The herald., 1897-12-17
DID A WHOLESALE BUSINESS

learned that several OF the principals
whom he had APPROACHED had also beef
summoned and some Of them had al
ready appeared. Axtell stated that O
Webbs suggestion 1t was agreed tina
both Of them should deny the who'll
matter as strongly as possible and there
by prevent If possible any investigation
1t was also agreed that In event Of an in
vestigation they should continue to deny
that they knew anything about the mat
ter. Nothing was said at that con
| ference as to what AXtell was to swear
to before the grand jury
Axtell proceeded to tell Of the visit
to his home by Jim Hellman. He said
that Hellman had come to his kitchen
window and raped on the glass. He
went to the front of the house and let
him in. Hellman then urged Axtell on
his oath as q Mason not to confess. This
part of Axtell's story was about the
same as Hellman had told 1t, but he
brought out the fact that Holman had
said that If Axtell would refuse to con-
fess, he CHellman) would give him any
thing he asked. He promised that AK
tell should have a position that paid
him as we'll as his present one. Hellman
asked Axtell to place his resignation in
his hands If he intended to make con-
fession, but this Axtell refused to do.
Another entirely new case of extortion
was then brought out. AXtell was asked
whether he knew of Janitor w. Fl. Nor
rs of the high school having paid to
secure a raise in salary, and when he
answered that he did, he was told to
relate the story. He said:
ANOTHER UNLUCKY JANITOR
1.-THE first 1 ever knew of this matter
was when Adams came to me and
stated that a man named Mcintyre
Cthis is the same Mcintyre who was
recently fined in the superior court for
contempt of court in connection with the
attempt to bride the Compton jury, of
which he was a member, wanted the
place and was willing to pay for it. l
had been told that Morris was soon to be
placed upon the same salary basis as
the other ianitors. He was then re-
ceiving SIPS, and the difference to him
would have been a salary of 5000 per
month. l had conversation with Webb
about the matter and 1t was agreed that
if Morris held the position he must pay
for the raise in salary. 1t was agreed
that the proposition should be made to
him that he pay 5000 and agree to put on
a man from Webbs ward at about $50
or $50 per month. I went to see Morris
and told him about the matter, and he
said he would let me know later. Two
days afterward l went to the high school
about II a. m. had left Adams down at
the Wilcox block, and when 1 asked Nor
ris about it he said that he thought it
would be good investment. He then
gave me the money. 1 went back to the
Wilcox block and met Adams in the
entrance. I told him I had the money
and gave it to him. 1t was in gold
coin.
when I saw Morris about a week
later he asked what kind of a man Webb
intended to send. I told him it was
colored man from the Ninth ward. He
said he wished some other arrange
ments could be made, as he had tried
that kind of work once, and was not
satisfied with it. told him 1 would see
Webb. l did so at once, and Webb
stated that if Morris was willing to pay
another 800 he would take care of the
matter and give the man another job.
I went back to Norris and told him
what Webb had said and he agreed to it.
Later he asked me to accompany him
to the bank and did so. He drew out
800 and gave it to me. I at once went
down to Webb's store and handed him
the money"
THERE WE'RE OTHERS
AS might have been expected the
cross examination Of AXtell was very
severe. He was reminded of the fact
that he had stated both before the grand
jury and before the board under oath
that he had never received a cent from
any person except the Cooper money.
He explained this by saying that at that
time he had meant only persons who had
paid to secure or retain their positions
When caught in one of his numerous lies
he would try to worm out of it by saying
That this or that particular question
had not been asked him. Asked how he
accounted for his statements to the
grand jury that he had never received a
cent from any person at all, he stated
that he had afterwards appeared be-
fore the grand jury and corrected that
statement. The transcript of the evil
dence before the grand Jury was pro-
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made several statements wholly at vari-
ance with what he said last night and at
other times. Asked if he did not consider
the Morris money bride, he said no, that
it was only an investment and denied
knowing that 1t was crime to collect
brides. His statement about the Morris
robbery had been so surprising that the
attorneys demanded to know whether
there had been any other collection from
any person, and AXtell admitted that
there had.
Nelson Bros. had paid $50 to me-" he
said.
Then his story as to this job came out
1t appears, from his statement, that
there was a large job of kalsomining
in the schools during the summer and
the firm mentioned secured the work.
In this connection it may be stated that
the work was recommended to the board
by the building committee consisting of
Bartlett, Davis and Adams, and the
board then instructed the repair com
mittee, composed of Webb Adams and
Conrey, to attend to the matter. The
work was done and the bill was rendered
to Axtell, who showed it to Adams.
Adams stated that it was big bill and
that he thought the firm ought to pay
something for it. .AXtell told him that
it was not the right time to make such
a demand, as the work had been COM
pleted. Webb was consulted and told of
Adams statement. Webb agreed that
the firm should be made to pay ami
fixed $50 as the amount. Axtell stated
no he hn6 tn6 6o