The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-10-10
INGALLs.

lhefe was Qulte an interesting lOi OI
testimony taken in the Ingalls, ease on
the Isl a report of which VIII be found
below From appearances it Is likely H.
be- some time before tic evidence IS all
in. The associnied press report is as
follows:
The subcommittee of the senate com
mittee ON privileges and elections, inves
tigating the charges against Senator
ingalls,, decided this morning that the
charge of packing the grand jury in the
memorial was not proper evidence of
corruption, in that il was anterior 10 the
election and could not affect il. The
counsel for the respondent stated that
Mr. ingalls, had instructed them not 10
object to its admission and they did not.
The counsel for the mcmoTialists then
discharged e.. III. Miller, who had been
subpgnaed To support the charges. The
counsel for the mcmorlalists put Henry
H. Rogers on the stand, and lac testified,
To their disappointment, that he had
never told Senator Ingalls, or his friends
that q. G.. Richards, the member from
Douglas county, wanted $1,000 or any
sum for his vote: that he had never asked
Hallowell or Merritt for that amount for
him, and been told that they were only
paving 300; and that he had never told
Sidney Clarke any such thing Howard
NJ Holden, "a witness for the memorial
lists, said he had brought no package or
money To- Topeka during the senatorial
contest for Ingalls, or any other candi-
date. and had not controlled any large
sum of money for the purpose of secur-
ing votes. T. l. b. Ping, for respondent,
testified that Frank PIayter had tried to
borrow money of Ingalls,, or his friends,
To paw Il debt of his fathers, and he had
refused: thai Ingalls, had informed him
that Playtcr had tried to blackmail, and
that he had, at Ingalls, request, made "A
statement of Playtcr's threat To make In
gals take up the note or loan him money
ar make il cost him three times the
amount ($3,OOO) of the note; that he had
never been offered or promised by In
gals or his friends any money, Office or
position for his vote, but had always
been pronounced in Ingalls, favor. w.
j. Buchan. for respondent, corroborated
Pings testimony about the statement
Ping had given to Ingalls,, and which he
was 10 have demanded be read, if an at
tempt TO York" Ingalls, was made; had
never been promised the United States
district attorneyship, and had never asked
for il, or heard that Ingalls, had Peck's
resignation in his pocket during the can
vnss.
w. III. Pilkenlon was called by the
memorialisis, and testified that at the
anti-Ingalls caucus on the night before
tire election, Senator j. o. Savage was
present and was an active member, and
vcted for Horton, and that when he
came TO the legislature he owed debts
To the amount of nearly $500.
Delos w. Ackers, called by the mem
orialists, denied saying to John Bissell
that Lee w. Hamilton, of Marshall coun-
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ingalls,, and said he did not know such
TO &c the fact. Witness testified that ru-
NOR said that Phillips, Ingalls, and An
thony were using money. j. .. Savage
testified that he had come to Topeka u
Phillips man, and had been to the anti
ingalls, caucus, and had there voted for
Horton, and had, by going to the caucus
and answering to the roll-call, pledged
his support 10 Horton, and alterward
thought it over and concluded he had
made n mistake, and thinking his people
would prefer Ingalls, changed to ingalls,.
lie showed where he had borrowed most
of the amount he used in paying debts
he had borrowed il from farmers living
in his neighborhood and from the bank
Mt Concordia. Geo. l.. White testified
that he had gone to the Tefit house to
meet n friend and had received word
from Jas. =. Merritt that a friend from
Ohio was in room 100 and wanted to see
him; went to the room and saw DanfOrd
and Col. Dawes. Dawes left ut once,
and Danford asked witness how he
would vote, and learning he was for
Horton, said he had $1,000 handed him
by Ingalls,, which he was going To spend,
and wanted him to vote for Ingalls,. lie
then offered me $500 if / would vote for
ingalls,. Witness refused, and Danford
asked him not TO give him away. Wit
ness had not seen any money. Before the
Legislative committee last winter. Dan
ford emphatically denied this statement.
lie will bc put on the stand tomorrow
morning