Evening journal., 1891-05-09
LIB IS ACCUSED.
Summoned to Appear al
the Bar of the Senate
WHO ADDED THERIDER?
The Committee Report Fixes il ON
Registrar Lee Of this City.

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Registrar Lee Of this City.
Lee Testihes Before ths Committee
He Denies the charge PennewnI says
There Was No Agroemsrt-o Clerk Dam
States That Lee Said Hs was Interested
In the nnl-Reading clerk Parvis
sustantiates the Statements -Anony-
nous Letters Makes Startling Dis
closures -TampsrlnE with Bms Made
Rslony.
Stan Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, May 8 AS result Of the
Investigations made by the joint com.
mittee appointed 10 ferret out the per-
son who wilfully attached rider to
House bill No 1853. Registrar William a.
Lee Of Wilmington, win have TO appear
before the bar of the Senate on next
Thursday to answer to the charge OF
being the one who did it.
Lee Comes to Dover.
Registrar Lee arrived in Dover shortly
after 70 o'clock to day. He was accom-
panied by Sergeant at Arms Phillips,
who was seRt after him with subpoena
by Chairman Houston.
He did not seem 10 be particularly
agitated over the situation, although he
gave the i'm pre- ssion that he fully appre
eiated the grave position In which he
was placed by the unfortunate clrcum-
stance
He Appers Before the COMMITTEES.
The committee meeting was called for
l o'cloek, but 1t was nearer 2 O'Clock
before il was ready for business The
full committee, consisting OF Senators
Houston and Pilling and Represen tatiYes
Smith, Hickman and Hutson, were pres
ent. Senator Houston presided Mr Lee
was summoned. When he entered the
room all the members of the committee
exchanged the courtesies OF the day with
him, and Senator Pilling gave him a
chair.
He was then duly sworn and Senator
Pilling opened the examination on the
part Of the committee Handing House
bill No 1858 to Mr. Lee, he asked:
Do you recolleet that blnf"
Answer-"No. only by the back /"
sionf
II did"
Who did you get It from?"
II M. Dunn, clerk Of the House"
What did you do With in"
Kept 1t for few hours and returned
IL to Mr.. PenneWill
What time Thursday night did YOU
get that bill from Clerk OunnY"
he gave 1t to me about half past ten
At night"
Then what did you do?"
Il put it and the other one in my
pocket"
Where did you go2"
went to Wilmington on the o'clock
train. came back on the il 08 train
next morning
Was it ever out Of your possessiouY
"It was not /"
Under what prstence did You get itfr
Mr.. Dunn gave it to me. mad made
an arrangement with Mr.. Peunewil H.
said he was going to enroll bills and [
colld help him. Mr. PennewllI aud /
came together for the y lis
Where did you 60 for them
We went into the House Mr.. Dunn
did not come until 80 or 8 o'clock Mr.
Pennewill said, Mr.. Dunn has not got
the bills TO work on. After while.
suppose 1t was an hour or so later. Mr.
Pennewill had gone home and Mr. Dunn
got the bills. Mr. Fraim Of WiIming gton.
asked me particularly TO look after the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Associa
tion bill got them from Mr.. Dunn"
What did you get it for2'
II got It to enroll
''Did you enroll it2"
II did not enroll It,
why didn't you enroll it2"
II had no paper
why dii you carry that bill to viii
mington9p
Il did it inadvertently had IL in
my pocket and did not think OF it until
went home
At this juncture General K R Kenney
knocked at the door and was refused I'd
mission. he is a son in.la OF Mr..
Pennewlll, who enrolled the bill. and
wanted to be admitted to take care OF his
father inlaw's interests In the matter
The committee did not so understand
it, and asked Mr. Lee il he wanted Mr..
Kennsy admitted as his counsel
Yes, ! would like to have Mr. Kenney
for my counsel. II | am accused of any
thing want to be defended /"
Mr.. Pilling-"0t course we will grant
you that.
General Kenney was admitted and
took seat, de said he came to listen
and not to talk He wanted To take care
Of Mr.. Penuewili's interests. This was a
sumner for the committee, as they ex-
Iected him to defend Lee. After things
quieted down again interrogations and |
answers filled the air.
did you show that bill TO anyone
while in Wilmington
"No. sir"
Ibid anyone have IL hereY
''No one until gave it TO Mr.. Penne-
win"
''You got Il Thursday afternoon2'
mo, got 1t Thursday night aud re-
turned 1t Friday about 10 o'clock"
"Did you know the purport of the bill
before you got iti"
''No sir. /"
"You got It for snrolllng?"
Yes; have enrolled thirty or forty |
bills during the session. Mr. Pennewill |
and had agreed TO enroll together
Ibid you ever snroll bill in Whining /
tonY"
(Lauging) "No, never enrolled biz
In Wilmington.
Ibid you not tell Mr.. Dunn you were
interested In that blll-this and the other
one?'
"That cannot saw Rnt wos t,,..r