Show HUESTON SECURES A SEPARATE TRIAL harrisburg pa jan as the plan of defense in the capitol prosecutions lias been changed completely by the action of architect joseph M hueston in securing a separate trial with the consent of the commonwealth his would seem to indicate that he has an agreement with the commonwealth and will be one of the principal witnesses the attorneys on both sides decline to discuss this phase of tho case ex capt to say that hueston h as been subpoenaed as a witness for the co defendants contractor john H sander fon former auditor general wlliam P snyder former treasurer william L mathues and james M shumaker former superintendent of accounts and buildings hueston has not appeared in court and Shu owing to his physical condition has been from attending for tho present but should aneston bo called as a witness for alio commonwealth the defense will try to break down his testimony by showing that he certified to the quality and quantity of the furnishings supplied by sanderson and that the bills wore approved by shumaker and snyder and paid by mathues on the j strength otho o tho architects certificate and that If there was anything wrong ae was responsible has intensified public interest in tho trial james scarlet in opening for the prosecution today outlined the commonwealths mon case and what it expected to prove attorney scarlet said the common detate department the first witness called by the commonwealth common produced the records of the department showing the election by the people of mathues as state treasurer and as auditor general he also produced the certificates of election of former state treasurer V G harris and foi auditor general E B hardenberg members of the board when the contract for the metallic furniture for the capitol was awarded to tha penn sylvania construction company they retired fram the board one month before the contract was awarded to sanderson for the furnishings the commissions of the commissioners under whose supervision the state house was also put la evidence records gjere produced to show that architect hueston was selected by the board of governors 0 grounds and buildings to design the furnishings and his compensation was fixed at four per cent of the price of these extracts from the minutes of tho board showing the adoption of the rea alution virtually giving tho contract for furnishings to sanderson without competition were then read |