Show DEFENSE GAINS GAINSA A STRONG POINT 4 I Barnet Letters Lettera Ruled Out in the tha Case 1 I 4 OSBORNES BORNES OS FUTILE ATTEMPT 4 I COURT COULD NOT BE INDUCED TO THE TH RULING MEW YORK YO Out Ot 23 V strong uon point NEW Jf I N wag scored seo Jr the defense in the thi f trial of fit RoM noW B JI ux today I when Ju te Lambert Lembert ruled rut out the th Barnet letters lett Justice Lambert d dl doWed oWed that t the ue letters l trw must be excluded as improper but that h lm was willing to admit them simply as ai a an aia asa a n standard of comparison in writing The counsel cou for tor Ute the defense wet was highly pleased f with this decision d 1 lon hleb Is 18 in fn line with that of the court ol oj appeals which held Mid that the testimony relative to t the letters given out at th the first trial was WU Irrelevant John B Adams of or the Knickerbocker Athletic dub club the much di dill die cussed letters lettera in which Cornish writing to the punter declared that Barlow Barlo 8 M We Weeks Wefa a press president president dent of ot til the tIie New York YOCk club dub would do any ny sort of ot dirty work that he Cornish Cor lim would never let ui u un until until til UI he got oven even with hint him Loiters Lotters Identified The letter Jetter was wu shown to and he ho made it the grounds of or a formal complaint against Cornish Witness letter of ot resignation tion from the club and another explain explaining explainIng ing that he be resigned re because bt he felt that his opposition to a system that permitted an to Insult a 8 gen gsa gentleman gentleman would make snake him a disturbing element in the clubs membership The defense conceded that both were written by Justice Lambert who presides at the tha trial ruled out today all aU of what are known as the Barnet letters holding that they were not competent The defense e from the beginning ob oh objected objected to the Introduction of or these the e let letters letters tore During the th afternoon session Mr Yr Osborne made two attempts to Intro Introduce Introduce introduce duce the letters but failed taUf Nicholas A Heckman Hockman IJ who kept letter l boxes boxe at 7 West Weal street testified In the last Jut trial that rented a It letterbox from froat him and re received twenty twe ty or more letters addressed addre un H C Barnet As AM soon as afI Mr Os Osborne Osborne Osborne borne asked him about those tho e letters Black objected I Evidence Excluded ude Mr O attempted to explain and again counsel for fot the defense ob objected objected I r object h he be said Mid to counse COU I making an nIl explanation In the h hIPS bes H i t of ot the Jury I t l 4 l the tte Ui OJ r n nI I 1 think I can convince your honor bonor Mr tr Osborne said that the letters are ar competent Counsel Cou approached the Bench and ana began to speak in an undertone Never mind said aid the court I re remember remember remember member all 11 about it Under the de decision decision decision of or the court of or appeals appeal the Bar Barnet Barnet Barnet net series aeries of or letters were excluded as all improper evidence Despite De that ruling I was willing to admit those letters as 8 standard of or comparison In handwriting such stick admission admIssion because e I did not regard sion as a 3 violation of ot the court of ot ap appeals appeals appeals peals decision but any further use of ot them would violate the ruling and I will not it Made Final Attempt Mr Osborne made another attempt to get the letters In evidence He called Henry G C Lockwood from the general gent ral to Identify the stamp and the cancellation can marks on the poison polson pack package package package wrapper Lockwood said they age I Ithe proved beyond a doubt that the package the wrapper held was waa mailed at th general po Then Thea Mr j showed him ft a bundle of ot the Barnet Bernet letter envelopes and asked him him to tell I Iby by the cancellation marks mada at what time they were mailed I 1 object put in the defense to show Mr OP Os o oborne Osborne I r have the right had borne said Id that this defendant the opportunity to mail these letters t tl mailed d dat the point that they were raise at the hour at which I can prove he passed the general po each day i Excluded ruled the court i Mr Osborne read the postmarks on the Barnet envelope to 10 the witness and asked ked him what they located Indicated Again Interposed and Mr Osborn Osborne O borne Mr Black S sat down at the single word excluded f from Then When the Mr court Weeks had bad read rad result I on hi bl him n ft of MJ M adjournment In the coroners court an I wap wa taken until tomorrow |