Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

tor Eyre was head and shoulders
In the Capitol graft and the orig
inator of the foot-and-rule measure
ments, which had cost the state
neavy loss. and of asserting that
senator Eyre would have been pun
lshed the same as others had for
the crinie had he not pleaded the
statute of limitations.
In closing Colonel Holding said
senator Eyre has been damned.
his children have been damned and
the children to come have been
damned. and in view of this we ask
the jury on hearing the evidence
we Will produce to render a verdict
in his favor"
Senator Eyre testified during ex-
animation by former Judge Cor
don:
Il am the plaintiff in this case
and am the one against whom Mr..
Berry made his slanderous remarks.
| was born in Delaware county and
have resided in West Chester since
1871, l was Superintendent of
Buildings and Grounds at Harris
burg from 1899 to 1903. My prede-
cessor was John C. Delaney, while
James Shoemaker succeeded me. 1
was never the originator of the foot
and-yard schedule and that state
ment is false"
Were you" asked Mr.. Gordon,
the machinery that operated the
s7.0O0,OO0 Capitol steal ?"
I was not" replied Mr.. Eyre. It
had nothing to do with it. / never
drew contract. l never pleaded the
statute of limitations nor did I ever
receive a penny directly or indirect
ly of the money ia ken -
Opening for the defense. Attorney
James Scarlet said:
William II. Berry had a perfect
privilege to make the remarks he
did and he did so without the slight
est idea of malice, acting purely in
the interest of the voters of Chester
county ,as he did not believe It right
to send as Senator to Harrisburg a
man whom he knew from .investiga-
tions he had made was implicated in
the Harrisburg graft. He was told
to follow the trail to Room 900,
Arcade building. and he did, and
that room was occupied by Larry
Eyre. John c. Delaney told him
this and John C. Delaney knew"
In closing MIR. Scarlet said: This
man Eyre was cheek and jowl with
Sanderson and by the evidence we
will produce we will prove this"
Mr.. Berry was sworn and admit
ted having made the speeches re-
ferred 10 which resulted in the ac-
ton. He said that while Treasurer
of Pennsylvania he had started the
investigation over certain bills and
then, by questioning various persons.
had found that the name of Mr..
Eyre was linked in the Capitol cases
in several instances. The witness
testified to several checks having
been paid by various banks in Phil
adelphia for large amounts to Burd
Cassell, of the Pennsylvania Con-
struction Company, which had been
awarded the furniture contracts,
and that these checks bore the sig
nature of T. Larry Eyre. ...
Collector Berry said he had been
told by John c. Delaney to watch
Mr.. Eyre's office in the Arcade
and he had seen Mr.. Cas-
sell enter with a bunch of money
as big as his leg" while former
State Treasurer Matthues had come
out with as large a bunch" of
money"
Toward the end of the afternoon
session Attorney Scarlet asked the
witness if he had ever read the al
legged confession" of the late John
relating to Harrisburg
Capitol graft, and Mr.. Berry replied
that he had many times and that
from 1t he had learned much of
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