The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-11
COL. STUBBS'S DEFENSE
SAYS WOMACK'S CHECKS WERE HIS
POKER WINNINGS.
Book Agent Womack Asks to be Heard and
Exonerates All the Members of
the Camp.

Richmond. v, Dec 10-At the Grand
Camp Confederate Veteran History
Committee investigation this morning,
the first witness put on the stand was
Mr.. Greer Baughman whom General
Hundley asked if he did not know that
the WomackStubbs checks ought to be
in the possession of either the bank or
Mr.. Womack?
Mr.. Baughman said that he did, but
declined to say how he (Baughman)
got hold of them. Here the committee
held conference and decided that as
the checks had simply been handed to
the committee by MIR. Baughman for in
spection without giving any evidence
concerning where they had been obtain
ed, and in view of the further facts that
the genuineness of the papers was adj
mitted, the committee had nothing
whatever to do with where they came
from.
Col. Stubs was then recalled to the
stand and said that after the adjourn
ment of the committee last night he
went to Mr.. George Booker, of Old
Point. and asked him the date of their
visit to Birmingham. He learned that
it was in the summer of 1894, that he
Womack and others had gone to Bir-
mingham together. He had met Wo-
mack at that time and had treated him
just as he would any other gentleman.
After the book scandal, about two years
ago, he had nothing to do with any
agent of any book company. In Biz
mingham, continued Col. Stubs, in the
summer of 1894, he, Womack and others
had engaged in a game OF cards, and he
II IN IYNA1f W.,
checks were in consideration of losses
sustained during such games. Col.
Stubbs further said that 1T often oc-
Cured in games of poker that players
kept a memorandum of their losses, and
checks were often passed which did not
state any consideration. When asked
how it was that he happened to receive
two checks for different amounts on the
same date, Col. Stubs said that it
might have been that Womack gave
him one and he put it in his pocket
and that they then got into anther game,
and he beat Womack again, forcing him
to draw another check. He also stated
that he had played several games of
poker with Womack. sometimes winning
and sometimes losing, but that on the
final result he came out winner 1t was
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memorandum of winnings and losses to
be settled at some future time.
In answer to a question, Col Stubs
declared that he did not know of his
own personal knowledge that any book
company had brought influence to bear
to get their books adopted in certain
states. He, himself, he said, had never
been approached in any way, shape or
form.
AT this point the Commander read the
following telegram from Mr.. j w. Wo-
mack, agent of the American Book
Company:
Washington, d. c., December 10.
General Micajah Woods, Chairman In
vestigation Committee.
II shall be there at 3 o'clock this after
noon and ask to be heard. / never en-
ployed a member of the Grand Camp
Confederate Veterans The most | ever
had TO say or do with any member on
the subject of books was with an ex-
Grand Commander. Please postpone
hearing till get there
(Signedl - w. WOMACK."
The committee then tccl, { recess.