Show I I I S SENATOR T R B BURTONS RT JS T TRIAL I L Bbl BEGINS Is Charged Ith Using Influence With P I 0 O Department ut for Monetary Consideration IT AMOUNTED TO SUM OF 2600 2500 Case Will be Heard Before Jud c Adams Maws In U S District Court at nt St Louis St SI Louis Loul March The trial of et United States Sates Senator Joseph JOH ph Burton of or Kansas charged with having accepted MO from the Blotto Iraln Securities company to use usa his Influence with the thc lie department to pre pro prevent vent ent the tho lie Issuance of ot a mail fraud order against the ho company was sas begun before Judge In iii the United States district court today It U IH is con considered probable that the trial will oc oe occupy occupy cupy CUP the lee remainder ot of tha he week United States Stat Diet 1 Atty Att Ier and his hla havo been preparing the thc side ot of the case cus for soy sev several so eral oral s sAmong Among the governments wItnesses who ore are hero here her aie 1110 William It H Cochran Cochrun chief Inspector William It H Jones Jone commissioner Ioner of ot Indian Edward W Chatterton cry tary to Commissioner Jones Jonen George M Smith of the lie department and Arthur Arlhur T V 1 cashier of the thee National bank hank Washington D I C United States Dint Diet Atty Ally Dyer Dor made the hue opening for tor the tho lee govern government meat ment After reading rending the Indictment he lie stud raid thai the heo charges charles against Senator hutton Button Mere based bOlle upon section 1872 of or the he revised statutes of ot the United Stae Sin ted According to the Ito statute said mid Col ColD ColDer Der D er It la is unlawful for tor any an senator or ore ori i e to 10 accept pecuniary fees ec for foe 1111 act tiel vice site rendered to any ony person or 01 III In any mutter In iii which the is 18 either directly or Indi Indirectly rested The he government will endeavor aCor to show by that the thee defendant accepted certain sums sum of or mOIl motie rout from the Iho Grain ties lies company of St 51 Louis tot foi his liln In InflUence licence flUence In let certain matters pending ba boo fore fare the Ihl lee department In which the was aa either or indirectly li It Ills Is not the lee con COli contention cf of t the government that Senator Hurton and tIl II his lila influence for tor tiny nn matter mat matter ter ler that In iii Itself Is in unlawful The gov government contends 1011 ends that hat while complaints against t the 1110 Grain Securities company w o being by b the deportment ll and before any aei final fiction action had harl been taken the Chain ff Hi company offered 1500 te tea a n month to Senator Burton to take taka charge of ot Its Interests In Ire the Unit tine lOll and five II Installments Installment of ot each Went nets ii paid raid to accepted by him Jingo hector II it Krum sending lending coun coon fir II sri I for tor the th use followed Ho no said lold that tho the K capitulation of ot lie tho offenses s charged In tin the hit Indictment Is li whether em lain seems rums wo ore ere received by Senator Hurton from the Uis company i u II compensation for certain tain tim He lie admitted the tho employ employment ment of or Burton Durton by the tho multo Thu 11 lIt was that Senator Senater turlon wen Id be employed ed as os general 1 and tint U at lila lilo name teanie would be beu used u ml on Oil the literature as 18 u IL of 01 Its reputability said sal Judo Kium It U will be shown that benator Button l had Inserted In itt the tho tn tie express language that tent he lee h Senator Bui Butten ten was wal not to bo Lt required to I the company before shy any department d cf of the United States State goy gov gO In r t 1 y Continuing hi hl Krum that uny un nY sum sumi received by hy firm Srn Sentor tor Burton siren the lie tampan were tom n atlon for Stay any nn services ether than huh thos thea mentioned In hits his agree agreement mont ment M II i it ral ml counsel Senator HI ton did go to lh the he post on etc the request of Maj Mal Hush Hugh M II il president of or the Utah JUal to company tu rut ui It was wan because Maj aJ haul received In an Indirect way wo reports In that l complaints complaint hal had been against the Uio company sued And ru qu atel Selector hutton Burton simply to veri verify yen erl fy rIp f the reports and antI not to represent th the l lit In any Oil matter before tho the do On another occasion Senator Burton Durton visited sited the Ihl department to 0 In Inquire Inquire quire quite regarding the tha standing of ot an nn at al inspector who when had ap approached preached d Mai Ma DennIs In St Louis He no found fount that tnt the Ih man mali Will was nn nil Impostor rind to 60 tho the attorney for the thee company In lie regard man to tn a the tho amounts alleged by bytho bythe bythe the tho to heave have been teen received by b Button Burton as nil compensation for tor services before n a government depart department merit ment Judge Juri Krum stated lent accord according lag ing to a Burtons contract as tue gen cn crab fral c ln ii was wall to 10 to be 1 Q paid each cache lu In advance and It was Willi In no ao with that agreement that the 1 were Bent to Senator until 10 to 10 It |