Show MR danks DANA S LIBEL SUIT HIS ATTORNEYS objections I 1 oarn RULED oppose tho the order taking him to washington washing ton for fofi trial TriaI grounds brounda for the objections 4 new tork siransh IS the ahti abry nairy examination of charles A dana the emor ot of tho the sun on the for or criminal libel of at frank D noyes 0 of the ton evening star haul had bean beta sot set down for today to lo day ilar bro brought together an unusually iy ay larse ft a nt t office of caf un united I 1 ted abates centrals aloner shields in the building this morning morn inic the indictment was returned by the krand grand jury of the supreme curt court for or tho the district ot of Co columbia Colu lumia on ath lt it also included william L lillian laffan tile the publisher of at the sun who has bits not yet been arrested franklin barrett was the lh counsel for mr dann dana mr dona dana and root arrived together united stat district attorney mcfarlane represented the 4 armilia maciner shields offered in evidence dence copy of the hie by the grand jury of the district ot of col charging tho the defendant with criminal libel and mr root noot objected object to the indictment on the ground that it was mis incompetent and irrelevant but his objection was vas overruled thomasr the treasurer of tho the sun company was called and stift ed in kriwer to lo questions that sir mr darra dana la Is editor ot of the ithe it he sun mr root beg buffan all croas civas and naked d first it if mr ian dama had anything to do with the business management of hiie sun ao 10 Y sir responded mr tio be hove anything ony thine to ito do with nair taper papers to ito washington on february 1 23 1 1305 7 mr air Mo Farlane and ana was aus BU gaind mr root naked asked the witness it if sir mr dana had any tiAng to do with the of 0 tho the paper other than its ru atter it contained talt bained iod no tir replied mr hitchcock ile he he 4 seen etca et ca mr dana nt ill the sun office in february end and on the he was there then mr waa recalled as a witness for tube tibe decrease dei tenae ho he told how long he irad had known sir mr dana and was U lowyd lowed to isay cay tant the 11 lilter ater had noth not h ing inc to no do with the circulation depart aint mant ot of the sun bun on february last we ve claim calro and offer to tio show how that the anere commisto comm cora mated istl no often ae within the district ot of columbia sald said 1 mr root aso eo that there therb could be no of the court fliers over the ilia clil eged on ahl which h the indictment was vas found 11 mcfarlane objected and d was sustained t u n wilned thoro there was tt as a whispered consultation consul between mr rora root and the buor ej bior of the sun suit aben ahe a former stated that he had just been informed burat mr noyes was not a resident of washington or the district tout but was waa a registered voter of county md mr mc lie fairmane Fair rane objected ind and was sumal ned mr root ther then moved for the discharge ot of the defendant 0 on n th tha following grounds ground st l first arst that no probable Tro bable cause has been shown for believing or suspecting him jilin guilty of any enSe mt against the laws ot of the united states second on vie ground that bat the warrant issued against him was not issued on probable cause third that the warrant was not supported by oath or fourth viat that the matter alleged atle muse cause was not supported by oath or fifth that 11 II does not appear that any offense was committed by the de dc fei ferr Klant dant within the jurisdiction of 0 the supreme rne court ot of the district ot of col embla sixth tant it affirmatively appears that no offense was committed within the jurisdiction of 0 the district of 0 ca embla commissioner shields denied BU all these motions and announced that he would flan a regular fular ref wai walT Tant arft of commitment for mr dana and hold mm him to IO await she order ot of removal by tho the district judge mr root asked that ahat mr dana be on his own pending applit application aaion which w waa assented hoiby to by district DW ctet actor attorney ney mcfarlane it was wag or ranged thit the for romual romu al of 0 the case to tho the district ot of columbia court ah should uld be heard on monday april lift IA at 2 p in |