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yer C.. Dismukes and Lucius M.
Hull on the stand.
The burden of their testimony
was Identification of pages OF the
record as the work of shorthand
reporters and typists in the employ
of the firm of which they were
members in 1920. Immediately
after Dismukes. the last of the three
called, had completed a brief cross
examination conducted by Attorney
Charles F'ahy. Horning made his
request, concluding the subject as
far as the morning session was
concerned.
EBolitl1a =. Laws, former Assistant
District Attorney who prosecuted
In the first Wan trial, testified as
20 the use of the transcript after
the original trial, in preparation of
the bill of exceptions and other
legal procedure.
The last witnesses called today
before the recess were James L.
Bresnahan and John A. Callahan,
both employed by the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who
stated briefly their knowledge con-
cernirEg two kilograms supposed to
have been sent by Wan to hff
pEo1HeTs al. or Civ
january 20. 1913.
an testimony relating to VANS
confession viii be fought by the de-
tense. Vans counsel already have
laid a foundation for objections TO
reading into the record OF the pres
eflt trial any testimony from the
1920 hearing BY such reading the
Government hopes to introduce the
statements of witnesses who were
On the stand six years ago and
since have died.
IN preparation for this move, the
Government Yesterday called wit
nesses to account for the absence
of those witnesses who have died
or disappeared.
The apparently irreparable loss
Of shorthand notes taken at the
first trial. and the admission Of
shorthand reporters called by the
Government that they had to trust
to their recollection in checking up
Inaccuracies in the transcript,
were seized upon by the defense
as ammunition in the fight to ex-
clude the record of the 1920 trial.
IandIady to Be Recalled
Most of the out-of-town witnesses
heard so far have been permitted
but Mrs. Gertrude Bartels, .landlady
Of the New York roOming house
where the defendant and his brother
lived, is to be recalled to the stand
today for further questioning.
George Diehl, employe Of the New
York bank, probably viii be called
again, prior to a formal request by
the Government for admission OF
the bank records as evidence.
The defense frightened its lines
yesterday, fought every indication
OF added strength in the Govern
Euent's case and infinitely CROSS
examined every important witness.
Neither side was yielding an inch.
Assistant District Attorney
George D. Horning, jr., conducting
examinations in his first big crimi-t
nal case. was displaying for the
most part, the skill of a veteran
iurist. AT his ear was District At
torney Peyton Gordon.
Wan Jests With Lawyers
The cross-examinations were ham
died yesterday by Defense Counsel
Wilton j. Lambert and Rudolph
Yeatman.
Wan dropped the mild stoicisln
Of his Oriental poker face" yester-
day afternoon. and for the. first
time laughed and TESTED with his
lawyers. While the accused Chinese
may be the target of the eyes of
the curious in the audience, the
principal attraction, especially for
the young lawyers and law stu
dents in the court room, has been
the slow progress of the trial itself,
profusely punctuated with bits of
legal procedure.