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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 12. 1928
STORIES HELD
TO BOTH
justice McBride of Supreme
Court Takes Witness
Stand Here
(Continued from rage 1.)
cross-examination by W. Lair
Thompson of the -prosecution was
disappointed. Oscar Hayter of the
ataff merely asked htm If he was
and had been attorney for the
Portland Telegram, which Mr. Jo
neph affirmed. The defense then
rested, after having Introduced a
eopy of the option given by John
L. Rand and wife to Mannlx and
Wlckey on a mining prospect in
astern Oregon, which option Jo
seph had contended indicated Im
proper Influence 1n view of the
pendency of a Wemnie case In
which Mannlx and Wickey were
interested.
A. A. Hinford, vice prenldent of
the CltlienH' Hank of Portland
was called after noon as the first
witness In the prosecution's re
buttal. He testified f hut Condit,
lUr witness for the defense, had
neon a customer of his bank and
that his Tcpiitntlon was bad. Jo
fphine Gautt, a bookkeeper and
cashier of Portland testified that
Ojndlt had secured her car
through misrepresentation and
sold it.
Condlt'e Partner TelN
Of Having Liquor
Homer C. Conner, former part
ner of Condit, testified that the
firm had two or three cruses of
liquor which they obtained from
a hi-jacker during the time of the
Elka convention In the summer
of 1925, and that It disappeared
during his absence on account of
Illness. He said he drd not know
what had become of the liquor
but that Condit had asked him to
testify before the bar committee
that it had been given to Mannlx
w4ilch he declined to do as he did
not know what became of It. He
said the general reputation of
Condit for truth and veracity was
bad.
flrlefa and copies of derisions
of the supreme court In certain of
the cases referred to in the tes
timony were Introduced as evi
dence. Judge McUrifa TcIU
Of Ixng Record
Justice Thomas A. Mcllride.
veacraMe. white-haired, stooped
with age, then mounted the plat
form to the witness stand. Eighty
two years of age, he stated that
be bad been 47 years In public
service in Oregon, member of the
legislature in 18 76; district at
torney of the fifth district 1882
1892; Justice of the circuit court,
fifth district 1892-1909; Justice
of the supreme conrt, 1909 to the
present. He said he had known
Mannlx since 1911 and Condit
since 1925, that he had probably
met Condit first in Mannlx' office.
Question by Thompson: "At the
time yon met Condit or any other
time did Mannix or anyone else in
the- presence of Condit give you
liquor to drink or did you drink
liquor!"
"No, sir, absolutely not" re
plied the Judge without hesita
tion. "What was Condit Interested In
particularly?"
Condit Krrka to SH!
Car for Mrlii-irir'M Iauchtr
Answer: "At that tftne I had
thought some of buying a car for
my daughter whose car was get
ting old. and he tried to demon
strate his car to me. He propos
ed to drive me down to his home.
On two occasions he drove me to
Salem. Once he or some one for
him took me out on Sandy road
for a demonstration."
He denied that Oondit had ever
been inside his house at Deer
Island, that he bad ever given him
liquor. Once after Condit had
driven him to Salem when he and
his daughter came down from his
room In the Marion he saw Con
dit in the lobby and Invited him in
to eat dinner with them. He
said he never dl.scuHsed any pend
ing cases with Mannlx or Condit,
that the first he knew of tht Con
dit vs. Condit divorce case was
when the late Justice Burnett sub
mitted his -opinion for conference
to fellow Judges. Anked if he had
ever said he would push a case
ahead or put it In during the rush
of business he replied "There is
not a single word of truth in
that." He said he would not
have permitted Condit to discuss
his case with him.
K. It. Wolf Ktorv
RhI1 Entirely FaKe '
He denied knowing E. R. Wolf
and denied the Wolf story about
taking drinks in Dan Power's of
fice. "It Is a lie out of whole
cloth" h averred. , He denied
having a loan from -Xeppach in
1925. He was not cross-examined.
Dan Powers, bland and smiling,
likewise denied the Wolf story of
McRrlde's being liquored in his
office. On croM-examinatlon he
admitted he was one of counsel
In the first Wcmme case and
shared a $15,000 fe. He recalled
a visit of Wolf to his office and
referred to a certain "Incident"
which he seemed bursting to tell,
but was not asked about.
May Mcllride Newton, the
Judge's daughter corroborated her
father's testimony about the din
ner with Condit at the Marion,
saying her m'other was too ill at
that time to share In meals with
them. She denied that Condit ev
er took her father, to their home
at Deer Island or that he had sup
plle him with liquor there. She
was not cross-examined.
t Witness A1m
Culls Condit Liar
A. Neppach, tall, rather aged.
deep-voiced, cool, with pious mien
but a mean tongue when discuss
ing Condit. was the next witness
on the rebuttal aide. He denied
making any loan to McBride, de
nied that Mannlx gave McBrJde II'
quor in his presence, denied that
McBride was In the ManniXvfltflce
with him and Condit. denied that
be ever discussed any pending
case with McBride or that be ev
er heard pending cases discussed.
denied that he had asked Condit
to supply liquor or that Condit
had supplied liquor. Asked if be
ever rode with Condit with liquor
in the car replied, "Decidedly
not." He branded as absolutely
false the story that all three took
drinks hut Mannlx didn't.
When questioned about Con
dit's reputation his responses
were so acid that the mirth of the
auditors was provoked. Judge
Skipworth rapped frequently fpr
order, and finally warned the au
dience and told the bailiffs to pre
serve order in the court. Nep
pach called Condit a "liar and a
thief," said his reputation was
very bad. and quoted with approv
al the comment xt another man
that hp 'was a "damn Skunk."
PoHwible Reason Kor
Opinion Drought Out '
Cross examination brought out
the fact that Xeppach was now de
fendant in a suit brought by Con
dit, that he had failed In a suit
to get Condlt's house, tbat he had
solicited three persons to appear
as character witnesses against
Condit. Asked about his Interest
In the case he averred that he was
more interested than the supreme
Justices ''because George Joseph
stole the biggest building In the
state of Oregon from me. He In
duced me to enter into a stock
company for $500 of which Jo
seph took one share." The court
stopped the witness from going
Into that subject. He claimed no
animosity toward Joseph, "I kind
of like Mr. Joseph; he has many
likable ways."
He admitted that he had ac
quired all the assets of the bank
rupt Condit & Conser Co.. that be
got from E. W. Wickey part of
the Wemme estate property, that
he had bought the interest of Mr.
Hoy in the Brigham estate prop
erty and took Mr. Mannix' inter
est on account of money advanced
In prosecuting the Brigham es
tate case. Asked about the Brig
ham estate he related that it con
sisted of a thrco story building in
Portland, farms In Tillamook and
Yamhill counties and other real
estate. "The estate looks pret
ty good" he asserted.
Details of Wemme
Deal Are Recounted
In the Wemme estate property
he said he bought In for $1000 16
lots in Overlook addition Port
land with indebtedness of about
19000, and that he had taken two
notes from Wickey. He said he
had employed Mannix as attorney
ever since he left Joseph some 8
or 9 years ago.
Tom Mannix appeared some
what nervous on the stand but
testified without hesitation, deny
ing the liquor stories of Condit
and the claims tbat be discussed
pending cases with Justice Mc
Bride. He accounted for the Jus
tice's frequent visits to his office
as due to their common interest
In the classics and history. He
said he prepared the Condit vs.
Condit divorce case brief and sub
mitted it in the usual way and
never mentioned the case or other
cases to anyone on the supreme
bench. He dented the story told
by K. L. Wolf, who wsf referred
to By other witnesses as a former
federal prohibition officer. Man
nlx said he did not drink himself.
There was no cross-examn,atlon.
North Howell to
Have Community
Christmas Tree
NORTH HOWELL, Dec. 11.
The community club is working
win the school teachers and pu
pils to make the next meeting of
the club on the evening of De
cember 20 lively one.
Committees have been appoint
ed as follows:
Candy Mrs. J. S. Coomler.
Mrs. Anna Dunn. M. A. Dunn.
Greeting conimiitee J. S.
Coomler, A. H. Wlesner, Ellis
Stevens.
Tree and decoration Logan
Rutherford, Mable Drake, Boy
Dunn. Ena Harmon. Gladys Walt
man, Howard Coomler.
Solicitors Wayne Wlesner,
Carl 'Hagen. Raymond Jefferson,
Anton Woelke. Dee Brooks Clar
ence Rlckard, John Coomler, Ern
est Pickens, Jay Rutherford and
Harry Seism.
Silverton Lad
Accident Victim
SILVERTO.V. Dec. 11 Frank
Pettyjohn, son of Mrs. Frank Pet
tyjohn of North Second street
broke his collar bone Saturday af
ternoon while practicing football
on the local school grounds.
Frank, who Is 14 years of ago
and a member of the Junior high
school, collided with another
player when the accident occured.
The break was quite serious and
so close that It very nearly be
came a broken neck.
However the youth is getting
a Jong very well and no trouble is
anticipated.
GOOSE HUNT HUCCK8S
AIRLIE. Dec. 11 Mrs. A. C.
Staats and grandson Fred Ray
have returned from a goose hunt
in the northern part of California.
They reported a good trip and a
line bunt. Their friends hope
they make the trip every year as
they bare all enjoyed feasts since
they returned.
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