The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-17


,,o,ir disbursements as 81. .z5. as given In
yesterday. Please give me the items or
vour revenue. Crhcsc itcsm aggregated
81 gIi6)
Car,ain Wise: Mr.. Massey. were there
afv other receipts during this year?
was paid $500 about that time,
which amount is the principal on Whlch
the item Of interest that 1 have called
o,,t ia Won accrued. think IL was paid
10 me about that time
Cautaln Wise: ! am happy. Mr.. Massey,
10 assure you that have memorandum
of YOUR income and disbursements dur
ino 1Ss7 also your income for 1888, but
viii have 10 trouble you 10 call OF
Vour disbursements for 1873. witness
ff4 go and found tho disbursement for
IS,> 4, mounted 10 S9fio. The year 1889
WAS then taken Up and checked, ana
found TO show income. N,7H,5; disburse-
mcnts, Sli.3S.
TEDIOUS TASK
During the reading Of these statements
many Of the lawyers and large mum
her of spectators left the courtroom. An
amusing feature Of the reading of these
rows Of hglres was that good Memo
al. brother and minister went 10 sleep.
pr..hyteriau minister kept him com
many. and a ministerial steward was an
Interested observer of these two lone
oceupaniS Of the amen corner judge
pr.utfs killed time reading the papers.
nlror brought smile TO his usually
rlaeid c0untenanco by 5andins up note,
suggesting that the Joint debate be
tween Captain Wise and iarsou Massey
wss an nslpid affair. occasionally ihe
Irdsn wouli turn 10 NlSinias handsome
ez.ioscruor Mckinney ana exchange
word or TWO. stretch mis- limbs, yawn, ana
,ro1 seek rest again I'm his paper. Busi-
r,.s 1lapaeer Gibbs and Director Humph-
r,es az the Pilot. dropped IN, bDt fed
,....inifatoW when they discovered that
lr Massey was reading from that BOOK.
r.rfqin Wise. Mr. Massey your income
.....t ,..s. vou say was Sl,7f1.55, and in
,uled ir thM amount was interest pdlo
,.o, S.v AMI from your salary s1z'.'4,
total EDH. leaving N,lnol, ana s-'''oA
al That balance was from the sale OF Iu'",
Der. leaving Sz2 net, as me a"'y"'V Va
revenue trat you derived from lhe pio-
ducts of the farm. is tnat corr iec.' -,
81 suppose so, sir; ! nave HV1 S"D-
et.rtoi tLc,r lifi .rcnt amounts.
|.,r.in Wise. find by looking over
,.,,,, account as you have given II, that
,.o,,r whole income from the farm thal
,a,r including the sale of luihbei'
amorntel to $il77M (tAe balance Deihs
interest and salary paid you and not com
ing from the FARM, and, ccduclihs ti'
o>ncuditures of S5i5. it leaves only niue
over 500 as the net revenue from youi
form, In tho year 1855. according 10 your
statement. your gross income was Si'so''
and doducting what you received LOT
,nilaaoo and from your salary, II leaves
81 i3- cg and. according 20 your state
mont Of your expenditures, $9H, IL leaves
sleo ae Tie net revenue from your iarm
drriua, that year. In the year 1871 your
GROSS income. according 10 your figures
,,as 81 t51.N. and out of that take >soo lof
mileage and salary. ana you nave i'll
only S7G6M revenue from your iaiin'
while. according 10 your own statement
vour expenditure that year was $Jl0. so,
Air Massey. YOU must have gone behind
that year In the year 1886 your state
ment shows Si.2i510 gross income, out OF
that take the $3.50. which you derived from
mileage and salary, and il leaves $'oo.".
Mr. Massey. by your own statement OF
oxpcnditures that year. taken from the
amount. YOU will only have >l5S left. Now,
sir. ! want you TO tell this jury what you
meant hy telling Mr. Neoly day or two
ago that during part of these years.
while YOU were not in Office. that you
cleared 81 600 per year off the farm.
Witness: ] was keeping my running ac-
counts together, and ony gave the amount
as my opinion, and not as an official
statement.
MORE CLOSE QUESTIONING.
@. VIII YOU state II you had a dollar on
cp0sit on certificate account in loso?
A. ] will not, sir for / don't know"
@. viii you say you thought you hadY
a. 7 Will not. sir.
@. When did you commence TO put your
money in that secret drawer?
commenced irut "A Is soon as stop
ped doqositing my funds i'm bank on the
certificates of dcpoait. and commenced 70
take my money home.
I'm answer TO question BY Captain
Wise as 20 what money he had, Mr.. Mas
sey took the opportunity to make another
long. detailed statement in which he said
that he had 5000 in 1884, and attempted 10
explain how II jumped 30 $1,000, bat the
statement was not clear 70 Captain Wise,
and the Captain attempted TO lie him
down
1hc Judge riicd that row was not the
time 10 argue the questions, and that the
witness answer must stand for what IL
was worth
Mr. Massey stated that he had $1,000 In
cash left after the congressional contest
in 1883. and that between that time and
1880 he received $1,000 from his brother
making 5000. that he loaned his son
$1,000. and gave his son N,"o; that he
loaned Mr. Cabel $50, and saved in the
secret drawer $500.
- But You had 20 pay cut Mr.. Massey
1900 for the expenses OF the congress
si0nl contest. and that, with the other
amounts that Nou say you leaned ana
gave away. made good deal more thal
5000 Now. whore did you get the diiler-
ence, Mr. Massey
y. j have explained this several times
to the best OF my ability.
@. Yes Mr.. Massey. YOU have explained
in your way. but YOU never have tod MS
where you got the 5000.
Captain Wise now took the witness up
20 the year 1890, and made him state MS
payments OF that year. his investments
in land and other speculations. The VII
ness gave IN detail his various invest
menis IN Big Stone Gap and other places
during that year.
Ar. Massey said: "My income for the
year $500 was S260SO7. which embraced
my salary as Superintendent Of Public
Instructon-s2.o COO The other SC0S.W las |
revenue from my farm. interest on de- |
poslts. mileage. etc. Tho interest. mile
age ETC.. deducted left little over S50O !
as revenue from my farm that year.
THAT BRIDAL TOUR AGAIN.
Captain Wise; Now give the items OF |
your living expenses for that year Crhey |
amounted TO Sl,045.74) This was the year |
you We're married?
a. Yes. sir
Q. And the year you took the bridal |
trip. and charged the expense OF it up |
10 the state OF Nireiaia2
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