The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-24

s'You never walked with her in the
senate chamber arm in arm?"
Il don't think | was ever in the senate
chamber with Miss Williams in my life"
"DId you ever show her any attention
at all?"
"When she wanted to be an enrolling
clerk l introduced her to two or three
members of the legislature. That is all"
TEL about her taking charge Of the
position"
81 am quite sure it was on Monday,
May 8. 1898 l remem Der that Mrs. Van
Tilburg had her own furniture in her
apartments, and as Miss Williams had
none of her own. l had the furniture
made at the state shop. That took about
three weeks"
"Were you in the habit of frequently
visiting Miss Williams?"
81 visited her very seldom, and never
except on business"
ibid you ever meet her anywhere, as
has been stated on the stand here?"
81 do not remember that I ever met
her on the walk, but might have done
So"
IBID you ever visit her at her room?'
81 never was in her room but once.
There was some money to be paid in the
woman's department, and took the pay
roll over to her with the money.
Miss Matthews was in Leavenworth
that day and the inmates signed the roll
in Misc Williams room. At another
time l took Peters who had charge of
the clothing department to her room to
have him measured it for a carpet"
what have you to say to the bath
room incident described by Miss Mat
thews in which she said you met Miss
Williams aud went with her to her room
when she wore nothing but short
skirt"
''It is absolutely false I did not know
at that time where Miss Williams bath
room was"
did you ever meet Miss Williams in
that conditiO %
81 never did"
what have you to say about Miss
Matthew'S story of having seen you on
the bed kissing Miss Williams?"
81 never saw Miss Williams on a bed
in my life"
Did you ever kiss herr"
81 did not. That story is absolutely
false"
s.Did you write 10 her?''
81 wrote her business letters only"
E'Did you ever have any immoral con-
versatiOn with herr"
81 never did The only time ever
said anything to Miss Williams in that
line was once when the board had met
there. In the morning E. II. Butler of
the board met me at the stable and told
me that the members of the board had
told him that they had heard rumors
that Miss Williams had at one time been
intimate with Postmaster Frank Thomas
of Topeka. 1 said l would talk with the
board about it. When the board met in
the afternoon it was talked over.
I went to my desk and took out the Miss
Williams petition. l handed it to Mr..
Hollenbeck and told him that was why
I appointed Miss Williams. He express
ed surprise at the names he found there
and said her appointment was certainly
justifiable. After the committee had
gone sent for Miss Williams and she
came to me Office and | told her what |
had heard She said it was certainly not
true and that she would not know Mr..
Thomas if she should meet him on the
street.
81 asked her if she knew of any posi-
BILE way such story could get started.
She told me that she had kept company
with a man named Thomas here; that he
was an old soldier aud they would GER
tainly have been married, but he died.
1t was then that she said she had been
thinking of resigning as she aud Miss
Matthews did not get along very we'll l
think that was July s, 1898. It was not
long after that I was talking to Miss
Matthews on the steps one evening and
Miss Williams came out and said that she
would resign Thursday. She would not
stay even to the first of the month,
though asked her to, but left Thursday.
l went to Topeka the same day she went
to Kansas City, and that was the last
time l saw her but once until yesterday.
I met her at the Santa Fe depot in Tope-
ka by accident one time, and shook hands
with her and talked about five minutes"
"Haye you ever been in correspond
ence with her?"
Il have not"
The rest of Mr.. Chase's testimony of
last evening was recital of his troubles
with his mine superintendent