New-York tribune., 1890-01-19

W0od aid nnt say definitely where the paper was in
Washington bnt witness somehow got the impres''o"
Mr. Grosvenor asked If n supposed That Mr.. Mclean
would Willingly give up a paper that would ih|uro
MI wi,ncls rcplied that that was Woods business
The cross examination turned TO the hrNt producuon
~ the paper in witness's library by WOOD. Nthesss
Thought that il one signature was clearly genuine. y
supported the Ccnunen-,s of the Others lie had mo
KinIcy's or indeed of any of the SIGNATURES Stlll
he mad examined them to satisfy his mhd iuly.
Mr. Grosvenor asked him II Governor campbell
before the campaign, had not borne good reputt
ton: ,,s .,,. ~, ala rt ,rou, Mr. Camnhel,
until he was nominated. From that moment he heard
no of stories about Campbell and ended by getting
& bad opinion OF the latter. lie coud HH SOME oi
MIR Mr Grosvenor asked him if he was not surprised
TO see that senator sherman had signed such paper
The witness replied that his mind had been 50 prepared
that after believing that Ne,srs. Mckinley and buter
senator sherman had signed il for he had as good
opinion Of them as Of any yhody H . ,t r,,rcss did
not regard it strange that Mr. Mclean should give
The witness replied that Wood had said he controlled
the paper and could get wheneveT W ne "1'g% wngId
OF s9iT ,hGn ne da M oVcr Vcr for pPoi poca M uS
Mr.. Grosvenor asked why witness had not com com
wcrc Sn tne "n paper before taSng further steps
The exGovernor answered That When he got crc tne
paper. senator sherman and Mr. bntterWortn were Were
caTnan care Tdy" mailing two or three speeches day
done if he had retained possession Of the pap
TO make any uSG Of it. 9t M Mr. MGhHeES o5 w. ~ ns Gou
ahou it, It would seem rather indelicatc 10 go 10 a
man You believe to be guilty ana talk about te oa mat
And then too. before witness got through with IT,. he
had found a man Mr. Halstead- who knew Just what
Witne>S Nit '" had I told Wood he did not know what
to do with the paper.
Nir tirosVenor asked why.
The witness replied that he could not nse # piece
meal. and il would throw his party into c0nflslon
II dotor ad "a
and near throwing it into the fire. lie was was
p5cGc IoT ne to mac sHow Mr. Tat and Nr Pcde Of The
cleveland Leader" Before that he had met Mr
Ualstrad who wanted to take charge of it-kncw
what to do with it-and witness was glad to be ria
Mr. Grosvcnor remarked that the witness had said
names than Mr.: Camp6elrS there, and he ara not
believe it was honorable TO use the paper without
The witness replied that he did not think any such
nS i ne ne Mr. T Halcad T Thought Of Using it that way
witness believed IL To be an honorable use lie nad
doubts a6CIt m lrt e NJ, atcad take the re-,
Mr.. GrosvenW. turning 10 the Marietta speech on
oct9hcr . quoted the Wtne as Ga,c 'cg ecg tbc
proof" and asked hin nat he meant by that; o.,
speech Mr Campbell had read a letter written hy
witness. introducing Wood 10 Governor Luce 81
faver conferred upon Wood would he appreciated by
prccatcd hy Wood Continuing Mr. Foraker SAID
thai Mr.. Campbell had charged that the former was
interested in The ballot box mattcr and referring 70
witnesses statement about the ~ cooOoo trust money
in the bin for somebody had said that nobody but ar
Infamous SCoundrcl would make such statement
Witncs, read that speech ms way to the ha vlere
self 20 make answer Thcrcupon. for the hr,t ana
only time in the campaign. he referred 70 the paper.
Mr.. Grosvcnor asked the witness If before that tmc
he had seen senator sherman publ -hed deiual'
and witness answered that probably he had not seen
it, lie had only referred t. the paper to defend him
self from what Mr. Campbell had said leicrrlnS 10
Wood, witness said that he had begun to doubt Wood
on he tih.
Mr. Grosycnor asked him if he had not heard
enough to put any prudent man on hi- guard.
WOOD than witne,, had and nothing had been SAID
to show that Wood wa the man to get mp forgery
mon and the othcr- wanted Wood baiy. for hc was
He had shown the paper to Mc,-i-. Kurt and elem
ents John G. Brown General l'u,hnan, Mayor Moscby
The cro,scxaminatou Of the witness then closed
and the wItnc,, stepped aside the chairman thank
inc him for his ready attendance.
- Aiter ihe rece,-' The committee met IN the room oi
and William l.. Walters. Of Utica. Mich. "a~ sworn
scntcd himself to De- r. q. Wood OF ohio lie saw
wood this morning it Tie committee door. Ie Inst
met Wood or September l. at the cast front door 4
,ic Uou.c Wing of The Cautnl They talked potr,
for awhile and then. Woods request. Dee secured
for Wood a COPY Of thc bill introduced u the House
iv Mr.. campbell Of ohio. IL saw wood thc ncAj
day. and Wood asked him II he could find page
That afternoon or he following day he met Wood
who had bundle in his hand, which. hc said. CON
tanned photograph, Of senators. and Representatives.
gre disappointed That %, dd not have Their
autographs At The foot o: the polosraph> Ncd M .ali
De could get smile # them PLACED on the photo
graphs. Wuc>, mad secured the Autographs OF some
rucn from pieces or Slip, of paper cut oil document
lie had -ot thc.e slip- from +. D. Qmisle, Xxx,
i'm the stationery room lie dld not remember an thc
names he had procured ile rcmemnered the name
Glib. Mckinney ). =. Cauphci ana :. :. COX. ne dii
not procure the autograph Of senator otoc rdge "r q
senator Mcpherson. bu lad to.r "f ~'.At"r herman
graph from a page boy. known a- Je~-c Jame-
In response 10 q question ly VI. Gip-fonor. Wit
ness said that Wood had decided ~ writ" thc l'ii"
10 fhc Governor of his own free Will Ntu"-. never
heard a word uttcror 20 Wood that any morc" would
Doe paid him for writing letter WOOD nae i'l1 WIZ
ness that hc wanted the autographs hr-t io put ~
she foot If the photography. ara ticn u" 'ompa@ %i,
names ON contract-a~ Wood termed II "a lana d"aI
on saturday september Z. while "iin"~. was waiting
for a page who had promised 10 try to ~e'ure tlr
autographs. wood met him. ana ~ald tI"i y" Won"
like to employ vltuc,, iu ballot boxes. Witness r.
prd that If it wos - ,tra-ht' -GuaiG hn,l9r,, . D..
name Of the hrn and pulled out Of bis pocket piece
OF paper. Exhibit \ the forged paperl was ,ho~n
him wa about that size. II Wa IN typoVritinr.
Wood told wituc-~ that it pait of the contract Of
Name n u John r. Mclean wa in tho rypcwriiins
rIc tvprwrting was csactly the same as h" saw In
Richard g. wood was then He gave his
residence a. Cincinnati and li, occupation ~ = me
For,Lcr and Campbell. lie had known the former
for fifteen year. and the latter, Though ne nin ,
him five years ago, he had not talked to uniI ab""i
three years ago. ... .,.,
him If ne htd ever seen before. The "tnr-r Ic''t
nizcd he documcut. lie had got the heading drawn
In CcucraI Iirfc,' g. Office iu this city.
The Chaiunan-Do you Lno" when ne name % gr %cr,
written the paper ana NlrIr A. hcS WIZ
written i'm Cincinnati, br Nr. NlWaN
O.-Dld any one else take part IN il Al ypnnf
man named Davis, ] think wrote the hhcs oppo-l''
the signature. 9, ,,.. oso,
G-Whp !, Murray, A-rdtont solicitor for the
ballot bOH company. ..,
O-Whal j. your Interest in that company A.
Stakeholder and secretary OF the company.
O-At whose I'm -tanCc and request were tlc names
written o. tie paper Mime .,
~ what did you tell tlcu, your reason wa. Tor ask
inc that the name, be- written Al -ad "ahlc1