Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-19
HARRIS LET'S WIFE
FIGHT SUIT ALONE
Husband in Damage Case Keeps Off
Witness Stand, Spending Time
in Court House Corridors.
ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED TODAY


The lawyers arguments in the
case of Harris against The Bee were
begun before Judge Graves yester-
day afternoon and will be concluded
this morning. Opening for The Bee,
Attorney Stanley NJ. Rosewater re-
viewed the evidence of the different
witnesses and laid stress upon the
purposeful absenting of Myer Harris.
husband, from the witness stand. He
asked the Jury bluntly whether any
one of them il, were his wife
similarly accused ami he had been
her constant companion in every
transaction described, and had seen
and heard everything said and done,
he would keep hidden out in the cor
ridor without coming to her defense,
and he suggested, as the only plausi-
BILE reason, the fear of Harris to be
subjected to the scrutiny ard cross
examination of his own acts.
For the plaintiff, Attorney Saw
telle consumed nearly an hour with
a statement designed to soft-pedal
the woman's story and will be fol-
lowed by Attorney Bronze. The clos
ing argument will be made by At.
torney w. ]. Connell
Myer Harris Appears.
The trial was resumed yesterday
when the man in the affair, Myer Har-
ris, who had previously been careful to
absent himself from view of the jury,
came in and sat down in a conspicuous
chair, where his attorney. Sawtelle. con-
ferred with him several times with his
arm around his shoulders.
The testimony was confined to rebuff
tai by Jeweler Cunningham and his
clerk. Miss Thompson, and the county
attorney of Pottawattamie county, and
then the Harris people were taken al
most off their feet when Victor Rose
water. editor of The Bee. presented
copy of the world-Herald of July 10,
1913, in which MRS. Harris had positively
sworn she had read the advertisement
offering for sale restaurant in Council
Bluffs, to look at which she and her
husband had thereupon taken the street
car across the river, as explaining their
where they had asked to see a childs
ring, but looked at diamonds in each
place. This newspaper. which was in
troduced in evidence. showed a goodly
list OF restaurants and hotels advertised
for sale in Omaha and other towns. but
not single one in Council Bluffs.
Rosewater On stand.
Q.-were you present in the court room
=
ing a certain advertisement in the World
Herald on July Is, 1918, relating to some
place for rent over in Council Bluffs
which she assumed to describe to the
jury? You heard that, did your
Ayes, heard II.
Q.--Now, have you at my request or
the request OF my associate, made a care
full examination or inspection Of the files
of the worId-Heraid to ascertain and de-
tsrmine whether any such publication
was made at the time that she stateg 2
Mr.. Brome-We object to that.
Mr. Connell-That is merely preliminary
whether he has made any inspection.
Mr.. Brome-WelI. go ahead.
The Court--He may answer.
Al have.
OWN you turn to the world-Herald
of July Is, 1918. and say about where it is
found?
Ayes. will turn down the page
Cor put this slip in; will do Just as
well. Mr.. Rosewater, you may state to
this jury il you have carefully and thor
oughly examined that newspaper OF that
date, referring to the WorldHerald of
July 10, 1918, and say whether there is to
be found m that paper anywhere any
advertisement of the nature, description
or purport in any way OF the article or
advertisement as testified to by the
plaintiff in this case?
Wants Paper In Evidence.
MIR. Bronze: That is objected to as In
competent, irrevelant and immateral
They are entitled to put that paper in
evidence. Until II is in evidence no man
can testify whether anything does or
does not appear on its face and after It is
in evidence one man can tell, and this
jury can tell as we'll as anybody whether
npears there. OF course, where It is
big, bulky paper. after it is evidence
l suppose a witness might be permitted
to testify that an item did or did not
appear there. But the nature and char
aeter of the item to which this plaintiff
referred when on the witness stand is
not something that this witness will be
allowed to determine, in my opinion.
Mr.. Council: We win cut this thing
short and l will offer in evidence the
newspaper and then / will take The
course you suggest and examine Mr
Rosewater in regard TO whether any such
thing is to be found in it, We offer -
evidence the newspaper referred to the
whole of it.
Mr.. Bronze: 1 have no objection to rhe
newspaper
Q. Now. Mr.. Rosewater. the paper hag-
ing been received in evidence / will ask
you II you made a careful. thorough eX-
animation TO find in that newspaper any
where and everywhere in IL any adver-
tsemenJ Of the nature and description
testified TO by Mrs Harris?
No Bluffs Ad.
A. There is no advertisement Of any
restaurant for sale or lease in Courc!I
Bluffs in that paper.
O. Right In that connection. what l.
the fact as to whether or not there ar,
number OF advertisements regarding
the sale or rental or disposal of such
places and, without stating what TRAY