Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-04
ROOSEVELT AGAIN WILL
co ON WITNESS STAND
Prospects Indicate That Barnes VIII
Either Precede or Follow
Him.
BOTH EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF
More Letters That Passed Between
Former President, Late Senator
Plat and Barnes Also VIII BE
Produced in Court To-Day.

SYRACUSE. N. Y. May 3.-Theodore |
Roosevelt again will go on the witness
stand In Supreme Court here to-mor-
row. and the prospects tonight were
that William Barnes either would pre-
cede or follow him. Plans to these
ends were made to-day by counsel for
the respective principals in Barnes's
$4,000 libel suit. after many witnesses
had testified for the defense.
1t was believed the testimony of both
chairman Of the Republican State Com
mittee would be brief.
Colonel Roosevelt. under a new rul-
ing Of the court, will be allowed to
testify in regard TO facts not set forth
In the pleadings in mitigation of dam
ages. And he may produce evidence
designed to show that he held no malice
for Barnes at the time he delivered
speeches in which the plaintiff was
named.
Barnes was called as a witness for I
the defense to-day after Franklin Cra-
Icy. secretary and treasurer OF tho
Albany Journal Company, had sworn |
that books OF the corporation which he |
possession
Of the plaintiff. Barnes was to testify
In regard to how much stock he owned
In the Journal Company, and possibly |
other things. He was on his way to |
the witness chair when Justice William
s. Andrews. presiding, suggested that
II might be a good idea to have Barnes
get the books in question, which coun-
sci said were In Syracuse hotel. At
torneys for both sides agreed. and
Barnes was instructed to bring tho
books to court with him in the morn
ing.
MORE LETTERS WILL BE
INTRODUCED IN COURT
More letters that passed between the
late Thomas c. Plat. former United
States Senator on one hand. and VIII
liam Barnes and Colonel Roosevelt on
the other. also will be produced in court
Tomorrow.
Tho testimony given to-day .:as OF !
many kinds. There was evidence re-
garding printing in Albany. Michael
Dolan, manager of the Argus Company.
OF Albany. identified books printed for
the city OF Albany bearing the line
Printed by the Journal Company" and
admitted that his company, the Argus
Company actually had struck of tho
book. The same witness told of the
Journal Company being paid ID per cent
commission on orders by the Argus
Company.
city officials and former city oflcial
Of Albany also appeared on tho stand. |
One Identified official records which |
showed that the j. B. Lyon Co. was
given contract over three other con- !
Germs which bid lower
The former city clerk OF Albany
saih he gave orders to- the Journal
Company because he knew and was
friendly with people there. Including
Barnes.
None OF the witnesses testified that
nc ever had business dealings with
Barnes personally. or that Barnes ever
had solicited printing.
FORMER CORRESPONDENTS
GIVE THEIR EVIDENCE
Two former Albany correspondentsl
Tor New York newspapers testified TO
conversations they said they had with |
Barnes. The first, Jacob J. Dickinson |
OF Washington. swore that Barnes. in !
discussing Governor Hughcs's an,i-race
track legislation. had said that CIV
erhor hughes had told him he favored
the measure AZ matter OF conscience |
me witness quoted Barnes as saying
ne had told the Governor in reply thar
there was no common ground between
them when the Issue was between con-
science ana votes. The witness rcpre-
sented Barnes as saying that the sue
cess OF the Republican party was q |
paramount aim.
walter T. Arndt, OF New York. tho
second correspondent. swore that
Barnes had told him in 1911 he had re-
ceived a message from Charles F.. Muir.
phy. OF Tammany Hall. that direct
primaries Dill then before the Legisla-
lure was likely to pass unless the Re-
publcans were to unite with tho Dame
Gratis, and that the Tammanv leader
had asked the plaintiffs help Barnes
WIS quoted as saying that the Demo !
Gas were In control at Albany. and
'nat Murphy could pull his own chest
r';s out OF the fire."
'en inc witness for the defense
amused.