Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-05-03 | Page 6 | Taken into Court in Invalid Chair

TAKEN INTO COURT IN INVALID CHAIR WASHINGTON. May 3. The second of the postofflce cases to be- taken up here was begun yesterday, when J. N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett were placed on trial under an Indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud the Government Govern-ment In connection with their alleged failure fail-ure to prosecute certain Investment companies com-panies operating in violation of law. For several years Tyner, who was Postmaster-General in Grant's cabinet, held the office of assistant attorney-g-eneral for the pestofnee department, while Barrett is his nephew, and served in the same office of-fice as law cleric When court met for the afternoon session. ses-sion. General Tyner, who Is In his 7tth year, was brought In In an Invalid: chair. He was accompanied by his wife, an attendant, at-tendant, and his physician, the latter' presence being daeroed necessary because of the fear that the axed defendant might collapse under the strain. Counsel for the defense waived the reading of the Indictment, and the two men pleaded not guilty. The court adjourned ad-journed before the -work of selecting a Jury was completed. Justice Prttchard, after conferring with counsel, announced that owing to the infirm in-firm condition of General Tyner he would not further be required to attend court, and that the trial will proceed, without him.