St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-21

th6 valuable names referred to in let
ter to Gov. Foraker. Wood repeated
what he had said Saturday-that the
valuable names were pinned to the sub
scription paper, and that he had in
tended to have them photographed in
this condition. Mr.. Cogswell's ques-
tons were intended to show that Wood
was perjuring himself, as there are no
pin holes in the subscription paper.
Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, wanted to know
why the names of Senators Sherman,
Mcpherson and StOckhridge and others
had been attached to the holl0t box SUBJ
serption list. To this the witness re-
piled that he did it to prevent Gov. For
aker publishing the paper. He tried to
make it purely non-partisaD. He did
not pass the paper off Oh Gov. Foraker
to hurt anybody. If Gov. Foraker had
asked him about the ballot box paper,
he would have told him all about it.
The governor wanted certain kind of
paper, and he tried to fill the order.
The gentlemen whose names were
signed to the paper had no connection,
so far as he knew, with the ballot box
contract. The witness admitted that he
had given to John Sullivan the letter
from Gov. Foraker to Gov. Luce. Tom
Campbell was after him for the letter,
and Gov. Foraker told him to give it up.
The latter said
IT WOULD DO NO HARM.
This concluded Woods testimony and
he was discharged. Frank l.. Milward,
of Cincinnati. mechanical draughts-
man, was the next witness. He was
shown the forged paper. He said he
came into Mr.. Murray'S Office one morn
ing and found young Davis ruling lines
on the paper at Woods suggestion. Mr..
Milward had numbered the paper.
Wood said he was going to have some
names put on it by man in CovingtOn
who knew how to trace them on. The
witness showed him how the names
might be put on by rubbing in the
names and then tracing them out.
Wood W. nted the witness to do the
tracing but the latter declined. Wood
assured him that it would do no harm,
and then put down the name of Sena-
tor Stockbridge, This was done in
a bungling manner and the wit
ness, thinking it could do no harm,
wrote out Senator Stockbridge's name
without any attempt at imitation. Wood
told him very plausible story about
the paper, stating that it would be used
only to obtain possession of another
paper from the Democratic campaign
Wood said. in Washington. Believing
that everything was correct. the wit
ness traced the names. Wood took the
paper away and the witness began to
get worried. He told Mr.. Murray. who
informed Judge Hartman. and through
him the matter came out. The witness
had gone TO Mr.. HalStead after the pub
LEGATION of the paper and told HIM about
the whole matter. Mr.. Halstead did
not believe him. The witness had no
vicious or criminal intent in putting the
names on the paper. He did not want
Gov. Foraker to be injured, and he
Thought he could help him
WITHOUT INJURING ANYBODY ELSE.
He received no money for doing the
work. The witness is a young man of
about twenty years, and his testimony
was given in a straightforward manner.
and evidently good impression OH the
committee. At Gov. Foraker's sugges-
ton the witness showed how the for
gerry was done. The name to be copied
was placed under the paper on which
1t was to be copied, and over this an
other piece Of paper was to be placed.
Then the witness rubbed a soft lead
pencil over the last piece, and when he
had finished, a reproduction of the name
to be copied was produced. All that
remained was to trace this out in ink.
Frank s. Davis. of Cincinnati, a me
chanical draughtsman. said he was the
young man who lined the forged paper
for Wood. He said the Newspaper state
mentS OF his connection with the affair
were correct. George }. Murray.
a Cincinnati lawyer, testified that
draw up contract for the ballot box
stock. Wood made draft of what he
wanted, and the witness drew the pa
per up for him. When it was reported
that Wood had secured the smoke in
spectorShip the witness met Wood and
congratulated him, and was informed
that the paper the witness had drawn
up had got the place for him. The wit
ness said Mr.. Milward had told him all
about the forgery of the names, and
when the paper was published in the
Commercial Gazette he saw Wood, who
told long story about how the matter
became public. This story did not
agree with Gov. FOraker'S testimony, or
that of Wood himself while on the stand.
The witness told what has already been
brought out at the trial about his
EXPOSURE OF THE MATTER
when he became convinced that for
gerry had been committed. He had UNI
derstood that Representatives Butter
worth, Campbell and others were
greatly Interested in the ballot box bill,
and so told Gov. Foraker. He had seen
a paper somewhat like the one forged
by Wood in August. 1883, and it bore
the names of Messrs. Butterworth,
Campbell and Mckinley. The names
looked like signatures. Gov. Foraker
had shown him the ballot box paper,
and he thought it similar to the one he
had seen. L. c. Campbell had shown
him the first-named paLer. In order to
accommodate Gen. Grosvenor and Gov.
Foraker the committee then adjourned