The Washington herald., 1916-05-24
OVATION GIVEN
I. R. in Court
Former President Holds Gen.
ter Of Stage at Riggs Bank
Officials Trial.
PRAISES c. c. GLOVER
Raises Laugh by Statement That
Banker Was Against Me in 1912"
Here Four Hours.

Col Theodore Roosevelt, former Presi-
dent and candidate for G. o. P. nomina-
uon, was witness in Criminal
Court No l, at City Hall yesterday, in
the Riggs Bank officials trial. Though
the Colonel was on the stand but fifteen
minutes, he upset the procedure Of that
dgnined building OF justice.
File clerks in the basement, stenog-
raphers on the top floor and others of
the Supreme Courts clerical stan on
floors intervening, left their work and
competed for standing room with the in
hux Of spectators from the outside.
The ColoneIs arrival was admirably
staged. Court was to open at 10 o'clock.
AT four minutes of the hour, the jurors
filed in. They were barely seated when
the former President was announced by
a commOtion outside the court room. The
spectators, crowding the benches and
packed in the standing space, cheered
; loud greetings.
Bows to Spectators.
The Colonel seated himself, but so pro-
longed was the applause that he arose
and bowed at intervals. Then Justice
SiddOns arrived and quiet was restored.
Mr.. Roosevelt was called to the stand
first He bowed to Justice Siddons, who
returned the salutatiOn. Clerk Mckee
then held the stage as he pronounced the
oath to Mr.. Roose ,elt
n,
piled his residence was in Oyster Bay
and his occupation a writer Then. under
examination by Attorney John B. Stanch-
neld, for the defense, he told Of his
friendship with Charles c. Glover. for
whom he had come to testify as to char
aCter in the latter's trial, with the two
Flather brothers, for alleged perjury.
Col Roosevelt spent fifteen minutes on
the stand He used many adjectives in
his testimony, all OF them going to the
credit of the defendant. Mr.. Glover He
returned to his seat. but only for a mo-
ment.
To the bowling of the jury and a COM
motion such that the trial was suspended.
Mr.. Roosevelt left the court, with a
quarter of the spectators following him.
but so great was the applause OF ad-
Clirers on the outside that the resump-
ion Of court was interrupted.
Breakfasts with Daughter.
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived here yesterday
al o'clock and breakfasted at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs Nicholas Long
worth He left on the II o'clock train,
after a drive about the Mall.
United States Attorney Iaskey, the
chief prosecutor Of the accused bankers
twice objected to answers Of the former
, President and the line OF questioning put
the witness by Attorney otanchfeld. He
did not approve of Mr.. Roosevelt's go
ing into personal condolences with Mr
Glover and objected to Attorney
StanChfelds question as to what the
bank president and the then President
Of the United States discussed about pub
lie affairs of Washington. Both his OBJ
jertiOns were sustained by Justice Sid
dous
O..ry once did Colonel Roosevelt essay
70 turn query into a laugh. In elaborat-
ing urDn a question, he said he did not
have much political talk with Mr.. Glover
but that he understood in 1872 he was
for either Mr.. Wilson or Mr.. Taft.
knew he vas against me" whereupon,
the spectators laughed and the court
Crier knocked for order.
Praises Accused OFFICIALS.
Nj Roosevelt expressed the highest
praise of Mr.. Glover. and W. J. Flather
and H. H FIather, the other two defen-
dants in the trial.
Other witnesses as to the character OF
Mr.. Glover. following Mr.. Roosevelt on
the stand, We're Senator Oscar Under
wood. Senator Ncw;&nds. Charles D.
WalCott. secretary of the Smithsonian
Institute. Henry White. former Ambas-
sador to France; Robert c. Howard, in
surance agent. William s Corby, baker;
Gen. John VI. Wilson and Rudolph
Kaufman.
Following the character witnesses.
owen T Reeves, president of the
DrOvers' National Bank, of Chicago and
a former bank examiner frequently who
had examined the Rigs Banks books.
was recalled to the stand. During the
afternoon session the jury was excused
while Attorney Hogan. of counsel for the
defense. read CORES spordence between the
bank and ComptrOIers of the Currency,
including the incumbent, John SHELTON
Williams