The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-11

| WHAT muse CHECKS were given TOT
u You can mafe any statement you
wish as to them.
A. OF course, 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 in
| some way. I don't know how i womb
| Ike TO know that. / have never seen
| them from the time / gave them 10
| this moment do not intend to cast any
| reflection upon this committee. nave
| no doubt IN the world that they came
| into the hands OF the committee. or INTO
,he hands of the Grand Camp honestly;
but | do not know how they got to the
camp. Somebody gave them to the camp
that had no right 80 do so.
went to birmingham in the latter
part. I think II was. of September, TO
attend the meeting OF the Grand Camp
there. am an ex-Confelerate veteran
myself. volunteered on the 2lst day
Of October. 1s5i in Kentucky. under Col
onel Nav: he was afterwards promoted.
and he is now living at Tazewcl Court
house Va 7 have always felt a deep in
terest I'm the meetings of the Confederate
Veterans and have intended to join them.
and once wrote ont an application TO
become n member Of a camp in Peters
burg but I was busy at the tlme' ana
did not file that. A prominent member
~ tho can,p furnished me with the blank.
have never become member or the
camp. never made any especial enort 70
Get in. but always feel n deep interest
in tho oreanization, and attend the meet
mos whenever ! can. I attended the
meetings at Nashville. Birmingham, NJ
Richmond and other places. / went 10
birmingham to attend that meeting ne
cause 7 wanted TO see some OF my Ola
army friends from Kentucky. my rative
state I knew they would be there Tor
had been IN communication with them;
some of them we're relatives with their
families. and 7 did meet them there.
forget the hotel we stopped at went
on the same train with ihe delegates
from Richmond. and when we landed
there We went to the same hotel: | for
get the name Of II: II afterwards buried
down The rooms were all taken mp. and
they could not accommodate al the people.
we stopped there that day: four OF us
managed TO get a room together; Senator
Subhs and myself and Mr.. Booker and
Captain Henry. an old and. I may almost
say. lifelong friend Of mine; ! associate
with him Henry more than with any
one else. 7 spend a great deal OF time
with him at his home on Clay street
when he is here. and sometimes ] spend
a great deal Of time there when he is
not here.
CAPTAIN HENRY ROBBED.
We stopped I'm the same room. some
body ] don't know who, that night pro-
posed a game Of poker. We INDUCED in
a game Of poker and played nearly all
night: and when ! quit / found that
owed 10 Senator Stubs so. Captain
Henry was stopping there. and we went
TO bed. Whatever money was lost that
night was won by Senator Stubbs. eX-
cent. I think. Colonel Booker won s.. |
think he came out that much ahead. My
recollection is perfectly clear about ttdt.
What caused me TO make that state
rnent is the printed statement In the
Washington paper this morning, that af-
ter the committee adjourned yesterday
Colonel Booker made a statement IN re-
gard TO the poker game i'm birmingham;
aud then | rccollected all the facts.
After the game closed We went to bed'
There were two beds in the room. Colonel
Booker and Senator Stubbs slept in one
together, and Captain Henry and myself
slept together. Senator Stubs got up
early the next morning. 1 think about Z
o'clock ID was morning when we went
to bed. but he had to get up early 10 go
to a meeting. think. ! remember getting
Later on Colonel Booker got mp and left
the room and left the door unlocked. l
was asleep and Captain Henry was asleep.
We got mp about O'Clock and COM
menced undressing. Suddenly Captain
Henry said 10 me: "Womack I've been
robbed" said. What He said:
Il have been robbed" He picked up his
vest that was hanging by the side Of the
bed. / said. How much did you lose.
lie said: Il have lost Sl15 I'm money and
my watch and chain is gone | said,
That is very singular. Captain Booker
cannot have been out Of the room very
long" We dressed huruedly. called the
boy and sent for the proprietor OF the
hotel. When ne came we told him of the
loss He put detective on it. and II
soon developed that other people had
been robbed: i'm other words. the hotel
was full Of burglars and the robbing had
all been done since daylight
That left Mr.. Henry without any money.
7 was without money. and we cast about
as 10 what we should do. We were UNI
acquainted there with any of the citizens,
so that we couldn't get a check cashed.
lie was worried about his loss as matter
Of course: exceedingly worried. told
him that he need not worry over II so
much-that II was no use grieving over
split milk: that we had 10 cast about 10
get some money.
I will state that ! owed Captain Henry
NJ that time over s2o9-ahout $3.50 is my
recollection cf y. That came ont of
proposed land transaction i'm which he
and I had concluded to buy piece OF
land together on partnership. and he was
10 paw the first instalmcnt. and / was 10
pay him as soon rs IL was convenient for
me 70 get the money / said 10 Captain
Henry: Perhaps YOU can borrow some
money from some OF these gentlemen that
came down from Richmond. I would De
glad II you would do IT and get enough
so as 20 let me have some" lie went of
and came back IN n little while and said
that he had borrowed $40 I asked him
where he got IL. and he said he got IT
from Senator Stubhs. BE said: Now YOU
owe me money. and when YOU 20 home !
wish YOU would see Senator Stubbs ana
see that this 500 IS paid back 20 Senator
Stubs" told him 7 would do so.
Then I cane home. suppose I got
back on tho day the checks were drawn:
that IS all have 20 go by; they Are dated
the 18th 81 October I was in town. found
out that Senator Stubs was I'm town.
and went down ana paid him. | gave him
two checks. The one FOR 500 was 10 pay
him for Captain Henry. and the one for
S5o 7 was 10 pay him on my own account
and tho reason I paid him that way was
that II any question should arise about
the 500 would have the evidence that /
paid II 70 Senator Stubbs.
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