Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-06

YOUNG NICHOLS AND HIS FATHER BOTH ARE
PLACED ON THE sTAND--MAJ LOCKWOOD Ex-
PLAINS MATTERS AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY DONE
AND DENIES THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
! The weather bureau investigation yesterday
after The STARS report closed continued OH
the old lines Young Nichols. the assistant at
Norfolk. continued his testimony. After Crane
returned from his Washington trip he had in
( suited witness. Nichols testified. and had told
him that the general opinion at Washington was
that witness was crazy, and witness had come
up to Washington and had met Maj. lockwood
for the first time.
: Witness had known ex-Secretary Rusk since
childhood and had several times visited him.
Mr.. Nichols told of the duties he performed at
the oiice. His lack of advanceme he
/ claimed. was the fault of Crane for not prop
erlv instructins him. IN regard to the signal
which Crane had claimed witness had failed to
raise according to orders. Mr.. Nichols testified
that the telegram had never been delivered BY
the telegraph company, as had previously been
/ done.
| Witress said he was supposed to get to the
office at noon. and that the morning belonged
| to him. He denied. however that he collected
| for his father-in-law during the mornings
Crane had never properly instructed him in
| teiegraphy. Witness denied being q hard
| cigarette smoker. In regard to his alleged
I
| record on file.
| DID NOT BOAST OF HIS POWER.
| That is intellectually false" was Mr. Nichols
answer to the question Of whether he had not
ooasted OF the power he had at the weather
bureau. In all he had spent In the Eve months
nos over three hours in collecting some SPECIAL
! bills for his father. Witness had never told
Davis that Norfolk was too small to hold both
and witness would not be the one to 10. This
I ended NInhnlSs
| NR. NICHOLS FATHER.
The next witness was II. d. Nichols, father of
the last witness. Mr.. Nichols said he had
Maj. lockwood had nothing to do with
young Nichols appointment or re.en-
| ton. witness had only met Maj. lockwood
lately. He had never considered or talked of
having Crane promoted that his son might
be retained. ANY influence witness possessed
was with Gen. Rusk. Witness was convinced
that his son had not taken ID drink since his
gold cure treatment Had always had the idea
that his son was competent to perform the
duties required.
| MAI. LOCKWOOD ON THE STAND.
Maj. s. S. lockwood testified: II am an as
sociate Of the man from Kansas who is out of
job" was the wav Maj lockwood put his posi-
| ton The major. however. was well informed
| on weather bureau affairs. His connection with
| the Crane-Nlchois affair purely Incidental.
| he had nothing to do with Nichols appoint
/ meEt. He had noticed an unsatisfactory con-
| dition of affairs at Norfolk, and had laid the
| matter before Capt. Townshend and Mr.. Nc
J Laughlln, and the three had agreed that the
/ best thing TO do was to transfer Mr.. Davis to
some other station and this had been DONE and
/ Mr.. Crane had then been transferred to Nor
! folk. as he seemed the best man under the cir
/ cumstances.
! Speaking of Cranes talk over the affairs of
| station % had haan ne al VIII (N-a,
and MS work. Thought him energetic ard
! capable. Maj. lockwood told OF the further
| conversation in regard to Nichols. practically
i as has been already testified to by Mr.. Crane.
/ Was not thinking in any way of Nichols when
/ be had said to Crane when the latter had
] spoken OF the magnitude of the work at No:-
! folk that what he wanted was another assistant.
! witness had never suggested to Crane that he
make application for promotion. He had
written the recommendation after talking with
| Prof. Harrington. HIS writing the recon-
menta,ion was nothing out of the ordinary
Witness told of the conversation with Mr.. Nc
| Laughlin after the latter had refused to send
| the appointment to Crane. He had told Mr..
\ Mclaughlin that his letter was the most re-
/ marhab.e lie hSu ever seen and charged in
! famous CRIME on Pros Harrington. OF which Mr.
/ Mclaughlin himself knew he was not guilty.
| THE PERRY CASE.
| The witness told OF his connection with the
Perry case. but without developing anything
new. Witness knew nothing OF Titus Town
! shend or OF the so-called expert compi,ers. His
/ only connection with the laborers alleged 10 be
doing clerical work was hearing he lad given
/ Capt. Stone N regard TO the work that Miss
Dant was doing.
| Maj. lockwood testified in regard to the pro-
/ test which Lieut.. Purssell had made against
| Irs. Bakers reappo.ntment. Witness did not
! In any way get the impression that Prof
Harrington had attempted IT, dissuade Lieut..
/ Purssell from going to the Secretary the
/ ground that it would hurt the professor. The
idea witness gained was that Prof. Harrington
had said that the step would be an unwise one
on account of the harm it would do Lieut..
/ Purssell himself.
! Maj. lockwood was cross-examined bv Mr..
/ Smith. the questions being furnished by Mr..
Mclaughlin. The witness had remem-
Drance of any conversation with Capt. Town
shend before the Norfolk inspection. He felt
/ sure lie had given no specific instructions to
/ Capt Townshend in regard 10 the trip. In re-
! gard to allowances made 10 observers brought
here tenn orarilv Maj. lockwood testified that
/ 1t had been discussed and was thought onlv
| equitable that allowance be made hem as was
| done i'll Parallel cases in the Agricultural De-
! Partment-
WANTS 70 KNOW ABOUT TIE CHARGES.
! This ended the direct testimony and Mai
/ lockwood wanted to know with what he was
charged and who did the charging. The
charges were read to him and he was told that
Nr. Mclaughlin was responsible for them.
Maj lockwood said it false that he had
cons?ired 20 have Crane promoted in order to
retain Nichols On the only other charge in
which ne is specifically mentioned he said tina.
as acting chief clerk of the bureau he had ap-
proved the account Of Capt. Stone for his III
spectlon trip, which was perfectly proper
action. the trip having been authorized b.: the
chief OF the bureau. An adjournment until to-
! day at o CLOCK followed.
A Welcome to u Pastor.
! Last evening at the MARYLAND Avenue Bap-