The Washington times., 1914-05-11
IMPEACHMENT CASE
IS RESUMED TODAY
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at tho time you had this conl ersa tion p"
No"
Have YOU any knowledge Of Mrs
Rsuschers frequcntlnC Judge Nright's
chambers"
did not understand th1t she went TO
see Judge Wright. I understood she
had been seen with Carmody.
DO YOU know what her relations had
been with Carmody"'
NO. | have understood since thev had
been acquainted for many years; that
Carmody had known her since sae was
a little girl"
Did you know anything to indicate
any improper relations between Judge
Wright and Mrs. Rauscher?
NO, i never head it suggested until
1 read of those charges"
Mr.. Macdonald then led up to the
hearing of The divorce proceeding in
Judge Barnard's court and his re-
qrest for a dismissal of the bill as
testified to last Friday by the opposing
counsel. Easby-Smith.
Il went into court that day expect
ing to get NOR" time and ! did not
even take my papers with nc. said
Mr.. Macdonald. II toE Judge Barnard
thai ! needed more time. The upshot
81 It was that my motion was denied.
and Judge Barnard said I would have
:, proceed Tith the "aS".
Mr.. F.asby-Smith began tho reading
Of testimony taken by deposit ion There
vas a slight interruption when Judge
Barnard said he had promised TO hear
one witness. orally. IN another case.
and during hi" uroTruptiO I was OK
CuSnd to go to m, offire and get my
papers. ! mot CarrHndN. Judge WriEht's
secretary. in the corridors. and when he
asked me how things were getting
along remarked.
"T'vn just been forced 10 tIial i'm the
Rsuscher case. and then | went on.
Was Reading Again.
y had a brief conversation in my Of
fee with my old friend, Capt. Fred Bell.
one-time associate OF mine. and then I
went back TO the court with my papers.
I was surprised to find Mr.. Easby-Smirh
proceeding with the reading of testi
mony. although It wasn't material, T
suppose.
After I had been there few min
utes. CarmOdy came in and said that
Judge Wright wanted to see me. Car
mody said il was very important |
asked him If il had anything to do with
the pending case. and he said No
Il asked Judge Barnard if he would
excuse me for a moment, as Judge
Wright had sent for me. and he smil-
ingly assented.
II found that Judge Wright was on
the bench iu another court. and | on
tered and spoke to him. He motoned
me and | went up to the bench. tell
ing him that Carmody had como into
the other court and told me that he
CWrighn wanted to So" me
Good God, did CarmOdv do that?
asked Judge Wright. He then ex-
pIained that he thought ] was some
where about the building, that h" dhp't
know | was in court. and had sent for
me because Carmody said he had seen
me in the corridors. Judge Wright said
he wouldn't have thought of calling me
away from court.
Told Him to Hurry.
Judge Wright said he didn't want
to take me away from court. but mere
lv wanted to know what | had said
TO Judge Barnard and If ! had used
his name He said:
"'YOU hurry right back. | would not
have called you away for anything
During the recess Of court | re-
marked to CAPITA Bell that l con-
templated moving TO dismiss the suit;
that Mrs Rauscher could not win on
the incomplete evidence we had. and
had better save her face by dis
missing the bill.
After court reconvened ] told the
court I thought / had better dismiss
the bill.
Mr. Easby-Smith was mistaken
when he test fed that | moved to dis
miss the bill just after ! saw Judge
Wright. My motion came after the
recess"
Congressman Bean asked the witness
- relate again tho under