Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-27
MI. Fits Explains His Presence.

MI. Fits Explains His Presence.
Speaking for the government in the
closing argument. Mr.. Fits said he
| had been greatly criticised for my APP
pearance here as an official of this
government Able as the district at
| torney and his assistant, Mr.. Archer
are. they certified to the Department
of Justice that they would need as
sistance to oppose all this great array
of counsel for the defense, well known
for deep-seated local pulls and bear
inas The feelings that run in this
case are indeed deep currents. as Mr..
Stanchfeld says. and was it not en-
tirely proper that the Department Of
Justice should send one here who could
not be swerved? And if the Attorney
General had to send some one here was
IL not entirely proper that he should
send some one from that chivalrous
country where men are never afraid
to say what they think
IF we had been living under gov
eminent of pull. some one might have
come into this court and turned these
defendants loose under some peculiar pro-
cess of the law. Under the present head OF
the government, of the Department of
Justice, no matter how great, how rich
| a man is, all must come to the bar.
and there shall be nothing about the
romance Of a bank, or how great they
are. or how rich they are. or how
powerful they are. that shall inter
fere"
Mr.. Fits defended John Shelton Will
liams, and declared that he had thought
Mr.. Stanchfield TOO big man to vilify
the controller of the currency. He Sc
verely criticised Mr. StanchheId for his
sllusion to Mr.. Roosevelt in the phrase
Of We all love Teddy, and said he
was sorry to see the New York lawyer
get down to that level. and that he
had evidently done SO to influence
some member of the jury who admires
Mr.. Roosevelt.
1T is a shame to do such thing in
the closing argument of great case,
he said. Speaking OF Mr.. Stanchfield 8
Fits declared Mr.. Stanchfeld looks
down on every man who does not
make a success financially" adding that
Mr. Trimble has Christian face.
and. that Mr.. Stanchfeld has evidently
bent the pregnant hinges of the knee
to the golden calf"
Called Heartless Attack.
Did you ever hear of a more heart
less attackr Mr.. Fits shouted, as he
strobe back and forth before the jury.
Mr. stanchfeld knew that he had to
get Trimble's evidence out Of this case
somehow. and he resorted to attacking
him because he has become a low-sal-
aried bank examiner instead of q high
salaried bank president"
Mr.. Fits excoriated Mr.. Hoover for
his attack on Mr.. Laskey. and called 1t
CUFF" as well as Cruel. uncalled- for.
extreme and Incorporate" He alluded
to Mr.. Glover and the other officials of
the bank as the rebellious children of
the United States government" and
said John Shelton williams and Mr.
Glover were two headstrong men, each
Of them wanting their own way, who
had come together like two locomotives
on track. and something had to give
way"
Then began a series of statements by
Mr.. Fits. to which Mr.. Hogan con-
stantly objected with the greatest evil
dence Of feeling. declaring that he was
making statements not in the evidence,
and at Mr.. Hogan's repeated request
Justice Siddons cautioned the Jury to
disregard them, and had them stricken
from the record. One of these state
ments was to tho effect that the Rigs
Bank had been favored by the big de-
posits of the government. which Mr..
Hogan pointed out was not in evidence,
and this consistent quarrel between
Mt. Fits and Mr.. Hogan drew the ar
gument near conclusion. after which
Mr.. Fits was cynical at the expense of
Mr.. Hogan's future as a lawyer. and
urged the jury not to pay any atten-
ton to whether his professional pride
would be hurt in making up their minds
as to a verdict.