Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-04

III pokepeIry INK with SUCK.
THE SEARCH ron WOOD.
Witness got Mr.. McLean's denial and then
learned Of Woods candidacy for the position of
smoke inspector. He heard that the appoint
ment could not be charged to political grounds;
concluded that he was the forger. He sum-
moned ]. Q. Campbell and he sought for Wood,
as DID the democratic committee and others,
but he could not be found until after election.
witness had charged publicly that
WOOD HAD BEEN PAID MONEY TO GO AWAY.
Witness suspected by whom, but did not say
Subsequently he learned that the charge was
correct and that Wood had been paid money.
"Do you mean that he was paid to keep away
from arrestY" queried Gov. Foraker
The witness replied that Wood had eluded
pursuit and kept out Of the way It was only
by lucky accident that the forgery was dis
covered He had heard that the republican
committee at Hamilton had paid money to keep
Wood out of the way. Here witness read from
the Commercial Gazette report of
AN INTERVIEW WITH GOV. FORAKER,
charging close relationship between witness
and Wood, referring to Foraker's kilograms to
Wood and his letter of introduction to Gov.
Luce. Witness never saw the kilograms until
after the election.
Gov. Foraker interrupted to say that he
gathered the impression from the stenographic
reports OF witness speech that he had seen the
kilograms.
The witness read the printed reports of his
speech to show that Gov. Foraker was in error
in his recollection.
Continuing, witness said that L. G. Bernard
had brought to his house Frank Mercer who said
ne was friend OF Woods, and was with him on
the night OF Gov. Forakers Music hall speech:
that Wood had received many kilograms from
Gov. Foraker and had supplied him with the
ballot-box. Witness
NEVER SAW THE LUCE LETTER
and did not have it. He explained these facts
to show how far off he was from any commune
cation with Wood. He had said in his speech
that there was such letter, but he had not
read it: The reporter said that he got the copy
OF the letter printed in his report of the speech
from the Enquirer Office and learned from
Bernard that he had furnished it.
Gov. Foraker asked if witness had taken
steps to correct the mistake and the witness re-
piled that he never again referred to the Luce
letter.
THE GOVERNORS INTERVIEW WITH WOOD.
| After Woods arrest, the day he got out of
Jail, he received telephone message from
| Cincinnati drug store that Wood wanted to see
him and he told him to come to Hamilton.
Witness thought a witness was desirable at
| the interview. as he had been un-
lucky in having his denials believed,
| 80 he got Col. James E. Neil, and when Wood
came witness recognized him as the man who
had shown him a ballot box some years be-
fore. Witness had no desire to see Wood and
never intimated any wish to see him. While
Wood was there the telephone rung and in
| formation came that Woods bail had been for
| feited, 30 he left hastily for Cincinnati. He
| supposed Wood held him responsible for his
arrest and came to mollify him. That was the
only explanation of the visit he could think of.
| Wood rambled along for an hour and then re-
ferred to
THE BIG STEEL BILL
witness had gotten through Congress with a
| six million dollar appropriation in it. Witness
asked what in HI he meant; he believed the
man was crazy. But Wood insisted that wit
| ness owned a gun patent and then witness
| recollected that he once did own part of small
| gun paten. which he had forgotten all about.
He asked Wood what that had to do with a six
| million bill
Wood replied that that bill was for steel
forts and guns, DC. He scattered along, speak
| ing OF
THE "DEAR COLONEL" LETTER
| and witness letters to T. C. Campbell. Wit
| ness had never written letter to L. C. Camp
bell that he was not willing to have published.
1t looked as if Wood was trying to make be-
| heve that he knew something of witness con-
nection with gun contract. Continuing, wit
ness said it had been repeated nine hundred
| times In the Gazette that there was
A M1LLlON-DOLLAR STEAL
in the ballot box bill! 1t began four days after
| the retraction, when Mr.. Halstead recovered
| his wind, and had been kept up till last satur-
| from a reading of the bill, but Mr. Halstead
would keep it up for all time, regardless of
| testimony or anything else.
The witness read some Of the Gazette editor
ias, stopping to clear his throat with the re-
mark: at makes my throat very dry to read
that kind Of stuff"
CLOSING OF THE LID OF THE BOILING POT.
| Referring to the story that the committee
| had suddenly adjourned for two weeks because
| it had discovered something very unpleasant
| and the lid was hastily closed on the boiling
| pot, and further that Mr.. Grosvenor, his coun-
| sci, had hastily gone to Ohio to consult him,
| the witness said that he challenged iu-
quify and denied that Mr.. Grosvenor was
| his counsel, or that he had seen him since last
summer until he got here. He served notice
| now that he was going to have little fairer
treatment from Mr.. Halstead and his paper
than he had had before. There was
| LIMIT TO HUMAN ENDURANCE.
The chairman exhibited the forged paper
| and asked if witness knew anything of it that
would aid the committee in its inquiry as to its
| authorship. He replied that it was evident
from inspection that the paper was a forgery,
| but he knew nothing directly about its origin
| Mr.. Cogswell said he was under the impress
| sion that witness had discovered that Wood
was q man of bad character as soon as he be-
lieved him to be the forger.
The witness replied that many facts came to
his knowledge that Wood was low fellow: the
committee Of one hundred had protested to
Mayor Mosebey against his appointment.
In answer to Chairman Mason witness said
| that the ballot box bill doubtless closely
| described the Wood box.
The bill authorized the Attorney General to
purchase the boxes at S25 or less, but not more
Gov. Foraker read from witness speech an
extract wherein he speaks Of q telegram
| received from Morton Hawkins, reporter Of
the Cincinnati Post calling for a public refu-
tation OF the ballot box trust charge and speak
/ ing Of
WARN PERSONAL FRIEND
| who had said he could vindicate him with q
document which had been sent for. Witness
said that he had read that telegram. Mr..
Hawkins was now adjutant general of Ohio.
He had no idea who that personal friend was.
at first to know whether the decu-
ment exhibit Az or signature, or
whatever it was, was forged. II he had seen
| the paper he could have said at once it was
| forgery.
Gov. Foraker remarked that the testimony
| showed that Wood did not leave Cincinnati
| until October 8. Witness replied that he could
not find him. Mercer had told him that Wood
had been hiding in Covingtnn. Witness knew
| of no document that he had been waiting for
| which would indicate him. Recess.
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