The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-19
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q. Did any OF them returny
A. Yes, sir; DIR. Massey returned.
% pi6 f1,e other two remain out?
They didn't como back again, no
Nv Afr Lecky. on which floor OF the
house was that ROOM >. ,
A. THAT was on the main floor. IL Il
basement house; that was the main
floor.
o. Tho FIRST floor?
o. Row was the house arranged
Did II have a arlor?
A. Yes. sir.
O. What was I ne next room?
A. The next " as called the spare pea
room
@. What was next 10 that
IN A FED ROOM
Tho nov, is commonly called Cap
tain uenry's bcdro ON. That Is the one
NJ Massey. MT. womack and Mr..
x,riLcs wcra an Ga plain Henry's bed
room?
a. Yes. sir 49, .o,,.u
Q. Was Captain Henry IN the mousse
that night?
n what business Is captain Henry In?
a lie is general agent for the Univer-
s,tv Publishing Company. l heard them
say that in the house. ., ,Yo,,
o. was II the habit o. Captain henry
10 stop at that house?
A. Yes. sir. .,o
o. DO you know Mr.. WomAck!
A. | haven't speaking ACQUAINTANCE
with him. although / have seen him come
20 tho house have been introduced TO
aim although don't know him 10 speak
10 him on the street. h..
O. Docs Mr.. Massey come there fire.
quently? 49,
A We'll. I really wouldn't like 70 say
that
BY Mr.. Lamb. Arc YOU positive that
was the night YOU saw Mr.. Foikes tnere'
a. Yes. sir. am very posiuVe Vi 'n"'
fact g.,
@. Is there any way by which you fix
abe date? ,.,.a
A Yes sir. ] remember having heard
chou, A. a q the resolutions), and MI
rshrjstian. who was one OF the gentlemen
seated in the that hallway, kho" re-
marked TO him that night that "ouiu
ike very much 10 go up there ana near ai,
=, l,nou I walked with him to the hall
that night. ,of p T.
Lee Camp. No. ]. Sons Of Veterans!
nv Captain Wise How long have You
been boarding there? .,,.
A. had been boarding there tnihk
since August. 1896; L am MT boarding
there now. though.
q Did Mr.. Nomack ever board there
don't think that Mr.. Nomach
aver boarded ..here that ! know o.
@. You don't think thatE
A. No, Sir .a,.. tho
a. Arc YOU prepared to contradict inc
fact that ne has boarded there!
We'll. i never have boarded tnere
sny more than n couple OF DAYS "'
time. ,,.,, ,,roo
O. I am not asking how much time,
Are Won prepared. is your knowlenge 50
great that you can say that Mr. Womack
bas not been I'm the habit on stopping AT
that house and boarding there?
No. sir. he has not been IN the haplt
of stopping there. s
O. Will you Soy that he never s'oppeu
there? .,-
A. lie has stopped there, yes sir
O. | mean as Il boarder.
O. / think while ! have been there
no STONED there a couple OF days with
his wife. That is my impression put
i am not very certain about that. III
he did. IL was some dime ago.
Witness here stood aside.
Mr.. I,ecky-The Chairman has neglect
vd TO state at the beginning Of this
meeting that the witnesses who are tes-
tifying are testifying through courtesy
10 the committee. As you all know,
we have no legal means by which we
can make them testify. and the com
mittee and an Interested in the question
will appreciate the fullest light possible
from the witness chair. We desire TO
thank the witnesses i'm advance for the
services they may see az TO render.
ANOTHER uOARDER.
MIR. n. Lodor ther, testified as follows:
BY Mr. Lamb: Mr.. Lodor, what is your
occupation:
A. / am secretary OF the Morris & Bas-
com Manufacturing Company.
o. Where do you reside?
A. on south Third street now.
9. Where did you reside on the 9Th
day of September last:
A. AT Eleventh and Clay
=. Who occupies that house there?
A. Mrs. Morris.
=. Did you see Mr.. Massey there on
the 9th day of september?
A. / can't fix the date i'm my mind. but
] saw him there the night he made the
speech TO the Sons of Veterans.
Odd you see Mr.. Folkes there that
night?
A. Yes. sir.
.. Who else did you see there?
A. Mr.. Womack.
q. You saw AIr. Folkes Mr.. Womack
and MI Massey there that nsht?
A. Yes, sir.
.. Where did you see them?
a. We were all sitting in the hall, and
they all passed out from the rear room.
.. What was that room known as!
A. Mr.. Henry's bed rom.
q. are you confident that Mr. Folkes,
Mr. Massey and Mr.. Womack PASSED out
Of there?
A. Yes. sir
Q. Where did they &C?
A. j have no idea. They vent out 70
the front door. Mr.. Wen ack and Nr.
Folkes left the house. Mr.. Massey did
not.
q. How is that house located? What
floor was that On?
A. They had a cellar in which the
dining room is; it was the first floor
above that.
.. Was the room they came out of the
front room. back rbC en-. or middle ROOM
a. The back room. Tho hallway runs
perfectly straight. The first room is the
parlor. the second is a spare bedroom.
and the door of this room opens straight
down the hallway at the end of tine
hall
.. Wero you sitting in the hall?
A. Yes
Q When they came out did they pass
you?
a. Yes. they had to come right by us.
=. anu you are positive they came out
OF that room.
"A. Yes.
y. BY Mr.. Lecky. How long were you
sitting IN thar hail before fhasa CON