Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-01-21
THE CHIC INVESTIGATION
The House Committee and Bal
lot Box Forgeries.
HOW WOODS WORK WAS DONE.


which He Traced the Forgeries--wo
Himself on the stand-Other News from
the Nations Capital.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Mayor Mosely. of
Cincinnati, was the first witness before the
house committee investigating the Ohio
ballot box forgery. He knew Wood and
produced a number Of letters from promi-
nent Ohioans indorsing Wood for the smoke
inspectorship Among these were several
from Governor Foraker, which the latter
had produced during his testimony The
witness said it had never occurred to him
that the ballot box paper was forgery. He
knew that Governor Foraker did not intend
TO make use Of IT, He had conversation
with Wood about the paper and Wood told
him that he had got it from the private sec
retary to John r. Mclean.
The mayor had a conversation with Mr..
Halstead, who told him that Wood bad got
up the paper in Mr.. Murray's office, telling
the young men there that be wanted to put
the names Of prominent persons to the paper
in order 20 get more subscriptions for the
ballot box company
Walters and wood.
Walters. who tes flied on Saturday TO
securing the autographs from which Wood
made the forgeries. was called to the wit
ness chair, and told about his connection
with Wood on the latter's second visit 70
Washington. Wood had written him ask
ing for information about Governor Camp
bells political record. This the witness had
investigated, aud he had also looked up
Governor CampbelI's connection with the
gun contract This Information he had sent
TO Mr.. kurtz, the private secretary OF Gov
ernor Foraker. About Oct 20 air. McGrew
called on the witness with a letter from Mr.
Kurtz. stating that Mr.. Kurtz would asaist
him in the work at this end Of the line. The
witness knew by hearing that Wood had
had conversations with Mr.. Mclean.
Woods Opinion OF Halstead.
The first he knew about the forgery was
from the Cincinnati papers, which Wood
purchased and read to him. Wood told him
at this time that "Old snorting horse, y
meaning Mr. Halstead had made "a d--d
fool OF himselfn
The witness said his business was doing
miscellaneous work. He frequently looked
up the records Of members OF congress
Wood on the stand.
Wood was then again called to the stand
He said he had lived in Cincinnati since
lB1l He had not taken an active part IN
/ politics Governor ForalSer's brother, jim,
had first suggested to him to apply for the
| smoke inspectorship. Mr. Cogswill pressed
the witness to tell about the valuable names
referred 70 ia letter to Governor Foraker.
Wood repeated what he bad said Saturday,
that the valuable names were pinned 70 the
subscription paper and that he had intended
to have them photographed ia this condi-
tion. Mc. Cogswill's question was intended
to show that Wood was perjuriug himself,
as there were no pin holes in the subscrip-
tion paper.
The Paper Foraker Wanted.
Mr., Turner, OF Georgia, wanted to know
why the names Of Senators Sherman, Nc
Pheison and Stockbridge and others had
been attached to the ballot box subscription
lists. To this the witness replied that he did
it TO prevent Governor Foraker Publishing
the paper. He tried to make it on-partsan.
He did not pass the paper Off on Governor
Foraker to hurt anybody II Governor
Foraker had asked him about the ballot boz
paper he would have told him all about it
The governor wanted certain kind Of paper
and he tried to fill the order. The gentle
men whose names were signed to the paper
had no connection, so far as he knew, with
the ballot box contract. The witness ad
mitted that he had given to John Sullivan
the letter from Governor Foraker to Gov.
ernor Luce. Tom @. Campbell was aftai
him for the letter and Governor Foraker
told him TO give it up. The latter said il
would do no harm
The Making Of the Forgeries
Frank L. Milward, of Cincinnati, me
chanical draughtsman, was the next wit
ness. He said he came into Mr. Murray.
office one morning and found young Dayi
ruling lines on the paper at Woods sugges.
tion. Mr.. Milward had numbered th,
paper. Wood said that he was going to hAvl
some names put on it by man in Coving
ton who knew how to trace them on. Th
witness showed him how the names might
be put on by rubbing in the names and theI
tracing them out Wood wanted the wit
ness to do the tracing but the latter de
clined Wood assured him that it wouli
do no harm and then put down the name o
Senator Stockbridge This was done in
bun2ling manner, and the witness thinking
it could do no harm, wrote out Senator
Stockbridge's name without any attempt a
imitation. Wood told him a very plausibl
story about the paper, stating that it was t.
be used only to obtain possession Of anothe
paper from the Democratic campaign com
mittee There was a similar paper, Woo
said, in Washington. Believing that every
thing was correct, the witness traced til
names
II Began TO Worry Him.
Wood then took the paper away and tn
witness began to get worried. He told Mr.
Murray, who informed Judge Harman, an
through him the matter came out The wit
ness had gone to Mr.. Halstead, after tn
= publication of the paper, and told him abou
the whole ma tier. Mr.. Halstead did not bt
lieve him. The witness had no vicious 0
criminal intent in putting the names on th
paper. He did not want Governor Forake
to be injured, and he thought he could hel
him without injuring anybody else lie re
J ceived no money for doing the work. Th
witness is young man about 20 years old
and his testimony was given in a straight
forward manner and evidently made a goo
. impression on the committee
How the Forgery Was Made.
At Governor Foraker's suggestion tn
). witness showed how the forgery was done
The name to be copied was placed under th
paper on which it was to be copied, and owe
this another piece of paper was placed
Then the witness rubbed a soft lead penc
over the last piece, and when he had finishe
a perfect reproduction Of the name to b
copied was produced All that RENAME
was TO trace this out in ink
Haddon the Stand.
Mr.. Haddon, OF Cincinnati, was the las
q witness. He had understood that Represeu