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did order YOU TO buy from him

Did I order you to buy from him
after that!
Did lever order you to buy from
anybody2 .
Hubbell, but 1 said I'd have my head
cut off first.
Wasn't that before he attempted tc
bribe you?
Yes.
Did I ever try to interfere'
No. You only asked me to buy from
Cranston.
Wasn't it about the time you went
in Office that White tried TO bribe you
and didn't you buy supplies from him
afterwards?
Yes, l bought tin foils, corks and
machines.
Were presents of silver made you?
Becker gave me a pitcher and tive
cups. | only purchased from Becker
when he baited me. l told him if his
liquor did not come up to sample I'd
turn it on him.
Isn't his house an unreliable Jew
bouse? 1t is Jew house, but good
many Jews are in the whiskey busi
ness. [ got no more presents.
Didn't l tell you / didn't want to
hurt an innocent man?
You might have told me something
of the kind.
Remember what I said about your
designations
I offered to resign but you told me
not to. I offered again and you told
me not 10. Afterwards I heard you
wanted me TO resign and l refused.
Didn't l tell you I didn't want to
hurt an innocent man3
l think you said something like
that.
Have you ever heard of my getting
rebates2
I may have. l have heard of Till
man, Traxler, you and me and the
present board. Uaughter) But I'm
willing to swear that you never got
any rebates.
Mr.. Nicholson somewhat indig-
nant) Have you any reason to be-
lieve the boord got rebates?
No sir. Reports are the same with
everybody who touches liquor. I'm
positive Governor Evans got none.
Chairman Jones: Aren't you posi-
tive about the board? Naughter.)
I believe I am. Uaughter.)
Mr.. Williams: Can you state who
told you the board got rebatesa
No sir. You can hear anything.
Mr.. Nicholson: It must have made
an impression on you since you re-
member it.
No sir, it did not.
Mr.. Weston: Did the Governor ex-
press an opinion as to your guilt or in
nocence?
I'm not positive, but 1 think he said
Mick, don't think you did wrong"
DID you hear any reason why he
wanted to rssign?
Nothing except Mr.. Tompkins came
to me from him.
Governor Evans denied that Tomp-
kins went to Mixson from him.
Mr.. Abney asked was it possible to
trace rumors of wrong doing in the
Dispensary.
Colonel Mixson said it was not.
Even the hands wouldn't tell when
rumors were out that some of them
were taking whiskey. The air seems
infectious with idle, meaningless ru-
mors.
Mr.. Williams jocularly asked whe-
ther he couldn't recall who cast asper-
sions on the board, for the board
would hold him responsible.
j. w. MIXSON.
Mr.. J. w. Mixson was the next wit
ness. In reply to Mr.. Abney's ques.
ton about the telegram, he said it
didn't in any way or form relate TO
liquor purchases. He went through
Atlanta on his way to Cincinnati and
stopped about an hour. He never sent
any telegram and never signed his
name James," but 81. W."
B. B. Evans: I saw the telegram.
1t was signed J. w. Mixson.
Mr.. Abney: You received $500
from the Live Oak Company. What
was that for2
That was commissions on whiskey /
suppose. I suppose w. T. Mixson was
the general agent. I collected it for
him. was going to Cincinnati any
way and he asked me to collect it for
him from Yost. After he told me it
was commissions on whiskey told
him he better let it alone, as it might
cause pa to give up his position and
me lose mine. I asked w. T. whether
my father knew of it and he said he
did not and he didn't intend for him
to.
Have you had any agreement, un.
derstanding or partnership with him
to receive any Of the co commissions?
No.
L wasn't here when Scruggs re-
turned. This was absolutely my only
connection with it and | don't know
whether my brother has received any
more. He promised me not to.
went to Cincinnati to see the Southern
agent of the Peerless Bicycle Com
pany.
What about an entertainment there
| met the agent, Mr.. Eckert, and
was with him all day. We went to
the theatr eat night. About 12 o'clock
next day Ireceived a note from Yost
to call on him at the Live Oak Office
l went there and with another gentle
man we went to what they called Co
ney Island. That is all the entertain
ment l knOWOf.
What about an interview
A newspaper man called on me a
the hotel and asked me about politics
[ didn't know much about it but talked
about Tillman, the Constitutions
Convention and the Dispensary.
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