Evening star., 1927-04-12
.SAP|RO IS DENIED
PLEA OF M|STR|AL
Attorney Lectured by Judge
After Tilt Over Fees With
Senator Reed.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AssoCtated Press.
DETROIT, April 12.-Aaron Sapiro
came to court today for his eleventh
day OF cross-examination in his 81 ,OO0.-
300 libel suit against Henry Ford
faced with the necessity of continuing
with his case after formal demand for
and denial OF a mIstrial.
Scores Of times since the protracted
cross-examinatIon was begun SapiO
and Senator James y. Reed of Mis-
souri,. chief of Ford's counsel, had en-
gagged in wit tilts. angry exchanges.
extended conversations and repartee,
when Judge Fred NJ. Raymond in a
long lecture from the bench called q
halt yesterday.
He charged Sapiro and his chief
counsel. William Henry Gallagher,
with IAN apparent Willingness TO dis
obey the injunction of the court and
threatened that if Sapiro did not ''con-
fine yourself to answering questions
the court will have to take other
actions"
SapirO's Face White.
With face drawn and white. Sapiro
sat silently in the witness chair watch
ing the effect Of the Judges remarks
upon the jury while the judicial criti-
cism swept about his and Gallagher's
heads for 10 full minutes.
Then he sprang from the witness
chair into his guise of counsel for
himself, conferred hurriedly with Cal
lagher and again mounted the wit
ness stand.
Apparently following Sapiro's in
structions, Gallagher asserted that the
courts language and the courts de.
meanor was such as to prejudice the
witness as a litigant" and demanded
mistrial.
He got denial, further criticism and
instructions to sit down.
"The motion is denied and the state
ment Of counsel is grossly improper
rebuked Raymond
Reed Is Silent.
Through it all Senator Reed and
the other six men at the defense coun-
sci table sat without flicker Of any
emotion over their faces.
It started when Senator Reed. In a
sarcastic tone. coupled u statement
and a question. He and Sapiro just
had been rebuked for wasting time
by arguments and Reed had been in
structed to confine his questioning to
Sapiro's activities which ii could be
proven had produced fees. They were
talking about orga nization of the In
diana onion growers.
Now. so as not to waste any time
on that. did you get some fees out
of it?' Reed drawled with intonations
and infections.
II won't waste any time on it."
sharply replied Sapiro.
Witness, that is not necessary at
ALL" cut in the Judge.
Wasn't that addressed to me. your
honor?" inquired Saplro.
Judge Lectures Witness.
"Just a minute. witness, witness"
hurriedly exclaimed the Judge, and he
launched into his criticism.
Twenty minutes later they got back
to Reeds question, and Sapiro replied
that in 1924 he got 81 900 from the
Indiana Farm Bureau onion group.
All other parts of the day were
humdrum. the interesting phases be-
ing the rapidity with which the scenes
of Sapiro's activities as a legal ad-
wiser to producers groups planning
cooperative organizations were shift
ed. The fisheries of both coasts, the
potato fields OF Idaho and Colorado,
the coal mines of Kentucky, apple
orchards OF Washington and the poul-
try farms Of Rhode Island were fine
combed for fees.
100000 in Fees.
Sapiro alleged that articles printed
in Ford's weekly, the Dearborn Inde-
pendent, dana ged his income. and
Reed for days has sought the deriva-
tion and method Of production of each
penny of the approximately s40O. 900
Sapiro admitted he got from farmers
co-operatives in IL years under the
statement to the court that such facts
were necessary to his intention to
prove Sapiro might have alienated
fees by his own improper conduct.
1t was believed that the orga MIA
ti0n Of the dark and the bright to.
hacco growers would be looked into
today Sapro admittedly obtained a
large part Of his income from the to-
baccO men. Reports that Ford would
appear and that he was unable TO
appear persisted today. with no formal
statement forthcoming from any quar-
ter as to the actual condition of the
motor manufactures. injured more
than two weeks ago in an automobile
accident.
LiebOId Is SubpOenaed.
Attorney Gallagher said today that
subpoena had been served on f. q.
Liebold. general secretary to Ford.
after many weeks of trying to reach
him.
The subpoena was made returnable
tomorrow.
Liebold was served by a veteran
process server after a long chase down
the street this morning. Gallagher
said
The process server came to him yes
terday. offering TO bet he could reach
Liebold. and was given the chance.
He found Liebold yesterday after
noon, but when he sought to serve
the paper. guards with Liebold pin
ioned his arms until Liebold had fed,
Gallagher said
This morning the process server
caught Liebold as he was emerging
from his Highland Park home and
after the foot race served the paper.
Gallagher said the server had re-
quested that his name be withheld.
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