Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-16

over the testimony concerning himself |
given Friday by George Stoll. He |
stated he had heard all the evidence.
lie was first asked IL he had told Stoli
at Rexburg or anywhere else that the
League was not supporting the war
and their loyalty stand was mere cam
outage, He answered that he never
did.
did you tell Stoll we had no bust
ness in the war; was the next ques-
'tion, to which the witness answered,
mo"
Question after question was put to
the witness concerning the statements
alleged to have been made by him, ac
cording to the witness Stoll and in
each case he denied having made the
statements.
He admitted his visit to Phil
PurI, the Socialist, confined in
the Lewiston Jail, but denied the
testimony of the jailor that he
spent three quarters of an hour
with him or that he talked to
PurI in low voice. His testimony
was to the effect that he was not
with Purl, over 10 minutes and
conversed with him in an ordinary
tone of voice.
The witness was next taken back to
Kate Richards O'Hare, the notorious
Socialist, now serving a term of five
years in federal prison for seditious
utterances against the government. He
denied the testimony of the several
witnesses of North Dakota. given in
dispositions. declaring he had never
talked to the woman in the lobby Of the
Mckenzie hotel, at the cigar counter
In the hotel, never went upon the ele-
vator nor never walked down the street
| with her or her attorney, as was tes-
titled to by several prominent men of
| Bismarck.
| Asked If he saw Rist. the North
| Dakota deputy tax collector, who
testified that he saw Mckaig rush
| up to Kate Richards O'Hare, place
| his hand on her shoulder and greet
/! her affectionately and call her
| Sister, the witness testified, he did
| not see him at the trial. He was
asked WHISTLER or not he put his
hand on her shoulder, which was
| objected to by the defense as not
| proper rebuttaI evidence, the wit
ness having testified to all details
4 of meeting the woman previously.
i The objection was sustained and
the plaintiffs announced that they
rested.
Following the testimony of McKaig,
dispositions were introduced by the de-
PENDANTS to show that Sullivan whom
the plaintiffs discredted by a number
of witnesses, was well recommended as
a man of his word by others, not mem
' ADMIT SOCIALISM.
In the testimony Of Scholtz and
that given in the dispositions, It de-
veIoped that one of the organizers
in Idaho, named Thomas, had in
formed Scholtz that he had been a
Socialist in the past, but more re-
costly was a Non Partison voter
and was glad the Nonpartisan
T! league had come aInog. Several of
the witnesses testifyins against
Sullivan, admitted they had been
| Socialists.
Both plaintiff and defendant there
MANY TENSE MOMENTS.
III There have been many tense mo-
ments in the court room since the tria
opened. Repeatedly Judge McCarth,
has been obliged to rap for order ant
ask the spectators not to make demon
= ;strations and on two occasions has an
: lnounced IL demonstrations were mad'
he would be obliged to clear the cour
ROOM Numerous law questions as Il
the admissability of evidence, hav'
been put up to Judge Mccarthy, wh'
has been most careful in his ruling.
and has consulted authorities time ant
again before ruling, in order not to ad
NIT reversible evidence which nigh
cause another trial and make the cas-
still more costly to the county.
Twice during the trial the batllh
Henry Swanholm, was called upon t.
preserve order and several times dur
ling tense minutes in the court room. m
walked up to excited spectators. advis
ing them to be quiet and careful AM
his work in this line. probably prevent
ed sensational scenes.
No trial. since that of w. D. Hay
wood, ct al. has caused such statewid
interest Witness from as far east a
Pocatello, west to Weiser and nortl
to Camas county, have given testi
imony. Two stenographers besides tn
court stenographers have taken part
of the testimony, one representing tn
plaintiff and the other defense. Fou
newspaper men have been in the cour
room almost constantly during tn tria
and there has been calls from all sec
Itions of the state from papers for Tn