Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19

.,Q.-You do not remember of his being in
there, A.-No, sir; 1 am not certain thathe
\. Q.-What will you say as TO your best recol-
Nection as TO whether he was or mott A
Oh, well, II is most too old a story now. /
have not got any memory OF it. 1t is not any
OF my business, and Mr.. Eost and l have
been well acquainted for twenty-five years
or more, and so much conversation and talk
that / would not like to say.
Q.-Was this card published, TO which l
grew your attention, at the time you were in
Mr.. Fandervoorts object Ayes, sir; 1t
was spoken of that it was TO be published.
Q.-Who said II was to be publishedi A.
We'll, MIR. Vandervoort was talking about
IL. The BEE had called Mr.. Curry's place a
'den,n / believe, and they had been talking
TO Mr.. Curry that he was very much abused,
and that he must write an article and ask
an explanation, and III MIR. Rosewatsr paid
no attention TO it he was to be assaulted, aud
ii he did he was to be assaulted.
Odd MIR. Vandervoort say that in your
heafingt Ayes, sir; that was the CONVEX
satton in a general way-the plot made 1p.
MIR. Nandervoort was the principal speaker;
ana Mr.. Siebolt, as I recollect, aud the other
friend that was in with me and myself-it
was given to us as news of what was going
to happen.
Q.-Given to YOU as news OF what was
going TO haupeni A.-Yes, sir. II was all
done or being done in the interests OF SEN
ator Hitchcock.
Q.-After this assault did you see Mr.. Van
d%ervoort again' A.-About it; about this
Ono, not about thatl A.-Oh, 1 have
seen him a hundred times since.
Odd you have any conversation with
him about it after the assault took place. A.
Not about that matter.
Q.-What were your relations-T mean as
10 whether friendly or otherwise-to Mr..
Rosewater at that timei Any relations
personally were friendly with Mr.. Rose
wlter; politically, not friendly.
O.-POljtically. not friendlyl A.-NO air.
Q.-Hal you been a candidate for Office
before thati Al had been a candidate
here for office.
Odd Mr.. Rose water roast youl Al
do not think he published his paper then.
Maybe he did, l have forgotten. / do not
know when he commenced IL.
..Q.-fou do not agree politically, YOU and
Mr.. Rosewater! A.-No sir. Neither did
Senator Hitchcock and l politically; but
after the battle was over | have an interest
in the commonwealth all the same.
Q.-When was the first time you men
toned to anybody this conversation hat you
had with MIR. Vandervoort with reference to
the assault on Mr.. Rosewaters Al think
the first recollection 1 have of mentioning
the conversation that I had with Mr.. Van
dervoort was before the grand jury.
.Q.-Was before the grand juryi Ayes
sir.
O. How long after the time before YOU
were before the grand jury-how long after
that was 1t, II at all, that You had a conversa-
ton with Mr.. Rosewater about it2 A.-Well,
not a very great while. / went to his house
along about that time, but he was not fit to
be seen, and do not know as had a con-
versation with him very soon afterwards.
He was not in very good health for a good
bit.
Q-When he got better got in good
health-did you go to him and give him this
that you had in your possession
as to what MIR. Vandervoort had said? A.
Why, II had become public property before
MIR. Rosewater knew what had hurt HIM, 1
guess. There was a grand jury empannelled,
and | think MIR, Rosewater was not there,
- and | think he was laid out.
Q..Do you know MIR. Andrew Rosewater?
Ayes, sir.
NO, sir; / told him that MIR. Rosewa,er
was going to be assaulted by this negro,
Curry.
Q.-You had told him that beforehand
Ayes, SIR; l went directly from there to
Mr.. Rosewater's Office, but l could not find
him. l did not want to betray anybody, but
wanted to stop the plot; and l hunted Mr..
Rosewater, but could . not find him, and I
good relations with his brother, and / told
Andrew to go and tell his brother at once
that he was going to be assaulted by this
man Curry, and to prepare himself for it and
to get the Joke on the other fellow.
Q.-You told him this after you had heard
what Vandervoort had told youl Ayes,
sir; told Andrew; l could not find Edward
Rosewater.
S,-IlOW SOOH was tudt UtlOTc tIe uSSaultf
A.-Before the assault itselfa
o. mean how many days. A.-The very
same day.
Q.-The very same day before the ASSAULT
A.-No, sir; the same day L had the infor-
Q.-How long after that was it, If you rec
ollect, before the assault took placei A
Well, from what l heard-I was thinking 1t
!. was . very short time; and from what have
' heard from other parties, and other things,
IT probably was four or five days; put / was
thinking it came quicker-my. recollection Of
tit has been a long while ago; l thought it
was q little quicker than that; but what /
see and hear from other parties, j guess it
was four or five days. ] was in town at the
time. but j did not see it.
Q,-Had you been around the legislature
In 1857 or previous to that A.-Well, a
good many times-1SS7-l suppose so.
nave been around there very nearly every
senatorial election, anyway.
Q.-Every senatorial e%lection2 A. Yes,
sir.
Q,-.Did you see Mr.. vandervoort there
Ayes, sir.
Q.-What was he doingl Ale was
around like the rest Of them, hunting for
sport-manipulating things, l guess.
DIN what way do yon mean manipulate
Ing thiRgsi, A.-Well, getting folks over to
your candidate -hunting the soft places, /
suppose; do not know what else.
Q.-Have you heard about oil roomsl A
Yes, sir; l have heard about them; | did not
see much OIL; / do not know much about it.
Q.-Were you ever in one of their roomsi
Ayes, sir.
OWN YOU describe the room to usl A.
That Is If i know what an oil room is, l have
been there.
Q.-Describe one of theml A.-well, CT
gars, whisky and wine, ana Injuries Of one
kind and another-a kind of suffers store.
Q.-ls this a bar of a placel A.-No, sir.
Q..-Up stairs IN some private roOml A
1t is a private room, a kind of ante-private-
back.
Q.-Have you seen members of the legisla.
turc in therei Ayes, sir.
Q.-What have you seen them do in there
what have you seen those members dos
A.-Oh, i have seen them talking and drink
ing and smoking and every kind OF ainuse-
ment.
Q.-Who seemed to be running the place!
A.-Oh, l 40 not know; / do not know who
was running IL; IL just seemed to run itself
pretty much.
Q.-You could just 60 in there and get your
drinks and not pay anything for theml A
Nobody seemed to be taking 10 the change or
anything Of that kind.
Q.-And everything was freel Ayes,
sir.
CROSS EXAMINATION.