The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-19

the signatures were exactly like the sigma
lures OF those men. The governor had
promised not to have the paper published.
About ten days before the publication he
had met the governor coming out of the
commercial Gazette Office. The governor
said that he had been talking TO Halstead.
mat Halstead was going to rip those fell
lows.
WASN'T INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION.
Witness had said that the paper was not
gotten up for such purpose. Witness had
said, "Do not show that man these papers. u
world.n
After the publication of the paper he had
seen Murray, and Murray had said he would
make affidavit that it was a forgery if
he did not get the paper back. He had
gone to the governor and told him that
Murray was going to make an affidavit,
ana that they would all catch it for all they
were worth. The governor had told him
that he had not intended that it should be
published. A man had come and got it
from his secretary when he was away.
IN TIGHT HOLE.
Witness had asked who the man was
but the governor had not replied. The gov
ernor had said: "Old man, we have got
ourselves in a tight hole; | do not know
whether | am to be elected or not.n The
governor had said: 1--WE will retract that.
do not know, he said, what to do at
present, but rest assured it will be re-
tracted.n
said you had better be lively about it
because Murray told me that if did not get
the paper back he would make the affidavit.
told Murray that if l could rot | would
make an affidavit with him.
Witness told how he had gone back to
Cincinnati and met the governor, who said
it was the greatest wonder in the world he
was not beat $4,000 votes. Witness asked
the return of his papers, and Foraker told
him to go to Hastead for them. Witness
insisted that they should not be published
any more, and Foraker promised that they
would not be. Within forty-eiyht hours
that whole 'caboodle" was published again,
and witness was arrested for libel and was
obliged to give up his paper.
WHAT FORAKER KNEW ABOUT IT.
Chairman Mason asked if anybody except
witness knew that he had drawn up the
paper. He replied that Gov. Foraker GER
talnlY knew from what he (witness had told
him that the papers were not genuine. He
did not charge him (Foraker) with knowing
that the paper was forgery. He could not
do that 10 chairman)-"You want to
know whether he entered into conspiracy
to get up a fOTgeryp
Witness-That is the way to ask it. 1
can't say he entered into a conspiracy.
Continuing, witness said that he had told
Foraker the signatures would not stand.
Chairman-Did he ask you to commit
forgery2
saWitness-I did not ask him whether I
should commit forgery.
WANTED TO GET SQUARE WITH BUTTER
WORTH.
Continuing, witness said that Foraker
wanted to get hold of the paper to get
square with Bulterworth, and witness
agreed to get it for him. 1t was not to be
published, but shown around political
headquarters, etc. When he gave Foraker
the paper he Foraker) remarked that it
was all written in one ink, aud looked like
a forgery. Witness did not reply, and be-
lieved that the paper would be returned to
him, but it was not.
The chairman asked if the witness had
procured the forgery.
WitaeSs said that he had gotten ND the
paper for Foraker, and if he could make
anybody believe it was genuine, all right.
He believed that he was being "played, ,"
and hoped politicians would get along with
out his help hereafter.
The investigation committee then ad-
journed till Monday.