The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-07

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persistently Col Roosevelt's counsel. In
their main effort to convince the jury
that MIR. Barnes was link between
| crooked politics and crooked business,
labored all OF to-day to piece together
| scraps OF information relating to Mr..
Barnes's political power and his per-
sonal interest in profitable public print
ing.
John NJ Bowers, senior counsel Tor
Col. Roosevelt, IN attempting to join
scraps and fragments OF evidence SO as
| to make an unbroken fabric of solid
and convincing proof that political pull
meant personal gain to Mr.. Barnes. was
very much In the position OF one who
tries TO solve a picture puzzle with
somebody constantly jogging his elbow
and splitting the pieces.
| Mr.. Wins is considerable OF a logger
and more than once his unfniling alert
| ness forced MIR Bowers to retrace his
steps over a weary trail
At the end OF the day. however. GER
tain extremely interesting facts were
GO, before the Jurors. who were left
to draw whatever differences they
pleased.
First and foremost. Il became a mat
ter OF evidence that Mr.. Barnes had
direct and personal interest in public
printing contracts in years when he was
politically powerful.
Barnes's Dividends.
The books OF the Journal company.
Mr.. Barnes's newspaper concern. re
vealed that from April 10. 1905. until
April 80. 1918. he received in dividends
from the Journal company sss.s6o. a
considerable part of which was derived
from the journal company's ability TO
get printing awards from public oit'-
cials. In the same period the other
stockholders received s3S,7Gi.
It became a matter OF evidence that
Mr. Barnes for some reason or other.
which will be left for him to explain
when his time comes to testify. was
paid $4,000 by James h. Lyon as
salary" covering the period between
october /. 1899. and September 80. 1901.
AT this time James Il. Lyon person.
ally held State printing contracts. 1t
does not appear that the $4,000 &C.
scribed as salary" in the minutes OF
the Journal company came from the
J. Il. Lyon Company. Ii does mol APP
| pear that the company held the STATE
printing contracts. and the whole point
pressed Ivy the Roosevelt counsel is that
M. Lyon personally paid the S.O,ooo
! to Mr.. Barnes because Mr. Lyon per-
sonally held the contracts.
Why he felt il necessary 10 pay the
800 900 at all Is left for the jury To de-
tcrmine In this period also Mr.. Barnes
had not yet acquired his $50 shares OF
stock in the j. Il. Lyon Company.
, Feature. of the Day.
These two developmcnts-that Mr.
Barnes received the lions share of th'
Journal company's profits in years TIA
the Journal company was obtalnint
e large printing contracts which IL cous'
a | not fulfil itself. but turned over TO othel
: | companies for a commission. ana tina
I j. Il. Lyon found II agreeable or eN
Il petlicat To hs nd 100000 - MI. iarnel
at the time Mr.. Barnes was earnesi l!
a appealing to Gov. Roosevelt to proven
i the state from doing It's own printing
were the outstanding features or "a!
of chickering's between the lawyers, o
= long arguments over tenuous thread
h of law, the production of packing case
n full OF printing company books and
r the pertinacious effort OF Mr.. Bower
to get somewhere along blind trails
q 1t was day of surprises. not tn
!. least OF which was the sudden and ma
!" elimination of Col Roosevelt as wit
ness.
The Colonel, not at his happiest whe
|. held back on the side lines, was brlm
full of testimony about the relation
between Republican leader Barnes an
Democratic leader Packy McCabe in Al
bany county and city affairs. but Kei
cree Andrews informed the Colonel tina
the play was offside and Mr. Bower
L. sent the hardest player OF the gam
m back to the bench.
Important witness Turns Up.
At A witness OF great Importance in tn
a, Barnes Roosevelt libel suit-one whoi
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