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President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte what he thinks about the Oklahoma gerrymander and suggests action if it is justified. He also discusses Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s concerns about railroad employees’ testimony in the Standard Oil case.
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1907-09-06
President Roosevelt discusses how a letter from Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis changes the possible prosecution of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and Standard Oil cases. He asks Attorney General Bonaparte to investigate the testimony in question.
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1907-08-17
United States Attorney Sims suggests edits to Attorney General Bonaparte’s letter. If Bonaparte does not agree to them, Sims asks for an adjournment of the grand jury in order to resubmit evidence so as to prove that the Department of Justice has taken an incorrect stance. Sims feels the court was unfairly influenced by the witnesses from the railroad company’s traffic department, and that the situation is urgent.
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1907-09-02
The writer petitions United States Attorney Sims make a motion that the federal government repudiate its promise of immunity in the case of the United States vs. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The writer provides a thorough review of the case history beginning in June 1906.
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1907-08-20
Secret Service Agent Connell recounts his experience of the “Mrs. Minor Morris incident,” when Laura A. Hull Morris entered the White House and demanded to speak with President Roosevelt before being escorted from the premises.
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1906
Benjamin F. Sparhawk of the General Land Office testifies in court as to certain “wrong and irregular” acts by colleagues in his department, including improper approvals of land lieu selections and favoritism in the selection and promotion of employees. Sparhawk particularly implicates John McPhaul, his division chief.
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1906-12-19
Secretary of War Taft discusses the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Bowen’s claims against Assistant Secretary of State Loomis. Bowen wants to prove that Loomis took bribery money. Taft offers to carry out an investigation with witnesses to clear up any misunderstandings.
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1905-06-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to describe his successful trial against George Newett for libel and lists all his witnesses. He talks of all the money he has had to expend this year and that he is glad his autobiography is finished as well as the book he wrote with Edmund Heller. He adds that he is glad Kermit has gone into a new business.
1913-06-02
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. All of the witnesses have arrived in Bismarck and the trial of the Marquis de Morès will begin today.
1885-09-12
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune, summarizing the testimony from the trial of the Marquis de Morès.
1885-09-16
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. Witnesses for the defense in the trial of the Marquis de Morès were on the stand yesterday.
1885-09-17
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. The Marquis de Morès chose to testify on his own behalf. He provided basic information on his life and what brought him to Dakota Territory. His main testimony consisted of the events leading up to the death of Riley Luffsey and the shooting itself.
1885
A collection of articles relating to the Marquis de Morès that appeared in The Bismarck Tribune.
1885
Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune. After an objection by the prosecution, E. G. Paddock was allowed to testify in the trial of the Marquis de Morès. The Marquis stayed with Paddock the night before the shooting and Paddock witnessed the shooting.
1885-09-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes J. T. Newcomb about the libel suit trial in Syracuse. Roosevelt would like Newcomb to be a witness in the trial. They would like to show that William Barnes was taking a personal interest in what was going on in Albany.
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1915-01-30
Theodore Roosevelt thanks James Rudolph Garfield for Garfield’s statement to his character for Roosevelt’s upcoming libel trial.
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1912-12-24
Theodore Roosevelt agrees that perhaps they should wait on filing a criminal suit against George A. Newett. Roosevelt also proposes several witnesses that James H. Pound could take depositions from for his case.
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1912-12-13
President Roosevelt has received Secretary of War Wright’s letter and Mr. Brown’s report on the Brownsville Affair. Roosevelt concurs with Wright that this report does not need to be sent to Congress. Roosevelt observes that the report uses the testimony of “the colored men themselves” to establish that it was “colored soldiers” who were responsible for the shootings. In particular, the report’s findings make it clear to Roosevelt that Mingo Sanders should not be reinstated. This material will be made available to the board making decisions about reinstatement if the Senate legislation on the matter passes, and to the president if the board approves any reinstatements.
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1909-02-07
President Roosevelt asks Douglas Robinson to “act as a complaining witness” so William Travers Jerome can bring a libel suit.
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1909-01-27
President Roosevelt informs Douglas Robinson that he will be called as a witness in the upcoming grand jury trial against the New York World and the Indianapolis News in Washington, D.C., and invites him to stay at the White House during the trial. Roosevelt believes Robinson will not have much to testify about, but finds his testimony important regardless.
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1909-01-12