Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-07
THE BALLOT BOX FORGERY.
John r. Mclean and Other Witnesses
Before the Special Committee.

by calling 70 the stand Jas. Il. Neal OF Cincin~
natl, who was chairman Of the state democratic
executive committee in the campaign Of 1889.
He said that after Gov. Foraker's music hall
speech and the publication Of the forged paper
he had called upon Mr.. Campbell and they had
resolved not to mako . specific denial until
they had secured absolute proof OF the faisity
of the paper. They called upon T. c. Camp
bell, who denied any knowledge Of an original
contract and advised that reward be offered
for Wood. October 10 witness received a
telegram at Columbus from Messrs. Harmon
and Jordan at Cincinnati. and going tn see them
was told how the forgery had been made Har-
mon procured the afidavits Of Murray and the
young craftsmen, Millward and Davis. Har-
mon had given his word to the young men that
if Mr. Halstead, after seeing the afidavits,
would print retraction they were to be re-
turned to them.
WHY HALsrEAD WAS not ARRESTED.
Mr.. Wilson repeated Mr.. Halstead's query A.
TO why he (Haistead) had not been arrested in
stead of being treated 20 tenderly. Witness
piled that it would have been a violation Of the
young mems confidence to arrest Mr.. Halstead;
then too, 10 was believed that q retraction
coming from the original publisher Of the
forgery would have stronger effect than II
to tell how tho search for Wood had been
prosecuted. and how it had been abandoned
when it was evident that his arrest would be
too late to help the case.
Mr.. JOHN n. MILAN on THE STAND.
Mr.. John r. Mclean was next called He
said he was the owner of the Cincinnati In
q'efrer; never knew Wood or spoke to him in
Washington; never had any political, social or
financial relations with John Sherman or the
never before today saw the forged paper; never
employed Walter Wellman and never while at
Saratoga received q telegram from Wellman
asking for paper in his safe; was never inter-
ested in ballot box bill; had seen the Luce
letter, but had nothing to do with it.
ATTORNEY CAMPBELL TELLS HIS STORY.
T. c. Campbell being called to the stand tes-
tilted that he was an attorney-at-Iaw. First
made Woods acquaintance about fifteen years
machine works in Cincinnati, when he was
called to defend Wood from q charge in the
police court. The witness told Of the introduce
ton OF Woods ballot box in Cincinnati the or
ganization of the company in May, 1887, and
the passage of the New Jersey ballot box bill
The New Jersey boxes cost els apiece. Wood
had called attention to ballot box bills intro
duced in Congress at the instance of the Boston
ballot box company. These bills had been in
troduced by Senator Hoar-not by request--in
1886 and 1888. 80 he drew up bill after the
same pattern. Mr.. Campbell to whom he APP
piled to have the bill introduced, called atten-
ton to the blank left where the price should be
indicated, and said maximum price should be
fixed. Witness said the Boston box would cost
GAO, but was willing to fix upon $25 for his box.
de spoke to no Senator or Congressman about
the bill except
ATTORNEY CAMPBELL coNTRADICTs HADDEN.
Had no conversation with Hadden or any one
else as described by Hadden, and never had q
list Of signatures of members of Congress made
hlmRQlf
paper to Hadden. II the paper was honora-
bly, drawn, as Hadden had admitted,
he would not have been ashamed
to show it, and been compelled to
thrust it back in his pocket after waving it in
the air. After the retraction, when there was
need for support of Gov. Foraker's statement,
Hadden could have cleared up the matter BY
coming forward and telling his story. But he
did not. His story, if true, would have been
Of infinite value to Gov Foraker, and his re-
fusal to tell it would have been piece Of arrant
treachery to the republican party.
Gov. Foraker asked if witness doubted his
statement that Hadden had told him the story
of the existence of an original paper.
m. Mpss' aspsa ost b5 the state
ing, told how he had furnished information to
Gov. Campbell after the publication of the
forgery. He told of his visit to Mrs. Wood and
how she had told him that Gov. Foraker was a
great and good man ian opinion in which he
any information. Witness told how he had
been confronted with two letters from Wood,
one dated at Washington and one at Saginaw,
Mich. but both bearing the same date. He
was baff1ed; sought in Michigan for Wood in
vain and gave it up. Witness then explained
THE DEAR COLONEL" LETTER,
saying that Gov. Campbell, while representa-
tive, had, at his request, had the records Of the
ordnance department searched to look up the
claim OF q confederate soldiers widow Mrs.
Mason and the letter had been written to him
(witness) in explanation of the result. That
was all there was of the celebrated ''gun DEAL"
Wood had found that letter in witness pigeon
vivid Imagination. Wood did not lie like
other people. He was given to ex-
aggeration. He could not be held re-
sponsible. He could not tell the
truth consecutively or il he did it would be by
accident. He thought Gov. Foraker knew this
peculiarly, but was now willing to say that
the governors opportunities were not good
as his Cwtness') for correctly estimating Woods
character. Witness remembered that in 1885
Gov. Foraker had made disparaging remarks
sale Of the Hall & Wood carriage company, to
Gainsford, who was Foraker's client.
THE BALLOT BOX SYNDICATE.
On cross-examination witness said to Mr..
Turner that Hadden had been interested in the
Ohio ballot box syndicate; SO had Outcalt and
others. Witness had never considered whether
or not they would be interested in the passage
of the bill by Congress. said he: The whole
of the nasty mess has been stirred up by reason
of the fact that Judge Outcalt (Alr. Butter
the he, { Ohio Contract It was assume q
by Wood that II Judge Outcalt had a
contract in Ohio, Mr.. Butterworth must have
had one in Washington" Witness was at first
uncharitable enough 70 suppose that Gov. For
aker was behind this whole matter, but now he
had come to the conclusion that
GLADDEN. WAS THE PRIME MOVER;
that he was the one who induced Wood to do
this thing.
Gov. Foraker sought for some time to get
the witness to say that he did not believe him
to be cognizant of the forgery. The witness
first said he believed the governor did not ask
Wood to commit the crime and when finally
pressed for q specific answer said: Il don't
think you knew Wood committed forgery;
but think you have been remiss in not finding
| il out"
Gov. Foraker replied that that had been his
opinion about the witness. He had believed
that he procured the paper, but now saw that
he had not. He did not want to reflect upon
Mr.. Hadden, however.
Mr.. Grosvenor said that he wished to 20 on
record admitting the correctness of Gov.
Forakers statement touching his interview
with Hadden on June n, as it had not been i'm
leached by any testimony.
Lewis Hauser, justice Of Cincinnati, told Of
a conversation he had with MADDEN on the day
Of the retraction. Hidden admitted that they
them TO publish the matter just then, but to
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