The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-11
Stubs EXPLAINS
ABOUT THE CHECKS
RecQ'IS q Lille Come OIL Poker PI0y.
cd Three YeQTS AgO.
EXPLAINS HOW BALANCES ARE SETTLED
WOmaCk Substantially COrrOhorates The
Commanders Story.
he Poker Picnic Took Place Mt Bir.
minshaEn During tho Confederate
Kcunion-The Colonel and tho
Book Man Mad Prayed seyernI
Dozen Games ut Sunary Times
WomncK Explains IL Reference to
mn EX EX>Commnndcr.
Richmond, Va, Dec. 10. 1897.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 10. 1897.
AT the Grand Camp. Confederate
Veterans. History Committee invesuga-
tion this morning the first witness put
on the stand was Mr.. Greer Raughman.
whom General Hundley, asked if he did
not know that the NVoma k-Stubbs
checks ought to be in the possession of
either the bank or Mr. Womack. Mr..
BauGMmari said that he did, but de-
clined to say how he CBaughman) got
hold OF them.
Here the committee held n conference
and decided that as the checks had
simply been handed to the committee
by Mr. Baughman for inspection, with
out. giving any evidence concerning
where They had been obtained, and in
View OF the further fact that the
genuinencss Of the papers was adj
mftted, the committee had nothing
whatever to do with where they came
from
Colonel Stubbs was then recalled to
the stand, and said that after tho adj
1ournment of the committee last night
ne went to Mr. George Booker, OF Old
foint, ana asked him the date of their
Nlsit TO Birmingham. He learned tb,t
1t was In the summer OF 1S9. that he
"omack and others had gone 10 Biz
HiEisham together. He had met WOm
ack at that time and had treated hin,
Just as he would any other gentleman.
AFTER the book scandal about two wears
ago he had nothing to do with any
agent oi any book company. In Bir-
mingham, continued Colonel Stubbs IN
ha
others had engaged in n. game of cards
anu ne WAS forced TO admit that the
TWO checks We're in considerable Of
lcSSts sustained during such games
Colonel Stubbs further said that II
oiten occurred in games of poker that
PiaSerS Kept n memorandum of their
losses, and checks were often PASSED
which did not stat; any considerotinn
Nhen asked how 1t was that he han
pened TO receive two checks for differ
ent amounts on the same date Colonel
StuDbs said That 1t might have ,hecn
iilal Womack gave him one and he mt
IL In his pocket, and that they then
got INTO another game and he beat
Womack again, forcing him to draw
another check. He also stated that no
mad played several dozen games of
poker with Womack, sometimes win
hlnS and sometimes losing. but that
on the final result he came out winner.
IL was their custom, he added, to keen
memorandum of winnings and losses
TO be settled at some future time.
In answer to n question rn1o,,ol
Stubbs declared that he did not know
OF his own personal knowledge that
any book company had brought in
nuencc to bear to get their books adont
cd IN certain States. He (himselO, he
said, had never been approached i'm
any way, shape nor form
At this point the Commander read
the following telegram from Mr.. ]. w.
Womack. agent Of the American Bool;
company:
Washington, d. c.. December 10.
General Micajah Woods. Chairman
Investigating Committee:
Il shall be there at this afternoon
and ask to be heard. ! never employ
ed member of the Grand Camp, Con
iederate Veterans. The most ever
had 10 say or do with any such MEM
be on the subject of books was with
an eX-Grand Commander Please post
pone hearing till I get there.
eSigneO ~. w. WoMACK."
The committee then took a recess
AT the afternoon session of the COM
mittec Mr.. Womack took the stand.
lie Identified the two checks that have
inquired In the investigation, but said
that while one, the $40 check, was given
Colonei Stnbhs in payment of money
Stubbs won from him at poker. the
other. the 5000 check. was in payment
OF mcney he borrowed from Colonel
Stuhes to lend to Captain Henry, who
was robbed al Birmingham.
Mr. Womack explained his reference
in his telegram 10 an cx-Grand Com
mander by saying that he had had
more conversation with x-Comman-
der Cusscns regarding school histories
than with any other grand officer, but
nothing had passed between them that
could not have been stated IN the most
public manner. He suggested that
captain Cussons mark passages in n
certain history that were Objectionable,
but the latter had said that he could
not undertake anything of that sort.
Captain Cussons corrected Mr.. Wom-
ack RS to some of the details of his
statement. and It was developed that
he (Cussons) had paid n compliment to
R2sser, stating In effect that correc-