Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-21
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aEntertaIninE- Evidence Given In
the BaIlof-box Case.

WASHINGTON, Jan. aO.-Nyhen
| the spec al House committee in
veStiGating the ballot-bOx forgery
met this morning, Mayor Moseby,
Of Cincinnati, was placed upon the
stand. He testified 10 receiving
letters from various persons recon-
including Wood for the position Of
INSPECTOR. One OF the letters was
from Governor Foraker, who said
he had promised TO endorse WoO'i's
application ifhe promised him For
aker) certain political information
about prominent men.
Walters, who testified Saturday
regarding Wool, Uss recalled to-
day and said that after Woods first
visit to Washington he got several
letters from Wood about a patent
cannon, in which Governor Camp
bell was supposed 10 be interested
and a. 10 his congressional record.
Witness obtained copies Of all OF
Campbells bills and OF the gun
patent. The latter had been issued
70 one Hughes, and three-quarterS
were assigned to J. +. Camp
bell, OF HamiltOnr Ohio. Wood
cams back TO Washington and
told witness two or three times that
he had seen Mr., Mclean. One Sun
day morning Wood bought the Gin
cinaati papers, and after looSlus NJ
them seemed greatly excited. He
damned Tom Campbell. and said
1.-THE old snorting horse has made
damned fool OF himself" Witness
understood him TO
REFER TO HALsTEAD.
Witness saw the retraction pub
lished. Wood wrote q letter to Tom
Campbell, saying he was "a danned
skunk" and he could put him in
the state prison.
Wood was recalled and asked by
the chairman when il first Oc-
CURED TO him 10 pat the name Of
James L. Campbell on the papers.
Wood said that Foraker said %
him he understood those fellows
were making strong syndicate e.
push the ballot-box bill, and that
John II Mclean was at the head
oft. Foraker took Campbell's bill
out Of his pocket and asked about its
progress. He said he understood
Campbell, ButterwOrth, Mckinley
and others were interested.
Milward, the Cincinnati draughts-
man, told how he saw Davis pre-
PAIRING a paper and tracing a sigma
ture with glass. AiilYard told him
that was not a good way and showed
him how to trace with paper. Davis
explained to him that there was no
harm in it; that the paper was 10 be
given to Governor Foraker, who
would know at once it was a fOrg
ery. Witness wrote the names Of
Mcpherson and Stockbridge. Davis
said they wanted TO show il TO
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
and make them give up n paper they
had. and then they would destroy
the document. some time after
witness saw the publication in the
Commercial Gazette. He went down |
aud told Halstead all ABOUT it. That !
gentleman did not believe him. He |
brought out a Photographic copy.
and witness showed how he had |
traced the names. Halstead asked |
if he had written the McPheIson
and StOckbridge signatures and I
when told he had, replied that he I
{ Halstead) had pinned his faith on
those signatures.
Turner asked why Wood had the
names Of democrats put on.
Witness said he cared nothing /
about the names. He wanted 10
make up n syndicate Of about
twenty names He wanted a good
many Ohio men; wanted 90 make
it non-partisan, and fix II so II
couldn't he used for publication.
Turner asked who suggested the
names and witness replied that 4
Foraker had said those Ohio men
were in the syndicate. Foraker
wanted him TO get some New jersey |
and Michigan NAMES. The other
names were thrown in FOR filling l
and II