The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-23
REED FIGHTS
FOR FORD At
LIBEL TRIAL
Senator Engages in Heated
Tilt With Counsel for
Plaintiff.
SAPIRO HEARD IN COURT
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DETROIT. Mich, March 23.-The
Ford-Sapiro million-dollar libel suit
went through fighting session to-
day. '
Long arguments by attorneys
were punctuated by two clashes be-
tween William Henry Gallagher,
Sapiro's lawyer, and Senator James
A. Reed Of Ford counsel.
The morning session came to a
close with Sapiro himself standing
before the jury reading attacks upon
him printed in the Dearborn Inde-
pendent, which charged him with
conniving with bolshevists and COM
munists to promote his own inter-
ests and referring to the Jewish
communistic program" which was
alleged to be designed to do in this
country what it already has done
to Russia"
Wife Hears Sapiro
Mrs. Sapiro arrived from Chicago
today simultaneously with her hus-
bands assumption Of a personal part
in the court fight against Ford and
listened to Sapiro's participation in
his own case.
A letter from C. w. Cherry,
Yakima, Wash, to the Independent,
which Cameron off-hand could not
recall having received, was demand
ed by Gallagher and produced by
the efense. The letter was shown
Cameron, but he said his memory
Of 1t was indefinite.
After having heard nearly an hour
Of testimony the jury was excused
while attorneys went into another Of
the involved legal arguments over
admissability Of the letter.
Reed Breaks Silence
Senator James A. Reed Of Ford's
counsel, who since Friday has been
conspicuous chiefly by his silence,
opposed admission of the letter..
IT the publisher of a newspaper
had used against him every letter
written by every outside person on
the subject" said Reed, taking up
the cudgels, sit would be most un-
fair"
AS Reed went on Gallagher inter-
rupted.
That's not true" Sapiro's Irish
lawyer sputtered.
I'm not addressing my remarks
to you," growled Reed.
"These exchanges between counsel
have no plaC0 in the courtroom, /"
warned Judge Raymond. Lawyers
will address their remarks to the
court"
Very WELL" said Gallagher.
Certainly" said Reed.
And the war was over.
Original manuscripts of Harry II.
Dunn's stories in the Independent,
basis Of the suit, cannot be found.
it was revealed in court today.
William J. Cameron. editor of the
Independent, Henry Ford's weekly
magazine, testified he had searched
his Office last night and could not
find the manuscripts. Gallagher
had demanded production of the
manuscripts in court.
Presentation of paragraphs from
the Dunn articles, about half com.
pleted yesterday, was resumed by
Sapiro's counsel.
Ford's Paper Quoted
1T may be only a coincidence that
the line of agricultural control in
this country runs from Otto Kahn
and Bernard Baruch (New York
financiers) down through Aaron. Sa-
piro and lesser Jews, Gallagher
read from the Independent. "But
here is an incident which may
throw light on that; because, Aaron
Sapiro, when he organized the Colo
rado potato growers, thought Frs
kline r. Myer spelled his name
Meyer and was a Jew, the enter
prising young promoter of cooper
ative associations employed MIR.
Myer as attorney for the Colorado
potato growers"