Show I I POLITICS SAVED VED I IMAN IMAN MAN FROM JAIL Witness Avers vers Newberry Men illen Made l Promise to Have Case Reversed Grand I Rapids Mich lIeh Feb 12 Wil Wil William liam jam II H. former al alderman and ma mayor of Jo Flint lInt Mich who ho In August August Au U gust gut 1918 was under sentence to the penitentiary for assault and robbery robber j testified in iii tho the Now err elections conspiracy trial today todar that he was told I bRichard b by Richard R. R Fletcher a defendant that If ho he supported Senator Truman H. H Newberry IIi In the tho senatorial primary his mis case would be reversed ro b by the tho state stale supreme court but otherwise he would I be left to go 0 to Jail jaH Fletcher is stalo labor lallor commission commission- j or Jr r. r Tho The witness said tho lie remark was J I undo made in the thc presence of oC Paul l King w crr campaign manager a and and nh others Tho incident said occurred behind the thc prescription casein case caso In his drug druS' store Coils s Clu Queer r rUnder Under cross examination ion said he lie l knew nothing against time the integrity in integrity In- In of ot Limo tho Michigan supreme court or an any member of or It and l when asked if JC ho lie believed l' l statement ho replied Politics is queer I was taking takIng tak tak- ing In- Inno no chances W. W J J. J Crotty a former Cornier of I tho Limo Newberry estate t testified hut but was not cross after atter hp had sworn j I that contributions to time the ha campaign i I timid fund b by John ll Newberry brother of the tho I I I senator amounted to between I and OOOO ii by br June l IS 15 lOtS 1918 I Marions Marious hansom on a banker from fromI I Grayling Gr Mich said Raid he lie found a a. 50 50 O j Lull hill in a a. magazine which B n. Frank l' l mer senatorial committeeman j I picked up and antI placed before him and that the thc defendant explained It Il t wasI was for or l possible expense enBe in circulating peI pe- pe I Continued on page 2 I MAN AVERS POliTICS I SAVED HIM FROM JAil r Continued from P Page se L L. I The Tho banker said ho used 5 ICi and retained tho time other 35 5 Facts Faces Prison IrLon Sentence han McKeighan on direct exa examination coolly told of or his conviction on the as assault assault assault as- as sault and robbery charge chargo and declared he ho was facing from two to fifteen years In prison when four tour of tho ho dc defendants tic tic- called on him before the lie primaries prImaries maries marles of or August 27 i Ins It was about a a. week or ten days day before the primary y he lie testified King Icing said he was making his last las trip through the state ironing out Iut th through the rough spots spot and that I was one of th through the rough spots tho the boys bos could not smooth out so ho he thought he had better belLer comand come com and see sec what was waa tho the matter I told him him there was as nothing tho the matter bu but that I could not do anything for himas him as I was not for Newberry King told me nib a big expense account would be bo allowed for oz m my workers If I 1 Idid did not need an any mone money for myself and I 1 informed him 1 didn't need anything anything any any- thing thinS that I was not for Newberry and did not Intend to be bc Alleged ning Given Gln n Fletcher spoke up and said said- saidI I told you OU before we came up tip hero here that there was no use talking monc money to him J I k know now how to straighten him out Mc- Mc ha has been with mo me before lie He knows how I stand In Lansing and re regardless regardless regardless re- re of oC whether ewberry goes as United States senator we shall still retain re retain ro- ro tain power flower in the thc state of oC Michigan an lie He knows well enough that his case casc Is up In Ire the thc supreme court and I am in shape shapo so I 1 can ron see seo whether it I is af affirmed affirmed nC- nC firmed or reversed and that if he wants wants to get Set out and work for Newberry New New- e berr berry crry we will twill see gee that he lie doesn't go o goto goto goto to Jail If IC you carry this district for tor forus us we tic will take care of you OU I If you OU dont don't you ou am arc o going oln to jail jall McKeighan said Fletcher added that ho he he didn t care to have havo me mo promise what I would do because he would know kno knob b by watch watching In th the returns Safe Side Chosen n After Artor this talk ss what hat did you ou do asked Judge Juds-e Eichhorn Why h I figured it it was wiser to play playon on the tho safe side of it Il So we kind hind of decided wo two would be for Newberry said McKeighan Two o of m my main supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters in the tho different elections happened hap hap- to be bo in the thc front part o of the store and I 1 walked out In front told them o of tho the conversation what it meant and the way tray It was put up to me mc Now Now I says sas we wc better see sec that Newberry gets ets a vcr very good g vote up hero 1 l dont don't caro care whether he wins or not Was the time district carried for fOI Mr r. r Newberry It was What became of oC your our case It ft Itus was us reversed rc On examination cross Martin W W. Littleton Lit Lit- had tho the witness relate rotate that he came mc to Michigan from froni Cleveland had hind been in politic politics six or seven so years ealS and anti beside the assault and robbery conviction con lc tl ion tion n had hl been arrested t two or three throe years fears previously for illegal sale of or liquor |