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| in your Ntter Of Ap~,ss * Is,}Y ~ W -
Did you execute any vritten decIsration Of
trusta A. think dd.
@. To whom did Won deliver that A. Tn
parties interested.
@. Now, 1 Win ask Won another ouestyo,-
Who were the benefciaries of that trusl al the
time you made those purchases q member Of
either House Of Congress1 A. That I must
decline to answer.
@. Is either of the beneacfaries of that trusk
| in Congress nowa A. That must resnectf;,iIv
decline to answer.
@. If any Of those benefciaries are members
of Congress, are you willing to see Chem and
INQUIRE Of them whether thew wish their namca
kept secret, and let us know the RESULT A. I
cannot admit, in any answer, that represeut
any members of Congress.
O. Are you willing to zee the beneAcislres
of this trust O. far as YOU have n In YOUR
power and ascertain whether or not they w:sh
their names kept secrcti "A. With pleasure.
Q. WnI You please do sol A. Yes, sir.
o, And give is the RESULT A. Yes. sir.
By Representstiye wilson: a. Have vou
reference to the disclosure Of their nsmcsi
A. Not one: only one, win saw that one eava
me the privilege of meutionIur Ills name. hut I
declined to do It unless the others also con-
sented. There is only one who has spoken to
| me about IL.
Q. In this same letter to which your attention
has been called you speak of sgobblin. up" all
the asphalt and concrete pavement that you
cant A. Yes, sir.
@. You cay, ave had TO make a small ring
of about seven persons, in order to accomplish
l resultsp A.. Yes, sir.
| Q. ''In this ring we put all the concretes."
| n. les, SfT Evans, Clcpnane, nelly, hl0Weu
/ and myself comprised six of the ring"
| q. Who was the other man in that ringi A.
It was unknown to me If ever there was an
other one.
| Q. Did you ever have another man in liz A.
No, sir; we did not have many whose names
were mentioned there.
/ Q. How many. did COMPOSE the rfnpa A,
John o. Evans, Lewis Clephane and myself
| Q. You three composed the ring! A. Yes,
SIR; and let me right here state, at the request
Of DR.. Kidwell, that he never had any interest
in It, or any other parties, except those three
mentioned.
| Q. This was an arrangement you had made;
yourself, Evans and Ciephane were together at
that time. A. presume so.
Q. But It had been arranged between your
self, Evans and Clephane that YOU would form
this ''ring" of seven, and you had selected
these other parties to 20 into that rin2f A.
Oh, think we had all talked about tall the
parties mentioned there
Q. They had all talked shout i'll A. Think
We had-an Of us. .
By the Chairman: @. Who finally formed
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