OF alcoholic liquor no
never would have survived the SHOCK
he sustained when he was shot In MIL
Naukee last year. according 90 Dr.
Alexander Lambert, his intimate
friend and family physician who tes-
tilted this afternoon. Or, Lambert
said he had known Colonel Roosevelt
since 1891 and had been on hnniine
trips with him IN North Dakota, Coli
orado. Wyoming aud Louisiana, The
witness said. In his profession he Ma
An expert on alcoholic subjects and Do
had treated forty th0uand Of them.
From your close personal eXper'
fence with Mr.. Roosevelt on huniing
trips aud In official life "a Washington
what would you say, tho man
drank 10 excess or not2" ~. Lambert
was asked.
"He Nas extremely temperate re-
piled the witness with emphasis.
DR. Lambert said the arsi time ht
| Wan called upon 10 give his prOfos