Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-27
0BERLY TESTIFIES.
The Bishop" Explains Camp
bells Bad Break.
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WASHINGTON CRY. Feb 27-Ths house
committee on reform in the civil service
continued its investigation yesterday. Ex-
Commissioner oberly was called he testi-
ied that he knew Mr. Campbell, but denied
that any charge hsd ever been made that
Campbell had distracted papers from the
commission In lsSs. he said. information
reached hun that questions used in examine
tons were being copied and sold TO Mr..
Flynn, OF the Ivy institute He requested
The party who furnished the informa ton to
procure for him copy of the questions and
offered 70 pay the expsase Of getting the
questions The questions, he said we're pro-
cured as requested, and lie laid hem before
the fun commission with the request that
they make an investigation and find out, il
possible, who was guilty OF furnishing the
questions to persons outside OF the ccmmis-
sion
EdgertoB wouldn't Investigate.
Commissioner Edgerton, president OF the
commission at that time, refused to make
the investigation, saying that be thought
that nothing would come Of it. Mr. Lyman
was present az the time. and favored making
an investigation and getting at the bottom
OF the matter He tObsrly) then decided 70
make an investigation for himself He got a
copy Of the handwriting Of all the persons In
the commission, compared them with the
copy of the questions furnished him, and.
after careful examination, reached the
conclusion that Mr.. Campbell had made the
copy. He presented the papers TO the full
commission, and told them the result Of his
Investigation
Campbell Admits His Guilt.
After this be had a conference with Mr..
Lyman, aud Nr. Lyman wen, to Campbell,
who acknowledged that he copied the cues
tons for lady acquaintance who wished 70
take the examination Mr.. Lyman then
came 70 him and told him that Campbell had
admitted making the copy, and asked him To
take the matter in hand and do as be thought
best IN the matter He went to the lady &c
whom Mr.. Campbell gave the Questions She
told him that she had got the papers from
Campooll, and sold them to Mr. Rynn. OF
the Ivy institute
After a thorough Investigation he came to
the conclusion that no harm had come to the
service or 70 the country by this act of Mr..
Campbell, and be decided not to dismiss him
from the service, as the questions
had been used IN a former exami.
nation, and could have been seen by
any person making the request He deemed
hr Campbell guilty only Of breach Of dis
cipline, and reprimanded him for it,
Mr.. Flynn's Enterprise.
Emily NJ Dabney, an employe in the de
partment Of labor, was next called. She
testified 10 taking lessons from Mr.. Flynn,
OF the Ivy institute, and a few days before
the examination came of she expressed to
Mr.. Flynn some doubt Of bar ability TO pass
the examination, upon which he offered 10
sell her the questions 70 be used in the CON-
ing examination for s25. she declined to
buy the questions, took the examination and
failed. A week after she failed in her exam
ination she was shown the questions Flynn
had offered her and found them 10 be the
ones used in the examination which she
failed 10 pass,
Charge Against Miss Dabney
Professor Flynn was examined and aid
that Miss Dabney came to him and asked
for the old examination papers which Mrs
Smith had left with him. He proposed to
give Der copy Of them, but while Temporal
rily absent from the room Miss Dabney, he
believed, had taken the originals
What Campbell Had to say.
Alexander c. Campbell was placed on the
stand He admitted that he had copied the
examination papers and afterward dispo.ed
Of them to Mrs Smith He told Mrs Smith,
however, that they were old papers and
would Be Of no use to her in an examination.
Campbell admitted that be took the papers,
which he copied and gave to Mrs Smith,
from the certifcation room during the alb
ssnce Of the certifcation clerk