, 1890-06-12
ALL THE TALK.
The School Book Brib-
cry Case.
a GREAT SENSATION.
Other Firms Involved With
the Trust.
Mr.. EMS MAKES A STATEMENT
He Declares tho Evidence Against
Leach to Be Conclusive
A DisavowaL
Mr.. EMS MAKES A STATEMENT

Z OLvHrfs, WASH, Juno 1i.--The scnsa-
0onal bribery exposure in the board Of
education IL the only topic OF CONVERSE
>lon here. All the members OF the board
m very reticent and dccline TO talk.
The fncts sre already known TO tho trust
IN the East. II is said that they werc In
constant communication with their
orsnts here befors the deal was consum-
nafsd. What 10 even more startling IL
~ fact that the trust has bought In
othsr ooncsrnr. 70 which contracts wore
awarded. The agents Of the trust were
4 Captain n Ia Edwnrds J. w. Womack
and l. n. loverIdEe. The latter had no
land IL tha bribe, ~ II Il said that tho
olhefs would not trust him. Edwards
end Womack are said to have made the
deal with Sullivan and Eams for the
tsusk
Il vas skillhlly worked. Sullivan
had known Lieutenant Governor Laugh
Ton number OF years ngo In Nevada
Bullivan asked Laughton TO Identity
him. The lieutenant governor said he
would 20 10 the bank with him. sulli-
van assured him that this was not nec-
essary, and asked him to indorss his
i<Isntificalion on the back OF the check,
which be did, and the check was hand
ID Leach In this way. Lieutenant
Governor LAughton feels very badly at
having bsun duped, and that his name
pAouid have been used 70 help the
ocbsms.
The following was received to-day:
Pokxikxp, Or, June Ito the Olym-
~ Tnbuns; notice in the Morning
Qss9onlan dispatch from your paper
1ivins wrong Impression Of my nc
zons in the Leach matter. The facts
sxs - follows: We were employed Ms
which was done. The giving OF tho
check was simply the following out Of
ths line OF the above work. Tho check
was WORTHLESS, and hIs acceptance Of Il
oompls<sd our test and proved him to be
oontsmptibie and weak. II the school
hoard desires, will 60 before them and
make ftfrfher explanation a. regards Mr..
Leach. q. y. EAMS.
The check is now in the handa of ono
ofthe state officers. and will bo photo.
graphed aud preserved. 1t Is under
stood that Edw ards and Womsck have
len tho state, and Il Is rumored that
warrants are out for their arrest, but
this can not be verified. The trust Is
very anxious to hush tho matter up, and
Mr. Gum, one OF tho trust, Is here try
fue 20 smooth matters over. as a will
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E1c nooks IN .ne iutuieio ZOE washington
CaliforniA ann oregon.
.. A. Tiffany. member 0f tho board
from SprAguc. Is most talkatiyc, and has
lsuued the following:
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Spisor oi tno pyhpia tsipuhe or
In your issue OF June io, an article headed
Rank Bribery" you state that the dis
cIusure made bv Professor 1. IL. Ieach
nj an attain nj N bribe him 10 nova .
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.ess','s 'ns A.vp'o" " oe
TAIN text oooks ~ renechoh on at least
two other niembcrs oil the board, and l
fail 70 see why 1T must inevitably DO so.
II does not necessarily follow that a man
has been firhtIne because he has a HACK
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eye- nc may simply nn.e poeh onoPpinB
"ooo ana CROOKED SUCK nave nown up
sfiu struck MIN. In justice TO others, as
we'll ~ to myself, wish to say that our
sbcords will show that Professors lnera-
ham and Noble voted AGAINST recon-
-ld~x.tlc, -,i.h ai., ", .,,n,.,,. e..
your patrons 'ne ioi,o"ihe ahaaVh'
do soiemniy nnirm that no agent
OF tho company alluded to In the
above mentioned article ever directly
or Indirectly offered 10 brioe me, in any
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