New Britain herald., 1925-07-20
JUDGE CITES ATTY.
 FOR CONTEMPT
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lines of what would have bcen inc testimony of the scientists had they I"en permitted on the stand WAS 10 1 be followed by arguments Counsel
 had informally agreed to fix the spcoch-making at four hous to the side.
 lt was expected at the opening of f court that the jury would probably receive instructions some time Tues day and retire 10 deliberate the is- sue ol whether thn defendant taught evolution theories sn violation of the { Tennessee statutc.
 The two. days without court pro coCdtngs Wcr" eycntloss in Dayton where developments have foIlowc q Tn quick succession since the cNUlu- ton lest Cnsc vas begun fen days ago, attorneys, who have been en- Gagng in sharp encounters over { legal moves in the court room. were ciosctcd in conferences or out ct town in inc interval. William ,Ien- ninss Bryan spoke at Pikeliin vcs- terday morning and Clarence Dur- TOW l"cturod in Chattanooga yestnr- i day afternoon. Judgc Raul&ton and Attorney General Stewart visited their homes at Winchester.
 Prayer Again Offered R, M, Stanlerfer, pastor Of the ! Clinton, Tenn. Methodist Episcopal i Church South, offered the opening prayer The preacher has been iu the Methodist ministry 4o years. lIr asked for the guiding, directing presence" of God,
 After the judge had read his statement, the case proceeded, the defense offering certified copy or 1he governors message 10 the lcGis- ! Iaturo approving the bill The state ! objected to the introduetion Of the Gocument
 1 Judge RaulstOn excluded th"
 message. The defense also offered in evidence the textbook Of biology adopted hy the, state book commis- , sion Arthur G. Hayes read what this textbook says of Charles Oar
 win Mr. Hayes said the purpose of 1 the defense was to show the public policy of the state. The state again 1 objected. Judge RauIston ruled that the book might be filed flor the ! present.
 A mild controversy developed be- | tween defense and state counsel as 10 the presentation of statements Of scientific witnesses. The question vas as to whether the statements should be submitted without read irg. or have portions lcad 10 the court
 The defense contcndcd that if should be permitted 10 read these statements 10 the court in the hop" that the court might be convinced of error in having held the la" con- stitutionai.
 The debate went hack and forth for an hour, A. G. Hays, Attorney General Stewart. w. J. Bryan. Dud- ley Field Malone and Clarence bar row taking part,
 IS Statements Statements from eight scientists were offered 10 be placed in the record for submission 10 a higher court in the event Scopes is convict ed of teaching evolution theories in the public schools in violation of the statn law.
 Statements were submitted from the following; Wintcrton C. Curtis zioologist. University of Missouri; Horatio Hacl,ctt Newman, 2oologlSt University of Chicago; Wilbur l. Nelson, Tennessee state soologiSt; Jacob G. Lipman, dean, College of Agriculture Rutgers; Fay-'ooprr Cole. anthropologist University ot Chicago; Maynard NJ. M"fcalf, zoo- locist, formerly of obcrlin college; Charles Hubbard Judd. drrctor' School of Education, University oi .rhicaeo: Krtlcy F, Mathcr geolo- giSf. Harvard.
 Hour For statements Judge I.aulston finally ruled that on, hour would he given the dctense 10 read portions of the statements In the midst of the reading the At torncy general asked Mir, Hayes II he might interrupt him. "Ccrtainly" said Mir. Hays. but Itakr time odt."
 The first statements taken mp in this reading vas one from the Rev. Walt,r Whitaker, Knoxville minister followed by statement from Dr. Smaller Mathews, University of Chi cago. He then proceeded to read extracts from extended statements from eight scientists who had been previously announced as witnesses