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Show End of Libel TriaMn Sight Last of Evidence Presented and I Counsel Will Begin Summing I Up Today I Syracuse, N. Y., May IS The presentation pre-sentation of ovldenco In William Barnes' suit for libel against Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt wna completed In tho supremo court hero today after both principals had given additional testimony. tes-timony. Counsel will sum up tomorrow. to-morrow. Before Thursday afternoon the caso undoubtedly will bo In the hands of tho Jury. Colonel Roosevelt told what ho represented to bo tho true details of an Intervlow ho had about a year ago with John W. Hutchinson, Jr., a Now York lawyer, who swore on tho witness wit-ness stand laBt week that the former President had told him "that tho Republican Re-publican party Is not big enough to hold Mr. Barnes." In regard to that , quotation tho colonel almost shouted ," that It was false. He said ha did 4w tell Mr. Hutchinson that he was willing will-ing during tho last gubernatorial election elec-tion in this state to support a Republican Repub-lican candidate who would wage .war on Republlian and Democratic crookedness, crook-edness, but that ho could not bo expected ex-pected to come back Into tlio Republican Repub-lican party as long as it was dominated domin-ated by men of tho stamp of Mr. Barnes. Tho colonol flatly contradicted Mr. Barnes' tostlmony about tho talk in tho Whlto House ovor tho Agnew-Hart Agnew-Hart racing lillnd about many other oth-er things. Horei't'erated with addod emphasis his statement that Mr. Barnes had told him of men Identified with big business interests who had contributed largo suniB of money lo both parties. Tho colonel wns most nctlvo on tlio witness Btand. Sovoral times while ho was testifying tho spectators In tho crowdod courtroom had to bo brought to order by Justlco Andrews, presiding. Mr. Barnes under cross examination examina-tion freely admitted that ho ha'd been presented with fifty shares of stojlc In tho J. B. Lyon company of Albany. Ho said ho took the stock becauso ho wanted to bo a business partnor of J. B. Lyon founder of tho printing concern so that ho might properly bo nssociatod with public printing. Ho said tho stock was valueless nt the tlmo ho recolved it Tostlmony given during tho early days of tho trial was to tho effect that Mr. Barnes sold back stock in tho Lyon company, aftor holding It for a number of 'years, for n considerable consid-erable Bum. H Under redirect examination Mr H Barnes sworo that ho always had tho H best Interests of the Republican par- W ty at heart and that ho novor had H dona nnythlng which ho considered H might bo in tho Interest of tho Dem- H ocratlc organization. H Among other witnesses today wore Simon Guggenheim, former United States senator from Colorado, and 'Htf William Loob, private secretary to H Colonol Roosevelt whon ho was Pros- U ident and later collector of tho port H of New York. EH Mr. Loob, reiterated emphatically EX that it was In 1911 that ho mot Mr. 9 Barnes in tho ofilco of J. S. Bacho H & Co. Iu his previous testimony ho H said that ns ho nnd Mr. Barnos left H tbo ofilco, whero they lind attended n B luncheon, ho mentlonod tho deadlock H in tho legislature nnd quoted Mr. H Barnos as saying that "ho could do pj nothing" at that time to end it. Bj - Li S3 |