Witnesses

Witnesses swear Fagin interfered with the primary

Report of a fight that occurred outside the Precinct E polling center in the Fourth Ward in Cincinnati involving U.S. Marshal Vivian J. Fagin, his supporters, and his political opponents and their supporters. Fagin and a young man named Thomas allegedly beat a man who tried to vote for his opponent. Fagin has been arrested and denies the charges against him. To prevent further unrest, officers in the ward have been instructed to use their nightsticks to administer “practical justice.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry J. Home

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Henry J. Home for his testimony and lets him know that he was “one of the forces that contributed to that victory.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethel Roosevelt Derby

The libel suit is over and Theodore Roosevelt won. The trial was in Marquette, Michigan, and Roosevelt stayed with George Shiras. Roosevelt’s witnesses were “good fellows” and he was touched by their devotional zeal. The trial lasted six days and the evidence was so overwhelming that George A. Newett retracted his charge and Roosevelt requested no damages. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been visiting Archie and Quentin Roosevelt at Groton. Kermit Roosevelt has joined a “big contracting company in South Brazil.” In a postscript, Roosevelt has arrived home and received Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s telegram. He knows that Richard Derby will fit in with the family.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-06-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-06-02

Bismarck Tribune articles

A collection of articles relating to the Marquis de Morès that appeared in The Bismarck Tribune.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885

The Marquis testifies

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.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885

The Marquis in court

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.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885-09-19

The Marquis de Morès case

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.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885-09-17

The Marquis in court

Typed transcript of an article from the Bismarck Tribune, summarizing the testimony from the trial of the Marquis de Morès.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885-09-16

The Marquis de Morès case

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.

Collection

Dickinson State University

Creation Date

1885-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. T. Newcomb

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield

Theodore Roosevelt thanks James Rudolph Garfield for Garfield’s statement to his character for Roosevelt’s upcoming libel trial. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James H. Pound

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-12-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Luke E. Wright

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-07

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

President Roosevelt asks Douglas Robinson to “act as a complaining witness” so William Travers Jerome can bring a libel suit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Douglas Robinson

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William D. Miles

President Roosevelt tells William D. Miles that he will try again to find him a government position, but he reminds Miles that he never said he would not allow him to suffer because of his testimony. Roosevelt has already taken up the matter with the Department of Agriculture, but government positions pay less than jobs in private enterprises, so he may not be able to find something that Miles will take.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft if the testimonies taken before the Senate Committee regarding Governor of Moro Province General Leonard Wood can be published soon due to the repeated attacks against Wood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-26