New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-04
Colonel To Be Recalled
to Correct Some of
His Statements.
STACKS OF BOOKS
AND PLATT LETTERS
Defence Seeking TO Connect
Barnes with State Printing
Graft in Albany.
lFrcm . star co--rspoaa,r, q T., Tribune

action brought by Mr.. Barnes against
the Colonel. Colonel Rooscvclts re.
appearance Is assured. lie has found
he made some mistakes when he was
on the stand and he wants 10 correct
them.
A reversal to-day by Justice An
drews Of a ruling he made while Col
oncl Roosevelt was tcstifyinG is anoth.
or cause for recalling the defendant
1t will permit the witness to tell some
things he was shoocd away from be.
fore. The original ruling Of the
court was that the defendant was
bound by the provisions Of his plead
ings regarding anti-malice evidence.
Mr.. Barn,ss appearance tomorrow
is not so sure. II he is called it will
be as a witness for the Colonel in a
moment Of pique to-day John ". Bow
ers, Of Roosevelt's counsel, actually
did announce: Il call William Barnes
The repentance OF Mr.. Bowers was
swifter even than the eager haste OF
the plaintiff, and halted Mr.. Barnes
at the very threshold of the witness
stand Mr. Bowers's second thought
was spurred by the knowledge that
having placed Mr.. Barnes on the
stand, he could not seek to impeach
his yeracity unless extreme caution
were exercised If the Colonels coun-
sci confined himself strictly to the
identification Of the books he wanted
Mr.. Barnes to produce, the plaintiff
would not be, in a legal sense, his
witness. II he permitted Mr.. Barnes
TO tantalize him into a single question
beyond that, the Roosevelt bacon
would be in extreme peril.
Dodges Calling Barnes
Ledgers and accounts Of the Albany
Journal Company were what almost
brought in Mr.. Barnes as a witness
Some Of them Mr.. Bowers wanted. Mr.
Barnes has a trunkful Of them at the
Onondaga Hotel. When Mr.. Bowers
badly and a little petulantly an.
nounced his wants, William ". Wins
Mr.. Barnes's attorney, poured a dis
Greet amount Of oil on the fire i'm
mediately.
you can issue a subpoena duces
tecum." suggested M Wins, "put Mr.
Barnes on the stand, and identify the
books through him. That's the way
was brought up TO try cases"
Il was dare and Mr.. Bowers al
most took it. Instead, he asked Mr..
Barnes TO have the books in court to-
morrow, thus leaving the question OF
identification open. When a some
what similar dare was offered to Mr.
Wins early in the trial, he took it and
proved through Colonel Roosevelt him
self that the alleged libel was di-
rected at Mr.. Barnes.
Books were an important feature OF
the trial to-day. Two bookcases were
erected 10 bold the volumes that will
form exhibits in evidence relating tC
the printing situation in Albany
Spotswood Bowers, of the Roosevelt
counsel, acted as Librarian
In digging into the books Of the
James Z. Lyon Company, Albany
printers, TO find a trace Of William
Barnes, John ". Bowers made an in
teresting discovery. lie found that
the minute book of the corporation
brought by Charles VI. Winchester
vice president Of the James b. Lyon
Company. was not the original. En-
tries for 1903, 1904 and 1905 were
missing. Mr.. Winchester said he had
discovered only a few days ago that
the book was not the original. The
copy had been made about ten years
ago, h said, and the book from which
it had been made was lost. Mr.. Bew-
ers found little Of value in the book
Mr. Winchester had.
Many More Plat Letters.
Edward Plat, executor of the estate
Of his father. Senator Platt. brought a
travelling bag bullying with letters
Written by inc btHdNNi ~ iHA i," az =
Roosevelt and by the Colonel and
Barnes TO Plat There we're hundreds
of them written between 1890 and 1903
A difficulty arose when Mr.. Platt eX-
pressed his idea that as the letters had
all been subpunaed by Colonel Roose-
velt's attorneys, all or none should be
introduced. He is comforting tonight
with counsel for bo.n sides as 20 what
letters are material.
II was found by W. II. Van Ben
schoten. Colonel Roosevelt's represent.
alive at the conference, that few OF
the Barnes letters on which their
hopes were based would prove useful,
About IA dozen, including both Roose-
welt and Barnes correspondence, have
been tentatively selected. Mr.. Plat
said that some Of the correspondence
had been destroyed 20 relieve crowded
flies. II was hoped by counsel for the
Colonel that the letters might relate
TO Albany printing contracts.
Beyond the discovery that after the
discount 20 1.-THE Albany Journal" was
discontinued by "The Argus" met
prices, generally as low as the old rate
were charged BY "The Argus" for
printing done for The Journal.
Colone! Roosevelt's counsel made little
progress with the printing issue TO.
day, and that little was most tedious.
Among the witnesses who have been
summoned or are under subpoena are
William II. Hotchkiss, Howard b.
Bayne and Lafayette b. Gleason.