Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-04

confessed. He smH thit It nad oCcuriel
ou Saturday. lie had very in6istinot
recollection Of shat had occurred, but was
verv posi- i've he had not off5rsd him the
s ate Mine InspsctoTship, sud he did not
think that he ever told Senator Priohard,
or aey one else, that Gen. GOff had made
such an ofl-r.
However, il wss impossible for the wit
nsss 10 remember what mad occurred in
the interview. After a delay OF some
minutes, which time the agile Ssrgeaut-at-
Arms occupied in
sCURRYING ABOUT
for wifuossee, DR.. J. W. Hartigan, OF the
State niversity, wss produced.
Dc Hartigan briefly testified that he
wss acquainted with Stolliugs He had
survived in Charleston on ThurEdsy night,
and shat evening or tbs next moroing be
me- Stoll,gs 10 tire hotel lobby. DR..
Hsrtgsn wss unable TO CIV. the exsct Ian
eu.gs, ss he had paid little attention 10 1t
sc the tims; but it left the general impres-
..cn on his mild that Mr.. S,ollings
had said thlt Geceral GJG was sick in his
room. and that Gof had said that he
would honor all checks, and that he want
ed them drawn big and often.
Prot Hartigsn believed that Mr.. Siol-
,rgs referred TO General Gof in his re-
masks and thought that the checks we're
I intended for purposes Of bribery. When
/ S.olliugs told him this witness thought
.ba. Stollings wss a Democrat and be
/ l;eysd then that he was talking IN good
! faith.
I Dr. Hartgan was cross-examined at some
| length but nothing Of importance was de-
yelopsd in addition to the facts stated.
I Mr. Brown then stated tha. Do. Ha.tigaa's e
,e timony
COMPLETED THE CASE
IN support of NIr. Harris statement, with
the exception Of one material witness, Sen.
ator Carr, who could not be reached by
| the officers Of the committee at that
time.
A short consul,ion followed Mr.. Mol
| lshan aud Stolhngs retired from the room
and discussed the case. They reappesred
10 few minutes; and Slolliogs took the
staad himself His testimony, which can
I be more ssarchingly scrutinizs d from his
answers TO the Cross examination, consist
ed Of
GENERAL DENIAL
of an the charges sgaiust him. He ed'
mitted takirga walk with harr on the
Sunday following the cOnvening Of the
/ legislature, but the GubsrnatOrial contest
VAS not discussed ard money was not
mentioned in connection with Mr.. Harris
vote. The accused denied in sweeping
terms that DC had ever asked Harr TO
l. rsa a..l. an I ~
sted for Harris vote in that or any ether
place.
He admitted that he bad sent the note
/ 20 SIR. Hsrr while be was in the opera
house and gave an extremely
interesting explanation. Ga Friday night
he said he was playing pool IN the
/ Rndaer Hotel rooms, and when through
| walked ont through the bar room into the
I lobby. No one was with him, and while
I in Ibis happy condition Of isolation some
one APPROACHED and remarked that Dave
I Hsrr wanted to sec him. He did not know
who told him. This was Ia tbs hall, and
I he then walked on into the lobby. Harr
was not there, bat happy thought struck
I him.
There was s. play at the opera house, and
sitbough he did not know what Harr
wanted and did not know whence his In
formation came, he concluded TO 70 up
there 10 lcok for him. DR.. Anliz, a DIS
tinruished Republican member from ha'
Ipsgha county, kindly consented TO &C
r,mpany him. lie got into the opers
house 5y pass; saw Harr ana sent note
to him by Clarence Burdette, signing II
oFrera "a Friend, % aud asking hin 20 come
. ont, but rot inquiring what be wanted.
P. Whsa Harr came out Me- StOlliDgs said
81 he was AZ lhe bottom Of the steps. They
went up street srd
THEN sTOLLINGs ASKED
shat was wanted. Har replied tLat he
hsd been talkicg with Ford, a Democratic
c member rom Blleigh county, who asked
b him 90 vote for Goh he told S;ollings
2 char re was impressed by Ford's aTgu-
7 .msats aud wanted Stollings TO make an
appoil.mtn. for bim TO meet Ford Mt.
| 'Si0fii1gs kindly consented. Harr went
back % the Opera House and Stollings
vent 10 the R1ffner 10 look for Ford.
Mr. Ford was moi 10 the lobby, bat BIT.
S olliugs did no, inquire for HIM. When
the play was about over, he went up to the
Opera House, and went into a saloon and
l saw Harr and his cousin there. Hsrr and
|S,olhuga walked mp street. Stoilings
I told hin that he could not find Ford, but
.he latter would probably be at the capitol
a1ly Satordsy morning. Saturday morn
I ing before ihe legislature met S'oillngs
.lw Ford aud Harr
TALKING NEAR rHE DOOR
Of the House. He went up to them, call
ed Hsrr to one side, and said: Il see you
/ have your man" The above, Mr.. Stol-
/ Ilisrs saws. represents the head and front OF
| his offending. While being examined by
/ Mr.. Nollohan the stOry ran a. smoothly as
a ripping brook.
Col. st. Clair continued the oross-exam-
nation. Bsf0Ie he was done cascades,
rlpidl and iessr, b.aaks Of iofge,inln+Ss
h.ok- uD tbe curreat Of the witrsss
ttoushle. The weak points Of the eXpla-
nation were made siartlingly plain. On
GRO. examination, Mr.. Stolhngs said, the
evidence being given substantially as l'
came from his lips: On the Sunday look
| the walk with Mr. H3rr l came up to the
house with Df. Aultl and saw Mr.. harr
,bere. 1 don't remember whether we
ielked Of the contest during the walk, but
| have talked with HaTr IA regard TO his
| vote and consider him the weakest mem
| Der OF the House.
I DO not remember when l formed that
l opinion and
DO NOT REMEMBER
I whether had that opinion on the Sunday
I in question. I never told any one but
/ Cuuningham Of my opinion concerning
I Hart / formed my opinion OF Harr from
/ bis appearance and counteusnce. am
mo-. however a mind reader OF phrenOlo-
I rist. DO not remember TO have told Gun
I ningham that HaIr could be bought
for $500 or 81 600, or that We
hal ever 81 geo TO spend III
that way. In cur walk I male no eugsge-
meut for Harr to meet me IN any commit
tee room. left my boarding house about
2 O'Clock after supper on Friday night
DE-. Aultz was not ai supper, bat l saw
him At the Ruffoer House in the evening
about O'Clock / do not remember u
have seen him in toe billiard room As
rassed out Of the billiard room some one
told me that Harr wanted to see me.
IN MAJ know who il was. did not look
nm when the person spoke. l DO not re-
member to have sent Clarence Burdetie out
of the billiard room tsice to LOOK Tor Dir
/ H,rr. ] don't remember that he asked
what was in it for him or that gave MIN