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Show Ill TESTIFIES !i SEUlERni Democratic Candidate Hired to Run Against Henry Ford Family Finance Campaign GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 7. Mrs. Annabelle Hamilton, one of the head stenographers in the Newberry campaign headquarters at Detroit, testified tes-tified -today in the election conspiracy trial of the Michigan senator and 122 others. Mrs. Hamilton related a conversation con-versation with William J. Mickel, of Oshkosh, Wis., the Democratic defendant, de-fendant, who is alleged to have been hired by tho Newberry campaigners to get a candidate on the Democratic ticket tic-ket in opposition to Henry Ford. She said Mickel told her he was going to "find a. candidate who would have no show against Newberry if he had to run himsolf " . Another -witness, Frank H. Withej of Marquette, related a conversation Ir that city with Clifford Sibben, secre tary lo Paul King. "Sibberi1 told me," he said, "thai Newberry would be elected regardless of money and that Newberry and his family were financing the campaign." "Did he say 'Newberry and his family' fam-ily' or 'the Newberry family?'" asked Martin W. Littleton on cross examination. examina-tion. "He said 'Newberry and his family,' but he did not say Truman H. Newberry," Newber-ry," replied the witness. "But you had been talking about Truman H. Newberry and understood Sibben referred to him," countered Frank C. Dailey, assistant attorney general. Three Men Testify. What three -Newberry men told the (grand jury which returned indictments against them, the Michigan senator and 131 other campaigners of 1918, was told in the trial of the case yesterday. yes-terday. The revelations of thel nquisltorial proceedings came from C. R. Higbee, clerk of the grand jury, and Charles S. Potts, a member of the body. They said the defendants whose testimony tes-timony they rehearsed had waived immunity, im-munity, testified voluntarily without receiving promises of any kind and will full knowledge that what thev told the grand jury might bo used "for all purposes." Tho defense fought hard to keep the testimony from tho trial jury. Martin W. Littleton, was on his feet constantly constant-ly questioning the admissibility of tho evidence. He was overruled on the ox-elusion ox-elusion question, but Federal Judge Sessions held that the testimony could be considered in the present proceedings proceed-ings only against the three defendants whose grand jury testimony was rehearsed. re-hearsed. The grand jury witnesses were sub-jected sub-jected to a close examination by Mr Littleton before they were allowed to answer questions asked by Frank C Dailey for the government. Potts and Higbee related the grand jury testlmonv rr Tnti., r. tr j - wvnn in. .nun is, tor-1 mer probate udge at Boyne Citv; Terry Ter-ry C. Corliss, a member of the slate board of auditors, and James li. Davis of Lansing, sergeant at arms In th stale senate. WlTic witnesses agreed that Judge ,T I IL11,0 srand tow "o had received re-ceived SS00 in salary and half that amount for expenses. Terry Corliss account of his activit-es activit-es in tho campaign, as related bv Hig-boo Hig-boo and Potts, told of similar uegotia- wSh- 7nt?lnB and an aSreement to work for ?7o a week and expenses James DaVis, according to the -wit. ness, had charge of the Newberry cam-paign cam-paign in the southern tier of counties and his compensation was $300 a month. v |