The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-07
40. OVERSHADOWED
BY SLAM AT SLADE|
Did Mr.. Woods WallOp Land:
Court Hears Pro and Con.
but Delays Decision.
SAFFORD DECREE MONDAY

whether or not benjamin Shade was
m. punchee Of the potential punch that
,napated from the direction of Assistant
l.n,ed states District Attorney Roger
Wood after the verdict in the Stafford
,s,hiry trial on Wcdne sday night as
.umcd proportions Of mystery yes
.,rday. AZ any rate Judge Hough,
f'ni,ed states Attorney H. Snowden
Marshall and the otner principals In the
Tanzer-osbornc affair. including the
Jurors, abandoned for day the Oliver
.,,n and sat down to consider the fistic
combat
This much Is admittedly true: There
ras considerable number OF greatly
excited and excessively tired persons on
N. third floor of the Federal Building
Al 1896 +. VI. on Wednesday Roger
q Wood and Ben SHADE were among
,hem. Roger II. Wood aimed Jess
willard M Ben SHADES nearer eye: Ben
slade thinks the aim was high. but
.he reach true--to his forehead Roger
p Wood fears his reach was short,
though his intention was right, and now
everybody concerned is trying to find out
whether Ben SHADES punched" sensa-
ion was purely psychological or Roger
+ Wood is just fistically modest.
Judge Hough has satisfied himself that
there was no contempt of court. but
ne Is still Interested in the affair from
professional and purely personal
standpoint. The matter may be laid
before the grievance committee OF the
BAR Association.
Mr. Woods justification for aiming
the punch that Mr. Slade says landed
was remark Mr.. Wood says Mr. Slade
made 20 him when the Jurors were pass
ing out OF the box. Mr. Wood told
Juror No. 3. Cassell. that he wanted
to see him for a few minutes. Mr..
Wood says Mr.. Slade approached him
IN an insulting and insinuating manner
and said: "Ha. IA ! So YOU are having
A private conference with n Juror" Mr..
slsde denies that remark. but admits
hat he thought he heard Mr.. Wood
say: Thank you. you did a good
,ob' to the juror. and that he then
'aced MFR. Wood. The blow was aimed
Immediately after
incidentally the jurors. hastily turned
into fight" witnesses At the several
lnquests held on the punch yesterday.
took occasion to square themselves. tHs-
sell was reported To have threatened
10 smash the forenan's head, but the
version OF that affair yesterday was that
(, was a reporters head which was
threatened by Cassell. Quarrels' III
mi NJ, That eleven hour converse
ton relative To- verdict on Franklin
. slfford's guilt was the most amicable
ever
Assistant Dis;ric, Attorney Samuel
Hrrsthenstein said the Grand Jury
which heard the previous evidence In the
case aud returned the seven indict-
ments. one Of which. Saffurd's. is dis
1osed Of. would be called together some
tine early next week t. hear evidence
.ela'iv" tn Rae Tan2eI's testimony nj
he Ssfford Trial and her previous sworn
statements. The other indictments may
no, ne tried until early in June.
II WAS also announced yesterday that
Oliver Osborne's trail is still being fol-
lowed. other things seeming 10 over
shadow II Notwithstanding Benjamin
S'ade makes a standing Offer of $1,000
ior Oilers finding.
Stafford will Dc sentenced on Monday
morning at lO:l5. The prescribed pen
s,y FOR perjury in the Federal courts
is i've years and $1,000 fine.