Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-11

any other company. But I can speak as
70 the American Book Company | say,
SIR that the American Book Company.
as Tar as | have any knowledge. have
never attempted. either directly or indi-
f,ectly, 20 influence any member OF any
history COMMITTEES. or any member OF
the Grand Camp OF Virginia, or any mem
Der OF the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
y ls that your statement?
a. Ihat Is my statement, but IL is not
all L desire to say, sir.
AS TO THE TWO CHECKS.
o. by Judge Green: IL you desire 10 say
nnytni,ng further on the subject OF this
ihVesugation, we would like to hear IL:
put TX you desire TO say anything ex-
traneous, we do not care to hear Il,
a. 4 understand that. l do not desire
. 20 say anything outside OF this investga-
ton. j desire 10 say something in refer
ence TO the testimony produced here yes
terday, I'M reference to two checks. have
not read all OF the testimony that was
produced here. yesterday; l only read
what was published In the Washington
papers, j read that this morning. | think
ABOUT O'Clock AS soon as / read IL. /
wired 10 the chairman OF this committee
mat l had not employed, either directly
or INDIRECTLY think l stated that. I
can't testify as 10 the exact wording,
out tnat was the purport and meaning OF
lt-any member OF the History Commit
zee, or any member Of the Grand Camp
OF Confederate Veterans / was not sure
mat would be heard. had been treat
cd so discOurteously by the Sons OF Com
iederate Veterans that.
Judge Green Gnterrupting witness): We
90 not desire anything Of that sort
witness: / was not sure / would be
heard and | want to say that was the
reason / worded the telegram the way /
dld so that j could be heard.
q. DO you know anything about the
a. Yes. sir
Q. BY the Chairman: state whether
you are the agent Of the American Book
company. and, If so, how long you have
been their agent
a. Yes, sir; am an agent Of the Ameri-
can BOOK Company, and have been, with
lhe exception of one year, ever since the
company was organized.
WERE GIVEN BY HIM.
Q; VIII you. please look at these checks
you? e'''" ~
Witness examined the checks handed 10
MN, and replied Yes. sir; those checks
were given by me-"
G. Where were you when you gave
a. In the city of Richmond. sir.
10 whom did you deliver those
A. delivered them to Senator Stubs.
Q. Where were you in Richmond when
you delivered those checks?
a. think-1 can't be perfectly clear
ABOUT H.. / think it was at the Exchange
Tiny recollection is that ii was there.
y. AT what time of the day were those
checks delivered?
A. That l can't say; cannot state as
10 that at all. should say it was some
where in the neighborhood OF noon. 1t
might have been later. or IL might have
been earlier l cannot be particular as
TO that at all. Now, sir, l suppose you
given for?
Q. You can make any statement Won
wish as to them.
A. OF course, I regret to state what
those checks in part were given for, but
justice compels me to do that. They were
purloined, or given out to the public i'm
some way, l don't know how. | would
TX. IKE 10 Know that | have never seen
them from the time l gave them to this
moment 1 do not intend to cast any re-
necuon upon this committee. / have no
DOUBT In the world that they came into
b me hands or the committee. or into the
nahds OF the Grand Camp honestly but
90 not know how they got TO the camp
somebody gave them TO the camp that
had no right to do so.
THE BIRMINGHAM TRIP
Went TO Birmingham in the latter part,
l think ii was, Of September to attend
the meeting of the Grand Camp there
l am an ex-Confederate veteran myself;
l volunteered on the 2ist day of October
1851. In Kentucky, under Colonel May;
he was afterwards promoted, and he is
now living at Tazewell Courthouse, Va.
i have always felt deep interest in the
meetings of the Confederate Veterans,
and have intended to join them, and once
wrote out application to become a
member of camp I'm Petersburg, but 1
was busy at the time, and did not file
that. A prominent member of the camp
furnished me with the blank. / have
never become a member of the camp:
never made any especial effort TO get
in: but l always feel deep interest in |
the organization, and attend the meetings
whenever l can; l attended the meetings
at Nashville. birmingham, at Richmond,
and at other places. i went to Birming
ham to attend that meeting, because 1
wanted TO see some of my old army
i knew they would be there, for i had
been in communication with them-some |
of them were relatives with their fam-
did meet them there 1 forget |
same train with the delegates from
Richmond. and when we landed there we |
went to the same hotel / forget the |
name OF It; II afterwards burned down. |
The rooms were all taken up, and they |
could not accommodate all the people. |
We stopped there that day; four of US |
TO get room together; Senator |
Stubbs and myself, and Mr.. Booker and |
say, lifelong friend of mine. 1 associate
with him (Henry) more than with any |
one else. / spend a great deal Of time |
with him at his home, on Clay street
q great deal Of time there when he is
not here.
IN THE SAME ROOM.
1--WE stopped in the same room. Some
body. don't know who, that night pro-
posed a game of poker. We INDUCED in
4 game of poker. and played nearly all
night, and when / QUIT 1 found that L
owed Senator Stubs $50 Captain Henry
was stopping there and we went TO bed.
Whatever money was lost that night was
won by Senator Stubs, except | think,
Colonel Booker won s.. l think he came
)ut that much ahead My recollection is
clear about that What caused
ne to make that statement is the printed
statement in the Washington paper this
morning that after the committee adj
burned yesterday Colonel Booker made
statement i'm regard to the poker game
n Birmingham, and then j recollected all
he facts.
CAPTAIN HENRY WAS ROBBED.
After the game closed we went to bed.
There were two beds I'm the room. Colo
lei Booker and Senator Stubs slept in
me. together, and Captain Henry and
myself slept together Senator Stubs got
,clock. 1t was morning when we went
o bed, but he had TO get up early to go
o a meeting, | think. / remember get
ing up and shutting the door and lock-
ng IL. Later on, Colonel Booker got up
md left the room and left the door UNI
Ocked. / was asleep and Captain Henry
vas asleep. We got up about 8 O'Clock.
md commenced undressing. suddenly
,aptain Henry said to me, "Womack,
we been robbedy' / said, ''What? lie
aid, 81 have been robbed" He picked up
lis vest that was hanging by the side
# the bed. l said, How much did you
ose?" He said, II have lost $l75 in money,
my tPh | |