The Washington herald., 1915-05-02
7. r. a Marvel at Defense
AS Lawyers Harry Him
Pen Pictures of Former President and Lawyers Who Are
Matching Wits in Libel Trial at
Syracuse

dency. was the way Col. Roosevelt I'm
ished his story.
IL Is we'll known OF course that the
governor of New York was double
crossed most effectually. without the fine
l,aiian hand of Plat being seen. An
otner delegation put Roosevelt in nomi-
nation in the convention.
The courtroom listened with tense in
terest to this recital Mr.. WINS had no.
accurately gagged the interest in m.
story.
William l.. Barnum, tho man Ub, -
duced Theodore Roosevelt to monos,L-
lapies. IL variously rated by romuenrs
'ors upon his great feat in tn" SyracrIs..
court house. one group of partisans
refer TO him as a poIicc-court laU,cr
VINO TOOK advantage Of a. to him. heaven
sent opportunity to hccklo an e1-Prrsi-
ueht. Another group. partisans Of
rival cause. speak of Barnum "a n rorci
DIE. competent cross-rxaminer. who
treat"d a most distinguished Iiticart as
no would have treated any. oh,,,,ro g.,
diridual called to tho witness stand
Also mat he was an excellent trI,irc n,
human nature. and comprr hcndcd nor
'e'tIS now to curbbit. Tor a fcw hour.
"t 'east' the most strcnrolS individual
who ever simultaneously followed :,
't'hitE OF v"catiOns, with several ayoca-
lions on the side
farnum is under 20 q big b,rrcr 90
man. with heavy features cxprcssi,,
GOOD hlImnr. and protuberancc Of ,.hccL
mat indicates he masticates the uaeI
mat made Sir Walter Raleigh famous
ne Is eXasPoratinclv slow in asking
questions Each Interrogation Earnr,,,
accompanies with an claborat" nlnppin.-
| OF brow and of that part 81 rb.. Ta,,ro-'-
anatomy whore his massive b..d lie,
sPuarclN on his shoulders. withoY, tro
i"ast suggestion of a neck Receiving
an answer. he moves to Strik. ont and
'e'u"stS that the witness answer YES
or No. He continues to rcpcat tho
request. not addressed to the witness
put that III" court instruct tho witness
so to answer. He is proyokinnI,. sIou
ana In" witness has plenty of time 70
worry " is all part Of tho rudiurcnts of
inc pSNCh"ioey Of "rOSS-cNamindtjOn lint
gets" many witness.
~ was all q surprise to- col RooSe
Welt. and RarnUm's tacti,s succooie,,
very Well until the witness sccomn,o
dated himself 10 the now form of attack
VI mad" Earnum's reputation in Svra-
cuse forever. lie has hcon dis,ric, at
torney Of pnondaga County, and he i.
"NPerted TO pull down county irdr.
ship at least on tho strength Of ..s,o,,
ping tn" Colonel" Popularity has com
to Barnum.
.Nn Instanc" Of how counsel on both
Sides help out the witness. and Of how
u" sets them at mountaineering f.
ma answers for him occurred this after
noon. The Colonel was explaining how
nc had happened to write 10 senator
Platt as TO the availability Of Cithhsr,
Pounds for appointment as Civil Service
commissioner. There are q round dozor
attorneys on both sides Hero is how
Tn" matter was unravr1lcd between wit
ness and counsel:
Mr.. Pounds was OF excellent family
professor at Cornell. I think. and h.
brother was dean at Harvard Not
deah-professor. put i'm Mr. Twins.
There was another brother ..Oh he
was the poet" Yes. it was a brilliant
family" The Coloners vote. could no
heard over the chorus OF discussion
'Roscoe-that's the name of the hrothe-
no. not the poet. the brother at Har-
ward. You're right. it was Roscoe.
Il was glad to have known Cuthbcrt
Pounds-a most capable man said the
colonel. getting in the last word