Evening star., 1927-04-03
SAP|RO TO RESUME
j STAND TOMORROW
Further Moves in ST 600, 900
Suit UndeCided-F0rd
T Resting Easily.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DETROIT, April 1.-The merciless
lisht of cross-examination which TOT
a week has played over the eventfui
life of Aaron Sapiro was dimmed to-
dav during the week end adjourn
ment of his 81. 900 600 libel suit against
Henry Ford.
story of struggle and reward
from orphanage days ON the racine
Coast 70 unusual success at AZ, mas
heen carefully pieced by the young
organizer Of cooperative FARMING as
sociationS.
High points in the picture, touched
nv Senator James a. Reed, chlet OF
Fiord's imposing array or counsel
have revealed remarkable accomplish
noents in a virgin field. Blunt ques-
tions and insinuations have neeh an
swered readily, without signs OF WIFE
Cling by the quick-witted Saplro, VINO
saws his reputation was injured y!
articles printed in Ford.s Dearborn
Independent.
Resumes Stand Tomorrow.
Sapiro faces further cross-eXamina-
+ion Monday, Senator Reed indicating
he could not tell when he Wouid m
ish with him. The next move in the
stand. is still in doubt. William
Henry Gallagher, Sapiro's attorney,
has announced he would ask the de
fense to proceed with their Slde OF
the case il Ford was unable TO taSe
the stand when Gallagher wanted hlln'
Rut the defense have indicated they
would be unwilling to do this.
Tonight Ford rested easily ana. ac-
cording to his doctors, was Wen OH
the road to complete recovery from
injuries received when his little coupe
was sideswiped and forced from the
highway last Sunday night. There
was no indication, however, of when
he might be expected to be able TO
make his first appearance at the trial.
THE manufacturer, still Spllnted ana
handaged about the chest ana back'
remained PROSTATE in bed unoer OF
ders of his physicians.
All probability of official investlga-
tion of the mishap passed TO-DAY Wheh
Robert NJ. Toms. prosecuting attorney
of WAYNE County, announced that ne
was satisfied to accept the report OF
Ford detectives that their efTortS TO
5x rasnonsibilitv had convinced them
Mr. Ford was injured in an unavoida-
BILE accident.
Attempts on Life Denied
Toms SAID IIldL DCiiAAShS'
of the Ford investigators, had given
hin, 10 understand the two. men who
drove the large car which Knocked
Mr. Ford's coupe from the road We're
known. but that there was no lnten-
tion TO charge anybody with an at
fefnpt on the manufacturer ihe of
with reckless driving.
"He did not give me any names or
any version of the incident except
that IL was all accident, MI. IoH1s
said. This closes our investigation.
If they decide not TO do anything we
must drop it at that point.
senator Reed. in questioning Sapiro
about his work with cooperative asso-
Citations. has varied little fron, a set
form of questions. did you make
sneeches in that Statee What were
your fees? How long did you work
FOR them?" He apparently has peen
irving 10 bring out that while Saplro
frequently professed little desire Tor
money for aiding the farmers, ne
nevertheless was more than well paa-
The circuit of the cotton dssocla-
tions had been made by the senator
and the witness before the court "a
iourned for the week. Fees ana the
nature of Sapiro's speeches in cam
paigning for members engrossed the
Ford counsel in his questioning.
Rebuked for Wrangiing.
He gained an admission that saplro
had been discharged as counsel Tor
three cotton associations, but earned
also that two later rehired him and
he lis now counsel for the American
Cotton Growers Association, with
which all State organizations are
allied.
The cooperative associations, many
Of them, were badly in need OF money
about six years ago and Sapiro went
to Washington to borrow money from
the War Finance Corporation. his
fees for obtaining the loans, Sapiro
testified, totaled approximately $2o.-
900.
Judge Fred NJ. Raymond paved the
way for more progress next week
when he rebuked the witness and
cross-examiner for wrangling, side
comments and splitting hairs.
1T is natural that proceedings
should be more than ordinarily argu-
mentative," he said, because both
witness and questioner are attorneys,
but II does not make for progress.