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Show MESSAGES AND LETTERS ARE INTRODUCED AT THE SENATOR BURTON TRIAL ST. LOUIS. Nov. JL United States District Attorney Dyer continued reading read-ing to the Jury literature issued by the defunct Rialto Grain and Securities company when the United States Circuit Cir-cuit court opened today for the second session of the trial of United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas, Kan-sas, indicted on charges of having agreed to accept and having accepted compensation from the Rialto company for using his Influence, while a member of the United States Senate, In certain matters pending before the Postofflce department at Washington. The pamphlets contain several thousand thou-sand words and have no bearing on the case on trial. They are Inclosures mentioned men-tioned in letters offered In evidence by the Government to show that there was an Investigation of the affairs of the Rialto company under way by postofflce postof-flce Inspectors at the time. Burton Was General Counsel. Senator Burton was engaged by the Rialto company to act as its general counsel at a salary of $500 a month. Counsel for the defense objected to the Introduction of the letters, but was overruled by Judge Vandevanter and then Insisted that not only the letters, but the Inclosures also be read to the Jury. Col. Dyer Interrupted his reading to introduce D. M. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate, who. Col. Dyer said, had Important official business In Washington and that he wished to allow Mr. Ransdell to return as soon as possible. Mr. Ransdell was present under a subpoena duces tecum requiring him to produce certain telegrams. These were Identified by the witness and it was admitted by the defense that they had been sent by Senator Burton to the persons named in the dispatches. They were not read in evidence at this time, being reserved until their proper place In the trial. Mr. Ransdell was then excused. |