, 1877-07-28
EAHE-HEGBY.

be well If work utterly lOaJhSOme as thai
engaged in by Lake and Highly should nevel
be dragged to light But 1t comes forth 4,
part of the revelation produced by this sin
! gular investigation, and we give as brief 1
statement of 1t as is consistent with necessary
inteligibility. Lake says that Highly asked
him If he wished to go TO Washington. Hig
/ by told him that he would get $3.50 mileage
( for it, and could 90 if he would only sign
such a statement as was desired. Under
! this promise Lake says the following afhdavii
was made:
/ STATE OF OREGON,
| COUNTY OF MULTN0MAH, -;
I, Z. \. Lake, being duly sworn according
10 law, depose and say that was present al
the Chemeketa hotel, In the city of Salem,
county of Marion, in the state Of Oregon, on
the 18th day of September, 1876; that | saw
then and there $500 paid to one Master n
consideration that said Mosier would vote
! for l.. f. Grover for the United States Senats
| from the State of Oregon that the same was
| paid in my presence at said time for said
consideration that said MoSier then and
| their being a member of the house of repre-
sentatiyes of the State of Oregon, did then
and there receive said money, and in con
, sideration thereof did vote for said L. +.
Grover for the United States senate; that
have no interest in the result of the contest
for the seat in the United States Senate.
T. \. LAKE
Correspondence was carried on between
Lake and Highly upon the subject. The fol-
lowing is among the letters produced. The
others are III about the same vein
CORVALLIS, January -, 1877.
L. A. LAKE Your telegraph and letters
reached me this morning, as [ have been
away tending lawsuit Your affidavit is
here The copy is in Washington l am
expecting every hour to hear what You de-
sire. Keep cool and ali viii he right. L
have done my part, and If you are patient a
little longer all viii be as We desire. Waters
certainly has money / did not mention ell
| dared, for fear others would get it. OF
course you can refuse 20 so, but, ii you de-
sire, as soon as II comes you VIII see me.
Don't be In hurry 1t Is 50 lar to Washing
ton 1t takes time, but few days more and
We will be all right. My wife IS quite sick,
so | couldn't leave, or would 60 down to-
day; viii certainly be there during next
week Don't you spoil all am in earnest
about this matter bat too great haste would
ruin it. Yours, w. B. HIGBY.
P. 81 heard in an hour after you left
that it would be here as soon rs possible
Tell me what necessary expenses you have
and l VIII fix them myself when | come. II.
\ month after making the former affidavit
Lake had decided te retract, and made a
counter affidavit IS follows:
STATE oF OpEGON
MULFNOMAH COUNTY,
"a a-za->, OSt---s ;lts~ 's,ity s"oiti, sly
ON oath, that one ". g. Highly, of Benton
county, Oregon, induced NE by promising
rae tilas if should make a certain affidavit
drawn uD by him, that he would have me
subpenaed to 60 to Washington that l
would get = per day and $50 mileage !;
that lie (iIigbyj would get me into solne
GOOD poker games IN Washington city, if /
would make SAID affidavit and that N pur-
suance of SAID promise, and upon the further
promise that the said affidavit should not be
used, I made tie atidagit wlich was sworn
to in j. n Dolph's Office, before 4 notary
public; that SAID affidavit was false, ant,
that ! intended to So inform Cor. Grover Of
! the fact; W 3. Highly knew at the tine he
| drew Il rp that i was false; SAID he wanted
| TO get Grover out of bis office as Senator ;
! 4. c. to prevent him from taxing his SEA. j
4 Highly SAID there was money IN II; the,a1ti-
| davit | made was that | saw $500 paid to a
member Of the legislature; have forgotten
the names OF the men az they were suggest
! ed By Highly. and never heard the names
| before. EDWARD A LAKE.
A plan was formed to get witness for the
| exposure Of Highly and the plot j L.
Williams, of Salem, swearS he was concealed
under a bed in room next that in which
| Highly and Lake we're TO hold conference
He heard them talking the matter over.
Lake demanded money; Highly said he he'd
none, bat would give HIM an order on U. 5,
marshal Waters Highly said he could make
as much as 5000 ont of it. Lake says hC
went to Waters and presented the order from
Highly, bat the amount TO be paid was Eot
stated Waters, it appears, did not respond
with money, whereupon Lake ted him ''thI
whole party could go to hell, and strod'
with virtUous indignation out Of the mar
! shal's office It was sort of burgiariOu'
attempt 10 get money with false O&5Ls IN
stead Of with false keys IL was manifest
a scheme of two most unpriGeipled villains
to obtain money, first, by swearing falsely
against Senator Grover, nd second, by ex
posing it as a plot of his enemies to run
him. m.-CregouiGa.