The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-22
WOODS CHARACTER.
1t is Thoroughly shown Up in a
Bad Light.
People Who Knew Him Well Claimed
That He Was a Notorious Liar.


The House Committee Investigating the
Ballot Box Contract Forgery AdJourns
for Two Weeks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Mayor Mosby,
Of Cincinnati, was placed on the STAND
before the committee to investigate tne
Ohio ballot-box forgery yesterday he
testified that he knew Wood, who first
came to him about Augusta, last, with
letter OF introduction from 70 U Hal,
manager Of the Hall SAFE Company me
mavor produced number ofletters from
prominent ohioans indorsing Wood Tor
the smoke inspectorship. Among these
were several from Governor Foraker.
On tho morning that Woods appoint
ment was errone ously announced In Cln-
cinnati newspapers, man called on tne
mavor and accused Wood of being no
torious liar and said that his record was
not good. The man was George W.
Jewan, Woods brother-in-law. lnves'
floating further the witness had Jew'
ellis information corroborated. WOOD
was sont for and the mayor Informed
him of the charges. Wood denied them
and offered to refute the charges ana
sent to Mosby number of letters from
| Cincinnati business men giving Wood q
good character.
The witness said 1t had never occurred
to him that the ballot-box paper was
forgery. He knew that Governor For
alxer did not intend to make use OF it.
He had a conversation with Wood about
the paper and Wood told him what h'
had told Governor Foraker-that he had
rot It from Walter Wellman, the pri
vato secretary Of John II. Mclean
After it became known that the ballot
box paper was forgery, Wood came u
the mayor and asked him about an in
teryiew in tho Times-Star in which thu
mayor had quoted Mr.. Elliot as sayini
that Wood had said that his Woods
father and mother were liars and b
could not help lying. The mayor presse
Wood to tell about the forged paper
Wood wanted to know which paper h
meant, and on the mayor explainln
that bo meant the one in the CONNER
al-Gazette. Wood said there we're thre
or four papers like the one Halstead ha
published Tho mayor said the 'pu'
iished paper did not contain all tn
names Of the original, but Wood insiste
that'it did. Wood explained that thei
were always two or. three cliques worl
ing TO get bill through Congress, al
: IL was necessary TO have certain pape
l 10 show TO some OF these cliques
A other persons who we're interested in
bill, In order to shut them of.
3 Wood was then again called to u
stand. In answer TO questions from N
Corswell he said he had lived In Cinci
i natl since 1871. He had not taken
r active part In politics. Governor FC
v aker's brother Jim had first suggest
II to him TO apply for the smoke inspect'
q ship. Mr.. Cogsweli pressed witness
n tell about the yeluable names REFER
i to in lettef TO Governor Forak
t Wood repeated what he had said Sat-
"a day-that the valuable names w
a mined to the subscription paper q
.. that he had intended TO have them pl
toQraphed In this condition.
Cogswell's questions were intended
!. show that Wood was perjuring himse
" as there are no pin holes In the subscr
=, tion paper. -
Of Mr.. Turner, OF Georgia, wanted
oi know why the namos OF Senators Sh
70 man. MCPHERSON, Stockbridge and 9th
ne had been attached to the ballot-'
ay list. Witness replied that he did 1t
M prevent Governor Foraker publish
"a the paper. He tried TO make 1t pur
cs non-uartlsan. He did not pass the pa
'es of on Governor Foraker to hurt q
body. II Foraker had asked him ab
M the ballotlbox paper he would have
lat him all aboutit. The Governor wan
,ps a certain kind OF paper and he tried
be All the order. The gentlemen wh
lat names we're signed to the paper had
FL connection, so far as he knew, with
nd ballot-box contract.
rec Lewis NJ. Haddon, OF CINCINNATI
C. the last witness. He had underst
ute that Representatives Campbell, But
sh- worth and others were greatly In
ested in the ballot-box bill and 80
Iv. Foraker. He had seen q paper so
=, what like the one forged by Woo
ich August, 1888, and on 1t were the ma
nm. Of Butterworth, Campbell and Mcl
Nj lev. The names looked like signatr
,ast Foraker had shown him the ballot
ves. paper and he thought It similar TO
: or one he had seen. T. 6. Campbell
Ace shown him the hrst named paper
,era order TO accommodate General Grosy
and Governor Foraker the comm
then adjourned until February 8.