The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-30

| gay GouidS recent statements Appeal
to Have Stirred Up One in New York
| Social, Legal and Political Circles Tx
| cited-Charges of Attempted Bribery o,
Both Sides.
NEW YORK. March 2S-The sensation
| which Jay Gould sprung last Sunday is std
| agitatlng this town, and the newspaper;
| are full of rumors in relation to prominent
persons involved Charges of bribery are
being made on both sides, and hints are
| thrown out that great National
scandal is impending Counsel TO,
the prosecution charged that. Mr.. Gould
| and his son offered $4,000 to
| stop the proceedings in the Gould-S
case, and the Goulds came back with
charges of blackmaiL 1t is generally &C
cepted as fact that the woman in the case
is Mrs Hopkins, but the identity of the
prominent politician behind her is not
yet fully established 1t is well known that
Mrs. Hopkins was on terms of friendship
with the family of w. c. Whitney, the
present Secretary of the Navy.
A lawyer in Dillon Z Swain's office said
that Mr.. Viii ney was great friend of Mrs.
Hopkins, and rendered her great assistance
in her divorce suit At one time this suit
threatened to involve men in high places
and become a National scandal, as.the per-
son who was to be named as correspondent
in Mrs Hopkins cross-suit was no less a
person than a prominent official at WASH
ingtOn.
The SUMS Washington special says that
Secretary Whitney was shown yesterday
the interview with Jay Gould in the Sun,
and was asked if he wished to say any thing
with reference to it. Secretary Whitney
replied:
you may say In the broadcast language that
you can write that 1t is wholly without foun-
dation. 1t is not true that have had any
connection whatever with the indictment pro-
ceedings. have no interest in the bonds N.Y.
self; know of no one who has. 1 don't know
and have never seen any of the parties
who are the compliments nor have 1 ex-
changed q word with the counsel on this SUBJ
ject Since Colonel Fellows took up this case
SIX weeks or more ago, have not, as it hap
pens, seen or communicated with him directly
or indirectly, nor have at any time expressed
any opinion or influenced any body on the SUBJ
Jeet."
Mr.. George Gould, in an interview, de-
MED point blank the statements made by
E. L, Andrews, the leading counsel for
the alleged foreign bondholders in the
Gould-S ge case, that he George Could
settle the case out of the courts On
the contrary, he says that Andrews went to
him on three different occasions and offered
to fix the matter with the district attorney.
Before the matter had been laid before The
grand jury Mr.. Andrews asked for $780,
600 to stop. the proceedings. After the
presentation of the case Mr. Andrews
raised the ante to 5000, 900, but Mr. Gould,
Jr, says he declined to consider any OF
these propositions. Finally Mr.. Andrews
offered to stop the whole business for
800, 900, but no attention Was paid to
him. George Gould denies emphatically
that he ever stated that he could buy up
the district attorney of this city, and says
he never thought of making an offer to any
one to settle the case.
Another point that Mr. Gould made in his
statement is bringing out numerous de-
malls Mir. Gould said that he went to
prominent politician, who holds one of
the highest offices in the State,
and spoke to him about the case This
gentleman sent to one of the city officials
interested in the prosecution and asked
him about the case. The latter said that
it would be a big thing from political
standpoint to put Mr.. Gould on the
rack The prominent office-holder, who Is
supposed by some to be Mayor Hewitt.
denounced this as Infamous, and de-
clGred that it must be stopped at once
Now all the city officials, from Dstrict-At-
torney Fellows down, are denying that they
were the Officials who had spoken of the
political effect of prosecuting Jay Gould.