Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-20

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! Didn't tell YOU in the presence Of two
newspaper men that you were the big
gest crook in the postoffice building?"
Hajek. mo, you only said YOU
thought ] was; II you had said such a
thing you would have been a candidate
| for the undertaken"
/ When order was restored the cross
| examination Of Hajek was continued
and brought out the fact that while he
was In the very act of questioning the
defendants as to their citizenship he
was not himself a citizen.
Isn't 1t a fact asked Gray, that
/ YOU were fired and are hanging about
/ Washington now trying to keep in the
| limelight?"
| TO put two traitors where they belonged.
on the gallows.
/ Gray then brought out that Hajek.
formally in business here. had advertised
/ in the Tageblatt. When asked II he had
paid his bills he said that he had not
because the Tageblatt had not furnished
| the company with which he was con-
nected any proof that they had ever
published those advertisements and
therefore his firm refused to send them
the check
Isn't It a fact" said Mr.. Gray. that
you sent them a check and ii was no
good7"
That is a lie" replied Hajek
Mr. Gray, referring to the fact OF
Hajeks noncitizenshlp, said. 81 guess
the Government didn't know as much
about you as we do. That will be all
thank you"
After the calling Of Todd Daniel. of
hp 81, 1,,t e
the witness stand the court was ad
jCurned until 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
Ia Toilette Mentioned
The name of Robert NJ La Toilette
United States Senator from Wisconsin
a pacifist. figured In the testimony in
the cross-cXamination of Frank J.. Gar.
barino, agent of the Department OF
Justice. Tie testified that on September
IL, 1917, which was two days after the
Tsgeblatt raid, Werner visited him.
Werner" testified Garbarino. "wanted 4
to know whether ! had authorized state.
ments appearing in certain, newspapers
that Senator la Toilette was affiliated
with the Tageblatt. I told him that
never made statements to the effect that
Senator La Toilette was identified witt
the Tageblatt"
Efforts on the part of the Govern.
ment to show that many persons in this
section were inflamed by editorials anc
other articles appearing in the Tage
blatt. which 1t is alleged were OF q
reasonable nature, were objected e
by counsel for the defense. These OBJ
jections were sustained. Asked by Asss
: tant United States District Attorney
Harvey to tell how many German alieI
enemies were in the Eastern Distrc
of Pennsylvania, Garbarlno replied tha
, on April 6, 1917, when state OF wal
/ between this country and Germany
: was declared there were about 5000.
, Headlines and captions praising tn,
/ work OF the Germans and scofling a
acts of the United states Governmen
were read by United States District At
torney Kane as parts of evidence.
/. Garbariro, the first weness, after thi
opening address by Mr.. Kane, Assistan
= United States Attorney Ernest Harve,
proceeded with the examination OF wit
nesses while Mr.. Kane sat at his elbow
giving a6yice.
MIR Garbarino's testimony mostly con
, cerned the raid on the office of the Ger
/ man newspaper on September 10 last
He identified a mass OF papers and news
paper Copy" taken in the raid Gar
barino was on the stand during a por
tion of the morning session, and his ties
: timony was resumed after the noon re
cess.
After Garbarino finished testifying
Chief Postal Inspector James T. Cor
telyou took the witness stand. He tes
tilted he was in the office Of the Tase
blatt on the night of September IL, 1917
when the Department Of Justice visited
that place with search warrants. III
confirmed the seizure of German news
fpapess and other literature containing
headlines, captions and dispatches whict
the Government contends were of . cr
ditious nature.
Werner was very cvasive when Web
ster Spates, Of the local branch OF tn,
Department Of Justice, visited III,
Tageblatt offices before the raid.
II was asked by Werner to show my
credentials which did" said Spates
II asked Werner certain questions con
cerning his connection with the Tage
blatt He refused TO tell me anything
but kept insisting that | show him my
credentials which ! did. After refusing
to answer my questions he turned tc
me and said he wouldn't tell me any.
thing"
} Mr.. Kane opened his address with I
definition of the laws of the Untcc
States regarding treason, defining sew
eral differentiations made !r the law
He then went into the indictment max,
ing a survey of the evidence to b,
produced
Many captions from papers to be pro
duced in evidence were read by Mr.
Kane He commented on their argumen
tative force in the obstruction of tn,
prosecution of the war by the United
States. Praise for the work Of the Ger