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before. His secretary, Mr.. Kurtz was
present and knew the witness was ex.
pectiug the papers. NJ n n sCi ~ \ JliJsg

Senator Sherman. He had understoo
that the paper bore the names OF N{essr
Butterworth, Mckinley and Mel phersor
Wood said that ho was surprised 10 &c
IT. ms tho name was not TO tho pape
when he first saw II. He, Wood, la
expected to find 1t on tho second cor
tract. However, witness had never see
Governor Campbell's signature and 60
Mr.. kurtz TO get copy OF a biographies
sketch, and 8tllere noticed j that { Nj
Campbell signed his name, James T
Campbell, where 1t was signed J. I
Campbell. To the witness Major Nc
kiniey's maine looked like d very gen
uine signature, and witness would hav
sworn TO It. He did not think Mr.. Nc
kin!ey would question it$ II aigne,
10 any honorable connection. Maio
Butterworth did { not sign his nam
usually rs 1t was signed to the paper. |
ended on tho wrong side, but the sigma
ture5 was otherwise good. .i3g Coming t
Senator Sherman's name, Wood sesgest
ed that It might have been signed with
stamp, andiwitness noticed u peculiarly
ofstroke under the "S.n h
.1Wood said he got the paper at ,Wash4
ington, from Waiter Wellman, private
secretary to John r. Mclean, and III
his absence In Chicago Wood applied ia
Wellman for. It, and Wellman telegraph.
ed the request to Mr.2McLean at Sara
toga, and he, replied, n'Let Wood have
what he wants. Thereupon Wood got
the paper aud made, tracks with II for
Cincinnati. That was his story. The
witness said he accepted the paper with.
out question as to It's genuiuess. "
LED, TO MoRrlFlcArIoN.s
II led into all tho modification he had
experienced about this whole letter. AS
any honorable man would he felt mntorti.
fled that he had been imposed on bythat
paper which, In the light OF subsequent
events, It appeared, should not have de.
ceived him. But the preliminary state.
ments had prepared his mind for It. }}lll51;S.
3 ncludiag witness read a copy OF his
letter to Mayor Moseby recommending
Wood and also letter from Wood saw
ing that he had been received kjndly,bnt
that Ed. Henderson had @.been seeking
the appointment OF another man. When
witness got back to his office Oh tile 18th
OF September he examined letters bear
ing the signatures Of Messrs. Sherman,
Butterworthi and Mckinley, and also
sent for John W. Clements and showed
him Governor Campbell's signature to
the paper Clements said that he usual
" signed James Z. Campbell, :" but
thought the signature swas genuine.
Witness also compared the initials on
tho contract letter furnished! by Wood
with the signature and observed that
the Z was in TIE signature. to the paper
and that satisfied him as to that. .'$s'
STRIKING RESEMBLANCE. si 81
( The witness produced a number Of
letters from Mcssrs. Sherman, Butter
worth and Mckinley and declared that
there was a striking resemblance be.
tween the genuine and the forged sigma.
lures. OF MIR. McKinley's signature he
said that he had felt disposed yesterday
to ask tim whyithe signature was bad
As matter OF iact thc."ly
which 5 Mr.. Mckinley: thought was a
good letter, was the only one which wit
ness suspected. The names, he under.
stood, had been put on the paper by
tracing something he knew nothing
about at that time, and the process OF
which he had never seen yet. He had
+ forgeries d were committed
by'T getting hold E of ~ signature,
your tongue between your teeth
ind copying it as near as you could. He
knew nothing OF ofglass and tissue paper
aud tracing Soon after getting posses.
zion OF the paper, witness boarded a
train at Springfield and met Mr. Hal:
stead on the train !: en- route to Cincin-
natl from the East; He made no allusion
in his speeches up to the time to the pa !.
per- He told Mr.. Halstead that he had
the paper, and had got more than he
for, so that it had come in
such iorm, that he. did not see how he
could make any use OF it.. The witness
recalled how Wood had told him that
the papers interiocked, and that a gen:
eral knowledge Of the whole proceeding
was necessary to give Significance to any
one paper. Witness read a copy Of the
contract as it was known. i5,.s i,isi2:$i
n; (. 81 nAIsTEAD's HAND. & VI "
gave Mr.. Halstead the papers
and talked with I; another gentleman.
While Mr.. Halstead expressed his sur
prise at the contents OF the papers, in
answer :, to witness statement that he
did not sec how to use it, that there was
danger Of throwing the party into con.
fusion ! by attempting to use it., Mr.. Hal.
stead said that he saw how he could use
it ar far as Campbell was concerned, as
Campbell was athe only one named
before the people that it was a duty
owing to the people to keep such man
from being Governor OF the State and
that il elected with such knowledge in
their possession they would be guilty o!
derelection n; that n; III he u (Witness)
did gfi not give! him s (Halstead
the gf paper he j}would $i;E publish
it anyhow. All of this, Mr. Halstead
had published several times in his pa.
per. Mr.. HalsteadI suggested that the
paper be Photographed to secure a copy
and guard against loss. Witness had
this done at Columbus. s. He then rapid
ly outlined his Music Hall speech anc
told how Mr. Hadden had been showr
the photograph copy Of tho paper, ant
said that the names OF ,Messrs.F Sherman
and Cox had been attached since he tlrsl
saw it. Mr.. Halstead called upon him
witness, the morning after the Mnsit
Hall speech and asked tfor the paper
witness gave him the Photographic cop,
aud the certificate. I'D Il 4 @ 4
si5 DIDN'T GET sMoKE ;lNspEcToRsnIr. 3$,
u The witness then told sof his connec
tionywitil Wood. Mayor Nrosby refused
toiappoints the latter Smoke Inspecto
on account Of charges against him, Til,
witness heard TINT the principal 'charg.
was that he ;hadS a bad police court rec
ord. He wrote TO Mayor Mosby askin,
himto hold sup the appointment unit
he could getithe. promised papers iron
Wood. There was some controversy al
this point about what is called the "sbeaI
Cousin"nS letter. fs w God told Governor
Foraker Ethat Coll .sT.%C. Campbell hat
received a letter about thD ballot boy
business from Governor Campbell I'D
dressed "Dear Cousin Wood told the
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