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damages. would have sustained verdict
in any sum up to the amount claimed IN
the plaintiffs declaration, whicn Is
$4,000.
miner thirty-one years old. foreman Oh
the Jury, reported the verdict as directed
by the court, court adjourned and Col
Roosevelt stepped forward and shook
the hand of each juror
Sou," said the colonel 1T was splendid,
Just perfectly splendid.
Matthew'S smooth shaver and youth
fal said the jurors had been much I'M
dressed with the testimony of each Wit
After Mr.. RooseveN's testimony. |
mink we were impressed chiefly with
that Of Mr.. Garfield and Mr. Riis,' said
~rhe statement. of Mr.. Newett himself
that he could not doubt that Col. Roose-
Hek was g temperate man after consld-
bring the character Of the witnesses, was
9ust how we felt
Interest Never Lost.
The scene In the little mahoganyfur-
hished courtroom in the red county build
ing on the hill overlooking Lake Superior
never for a moment during the trial ex-
tending over FIVE days. last dramatic inter-
est. However, hour after hour Mr.. Newett,
although suffering from a serious NAL
adv and with pain always visible on
his face sat listening to testimony given
AGAINST him by former members OF Col.
Rooseyelt's cabinet, literary men, doc
tors. naturalists and others OF national
renlItatjon Ten feet away sat Col. RooSe-
Welt. the plaintiff. The balconies ana
the seats behind the lawyers Enclosure
were always filled.
As well as being unusual in regard to
the character OF the charges and the
prominence OF the witnesses il was one
Of the briefest of civil trials.
prominent Men Testify.
The first witness was Col Roosevelt
and the last one for the plaintiff was Adj
m raj George Dewey. whose testimony was
introduced by deposition. Between them
We're James r. Garfield Robert Bacon,
former Secretary of State and ambassa-
dor TO France; Clifford Pinchot Truman
II. Newberry, former Secretary of War;
Mai Gen. Leonard Wood chief of staff:
Or. LYMAN Abbott. ". Emlen Roose-
welt. "a cousin of the colonel: George b.
Cort.lyou. DIR. Albert Shaw. William
Loeb, jr. Jacob a. Riis and many news
uap.r men, all Of whom testified YER
baIly or by deposition that Col Roose
welt did not get drunk. as charged In
AR. NewetI's newspaper
While Col Roosevelt, smiling delight
edIy after the verdict. Was chatting with
various persons, occasionally utterng
some appreciation OF the way in which
Judge Frannigan had governed the case
or OF some cieverness of his lawyers.
Nr Newett was speaking with friends
IN the ROOM while everybody else was
watching to see If the two principals
10 the suit would get together.
Principals Do Not Meet.
sir. Sewett was the first 10 leave the
courtroom. but, although h was fire.
a4ently halted on the way 10 III. auto
mobile by persons who wished 10 ex-
press admiration of the manner in which
ne mad acknowledged himself in the
wrong, DE was on his way 10 his home
III Ishperr ming before the colonel 1T the
building
The one opportunity where they might
nave met casually passed in this way
and there was no further chance. as the
cplone! had 10 hurry TO catch his train.
Il left at so O'Clock and on IL beside
the colonel were James X. Garfield W
J.ulen Roosevelt William Loeb. jr., and
q number of other witnesses, lawyers and
newspaper men.
The libel Of which Col. Roosevelt com
planned Was published October l., 1al2 in
Sir. Newctts weekly paper al lshpem-
ing the Iron Ore. IL took the colonel To
task for "prsaching' to others when he
himself gets drunk. and that not in
frequently. as all his intimates know"