The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-01


enough Of lis testimony 10 show YOU
what AN cyc -dingly side-splitting iolIers
ba iooIev and HaaC. were:
n On yc,. 6istfnoDlsb between hTr. Coo
l.,,S. manner, and moods. wnen he j. in car
NJ md y, han he +. iolinre You saw v0u
have frer.ucntIy heard him Joke: s. IdOut
Inv fI,5- over saw him out Of humor.
O. But Won may be earnest and serious
and moi f,. ru' of 6umare 4. On. yes.
q. We'll | simply want a. know when
NJ Cocj,g &. seriously talking public bus
ipess or rriyate business. did his manner
,.ron This occasion differ from his manner
when he is TALKING seriously or earnestly:
4 TnW 7 couId po' tell yGg.
q Y0u have told rs he was ;osiuE. aui
want 10 know whvs s. Ju-r banau-r aa
foIJ ru,. l,,. WAS In fun.
Nh CamrbcII How lou- after rDH AaI
-b,. conversation that you told Nh Webb"
concerning i'e 4. After ] was talking q"
Mr. Cooley. Wei. I could 1905 'eI Eog-
NAV be 70 month
q How ION. after Won had tie rguvcr=t-
ton with NJ Wcille was IL before v1g told
any other person. : Well. IL was over "a
wear, iIigr.
o. Mr.. Cooley WAS iufhch habit ol 50.,luE,
YOU saw :. Yes. sir.
o. Can YOU remember any other ioke oi
Mr.. Coolcy's that occurred that winter y.
On don't remember
q. What led you 10 remember this parilc-
uIaT Joke. If it was a Joke: How docs II
come that YOU rcc0liectcd 1t for a full year
after you had told il TO Mr. Nclole: y.
certainly would not forget anything that
knew 10 bc a iacl.
.. well nHt you doh hho" '' ~ -I "
iact; yoh 'ooA II 20 'le d 1 Jo41 ~ .'5
IL 20 i,5 i "a. .ii,'' I'm I'm, ~, :,
"I,'-'t liJ ~ i,1''I ~ ,, ,,r coD-
,.,.rs-a,;o, -, I,,d I,;ti, hin don't
rccoIIoct any nov
a How vould II come that ont Of the
many conversations YOU had with Mr. Coo
lev that YOU could recollect this particular
one that was simply a iOkes \ We'll, l
| don't know that there was any ythin" else that
was as important as this was.
| O. Did YOU take as much prccautiOn as
| that with the rest ef Mr.. COOley's jokes that
he told YOU during the season. !. Ics,aHd
that Of othcIs' and ] think that will take
more after this.
q. don't care TO know what You viii do
after this. IL NAV not be so important after
this. A. don't think II Is SAFE after tins Tor
a man 10 go out and say that he has voted
on any measure tba. IS coming up.
Q. Well, l would Ike 10 know II You
3Ir. COoley's Jokes as you did with this one:
y. Well, d0n't know hlt there were some
| that | didn't.
The next witness ] will calls The pres
| ent Democratic candidate for RepTesen-
tative. in Crawford county.
Uov 7 e ,TFI-sI,R-
| an bonast man and ono I wouIJ he
soroI,, +a,r,,tsJ 10 ,-o+a for if I lived in
~. a,,,,,t-- A. H. 4;,,,a Ce +ostif,i,,,y no
~ M IL e. - -, CaIT!-, : =
was lilT may Vi VI N.'li,'n u. liieiI Iit;,
IeP'ipiio''ii 'o"ii' 'i'H -. ~ ~ -,
| Meuser, Deihocrat, SHOWS tiie HiSI
| standing ol the man at nome. IheTe i
little question OF veracIty between MN
| and Haag. You may Judge Tor your
selves which you will believe.
Q. State 10 the committee whether or not
YOU had. on or about the seventeenth Of De
cembcr last, a conversation with Mr. Haag
relating to the Wood county bill? 4. had
| a conversation with Judge Haag; ! am not
positive at which visit It was
O. Now. then wish that YOU would pro-
coed. Mr.. Mcllscr. and state to the commit
tee rs nearly As YOU can what Judge Haag
said TO YOU, and what YOU said to Judge
Haagg
Mr.. Haag. In REGARD TO WHAT
AIr. Campbell. In regard to Mr.. White and
the Wood county bill. \. First, he made
an ln4uILy as 20 4ir. "hiIe Cl,c,ltf'Ce III
e., r. iI,ot I f'lt "a ~ m 70 h;s fsyry. and
ti,e,, NV racoiiactio,, i tI,ot bo dirrcted q
Cuos,inn to mo as to whether thcurbt
money would Influence Mr.. Whites vote.
He told me lha, Mr.. White and he were not
ON very rood tcrms-not fricndly-and that
Mr.. White had last winter. voted against
the bill, and that he would Ike TO secure iIs
vote for it; and that should see 4lr. " hltc;
and II thought he would accept the could
get money Tor ms vote
Y; was lhS'e ahyihiI.S any, M. S'iG '.s 20 80"
i.,lli iioils ~ ,,d''' ,,lC;,; sttcr,cni
- ~ - hcc,, tI,inI,in,r over the
matter b,.t NV imprcssiop is tl.at Il was a
couple of hundred dollars.
Q. \ couple of hundred dollars: y Yes,
sir.
q We'll, what further WAS Si-d: ;. NJ Gil,
he made some further remarks. We talked
for while, and he spoke about AT. " hi,e
being one OF the last members whose name
IS called al The call oi the itouSe; ana Il Il
was not necessary, II iiie OH uid MOI require
Mr. Nmic E"'", he need hDt VOC iot It,
He said, " = would not stand on hIe nun
dred dollars, uut did not refer I'D lHa' III
rcctly 10 Ar White, J believe
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iii'lIei ol p'S9 -iii;'' ,l-A - A..
Ile !oi'o"l"- queS''o" WAS ''>i>' u -'-'
MuriiL;
z. May / ask u a proposition o. sucA
character as ihat coUId oe Ior5p',er D; ~, lou
III lle bFlei space oi 1 iCM Me1Ns. y. " T.,
II nilght' as 10 VINO u vas We VIZ '''''''iy
'aiNil5 - - ~ va -. ,,f tho
IN va 81 en- "a ,1.;, fl.,,,'j,l,, -
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tior Of n co,,,ars,tiou so iroDorfant rs tilalg
A. I never hoard talked of fI,,. bribery or
buyiur of an officer Of .Iis Assembly except
at that one time
Q. If thai WAS the only instance, is i. pos
Sible that you can't reCoilect il: \. ! can
recollect the circumstance, hH, can't rc'"i-
lect as TO who It was.
A little strange, is il not. that an affair
OF such magnitude eonld be so entirely
forgotten.
The next gentleman viii call Is tia