| Show W VANDERBILT K ANn AND TOWN iOWN TOPICS I Col Cob W D 0 Mann Tells How the MultiMillionaire Became A Stockholder ACQUAINTANCE WITH MORGAN Concerning I lit a Unpleasant lit litI Paragraphs I lii IS and Ii I lull of lit if On lit tin Iho Writing of New Ness 01 York Jan Jun 23 Tho trial of ot Nor Norman or man loan Ha good editor of ot Colliers Week Weekly I ly 11 charged with criminal libel by ty Jug Jui I tic M I luel n a city magistrate ns liS a Q of ot the tho publication l of ot a it 1 photo photograph photograph I graph concernIng tha Ih connection connel lout tion with Town Topics ToPic U Is nearing nn nfl en eat After fIer tin till examination tX of ot Col ol 01 W WD V VI I D I Mouth Manir editor of ot Town TopIcs Topic Will vaa concluded this morning the defense Introduced a U number of or and tint upon adjournment this evening counsel counselor for Cor or Mr Mm that they would probably their thuir ease to tomor mor Ilium ry COW rull w The trial Woe followed today with tho Ihl with WI tim the same SUllie interest that had been h manifested since the thu th was us begun attired women Wire w again among those In inho tho ho cout lot Col ol Mourn Mann recalled woo was 08 the lie first witness on orl the stand today to hl hlA A copy COllY of or Town Iown on Topics Issued 1 In ISM H ni shown the witness sH who denied I I that hint Abraham II 11 the lay lawyer r I hut had consulted him about an on unpleasant I ant auit paragraph In that Ihal Issue of o the lie im pa pel Col thou then told of or the beginning of ot Ills his connection with Town lown on Topics Lopis and It how ho U r lC ic nil It came ca lui to bo lie boa hoIL a IL of ot the paper hoper per lot or Mann suit said In I 1 Wai a connected with tho ho t Pullman Pu Car company coot When th t crisis fame III In Wall WILli ahI street or I might sill tuy till thu said raid the tho witness 1 I 1 found suddenly changed front from being n a 1 millionaire to owning not a 1 dollar and nut being In itt debt It was at lit this time I became Interested In Town Topics and I 1 went to III K iC Van Vandel del and asked him for a n loan loun loanI I think he gave guve me Inc about 2000 I told Mr MI that I wished to get out of ot debt de ant wanted him to help hell me 1110 Ho lie lb told toM rue uuie that what I owed lowed him hImI I 1 need tI ed not lIot worry about I 1 sent to Mr Ir mind toM told him I needed more inure money mOlle and ticked lIked him to 10 tome Town 1011 Topics stock as liS collateral Ity it II Later llIter he ItO returned my Potts antI and thu the stock and said he lie did lId not cure care to 10 tobun loan bun me une IIII mure ilium money but bitt hu ho said hu Ito h iJ I would get on till onA A how he came to iii be ho ly hi I well acquainted with J 7 P 1 Morgan to 10 borrow from froth him without s cc curl ty Col Mann said saidI so Id Idt I t met knew his hl father I 1 think I know boost Mm him II enough to III ask lIok him Will jou y tell the Jury Bald Diat I t tAtty Atty Ally Jeronie what reason there was for far V I Hull to lend 1 lIll you OU 10 io r Well dl that IhM was 18 three or four years ago AH AM H I remember Mr Ir In lit me lute to Mr Hn lie I t Iwas tIIS was sins a ci 1 friend of ot hi hl his He 0 taid Mr III Mann Is lit n it and an nil holiest man and and nn you ou cando call do for tor him or lend him blurt any ally money mOlley I 1 you oU to do It II ItI III ItI I tilt did not su PIO Mr again for tor some time When I asked him to tt II lend me une the mooney money and au offered shares shurel us tie IS collateral Mr Ir Han flynn said he would take tuko th the tho under Ind r consideration Next 1 I think f I caled l on Mr Ryan Hyall anti and h hn said pAul I 1 lo do not want swant tim the shores shares but I 1 will 1 lent lend leli you YOI the Give Ove mo me 10 your yourI I note lote and ant I will wi you OU the thu money mone Clarence Jones JOlle tho the witness said loaned him hItt Col Cu ol was vius WIS then Ih n questioned 1 by tw byAtt Atty AlY Att James Jaunes JUle W V Osborne of ot counsel for tor Mr defense Do Io 0 you that scandal scandalous nile ous paragraphs were written about 01 parl K E l Jones JonM the Ito lawyer ticked asked I I do tb not nol Ater After you got the 00 did you YOl write pleasant paragraphs then thell and possibly pO before bore why win should shook I not Why Wh of ot course after uter you ou got the tho money mono saId Bald Mr Ir Osborne Col oh Motto Mann left lett the wItness stand at al tills this Ihl point Edwin J 3 a ii 1 reporter was waK the time next witness Ho lie said mill Justice Deuel told olti him that he Deuel was the tiro cen ceo censor sot sor 1011 of or Town Topics The rhe fl said nl that the Justice also salt said Rall that when Col Col Mann MaIm lall was 55 WIS away he Deuel was ua afi the editor In chief chlo ana atud that at ut all nil times ho was consulted by Col Cal Mann Judge neuel Dele I continued the wit witness nose ness gao me to understand that hat ho passed upon the tho legal I I aspect of ot things R appearing In lul Town Topics He lie le nao KIVO naome me inc to tl understand that his connection IC with the III Smart Stuart Set was even close tItan than that to Town rown Topics The rite net nett witness was Hobert Irving Irvin editor edior of the tho New Ness cw Yorker who IH is II un tuni under under der tIer arrest Irr sl on n a charge of ot libel brought against him In itt II connection with n stort orv orvIn In lit II his hl own paper r Ho Ito Ie was questioned by II Mr Ir Shepard of o counsel for tor the Ihl de do lr Irving said that he hail Ild been beena ben benI a IL I solicitor for tor and fancies He lie le received receded 15 IS per mice cent I nt on out 01 all 11 orders se so secured e cured curet by him 1111 He lie le ave a list of o p per r ronn onn who refused to subscribe them thorn Andrew Andr CarnegIe Rus Russell sell A Al Alger r William 1111 Rockefeller Mrs bill Poter I 01 Palmer and Cornelius Itta Vander it He ito 10 visited Mr Alger nt itt lt Detroit and called caled on on Grover drover roer Cleveland at lt Prince Princeton ton oh At 1 the hue time ho he saw I Mr Mv I Vander hilt bi ho lit thought there titers was some omu one near by Ii b concealed l behind a curtain al ul although though he ho did not urea see ce any 11 one oute irving In lut II response to questions IU by b Atty Al Jerome salt said sall that he lint had hal been told tolt 1011 he would tot not ba be pro on ill 01 the lie charge endIng l against him hll It Ithe I Itlie he lie e told laid the tho truth III In this Ihl case ou tU over ever threaten to tl roast peo poo people iier r asked Mr Jerome No occasion to replied Mr Ir Irving It 1 was lIS till all ul flattery Wooster who solicited for bada was WIL the next witness H II hiti said he lie gave up tip the work ho hB fount found the Interviews die dis disagreeable Ils agreeable I rho 11 witness salt Halll the printer of ut Vda and ll Fancies woe Wil to charge chure for tor turning out copies He lie said asid 1111 that larry Harry I I hr to tl Fads and FUlde nod and paul paid 00 on his This money mOlley was 11 later returned with the contract L hr told toll me tnt I said laid Wooster that In he h had hUll been badly treated In Town Topics rop ollie ice lehr the witness s Mid cold called calel on Col Col Mann who afterward tout told tol the lit lie witness that Ihal Iu Ihl should not nut have been treated tr led EO so 0 badly and lad told the tho witness wine to tee ace Lehr autti ami get et him lilun hll to 10 pay the tite subscription ion tion lon to 10 iada mitt and HII Fancies Lelur how however however ever vcr ed Witness s salt said all to lu Lehr that he ho Wooster was Interested tir tun lehr subscription to the extent of or I and Lehr gave Iao him lulun a I check for tor that amount I The witness said that pleasant stor stories Ice ies were then printed about for tor a time but later the lie ones r j Wooster his hlA testimony after recess stating that Col Mann lann lannI I I told him hll hu he hI was not hot to exploit the tho hue col tint tut of Town lown Topics for lor the lie of at getting get subscriptions to tu Fuls and The witness he lie hal had lush op oil Potter olet to tn to II Fads Ful and meeting him In iii Washington DUt Ds Atty Att l Jerome then began titles ques questioning touting Mr Mi 1 h about Americas Smart Set Sot a it I publication similar to 10 and Fancies which pub lul published Ishell thin tion by 13 y the tho Society association II OlL lul I Smart S St Set t connect connected ed eel with Town Topics asked Mr lr Jerome Not as tug lS a publication The wittier raid that thai tho tito price for tor u a I small paragraph In lit Americas Smart Set let wan 25 and for tor im out UI extensive 60 00 persons who he ho said euld sId Pith paid for tor written up In this pub Mr Ir named Col John Johl Jacob Jcob Astor anti and and Alfred d Mr II Wooster denied In iii II answer an to 10 Mr III termes Ut that Ihu hu lit ever stilt said 1111 If It I Ita it a 1 person ol refused to subscribe to Fads ti tonics unpleasant I Ii would lu b J 1 about hUn him In 11 Town Ton Topics In III your experience excellence aa us nl a IL canvasser you ol tho thu alleged society leaders I nd rl to I tobe bu be h easy marks Mr 1 Jerome hI I I cannot way lilY that lint but society been colon lute 11 0 Fads successes luc have till all 11 Mr Mu I Shepard of u if 1 tat for the time de hero heie h n questioned Mr Wooster ooster who In lit 11 many Instances Hubs to Jodie and Fancies l und arid to 10 Ii Americas Smart Set Pot were the lie Ihl same caine Ho lIe salt said that letters let rs weme ue neat ent een from Town fowl Topics to tl 0 prospective Io luh to Americas Smart Set Sel Selho The ho witness replying to question by h Mr III Of Osborne borne wild 1111 that ul he html had re to received rt ii letter leter from rom Justice J Douel stat sial stating hug ing that thal business watt 11 slow and attn that ho then secured the of Robert A AIrving AIrvIng AIrving Irving des cies aa nj 13 an nn agent for tor Jad 11 and Fun Fan Fancies Mr III Woo ter then left lef the tue witness stand and anti T V Her Gee Herry Geery ry was VS sworn Mr Ir questioned him He lie testified that In lit 1901 while lie h wits was In Newport Wooster called on out bun hl with a letter I of ol Introduction from Jus Justice lice tice Deuel This letter wal was produced In 10 count COla the writer stating In It that lint th tl tlc c ls of o Fads and nd Fancies wore were re his hiI and 1111 nut that IhM he ho ht had liall complete control of ot the thu scheme Commodore deny betty suld that he lie fount found out that Town Topics was Interested In iii II Fails Fads lt tim Fancies and that he refused to subscribe to It II s N Burden Jr of o Troy X V Y was the tho next Witness being laing hell called by bytho bythe tho the defence He lie le that lint he was naked to to t Fads Pods and Fancies by Robert Hobert A Irving He lie le howel mo me several names of ot sub Huh scribers Including Mrs tirs Astor Mrs r Mackay and nd I was IS surprised to know they the hail had hll said Mr Burde He Ile told me mu lt that Col oh Mann used usell u to toem very elY em y trenchant pen lien nfl that I 1 hind had bet bel better bettee tee ter I told him that uis ons all ni I 1 wanted of or hun him and 1111 that he had hind bettor heter get out oat olt and Ind he ho did Charles Stokes Wayne formerly man oman managing aging editor of ot Town Topics wan wait the tho next wItness Sir Ir Shepard hepard questioned him hi I Hu Ito 10 suM that Justin Deuel Dellel road read proofs on Oi Town Topics 1111 every over Tuesday night this work worl was dolls at lt Col oh Manns Monas house hou e thus the thE witness said Bald Balde He lie e next nul described a n card cart Index In ex which lie lee said Town Topics kept of or persona about abut whom It wore written on the lie cards and arm those Iho referred r t to tn it anonymously were ere In Indexed Indexed resided by the cities or s where they Had Town TOI Topics TonIcs a n list Hat of ot Im hn n mUle asked Mr Ir Shepard Yes Name some sOle of ot thom them A Alg Alier Alger r James la me 5 Hazen Hyde df Perry James It n Keene WIlam K I VanderbIlt George e Gould J Morgan Depow Depew A 1 1 Ca lt antI and alI about 50 SO others Waa Sas Wal not Ab Abe A Hummel the lawyer nn an Immure He lie 10 was WIS Was MelvIlle lello K l L Stone Ston of oC the As 8 sedated Ir Ves Yel 05 8 W V Lawson Yes Yel I r rt t r on time I I I FI UJ i Yes Henry bleary Yes YeL Crelghton Yes I I Cul siy pl ha he ho nn Im un Immune mune mun Yes Reginald Ward Var 7 Undoubtedly for tir some Bomo tIme l li Yen s going going to In huu II 1005 1105 did It Col eol Mann have a conversation with you IU about abou his hl funds asked Mr Shop Shep He UI did III What lint did he ho say any He lie said suld he ho thought It t was i i to 10 prepare a list t of o nil all 11 People who would figure I In TIvI Topics Topic and Ind I 1 toll told to him It would be lIe a I 1001 Idea I Hero an un adjournment was token taken un until untIl til tl tomorrow |
