San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-29
ITS ROTTEN.
How Money was Used to Corrupt
Our Elections for the Ring
Ticket

Ticket.
The matter Of the s. A. & A. p. inveSti-
cation still continues, each witness
being examined, bringing out a new
light on the subject which is proving to
be quite interesting. Yesterday after
noon Mr.. Franklin resumed the. cross
examination of Mr.. Mcnamara, whose
testimony is as follows:
Il never new that the master had re-
ported that my co-receiver and myself
were entitled to credit OF $4,000 on the
Kennedy voucher. | new nothing of il until
this investigation began. / don't remem-
Der that the master had allowed that
credit on the receivers account. The
first knew of the Kennedy voucher was
when Mr.. Lott told me. l saw state
ment in March, 1891, of the receivers
$500 was charged to Mr.. Yoakum and
myself. The Times account was kept
separate. All these accounts were paid
out on the receivers joint account. |
signed Mr.. IOakum'S name to that re-
ceipt for 300. OF the $3.50 which was
charged to me, | received 81 $50 did not
get dollar of the s.. 2j0 which appears to
have been drawn on January -, 1891.
Mr.. Cooper made the statement of the
entry of $1,000, which is seen there dated
March 81. | can't account for the dis
crepancy of over 81, 500 in these two state
mentS made by Cooper. | don't believe
| ever saw that cash book which was de-
Stroyed. ISidn't know that the money of
the receiverShip was being used for the
election. All that participated in or was
responsible for was something over 81, 600.
There was $1,000 difference between Mr..
YOakum and myself. He owed me that
amount. ! think he paid me. The
81 .ONO deposited on account of the Times
on September %, 1890, the 81 $50. deposited
on September 3. to the same account and
the $50 on September Ii, were all depoS-
tied by me to w. H.. StinchcombS credit.
learned two or three days after Mr..
MichelSen's appointment as special audi
tor, that there was a shortage of the sta
ton account. ! did not inform Mr.. Yoa-
KUN. | called Mr.. Cooper up. | handed
the receipts back to Mr. Cooper. Mr.
Cooper showed me the receipts which
were introduced shortly after his arrest.
| don't remember the date. did not
transfer the property on Commerce
street to Mr.. Stevens to secure that
50. 500 | have no recollection Of having
ordered Mr.. Wheeling to draw out $1,000
from the Maverick bank on November l.,
1890. | never got a dollar of it. deny
the charge of 81 800 made here on this re-
ceiver'S joint account. Mr.. YOakum did
not assume any Indebtedness on that final
settlement. | had drawn this $4,000 and
81 800 long before the vouchers were
turned in. | admit that | wrote on the
| face OF the vouchers for advance, account
| Of salary NY expenses did not run S60O
per month. | did not show this memo
randum to Mr.. Ioakum when | made a
| settlement"
| Mr.. Newton then took the witness, and
| the testimony continued:
"WhPn we had a settlement | found
| that Mr.. YOakum owed me about $1,000
| | don't remember the Hanna investiga-
| ton testimony. | got this receipt for
| 81 600 from Mr.. GOakum when we had a
| settlement"
Court then adjourned till $3.50 O'Clock
| this morning.
MORNING SESSION.
This morning court opened at 9:3O
o'clock and Mr.. Mcnamara was placed
again on the stand for cross examination,
which is as follows:
When asked regarding the voucher No.
| "a, he said he could not produce the re-
ceipt for 50, 500 on the receivers joint ac-
count. He then continued:
Il have no recollection of any such re-
ceipt. He never turned it over to ma. 1t
was my personal note. 1t was the one
paid to the San Antonio National bank.
1t is charged to my account. | have my
own receipts, none other were given to
me. never had a receipt of $4,000. 1t
was the custom to charge the receivers as
they drew money. | took my own
receipts up. and gave receipt
covering the aggregate account. No
receipt of S2S.OOO was given me.
have no receipts on the joint account.
gave Mr.. Cooper receipt for my own
account. don't remember OF giving Mr..
Cooper a receipt for one half OF $4,000. |
would have gotten my receipt back from
the cashier. | don't remember of taking
any. There was always receipt given me
when drew my money. | don't remem-
beT anything about that sum. | don't
remember about executing a receipt OF
that kind about February H.. | did not
get a dollar of the Kennedy voucher. The
extent of my Indebtedness is shown in the
statement. | don't remember of paying
81, 600 TO Cooper. If | have a credit there
| expect paid it. | was paid in draft. |
don't know who drew it. 1t was paid at
the San Antonio National bank. II had
paid the draft on my own account would
have paid it to the cashier. 1t was an
insurance draft on the building that
burned at Riverside Park. | don't re-
member when Mr.. Cooper destroyed the
book; it was some time during the Hanna
investigation. That book would have
shown the detail Of every account, and
every character of the account"
The witness was turned over to Mr..
Oscar Bergstrom, who received answer as
follows:
THE first | heard Of the Kennedy vOuch-
er was from Lott. told him 1t was a
d-n lie Lott said Mr.. Eoakum carried
it to New York and he would not sign IT,
That draft Of 5000 was given to me by
Mr.. Campbell, | turned it over to the
cashier to be credited on my account. My
account was credited with IT..
Mr.. Bergstrom finished with this and
Mr.. Franklin again proceeded to question
the witness and received the following
answers:
Il never told Mr.. Nicholson that the
book was not destroyed. Not since he
was put in as special auditor. All | said
about the book was said in thepresence Of
Mr.. YOakum."