The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-20
ROOSEVELT TO Be
|. ON HAND MONDAY
Number of Witnesses to Accom-
pany Him to Marquette

According to the present program
Colonel Roosevelt whose civil libel
suit against George y. Ncwctt, of
lshpeming, Is set for trial in circuit
court in Marquette next week. will
arrive IN Marquette next Monday
morning, says the Mining journal
Colonel Roosevelt will he accumpan-
led by number of friends who will
appear in 'hc course of the trial as
Witnesses, Just who they will lie, or
how many is not known in Marquette,
nut it has been asserted that the col
"ncrs party will include a dozen well
known men. The party will he the
guests of George Shiras Bird at the
White residence. Mr.. Shiras is cN.
pect"d to come To Marquette in COM
pany with Colonel Roosevelt.
w. l.. Bcldcn, attorney for Mi
NcWctt was in Marquette Saturday
He spent part of last WecN in ohio,
taking dcpositioEs of witnesses for
the defendant that will he submitted
10 the COURSE of tho trial James IT.
Pound. IT Detroit. ono at the attor-
roNa ton Colonel Roosevelt was pres
cnt at the hearings and cross cXamin-
ed the Witnesses. Their testimony. Il
Is asserted. dealt largely with their
ideas OF incidents of Colonel Rooso-
Nclts camplien trips i'm ohio last fail.
/ The ohio towns visited included
| Cleveland Athens. Bcllciontainv.
WcllsDon and l'rbana Mr.. Brldcn
was assisted in the examinations hy
! Hiram Bronson an ohio attornev,
Who is a brother of II, T. Bronson of
/ ishpeming.
Night Sessions Possible.
/ Mr Beldcn Saturday said that the
! matter of holding night sessions in tho
case was informally discussed be.
4 tween him ana Mr.. Pound and it is
/ possible that an agreement to hold
sucn sessions will he reached, This
would considerably expedite the case.
! hich otherwise will drag through
/ several days very word of the de-
, positions will have To be read To tho
jury, aud as there will be, in the ag
grcgatc som, dozens of these
amounting Ia some hundreds of typc-
written pages, it will take n lot az
solid work To get their contents be
fore the court, to say nothing of tho
probability that it will be a consid
cradle task to secure a jury and that
! il will require considerable time To-
I hear the witnesses who will appear in
person.
1t is reported in the lower state
papers that ~. o. Young of Ishpc-
ming, vino resigned his seat in Con.
@rcss recently will lac an attorney tpr
/ Mr. NcWctt. but it is not believed To-
rdlly that he win have any active
connection with the case. y story
that Colonel RooscNclt's attorneys as.
ycrt that big corporations, PARTICULAR
Is the Steel trust, are taking an ac.
i've interest in the case appears 10
Ice a newspaper yarn, as. MI. lounr
Is the only attorney who has had any
particular connection with the steel
trust whose name has been connected
"a any way with the case. Mr.. Eel
den will be assisted, it is said, by
rioi4tcc Andrews. OF Cleveland.
First Come First Served.
" hiic no announcement has been
made by Judge FLANAGAN of the way
the case Will Ice handled, as far as
,hc pablo is concerned, it is infor
mallN stated that the seating capacity
of the court ruum-which Will Ice ia
great demand at least while personal
testimony is being takcn-will bc dis
posed OF on the first come, lrst
served" rule In other words. the