Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-05
BOLD AND CORRUPT.


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| sir.
q. When was that? A. That was on
| Sunday night preceding the election.
q. Did you have an extended conversa-
tion with him at that time? a. Yes, sir.
| q. How long did 1t last? A. Well. half
| an hour or three-quarters.
q. Had you ever before that time had
| an extended conversation with him at all?
| 4. Well, only five or ten minutes at a
| time.
| O. How frequently did YOU have convcr-
| sations with him prior to that time? A.
had conversation with him on Main
| street. ! made an application for an APP
| pointment. and asked him II he had any
| influence with Mr.. Scammon and Mr..
Goldsby. and he said mo; them -
| are against me-"
| @. Well how frequently did You have
conversation with MIR. Findley prior 10
| this time? a. Well, probably two times.
| Q. Did you regard yourself as being well
acquainted with Mr.. Findley" \. No. sir.
| @. Was he well acquainted with you?
| A. | could not say that he was.
| Q. You had no reason to suppose that he
| was? A. No. sir.
| Q. Well. you were acquainted at that
| time with Mr.. Findleys business affairs to
some extent. were YOU not7 A. Why. I
| have known his busness-1 have known
what he does and how he gets his money.
| q. You were acquainted with the people
| in his employ, were you? n. l never saw
Arthur Moses but twice.
| q. Well. that IL not the question a.
Well, he is in his employ
q. Are you acquainted with the people
\ in his employ? A. No, except Moses.
@. Who is Moses? A.. He is a man that
| Findley keeps to take care of his house
while Ed is in Chicago.
@. Who told YOU that? A. Findley told
| me that.
Q. He opened himself up pretty fully
| that night. didn't he? A. Yes, sir.
| @. Well. did you know any other people
| in his employ? A. No, sir; not of his en-
| ploy. I know people employed in the same
business by the old man.
Q. Well. he came, you say, on Sunday
night to see you, did you? a. He sent Mr..
| Morrison to my house Sunday evening to
see me, and to tell me to come over to his
house.
O. Well, did he tell you what he wanted
with you? A. Morrison did.
@. Well, you went? a. Yes sir.
@. Well, did you have an extended con-
versation with Mr.. Morrison at the time
that he came to your house? "A. No, sir.
he just came there to my house to notify
me that Fndley wanted to see me. He said
you know you are appointed" and / said
"apponted what?" and he said Judge of
election and he said ''you know Ed wants
to talk to you,' and so l went
O. AS soon as you knew that ED"
wanted you. you went? A. Yes, sir.
O. You went over to his house? A. Yes,
sir.
@. Who did You talk to-who else was in
the room? y. No one but Mr.. Findley and
myself.
Q. How long did you remain there? A.
Well probably three-quarters of an hour.
@. Will you have the goodness to tell me
as near as you can the conversation that
occurred between Mr.. Findley and yourself
on that occasion?
Counsel for the contestant objects to the
question asked the witness on the ground
that it calls for hearsay testimony, which
objection was overruleG.
@. Now, Mr.. Canny, you may then con-
| fine yourself to what passed between your
self and Mr.. Flndley on the occasion you
| refer to in regard to your appointment?
A. Just only about my appointment?
Q. Yes. sir leave out what he said ABOUT
other people. for l don't care anything
about that.
A. Well, he told me he had me appoint
ed at the election down there; that Mr..
Owsey and Mr.. O'Neill and Tommy Nc
Gee and himself fixed it all up
drug store, and that was to
20 down the next day and be sworn
in, and went down the next day. and aft
er went into Mr.. Owsley's office. and after
l got there ! saw Joe Shannon, and SAID
@. Well. never mind what passed be-
tween you and Joe.
A. Well, he told me he had me appoint
ed Judge of the election. He said ONeill
and himself and Tommy McGee had fixed
it up in ORielly's drug store, and he told
me-Gave me my notification.
O. Well, in pursuance of that notiiica-
ton YOU went to the precinct the following
Tuesday morning, did you?
A. | went to Mr.. Owsleys Office, ana
was sworn in on Monday under instructions
from MIR. Findley, and | asked Deputy Err
skine if 1t was all right and he said, yes
it had been fixed up all right.
@. In pursuance to that you went 10 the
polls in the Fifty-second precinct on the
morning of the election?
\. Yes, sir.
@. What time did you go there?
A. | got there a little before O'Clock.
O. Were the other judges there?
A. All that served were there. and Mr.
We'll came up and Mr.. Morrison went up
and spoke to him, and he went off. He is
Jacob We'll, of the Hub Clothing Company.
@. Who is Morrison?
A. He works out at Findley's house; he
lives there. He lives there; he
what he does unless it is to keep
books for Ed, just the same as Mrs. Ward
keeps books for the old man. He loafs
around Christies saloon there all the time.
@. DO you loaf around Chrstie's saloon?
A. No sir, but i see him there every time
about / pass by the saloon.
@. Standing in front of the saloon?
A. Yes, sir, and inside.
Q. You always look in to see If Morrison
Is there?
A. No, sir, but he has always been found
there.
@. How do you know?
A. Well, the warrants were sworn out
for his arrest and he was found there,
@. Now. because you occasionally see
him at that saloon, and he was found
there when arrested, you swear that ne
is always found at Christie's saloon! a,
Yes, sir; to the best of my knowledge and