Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03

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! To Finley-He spoke to George Clark
| about the resolution, and told him
| Clark that ne had a hand in
| it, Clark remarked that nobody
| was after the witness. He told Clark he
would like to know whom they we've after.
! Clark replied they were not after AfcCord,
| but were after Hogg and Chiffon.
! The witness asked Clark if that was
what he was talking TO Tracy about.
| Clark answered, it was not. Miner
| asked the witness what Clark had said and
| Miner published it in his paper.
| BY Gerald-Yes, you told me sou had no
| feeling in the matter, that in presenting the
! resolution you were moved by a sense
OF duty and desired a full and
| impartial investigation. That if Nc
Cord was found guiltless you wanted
him exonorated; if guilty you wanted him
| impeached. The witness denied that Nc
Cord was guilty Of any transgression, and
| Judge Gerald replied that no man would be
| more gratified than he if such was the case.
| Clark did not say to the witness that he had
| political motive in bringing about the in
vestigation.
At the conclusion of Campbell's testi-
1nony, Judge Duncan made q statement to
the committee as to the suits for cancela-
ton of the contracts between the Calves
| ton, Houston and Henderson and the South
ern Pacific and the Houston and Texas Cen
trial railway companies.
+. o. Beker, general agent, and George
B. Nichols, ticket agent of the International
and Great Northern at Galveston, were
next sworn as TO whether rebates had been
allowed in the way of passes or tickets to
induce shipments over the line.
Mr.. Beker disclaimed any knowledge of
a rebate of So per car allowed parties, or
that any tickets or passes had been given
out TO parties TO induce them to ship over
the line He was not in a position to know.
He had paid the claims that came in from
the auditor and did not know their purport.
Mr.. Nichols testified he delivered 1000
mile ticket to party for advertising. he
ticket on his own responsibility at d less
rate than the tariff. He delivered
tickets at less rate to Mr.. Mi
chael, who had claim against the road,
for several hundred dollars. He did it ut
the direction of Price, the assistant general
ticket agent. He had issued no rebate
tickets.
f. D. Cuen of Tyler was next interro-
gated by Robertson. The witness stated
that he had conversation with
Judge Duncan after the passage
of the resolution, and asked Duncan
If it was not in the character of impeach-
ment proceedings. The witness then told
about what Duncan had said about the
allowance of 5000 to Campbell by Judge
have been fully dilated upon in the
evidence heretofore given by Duncan and
others on these points; also Duncan's
efforts to be made receiver. His
testimony developed no new facts.
II was introduced for the pur-
pose OF impeaching Judge Duncan's
testimony, but failed of its purpose.
AT the conclusion of Cuen's testimony
Charles T. Bonner was recalled by Gen.
Robertson. Mr.. Bonner stated that
he desired to deny statements
made in the testimony of Judge
McCord and Senator Chiffon, and
to show that the statement made that their
antipathy TO McCord and Mr.. Campbell was
not the outgrowth of the disaAowance OF
the fee of Whitaker Il Bonner for $1,000
and that the fee had never been diSallowed
by them.
MIR. Finley vigorously protested that Mr..
Bonner should not be allowed 10 come and
annul his testimony and attempt to impeach
the testimony of witnesses whohad come
aud had gone home and could
not be produced in rebuttal
of the allegations or statements that Bon
ner might see proper to make. Mr.. Bonner
had been given ample opportunity to tes-
tify. He had done so at great length and to
now permit him to come in and upset
any statement of his own or impeach the
testimony of witnesses just as honorable as
Mr. Bonner, he Finley held was not only
an Injustice to the absent witnesses, but an
injustice to the defense.
The committee, however, decided to al
low Mr.. Bonner TO testify, and he attacked
McCOrd'S, Chilton'S and Campbells teSti-
Inony in various features and injected con-
siderable further testimony favorable to
his side of the case.
AT the conclusion of his statement Mr..
Finley asked the witness if he had covered
the entire case and told the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
The witness here replied that Finely
ought not to ask that question, that he had
testified as fully as he intended.
This remark caught the ear of Senator
Garwood and he asked the witness If there
was any more that he knew pertinent to
this investigation and in connection with
the receivership.
The witness replied he had heard other
facts, but declined to state what they were
or from whom he heard them. The gentle
man that had made the statements was con-
nected with the receivership and had test
fed before the committee, but the witness
declined emphatically to give the name of
the individual or the facts, and he had
stated as much as he intended.
The committee decided the question was
proper and it was the duty of the witness
to answer.
He declined to answer and stated while
he did not receive it confidentialiy he de-
clined to answer on account of the charac-
ter OF the man and his statements being
widely at variance to what he had sworn to
before the committee.
The witness persisted in refusing to an
swer, and the committee adjourned until
p. m.
The committee reaasembling at o'clock,
Mr.. Bonner was again called to the stand,
and still refusing to give the testimony
demanded by the committee, Mr.. Finley
filed his protest.
Gentlemen of the committee, we have
sought to elicit from every witness
upon his oath before this commit
tee, every fact connected with the
International and Great Northern receiver
ship. We have pursued this course with
Mr.. c. 7. Bonner, and we now demand that
he disclose everything he knows about the
matter. We demand that he answer
witness for the prosecution and we
have not the remotest idea what it is that
he insists upon concealing. Mr.. Bonner's
position in declaring that he is con-
ceaing and will not disclose a Sc
rious and pertinent statement, which
he claims was made to him by someone
with the receivership is some
what embarrassing and unfair to US, and as
someone might infer that there does exist
wrong which has not been
told. But Mr.. Bonner is n witness
for the prosecution, and all we can do is to
demand that he tell the whole truth. we
have had full confidence that no fact could |
be shown which would reflect upon the |
integrity of the parties interested. We |
vet entertain that confidence, aid are ready !