The sun., 1889-12-06

write mo. as must he mt columbus IN the
on. j. Il. M. is out OF the city,, Enclosed find
S Of Ee adntrnet as TsS j. TGoro sSs oS
papers in ALL lhave Two. IN haste. !, q .voonun
Immediately on receipt OF that letter I
wired Wood as follows: .,, n ,eoo
ar. a. wood Cnennon
your Gs ietter Sgo% from %asRinSton Come here this
Siernoon or night II possible FGpt1rS go 10 MD
"',CNcINNATI; Sept II.
"' Cor. Foraker will be in COLUMBUS J! W%nn to-
% lie TtHs came on on tho 11th and delivered to me
what ] supposed vas a genuine pnper.d on
the train whio travelling from Springfield to
Cincinnati. and showed 1t to him, ana told him
told M him could iiiU not tO make any y use ISL of it.
He suggested that he could and insisted that
he should be allowed TO So For that reason
Knowing what the exieencies Of the campaign
might be he suggested that l have It photo.
paper as we'll as he Acting upon that sngges-
a@bas and hsd Il phoiOsrap6IsSd. ~ did not
Therefore put it away carefully, but whom
Music Hail at the ratification meeting, l con
cluded would deal with MIR. Campbeils pub
what might arise in connection Herewith
put Photographic copy OF the paper IN my
After my meeting at music hall while 10 the
C0nmercidl Gdzeiie ofioe gave 1t to MI. Hal;
sted. together with House Bill No. 10.937. and
GontTSct Cor % No. 900. aiterward published BY Mr
Hasted In the Commerc,at GGieue. gave MN
these papers because / had determined that
and because he desired to have possession Of
them. in order that he might make such use OF
the matter as the occasion might seem 10 re-
ouire Inst when or how or In what manner
ne would use them he did not tnform.me Hei-
ther did he knew himself SO tar as d can shose;
lot OF uninteresting letters and telegrams. and
winds up as follows. referring to the discovery
WHEN learned that he had imposed upon
me 2, forged document l. of course; lost @ all
In NOS nd deaDg With and
finding myself unable by reason ot mr.. Hal
stead's agreement to make full disclosure Of
hin him. to know into whose hands, II fanybody's. he
might fall, to the end that | might have full
producing It. Of any abatement he might make.
Therefore had Mr.. Kurtz communicate with
Mr. to Of a0d weq hs
snrn9G s%R af0m to o' " o With
tent keep TSSd ESepne in hssf TO or 'nG so9s
body else continually with him SO far as might
bo necessary to know all about whom ne might
meet, and what statements, II any, he might
Except in this way and to this, extent.
the Republican party had any correspondence
or intercourse OF any kind whatever with Wood
Washington. however. and before Mr.. Halstead
published his retraction, he wrote several let
ters to Mr. Kurtz. copies Of which can be nro-
duced II desired. l have had n communication
with MI: Wood since the forgery was discovered
except that Unexpectedly met him In the hall
natl on Nov II and he manifested O desire to
talk with me. and l, not caring to talk with him
there: told him he might call on me at the Glib
and Il there sH0 told i'm That hSd seen re s.
stead, and that they satisfied me that he had
committed forgery, He wanted to know 4 l
to him nm ha dd GSs EnoW
that wanted to state the fact that such was
my belief. and the reason for It, and that in
or have anything to do with him further From
that day until this have had no communica-
tion Of any Kind with him. j. b. FORAKER"
Thomas c. Campbell. the New York lawyer
who has been spoken Of in the Ohio ballot box
forgery matter as the attorney Of r. s. Wood. !,
box " company which uses Woods invention.
and whose interest in the matter Is due 10 The
it fS By %ooG Gy reed
and kilograms that he holds that Il are said to
sumably. Gov. Foraker. as a knowing ,partci-
pant in tho carrying out OF the fraud. He did;
their authorship and thereby distinctly formu-
lated the accusation that Gov. Foraker ID
either. uncommonly given to credulity or
down the reputation OF rival leaders in his own
party. The turning of the weapon first against
matter. The opportunity to make that use Of 1t
after Congressman Cnmpbells nomination
S gsGd 5N ee been
ferred 10 as in my possession" said MIR. Camp
bell are four letters and about dozen tele-
OF number OF letters sent by Wood to Fora
ker. l do not mako them public because ! see
ker says that he has sent copies OF all his cor
respondence with Wood to the Cincinnati Com
msrcidl- Gazette to be published. It would be
Of the letters that have, which are only Q por:
tion OF those that the Governor will publish II
to state his case as fully and freely as he
pleases without being embarrassed by prema-
ure II PSrt Of M it rs ne rn
cent in their intent and nature. At any rate
he ought to be allowed to try;
before the forgery was published; Otherwise
they would be Of no value. II II Is easy to be-
eye that man LIZ aIFat Ta hhastgadi hn % WITH his
shop. whenever he wants to mako u point
could have been deceived as to the genuine
that Foraker. u lawyer who had been aJudge.
and whose whole life had accustomed him to
the WelHnltE Ol eNlltnce ana lHe
of probabilities aS 10 truth and ialSehood in
matters coming before him. coul id have been so
deceived? He had tho matter before him for
a long time. while he was bargaining and dick
ering to get possession OF the forged docu-
ments His letters show that. lIe kent the
document for weeks in his possession. weighed
down. he says under n sense OF its importance
and the necessity that existed for sup.
pressing II for the snke OF men in his own party
who would be ruined by it and then at last he
intrusted 1t unquaiiledly to the discretion OF
Mlurat Halstead. II he really thought 1t was
genuine, wouldn't he have brought i in some
Butterworth. all of,whom he could have reached
In n few hours. and have sought some explanu-
tion Oft during tho weeks he was carrying it
really believed II was genuine, would he have /,
ever allowed 1t to be printed as it was, knowing
the document being genuine, would be
so did John sherman, William Mckinley. and I
Ben Butterworth. II / have done wrong it has /
been in good COMPANY What answer could |
have heen made 10 thar But II Gov Foraker |
knew IL was a forgery he could well calculate !
that all the defence Campbell could make
Campbell OF course, bong ignorant oi what ,
other names we're on 1t would be q simple
hall tha an nnraSEpd mai nj H. containing ha