Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-26

would be glad and would 80 state on the floor
of the House.
The committee let him 70 on with the cross
| examination OF his own witness. The cross
examination brought out more emphatically
the fact that the papers copied by Mr.. Camp
bell would not have been used again in WASH
ington aAd that anybody might have seen the
papers.
Mr.. v1cKERY on THE STAND.
Mr.. W. J. vickery, who had been sent for
from Ohio by the prosecution to give important
testimony, was put upon the stand and asked
to tell what he knew about the case under in
vestigation.
The witness answered that he knew nothing
OF the case except what had come to him BY
hearsay; and that the statement made to him
was but q garbled account of the story told by
Cross-examination developed nothing OF i'm
portance from this witness. discussion fol-
lowed between Mr.. Oberly and Mr.. Roosevelt
as to examinations for promotion, Mr.. Oberly
taking ground that competitive examinations
had. Mr.. Oberly was excused to be recalled
MISS DABNEY Examined.
Miss E. NJ. Dabney. the lady who first told
Mr.. Oberly that the questions had been given
out, was then put on the stand. She was q
lady Of probably twenty-fv and was dressed
in mourning. She spoke in a loud voice and
seemed embarrassed by her surroundings. She
told straight story full of pathos She said that
she had sister and sick mother to support
and that she got but small pay in the bureau Of
labor. She wanted to better her position and
knew that she could do so only by way Of q
civil service examination. She wanted to pre-
pare for this examination and went to
8; ": Flynn in August, 1887, for in
month and then had to stop because
she had not the money to pay longer The
examination she took occurred on the Sd
OF December, 1887. Sometime before that she
said she saw MI. Flynn to get some instructions
her for $25 q list Of the questions that would
he asked on that examination. She asked him
ii 1t would be right for her to buy those ques-
tons and said she did not have the money to
pay for them. She said he replied that others
bought such questions: the propriety of it she
not have the money and did not
then take the questions. She afterward thought
the matter over. 1t was a great temptation,
but she decided that it would not be right to
use these questions, and she decided to take
the examination honestly and fail or succeed,
according to her merits.
She said she took the examination December
3, 1887, and being sick failed. She afterward
told a friend that she had failed, but that if
she had chosen to be dishonest she could have
III.
Flynn's offer of the questions. The friend ad-
vised her to see MIR. Oberly and report the
matter
After hesitating for some time she did so and
MIR. Oberly asked her to get the papers from
Mr.. Flynn for him.
BORROWING THE PAPERS.
She then went to Mr. Flynn, she said, and
asked him to lend her the papers. He did so,
she said, with the understanding that they
were to be returned to him. She looked the
papers over and found that they wsge the same
that had been used in the examination on De-
cember g. 1887. She referred to the mathe-
NAUTICAL questions, she said.
She was asked how long this was after the
examination. She replied that it was about
three weeks. She told the story of her taking
the papers to Mr.. Oberly and what he said on
the subject.
This story caused quite stir in the committee
and Mr. Hatton and Mr.. Ewart smiled and
looked about triumphantly. number of
questions were asked which developed that she
had not seen the papers before the examina-
ton and not until three weeks after.
MORE FROM MR.. oBERLY.
Mr.. Oberly asked here some questions, and
being questioned in turn he said that he had
discovered on his investigation that the papers
were, as he had already said. those used at the
last preceding examination, that of December
8, 1887, the one Miss Dabney had failed on,
but that they had not been given out until after
the examination was over, that Mr.. Flynn could
not have had them at the time Miss Dabney
said he first told her she could have them for
S25. In the first place the questions asked at
the examination on December were not
printed until the day before. But more than
that, the character of the papers themselves
showed that they had been used. for the
papers were the questions and answers worked
out by an eligible during the examination.
TESTIMONY OF W. f. MORGAN.
Miss Dabney was followed on the stand by
Mr.. W. L. Morgan, formerly employed
on the commission, who was in charge
OF the papers at the time Mr..
Campbell made the copy. He testified
from hearsay merely, stating what his under
standing Of ,he case was at the time of the in
vestigation and what MIR. Oberly had said to
him about it. He said his understanding was
that Campbell had taken the papers secretly,
and that the action was which he
would not have DONE or having done.
would have expected to be dismissed for Mr..
Oberly asked if he would have expected him,
Oberly, 10 dismiss him under similar circum-
stances to those i'll the Campbell case.
Judging from your action in that case do
witness replied. This provoked a laugh all
around.
Witness testified further that the statement
Mr.. Oberly made to him at the time was SUBJ
stantlally what Mr.. Oberly had made on the
stand.
PROF. FLYNN COMES FORWARD.
A gentleman with long dark beard, pale
face and eyes covered with green glasses, who
had stood very near Miss Dabney during her
testimony, asked to be put on the stand for five
minutes. He was sworn and said his name was
S. W. Flynn. the one referred to by Miss Dab
ney as having given her the papers.
The prosecution said they had two or three
questions to ask him.
MIR. Ewart asked if he knew Mr.. Campbells
handwriting.
Il do not" the witness replied.
He was next asked if he gave Miss Dabney the
examination papers.
Il did not" he replied emphatically.
He then said he would tell all he knew about
the matter if the committee desired. He said
he had not bought the questions. He said that
about Christmas 1857. Mrs. Smith brought
the questions to him as sample questions and
wanted instructions to prepare for an examin-
alton OF such scope. He understood
from her that the questions had been used
and no value or Importance was attached to
them. The papers were not offered for sale
nor had any importance attached to them He
supposed they had come from some one who
HAD taken the examination. The papers were
left with them because of the little interest
with which they were regarded by Mrs. Smith
Miss Dabney. he said, had taken instructions
from him for a month"; beginning in August
and had ceased because she could not afford to
continue. After that she had come