Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-10

an amount which to lawyer up In my
country would be large. $25o--
Mr.. Stubs: don't know how IT wo =
be In your section OF the country, Dull IL
would not be in ours.
Is UNABLE TO RECALL.
The Chairman: wish very much you
could give some explanation as 10 now
these checks passed into your hands. and
were endorsed by you, and you got the
benefit OF them.
Mr.. Stubbs: Mr.. Chairman. on my word,
sir. when those checks We're read To-Day,
/ cannot recall them to save my Ire. !
have gone as far as any man can go, ana
II may be. sir, that II is not satisfactory,
but IL is all can say. / would say .note
IL I could, and / would not say less IMAM
/ know. I cannot recall. 10 save my
life about those two checks L Will say
however. this, that / know-l speak posi-
tively-I know the consideration OF those
checks had nothing to do with the DOOR
concern or the History Committee. Inat
The Chairman: on the 10Th OF October,
II seems al that time the LeSisis az. :. .
was not sitting, and there was no STATE
nor county election pending. Now eai,
you recall that you were In Ricnmono
az that time, from the feet that these
checks were endorsed and collected on
the same day? Can you recall the OBJ
iect OF YOUR visit here at that time?
L.
in Richmond at that time. j cannot re-
call three years ago. TO save my me-
That was in 1894, was II?
The Chairman: Yes, sir; OCTOBER 10, issi'
Mr.. Stubs: I know that In OCTOBER;
1894. I was in n political campaign.
have been on the stump ever since 1857
I'm every State. senatorial legislative,
county. and magisterial campaign since
1863: and in 1894 | was In the campaign,
Was that the national campaign In 1924
civ
1893. ,oo,,
Mr.. Stubs: What was going on In 1884!
There is something going on every year:
I know that / was in the campaign or
1894 for William a. Jones. and Tor the
balance of the members OF congress.
SIGNATURE SEEMED TO BE HIS.
The Chairman: These gentlemen on the
committee are very anxious TO get as clear
an exposition OF this matter as poSsiple,
and no one is more vitality interested In II
than yourself. We would be very giad II
YOU would try and refresh your memory III
some way by IL O'Clock tomorrow MORN
ing.
Mr.. Stubbs: Mr.. Chairman, L want TO say
this: j. w. Womacks name is 10 lhai
check. That does seem to me 10 be my
signature. IL 1t is my signature. L nave
of course. received the value OF the con-
sideration. | cannot imagine the console
ration. but l do know-that Is all l eau
say to save my life-that ! nave not re,
ceived n dime as CONSIDERATION ro'
being on that History Committee. cur
NOT recall what Womack gave me those
checks for: there may nave peen soi ny
transaction between us, but canilot ic
call 1t TO save my life. Wnen nea aro
those checks read, / thought tney WEI
of some late date; but l cannot recai
them. ...a., .,,,,r
Judge Green: Are you satisfied WIT
that statement, and do you decline silt
request of the chairman that you ma ,n'
until tomorrow morning TO Try anu III
vestigate about those checksE -,
MIR Stubbs: With the greatest OF pIea
sure | will be at your disposal tornolroWy
morning. L will be here, ana VIII see -
| cannot try and find out something aoVu,
them--and, If you Will give me ui'ii 'A'
day after tomorrow morning: 80,
The Chairman: We Will give you a a
rea sonable time you want to try ana mn
orT about it. My impression, at the hl9
blush of your statement WAS ,a tr,'' 'O'
pronounced the signature a forgery;
Mr.. Stubs: When l first saw the chechs
WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN.
The Chairman: But as i understand
Won now. you are not prepared 10 say
that il is not your handwriting?
MIR. Stubbs: | say ii looks very muci
like my handwriting. / was AT nrsI IN
cIined TO think they were forgerleS, Du
I now saw. sir. that they are very mucl
like my signatures, and ] reckon L naV'
gotten the money out of the bank. You
question is whether 1 can explain thos
checks by tomorrow morning at
o'clock. | am very much ophseu ~ 49, 49,
and L will do all | can 10 ferret IL out
As a matter of course, Mr.. Chairman,
did not bring from home with me III.
books-of three years ago you kno",
cannot recall ii to save my HE. III L can
| will do il: and will be here tomorrow
morning by IL o'clock, and anything cal
find out / will develop the facts.
The Chairman: Major, l would De gla'
for you TO get the exact date OF thes
checks. and their amounts, so that yo'
will know certainly all about APO ta them'
The Chairman: October 10, 1884, 10
sos. on the National Bank or Peters
burg: drawn by j. w. Womack, payapl
TO j. NJ. Stubs, endorsed on the BACK
pay to Planters National Bank, j. n
Stubbs." The other check is OF the sam
date. for $50. drawn by said Woinach
nayable TO j, n. Stubs, and endorse'
exactly as the other was endorsed, ia:
To Planters National Bank j.
Stubs"
cept different amounts? -
frhe Chairman: one for 500 and tn
other for $50: on the back the same en-
dorsement, and shown to have been pal
TO your credit on the same day at IN
Planters National Bank. -.
Mr.. Subbs: Yes, sir. / cannot recal
them. / could tell il / was at nom
whether was In Richmond that Gay
not: but don't know, sir, now. caiiho
answer that question c,,a,.,
Mr.. Greer Baughman: Mr.. CHAIRMAN,
inst want to say that, as MT. otupp
has pronounced these checks forger1es
have | not the right TO summon the cash
Ter of the bank to TESTIFY ,,..o
The chairman: On inspection MaJo
stubbs admits that the endorsement Is nj
Mr.. Baughman: Then he does not denI
Il?
The Chairman: No. sir.
ADJOURN TO THIS MORNING.
The Chairman: This committee VIII 81
again I'm this hall at 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning. or as promptly as possible; ant
/ will state further, that If there is any
rentleman present, whether he be mem
her "a any Confederate organization, o
whether he be a citizen interested IN tIi'
good OF his State. who knows any tnin..
mat will throw any light on the supJec
of this investigation, and VIII be KIM
I enough to appear here, we VIII give MN
an opportunity to make statement.
will ask the gentlemen here VINO represeIl
tbe press 10 make similar announce
ment i'm their papers, that we VIII De ga
no have come here for the purpose or tSStl
fvtng any citizen who knows anytnlh
that will throw light on this subject uhue
Iudge Green: Say that IL Is the duty .
every such citizen to come mere ana ies
tifv II he knows anything.
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