The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-19


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Q. Is that the affidavit you have given
here?
A. Yes
q. Did Mr.. Taylor Ellyson dictate GER
tifcate for you 10 sign?
a. No: II was all along the same line:
only there were different ways OF putting
10.
.. When that paper was prepared. Mr.
West. yourself Mr.. Woodnn, Colonel
Cowardin. Mr. Chesterman Mr. J. Taylor
Ellyson, and Mr. Theodore Ellyson-they
had all seen II. and IT had met with their
approval?
A. They had nothing to do with its
approval. IL met with my approval.
Q. II met with your approval. Is that
your statement?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. one OF the questions asked you on
Friday was. Was that paper secured from
you by any pressure that was brought 10
bear on you by any OF your employers?
A. Absolutely none.
Q. | notice that you say In your afii-
dayit that you we're misled.
\. Yes. sir
.. Have YOU any reason 10 change
your explanation of last Friday night?
4. No.
Q. Who was that paper delivered 10
this committee by?
\. l don't know; l did not see IL de-
ivered to any one.
.. You made oath 10 It?
A. Yes
Q. Who did you deliver Il to after you
made oath 10 II?
A. / cannot remember whether I gave
1t back in the Office. or whether | gave
II TO Mr.. Boykir.
@. Was the effect OF this paper con-
sidered I'm the conference?
A. Only so far as | have stated, that I
expressed the opinion that the investiga-
ton would probably not be very far
reaching, and that in view OF Mr.. Folkes
resignation the only thing I'm view would
be 10 get rid of the matter as soon as
possible and my statement was curtail-
ed on that account
.. Your statements 10 this committee
have been based on what Mr.. West told
you?
A. Absolutely yes.
q. If the statement OF Mr.. West Is I'm
error then your testimony is in error
Is that the fact?
\. / don't understand what you mean
q. If Mr.. West has told you what is not
so. then is what you have stated not so?
a l have stated exactly what Mr.. West
told me-
Q. Then il makes no difference as 10
where Mr.. West got his information.
You have stated exactly what Mr.. West
told you?
A. Yes. sir
.. Have you held back anything from
this committee that ii ought TO know. Is
your statement 10 this committee exactly
what Mr.. West told you?
a. l do not quite understand what you
mean.
Q. Your evidence has been a statement
OF what Mr.. West told you?
WAS NOT MISTAKEN.
A Yes, and of conversations l had
with Mr.. West.
q. VIII you explain the connection be-
tween that word misled and the conversa-
ton you had with Mr.. West2
A. l insisted with Mr.. West that | was
not mistaken. He argued that when the
subject OF this investigation was broach-
ed, was mistaken. 1 said 4 was posi-
tive, that / had the most vivid recolec-
ton of all these circumstances. and 1 was
absolutely positive that 1 had not mis-
understood HIM.
q. Did Mr.. West deny the statements
that you made. i'm the presence OF the
gentlemen in the Dispatch office?
a. No; there was no statement made
We had a little difference in Mr.. Wood
fms office, that 1 have told you Of. Mr..
Folkes said he would see West about IL,
and there was no further difficulty. Mr..
Woodfn rather upbraided me for not con-
tradicting Vests statements, which We're
totally at variance with mine, and / said
10 him that | understood Mr.. West and /
hoped Mr.. West understood me, that l
was absolutely positive he had made the
statements TO me.
q. You were positive at that time-are
you positive now?
a. Certainly / am
@. And those gentlemen were present
when you prepared that paper2
A. Yes.
Q. They understood the circumstances
the preparation Of the paper2
a. l don't think they understood all the
circumstances.
q. Why not?
A. BecauseI did not tell them 10 any
one except Mr. WoOdhn, and don't think
he had repeated them 20 Mr. Chesterman,
Colonel Cowardin, Mr.. Ellyson, or anyone
else
Q. Those gentlemen were consulting
with YOU in the preparation Of this
paper-On what you had told Mr.. Wood
lin?
A. / told Colonel Cowardin that / could
not add 10 my affidavit; that 1 believed,
so far as my knowledge went, there was
nothing for YOU TO investigate.
Did YOU have any member OF the Sons
of Veterans come to you for information
regarding this rumor?
A. Yes.
q. Did Mr. Lewis Brander come to see
you?
A. Yes.
Q. Did YOU tell him anything about Il?
A. | told him 1 had gotten certain in
formation, but that | could not tell MN
what il was. | am not quite sure that !
mentioned about the check. but l thlnk
1 did say that the information l had
about the check came in such way that
l could not say anything more about H.
Q. Did any other member OF the camp
come to see you about itY
A. No l don't think so.
O Has any member Of the History
Committee approached you on the sub
ject?
A. No.
O. Has Mr.. West had any conversation
with YOU since you testified here last Fri
day night? ~. .t.,o
heard him when he WAS IN the ONCE, put
did not see him.
SHOULD 80 THE TRUTH.
Col Cowardin. / would like 10 ask Mt.
Duce a question: Mr. Duce. do you re-
member any repeated Injunction that !
gave YOU when you were preparing your
AFFIDAVIT
A. Yes. Colonel. you said II was to be
entirely my own statement
Col. Cowardn: Did l not give you re-
peated inJuncuons as 10 what your
statement should be?
~. $50. It'd 10 ehopid ie the truth.