Show IN HIS STORY St. St Louis Man Put Everything Everything Everything Every Every- thing Into Scheme to Help Farmers and S Sties Sees es Hopes Swept Away ST ST. LOWS LOUIS Nov No 18 Edward Edward G. G Lowis Lewis on trial in the Uni pd States district court on the thc charge of h having wins used us the tho mails to defraud in organizing and promoting tho the Peoples People's United States bank took tho the witness stand in his own behalf today In a low mw 0 tone ho he dramatically told told told- the jur jury how ho he came to organize the bank and asserted the tho institution was founded for the benefit of the tho farmers tanners of the tho country and that ho had first submitted d plans plaits for tho the bank to St St. Louis leading leadin bank bankers ers era and und they had approved d them When Lewis took the stand stant he lie said he be was 38 years cars old is mayor of University Uni Uni- ity City St. St Louis Lottie county and justice jus ius tice tico of ot tho the peace there Ho He said the thc plan of ot the bank first occurred to him earl early in 1902 90 He lIe said Mid that owin owing to rural rumI subscribers to his publication he came especially in touch with rural ruml business This led Id him to form the project to establish a bank of oC and ond for lor that ela class s of ot people Ho lIe said aid it was his purpose 13 to convert practically cally everything e he had in the thc world into stock in his Peoples People's bank and was doin doing so as RS f fist fast st as he would when h his s bank was closed by the tho department Practically every institution I have been connect connected d with has been beon para para- II Lewis testified U I I I was absolutely absolutely o Intel isolated from the world and my enterprises were annihilated I could not even en got a letter from my may wife wile or orm ormy ormy m my mother There were several Re livel lively tilts tilt between be tween counsel on both Sides but Lewis Lewie wa was allowed to tell teU his story |