The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-05-31
PRCJssfNT WITNESSES SWEAR THAT
ROVsEyEl r IS TEMPERATE
.HtAss.y EVIDENCE RULED OUT
CAS-. va p,ybably Consume the Greater
poaiaSc, Mex week as Defense Has
Not let Started.

in lhe .srquetn, county circuit court,
,uogs flannigs1 presiding, last Mon
iay afternoon. The ex president was
present in persen and was represented
ly Jan e. H. Pound Of Detroit, William
A. Vsibenschoien Of New York and
s.. s. lin Of Mtrquette as attorneys.
MIR. Sswett. su fering from his recent
sN es,- ,.lness. yas in court. represent.
Ell 10y -. r. eden of Ishpeming and
Ecrace NJ Andr sws Of Cleveland.
Che action ,gas for libel. Colonel
6tcsey ct mainta aiming that when Mr..
\, welt printed in his paper last fall
''lfe Roosevelt gets drunk. not in
trquen.iy. and all Of his Intimates
k ow il L. that he printed falsehood
Il Il siaadrred liim msliciously and
4, which l,e derianded OF Mr.. Newett
:, sun. If $4,000 Colonel Roosevelt
:. inns t:fst the money was a minor
&c censjdsi.sion tiat the reason for the
&C tion as 10 stop once and for ali the
st ,temeiis that nave been circulated
tb AZ he y drinking man aud gets
In .Oxica til
the surt room was packed with
81 ctators from all over and the largest
bpash ~ press representatives were on
ha "a tla@ has eN er been present in the
npoer s.Sinsula TO report the proceed
inns TO TIE paper of the world Every
pnmin-r. paper in the large centers
wa refi 1sented lS special correspon-
deIt apss the press associations had
50, ersl representatives. on hand,
!nndse afternt on was taken up with
tn, examining Of jurors. Judge Flan-
rifan as-snged or an evening session
so that fhe trial might be hurried
alsag. A jury v as secured and sworn
in iurire the night session and adj
jor rDm,It was taken until Tuesday
Inorning when tie taking Of testimony
,,of imentsa..
Colonel Roosevelt was the first wit.
ies sworr. He testified that while he
is iot a bc'al abs amer he never drank
wh skey D. beer that he seldom drinks
anJ wine was never intoxicated in
his lfe hat wb,neyer he drank wine
il vas s'rply tc sip It and the wine
drupk wss alwa, light white wine
Tint ocCfsiorall5. when exhausted. he
mas on aisice o his physician, taken
li,ile brady in milk but the amount
Of liquor Mas yeiy slight.
FAlowrs Colonel Roosevelt came
Jac ID Rn. who testified that he has
beet a 'ripanioi, Of Roosevelt for a
gret ni15 year aud that he knew Of
his ocs knowlelge that the Colonel
newr :. * liqIor and never was in
toxi att
ID F-rsley Rixey, retired surgeon
central VI the L ). army was the third
witness sat testified to the sobriety
Cf t'olone Roosevelt folio we'd by DR..
Ian bert. tne family .phyHciah. de
posi- IONS Fr-e read from DR.. Murphy
md his tSaciaies who attended Col.
fnel Rooss~elt sftcr the Milwaukee
shoe ing efrir, statiag.that the con
dititn Of tBy Of the patient indicated
that ne vic MT addicted to the use oI
liqwr Jgs,H q. CrLaughlin. the news
4. paper cof.cspond, nt, testified that h,
was viii koose, cit on his.Europear
tip snd that Roosevelt was .temperat,
al Of the time.
Clifford Pinchoi, former chief forest
er of tie y. =. harles Thompson. q
proiaient New Xrk newspaper CORES
! pendent. Andrc,, AbeIe. former 10
com1tlse engineer. aud Mr.. Abbott
son 5f the editor of the Outlook, wer'
placed on the sand Cn Thursday. al
OF tnem testifsing 20 the sobriet,
of the 81. president.
In me Lean time a legal batter haC
i'een fought be,w en the attorneys fo
the two sides in which each side gain
ed a icint. Tn, jury was exclnde'
from the room while the argnmenl
we're being made which resulted in
ruling 10y Judge Flanniaau that news
paper reports and common rep y coul,
not be PIT In efidence sgaips' Mr.
Ro ~eyelt ips th',t testimony as 10 b
reputation oa tbs plaintiif previous &
ths libel i At issue and testimon.
tending - -how 1 10 he one way or th
other y admissible.
n Court adiourne'l oyer Yesterday Ne
mortal Day and tits thought that al
Of today Will te consumed with tn
testimons yes 20 be introduced by IN
plsiutin This means that the defens
will aot prt In any testimony unit