The herald., 1897-12-08

$2OO, all of which was published In full
at the time. He reiterated his former
charge that he had paid the Cooper mon
ey to Webb In the board Of education
rooms, and that 1t was in gold coin. As
to the agreement made between himself.
Webb and Adams, Axtell told for the
first time why there was no agreement
as to the matter, Of having approached
principals. for money. He said: 1--WE
knew that 1t would be impossible for US
to attempt to deny that we had demand
ed money of the four OF five principals.
them who had been 'bSfor6 The grand
jury and they must have told the same
story there. AS to the Cooper money
no one saw the payments made, and we
thought the easiest place to put the
blame was in Pitman's pocket. because
he could not prove that he had paid 1t
to me-"
How well the agreement that Webb
Axtell and Adams were to stand to-
gether" was carried out was shown in
the testimony which followed his refer
ence to the matter.
After the charges had been filed was
there any attempt to live up to the agree
ment?" asked Mr.. Gibbon.
HELLMAN'S CONNECTION
There seemed to be-" replied Axtell,
for I was called on by Jim Hellman,
who said to me: Keep stiff upper lip.
old man; we will stand by you. We will
get you the best attorney in the city for
this case had no positive knowledge
who he represented or whom he meant
when he said 'we.' but only few days
before this Webb had promised to stand
by me. The first Hellman had to do
with the matter, so far as know, was
when he told me what / have stated.
That was on the Monday following the
first session in which the committee had
started the Investigation. Attorney
Frank Davis was secured to defend mo-"
did you have conversation with
Mr.. Davis on the night you made your
confession here, before the meeting was
called to order?" was asked.
Yes, I called Mr.. Davis out Of the
room before the meeting began and told
him that didn't wish to fight the case
any more and didn't want his services
any further. He proceeded anyway and
I appealed to the chair and told him
what I had said to Mr.. Davis and the
president called him down. I did not
notice that when Mr.. Davis came In
he had talk with Mr.. Webb. Mr.. He'll
man had stated to me that he had hired
Mr.. Davis on his own account He al
ways said we in speaking Of the mat
ter. I always understood that It was
part of the agreement that we were to
stand Together. Hellman has never men
toned fees to me-
HOW THE LOAN" WAS REPAID
The story Of the 5000 loan (O which
Webb exacted' from Axtell brought out
more In the same connection. After
telling the story, Axtell related his ef-
forts to secure payment of the amount
which he had borrowed from Frank
Savage at two per cent a month. Axtell
confessed his part in the matter several
days before anything was said about his
being paid by Hellman, in fact the rea-
son that his confession was held up for
several days was to give him an oppor-
tunity to get the money out of Webb
1.-THE first time that the money was
mentioned to me directly after my ef-
forts to collect It by sending a note to
Webb, was by Hellman in Turrey &
Co.'S. store" said Axtell. "Hellman as
sured me that the matter could be taken
care Of. He sent for Webb and when
he came we went back into the ONCE
and there Webb suggested that / re-
sign. He said that would stop the In
vestigation and that I would be well
taken care Of. He said I was to have
place equally az good az the one
have. would not agree to this and said
that before I would resign somebody
would have to pay those notes which