The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-21

and when the clerks were sci 20 work q
complete IT, Mr. Nibaek IA, ant otnersr -.
to await the bill. II was about 40 o'clock
when we first started out N e nrnt the Dlil
Yes. my impression Is that ne was tners
when entered
handwriting?''
II do not know his handwriting.
standing near by when the. drawers were
broken open. He knew he sid, John
ty. who had been much about the sessions
OF previous Legislatures. IL not OF this. He
nao ne h saa se Ia nV 10 this
bill. He said that among those offered to the
ni a there were some who mere for + AFTER
piration of their terms. He said he was NOT
certain &c tam whstner Nestor MAS In the company
Did you know George Kay?" asked She
Attorney-general
Yes. / do not remember whether ! saw
him at this session. often. or not I had
seen him at previous sessions.
the excitement Custodian Grimm had ar
rived with bunch OF Keys and had opened
large crowd in the room and the excitement
was at an intense strain.
Thomas J. Newkirk then asked the com
ness. His question related to the sudden
t opening Of the drawers o. tine desks ana ana
brought keys for the drawers. Mr.. Newkirk
was then. sworn and took the stand. Re
House during that session. His enrolling
force consisted of A. j. Beheimer. of Ell
man named Young. Grow was a member of
the engrossng force
Sections TO q and part OF Section u.
whose handwriting are they in?"
Whose writing is that in Sections q
"Young's. think
Sections 66 TO aa?"
I'm Nestor's." This contains Section 90,
the section which was changed;. -,
not?'
yes
Sections % to 113?''
I'm Young's writing"
THE DIFFERENT IANDWRITINGS.
Sections 100 to 129. the witness said. were
in Beheimers handwriting, and from 12s
to 1873 in Nestor's again. The other sections
were written in hands strange to the clerk
by persons secured by the Speaker on the
Saturday night. The witness said that MS
attention was first called to the fact that
trouble was brewing just before supper.
He did not go to supper, he said, but waited
for his clerks to show up for work as
to hurry that bill through. He had checked
up those that were enrolled. He had sew
eral times spoken to Beheimer, he said.
It Would h'i be ''i up in time On this saturday
night, he said, none of the enrolling clerks
tinued in corroboration of the appearance
of the Speaker and the breaking open OK
two drawers before Griffin arrived with the
keys to open the other drawers. Joe Hart,
an assistant clerk he said, had helped to
get the different parts of the bill IN shape
only one of the regular House force that
assisted in the enrolling OF the bill. Nestor
did no work that night. Referring to
Nestor's connection with the bill the wit
ness said:
While working on the bill at one. time.
Nestor complained of the confusion In the
room and asked to be allowed to take his
part to a committee room where he could
work without interruaIi9n me e,a enr ,3,in
wrong was thought of granting permission
to take the part of ths bill to another
ut was possible to do the work in secret
in this COMMITTEE room, was 1t not" asked
the Attorney
HAD Nestor ever before made complaint
- hat was the first time had ever heard
him complain Of the confusion. IT had once
before happened that bill had been taken
the session The clerk that copied the city
charter bill worked two days ana Two nights
After eiiciting further confirmation OF the
facts as related by previous Witnesses the
in Z. the = fee no ana q salary pa sai 6ills
Have you any explanation as 10 No"
the change was madey
Il have not.
the sheet on which Section 81 was wrilien
to be taken out and another substituted
.sThis is the first intimatlon OIL the KIM
ever had or heard off,
The witness said that Behelmer was me
chief Of the rolling clerks anu tnat ne k hi,,
prodding him up IN oruer 70 i'F'se ma D'''
When did you first become conc ,sI1, e.i
a asSes me- she K mlfeiaanu p0'a'''
as IT got a little alarmed about it before sup
per. and when it failed to show up began
crntG
- Did fi You you report to Mr. Beheimer re-
garding the loss?'
mo: / did not see him.
..Who did you talk to?''
II talked to Mr.. Grow, and ! also men-
toned the circumstance to Patrick Gormans
one OF the file clerks. Afterward spoke
to several members about it, and we began
did you report the matter to the
no. for | hoped to. find the missing pa
Mr.. Newklrk further stated that he. and
the members of the House kicked the desks
asked a. asip Mr.. Newkirk If he could tell what
portion of the bill was written after the
ne Ibid Iii Mr.. Nestor do any writing upon that
bill after the missing portion had been
mo, for he was not there. and did not
I'm whose custody was this bill?' asked
sIn nine, replied Mr. Newkirk.
why was it detached?'
For enrolment" replied the witness.
and then he explained that the allotments
for copying were made by sections
Mr.. Ketcham told Mr. Newkirk to make
out his bill for mileage and expenses for
coming before the committee. but Mr.. New
kirk answered that he would not accept
cent. He said he came to clear any question
which might exist regarding his connection
with the affair, and ne would remain, If the
comrlittee thought ii advisable.
'sMr. Nestor will be on the stand, and he
may make some statements which you may
have curiosity to hear" remarked Mr..
Ketcham significantly.
w. there is to be any reflections
upol shall remain TO defend myself.
repl r. Newkirk. Il am poor man.
and Ionor is all the capital have"
n ere will be nothing in Mr.. Nestor'a
statements which will reflect upon you.
replied Mr.. Ketcham. THE fact of the
whole matter is that have Information
that George Ray got Ncstor to take out and
change a sheet In that BILL Nestor at first
denied everything about the matter; but
since then he has made another statement
to me-
"Well, / want to say emphatically that IL
there was a change made. which appears
to be the case. I knew nothing about It.
and il was done without my knowledge"
was Newk'rk's reply.
Mr. Mccullough and Mr. Niblack made
statements. saying tney remembered. after