Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-07-15
TESTIMONY OF FRANK e. GRAHAM.

TESTIMONY OF FRANK E. GRAHAM.
@. Well, now, proceed, Mr.. Ora
ham,. A. 1t was in Mr. Richard s
ronns Ihad gone up to his room,
and we were talking about other mat
ters, q forget what, aud the conversa-
ton dffted on to the Wood County
matter, semesway, and on to the ru-
mors and gossip about bribery and
the use of money. and Mr.. Richards.
in confidence-WeIl, now, I-caR't
tell what he did tell me, that is
@. Tell it as nearly rs you can.
1 don't suppose the committee expect
you- A. What l believe he told
me then?
Q. Yes, sir; what you believe he
told you in the first conversation, as
near as you can. A. l believe he
told me then that Mr.. Cooley had
come to his room one night, just he
fore some definite action was to he
taken upon the bill, and that Mr..
Cooley told him that he could get one
hundred dollars if he would work in
the interest of the bill and vote for it.
TESTIMONY OF ]. G. MEUsER.
@. What did Judge Haag say to
you about influencing his intended
vote on the Wood county bill, if he
said anything? A. Well, l would
like to give the conversation right
from its origin.
@. l asked you to do that. just
give it in your own words. A. First
he made an inquiry as to Mr.. Whites
circumstances as regards wealth, or
the want of it, and from that he in
quired as to his family; and then
my recollection is, that he directed n
question to me, as to whether /
thought money would influence Mr..
Whites vote. l suppose you do not
want to know what I said about Mr..
Whites circumstances?
The Chairman. Yes.
Mr.. Campbell. You may repeat
to the committee what you said to
Mr.. Haag about that matter, unless
objection is made by some member
of the committee A. / told him
that Mr.. White was a poor man,
and that, to the best of my knowl
edge, thought he owned no proper
ty whatever, only, of course, his
household effects, and that he had
considerable of family; and with
regard to the question as to whether
thought money would be an object
the question was whether money
was an object-that was the way the
question was put.
@. Were you asked if money
would be an object? Yes, sir.
@. And your answer? A. / an
swered, that to a man in his circum-
stances money no doubt was an OBJ
ject; it might, perhaps, depend on
how he should get it, as to whether he
would take it or not. We were seat
ed up to that point, in the office, at
the east side, just to the south of the
desk in the American House; and
Judge Haag tnen spoke TO me, anu
SAID he wanted to see me privately,
and we stepped outside into the en-
try or corridor, or whatever it is;
there is a place goes to the wash
room, and / believe it leads also toa
place where they stimulate a little
back of that; there were trunks and
furniture of some kind just to the
left. 1 think partly rested on one
Of the trunks there, and we stopped
there and continued the conversa-
tion.
@. When you got to that point,
what did the conversation turn on:
A. He said-Mr. Haag told me that
he felt great deal of interest in
what was called the Wood county
bill, and asked me whether l had any
knowledge of it; and l told him l
had; and he said he felt an interest
in securing its passage for two rea-
sons--one was, that it would be a
great convenience to him in The