The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04
THE CASE CLOSED.
Nearing the End of the Investigation
of Attaches

| The taking of testimony by the Inves-
| t1gatlng Committee appointed to look
| into the charges of fraud in connection
| with the list of temporary attaches of
the Assembly was finished yesterday
and Chynoweth, attorney for the COM
nnittee, submitted the case briefly. He
pointed out that the list which Duck
worth had made and handed to the Min
ute Clerk on January 18th was the Off
cial hst-that Duckworth has SO char
acteriZed it in his testimony several
times; that he had called it the only
official list"-yet after the permanent
organization was effected, when Duck
worths power to appoint was over, in
| the evening and when not in his official
place, he had written a personal letter
to the State Printer ordering that list
| changed. Chynoweth then called the
attention of the committee to the law
which makes it a felony to mutilate or
change an official or public doucment,
and with that he closed.
Brusie, on behalf of Duckworth, made
an appeal to the committee compli-
mented them on their fairness and cour-
tesy during the investigation, and paid
his respects to the newspaper represen-
tatives in his own winning fashion.
Brusie said that all he asked of the
committee for his client was that they
should cOnfine themselves to the speci-
fications of the resolution under which
they were working, viz: to determine
whether there was fraud. DuckWOrth
he said, had concealed nothing: he had
freely confessed to imprudence and to
extravaganza in yielding to the persua-
sions of political friends in making up
the roll-he had said that he was ap-
palled a it himself He had not betray-
ed his friends nor tried to shift the re-
sponsibiHty to other shoulders than his
own. That list of members-a list which
Brusie claimed did them credit as show
ing their gratitude to their political
friends, rather than being dishonor-
that list Brusie had never intended for
publication, he had tried to prevent
that. Gentlemen had said in the begin
ming that there was too much Duck
worth" in this case-well, there was just
enough Duckworth for the result to
mean to him the saving of his honor or
the ruin of his reputation.
The testimony taken yesterday was
unimportant save that of r. r. Duck
worth. brother of the Chief Clerk
Duckworth assisted the Mileage Com
mittee in the making up of the list, and
should have been a good witness as 10
how the extra thirteen" names got on
the final list, and as to when the trans
formation of Campbell into Williams
took place, a change that occurred
somewhere between two days. But
Duckworth's talk was long. desultory.
scattering and contradictory, and left
the few important points as mucn III
the dark as ever.
Judge Waymire read a letter from
A Campbell, the man who sold his
power of attorney to Parmenter. exon
Grating the Chief Clerk from all blame
in the matter and magnanimously stat
ing that if his (Campbells) warrant
was never cashed he stood ready to re-
turn Parmenter's SO.
A letter is also in Chynoweths hands
from r. r. Duckworth to Campbell
assuring him that he would see that he
got his money, that he was i'll, bu. as
soon as he got out he would send him
(CampbelD 50.
Grant Towle testified that he was
from Monterey; that he, Gunzendorfer
and Rodriguez were all to come up to
the Legislature, but the Others did not
come: when he found Gunzeldorfer's
name was on the list he wrote him that
there was $50 here for him and in
closed blank power of attorney. in
structing him how to fill it out. Gun
zendorfer returned the paper made out
to Towle but when Towle took it to
Duckworth the trouble had begun"
and D. told him never to draw the war
rant. He never had. Gunzendorfer did
not even know what position he was
appointed to and left that for Towla to
fill out Asked if he thought it right
to draw money from the State for SER
vices which had never been performed.
TowIe answered that he didn't think
much about it at the time, but on re-
Election had concluded that it was hard
ly the proper thing.
County Clerk Jordan of Oakland S.
tilted that he had recommended Wesley
Dixon for a place, if in Duckworth's
power to give it. This was in Novem-
Der.
A. w. North testified that he was as
sistant clerk last session, and it was