Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-05
THE BALLOT BOX FORGERlEs.
The House Special Committee In Search
Of Information.

Inc House special Committee In search
> Of Information.
GOV. CAMPBELL CONCLUDES HIS TESTIMONY
THE WIFE OF WOOD, WHO TELLS OF TIE MoNKr
SIZE RECEIVED FROM MADDEN.
The House committee investigating the Ohio
ballot box forgery this morning continued the
examination Of Gov. Campbell
In answer to Gov. Foraker witness said he
| had commenced to look for Wood before the
9th Of October, Notwithstanding the fact that
Wood was at that time travelling openly be-
| tween Cincinnati and Columbus. Speaking of
the forgery, he said ii was always q matter Of
| curiosity to him why Wood had used the initials
]. E. C. as basis for it instead OF his ordi-
| nary signature, which was obtainable any
where. He had not predicsted his
assertion, made in speech, that
Foraker was an infamous scoundrel, upon the
Luce letter but it was an answer to Foraker's
charge that he (witness) was party to million
man who charged another with stealing I.
million dollars when he didn't know what &c
was talking about
WAS AN INFAMOUS sooUYpREL.
He did not remember who telegraphed him
that Woods bail was to be forfeited on the
occasion Of Woods visit to his house. Witness
said he never saw one Of the Wood ballot boxes
except one in Col T. C. Campbelrs office and
one brought to him in Washington; never
travelled with ballot box in his life. Never
bill.
To Mr.. Struble, member of the committee,
witness said that he introduced the ballot box
nlll altogether upon T. G. Campbell's request
He thought that Mr.. Campbell should have q
show for mis- box. He (witness) was the only
democratic Representative in southern Ohio
and had been, and was still
WILLING TO FATHER THE BALLOT BOX BILL
Mr.. Campbell had been his attorney and was
his friend, and he was ready at all times to help
bis friends.
To Gov. Foraker witness said that il he spoke
to Col Harper about paper which would vim
dicate him he probably referred to the Luce
letter, but he did not remember any such con-
versation.
LEWIS J. BERNARD ON THE STAND
This concluded Gov. Campbelrs examination
and Lewis J. Bernard was placed on the stand.
He said that in October last he was q member
of the democratic campaign committee. In the
early part OF October, in the committee room,
he was handed a copy of the Luce letter by
Frank j. Kelley, secretary of the committee.
Witness kept the letter for day or two and
then brought it to Washington where he came
b
Mclean. On his return he met Mr..
Meeker at the Enquirer Office, showed him the
letter and at his request allowed him to make
copy. Witness then returned his copy to Mr.
Kelley.
EDITOR HAWKINS THE NEXT WITNESS.
Morton L. Hawkins, adjutant general Of Ohio
and political editor of the Cincinnati Epeninq
Post during the last campaign, was the next
Witness
Mr.. Grosvenor read to him his telegram to
Gov. Campbell at Middletown, calling
ring to the personal friend who
had said that Gov. Campbell could vindicate
himself with document. Witness said Col.
John W. Harper had, in brief interview,
which would put different phase on the mat
ter. Witness jumped at the conclusion that it
related to the ballot box matter but subse-
quently found that it was the Luce letter.
Mr.. Bernard was here recalled to tell the
committee what steps he had taken to find
Wood after the forgery had been published.
WOODS WIPE TEsrIFIEs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, wife Of R. G. Wood
was next called. She said her first knowl-
edge OF her husbands connection
with the ballot box matter was
when he came home one Gay and told her that
James Foraker and Mr.. Hadden wanted him to
try for appointment as smoke inspector, and
that he could get it if he furnished certain
papers to Geo. Foraker. She had advised her
husband 70 have nothing to do with the bust
ness. He had sent and received several tele-
grams to and from Gov. Foraker. Duringher
husbands absence Mr.. Hidden called. That
was Oh October 81. She had received letter from
her husband telling her to call upon Hadden
for money and she did 80. He was not at home,
her house and he did so. She presented the
letter with an inclosed note to MADDEN, who
read it and said
1T CALLED FOR FIFTY DOLLARS,
which he paid her at once. He then advised
her to put all such letters in the fire and
burned his note. She had saved the letter
from her husband however, and produced it,
Mr.. Grosvenor read it as follows:
WASHINGTON, DC, 10-15.
want You to see Hadden at s. s. Davis
Office and let me know by telegraph il he will
do what wrote him and send by express.
hope you understood my telegram today in an
swer to yours. don't want to see Campbell
here and don't know that 1 want to
see him at all. He is in with Jim Campbell. I
will return to Cincinnati if advised to do 80 by
Hadden after he has seen his royal highness
up at Columbus. But if he thinks best to STAY
here until after election will do So l know
that Tom Campbell wants an affidavit that will
help Jim Campbell in his fight against For
aker.
Mr.. GrOsvenor asked for full details about
payments Of money to her by MADDEN. The
witness replied that she had about October l6
or II received Sl50 from MADDEN at his Office,
800 of which was for her husband and ESQ for
herself. She had asked Hadden how to
remit Woods money to him, but he had told
her to use her own judgment. Then there was
the payment of $50 made at her house and
again she received $40 from him the night of
Woods arrest. He had told her then that he
would have to take the money out of his
own pocket. Hadden told her they would
SEE THAT WOOD WAS TAKEN CARE OF;
that his arrest was only political affair and
that he would be given permanent employ
ment. He hardly thought he could get the
smoke inspectorship, but still he would be
taken of whether Foraker was
elected or not, Continuing, witness
said that upon her husbands arrest she had en-
ployed as counsel Mr.. Chambers, an old school
mate, and asked him for advice. He told her
that she had nothing to worry about; that il
was political affair and would soon blow over
and advised her TO write a card denying that
Wood had beaten or i'll treated her.
VIM. Pickering had furnished bail for her
husband. He had written to Gov. Foraker that
Woods letter and kilograms (Which she heidi
had been seen by no one and that he could
have them for the asking
Here Gov. Foraker stated that he had never
received the letter, and the witness responded
that Mr.. Hadden had told her that he had
never received 1t.
THE LETTERS AND KILOGRAMS