Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-23
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SASHfNGroN, Jau. II. - Ex Governor
Forster continued his testimony before the
bouse COMMITTEES Investigating the ballot
nux forgery to-dRy. lu tho course OF hts
teslim0hyhe said that on August 2lst he re-
eeivsd note from Wood saying he had
Valuable papers and waited to bee him for
10 minutes. Witness saw Wood, who pro-
dle4d a letter signed w. NJ. LgnRdon dated
DsColt, August 1911, addressed to Wood.
which seemed to confirm Woods previous
story that an effort was being made TO
SECURE q overnor Alger's signature to r nsw
contract. Wood also gavs him three papers
ne called state contracts, which witnessd'd
moi hava now. They hal no relevancy 10
what the witnsss was Interested II and he
mndo no use OF them.
WOOD also gave him a numbsr Of other
pGper4. Witness made no usH Of them, and
Efter looking them over told Wood they Gid
not include the papers be weuted (relating
10 the bAlot-box mRtter). Wood said they
wore IN Washington-wttnass understood,
perhaps at latter date, that John Il.
Mclean had item. Wood promised to wgite
for them, saying hat OToslsy had taem no
longer. September % witness got lstter
from Wood, dated Cincin eti, September
LIST, stating thar telegram said the old
contract was at Baltimore, ana Wood vas
TO inset party thala,
S7pt5 bOr llth Wood came to Columbus
and brought the forged paper.
The FIRST thing witness found thst he did
not expect to see was the Mans OF Senator
Sherman. Ha had understood th8tthe pGpsr
bore the names of mes5rs. 6utterwar-h,
Mckinley and MePhers on. Wood said thR: he
WIS surprised to sesit. as the name was not
on the paper when h5 hrst saw 1t. ia
(WoOd) had expected TO ind II on the
SECOND c1pttact, lcWa7ar. Witness had
| never seen Governor Camphall3 signature,
and got Mr.. kHrt2 to procure copy of q
biographical sketch, and there noticed that
!dr. Campbell signed his nsme James IA.
Campbell, vfhsEeas, ii was signed j. u.
CaIapbeli to the paper. Major NcKinley's
name looked like very good--a genuine
signature, and witness would have sworn
m it. lie did not thtns Mckinley would
question II ii signed In any honorable con-
nectIon. Major BuuefWorth did not sign
his naIlo usually as it was signed to tpe
paper. Ihs ~" ended on the wrong sida,
but the signature SEg otherwise good.
Coming TO Senator Shatmtn's name,
Wood suggested that it might have been
signed with stamp; and witness noticed q
pscrltatity OF tho stroke under the 80. +"
Wood setd he got the papor at Washington
from Walter Wellman, private secretary TO
John II. Mclean, and IN the absence In
N'ulSsssO VI LES private ptENL1b NbOb 9 p-
piled to WellDnan fOr Ii, and WellmAn tele-
graphed tire request to BIZ, Mclean at
Saratoga, and he replied: "Iat Wood have
| whnt Es wants" Tnersupon Wood got the
| papec and made tracks with IL for Clncin-
natl. That WAS his story. The witness
said he accepted ths paper without qne5-
ton as to its genuineness. II led to oil the
modification he had experienced about this
whole letter. As any honorable man would,
no felt mortified TO find that he had lie n
imposed upon by that paper which, Ia the
| light OF subsequent evelte, it appeared
shOuld not nave deceived him. Bat tho
preliminary statements had prepared his
| MUD for 1t.
witness gave Mr.. Ualstead the papers,
ard talked with another gentleman while
Mr. Helstead examined this papers. Whom
\ he ratuinGd Mr.. HSstcad expressed his
| surprise az the contents OF the papers. In
/ answer to witness statement that he did
/ not see how to use 1t, that there was danger
OF throwing the party into confusion by at
| tsmpting TO usa It, Mr. Halstead said he
| saw how he could use It as far as Campbsll
| was concerned; that Campbell was the only
man nam9d before the people; that It was
u duty owing to the people to
| keep such man from being governor OF
| the state; and that II elected with suoh
| knowledge Ia thalr possession they would
| bs guilty OF derelietion; that II he
| (t7ithess) did not give him (Halstead> the
paper hti would publish It anyhow.
All OF this MIR. Halstead had published
several times In his paper. Mr.. aaistead
suggested that the plaer DO photographed
10 IS urs copy and guard against loss.
! Witness had this done at Columbus.