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

Germ. or Mr.. womack--are they signed by
him as agent?
The Chairman: They are signed SIM
ply ~. w. Womack."
Mr.. Stubs: 1 want to say emphatical-
ly. that do not recall now, in any way,
shape, or form, about those checks. / do
say that they were not paid TO me. In
they are genuine, they were not paid to
me by Mr.. Womack as agent for the book
concern, and l had nothing to do with
the book concern. The Legislature was
not in session then-that is, in 1894 do
not recall ii. But / want to say this:
Judge Green asked me a question III the
endorsement is anything like my sigma
ture. 1t is like my signature, but 1 can
not recall IL to save my life. Suffice II
TO say, IL they are genuine checks 1 can
read out, until / came 10 the stand, l
thought they were dated in 1897, but 1
see they are dated In 1894
LIKE HIS SIGNATURE.
The Chairman: The endorsement on
each check is in these words: PAY to
Planters National Bank, j. N. Stubs"
| will ask you to lock al those checks
again, sir, and state whether or not the
whole endorsement is in your hand
writing2
Mr.. Stubs: Mr.. Chairman. ] have
looked and looked. and / would say. sir,
that 1t is very much like my signature,
but you ask me the question IL l remem-
Der anything ABOUT them, ana 90 not re-
member. sir, anything about these checks.
1t may be my signature, but j do not re-
call IT, All Of IL, / imagine, was written
In the same handwriting. should say
Il was. sir. And ; Will say further than
that that what little funds j have mad
since / have been man (Which, has
been very little), ] have. | think, all the
time, with perhaps one or two exceptions,
what little banking business l have done
has been through the Planters National
Bank | want to come out and tell every
thing / know. That is my bank l can
not recall those checks to save my life.
One thing do know, that II 1t Is So ana
the bank will show IT, OF course, that l
have got credit by 1t from the endorse
ment on it'll should suppose SOL should
say If / did get credit by it-of course j
lid because the bank check shows IT;
that has been three years ago; what that
was given for i have no idea, gentlemen.
J mean to say emphatically that / never
was paid by Womack one cent in the
name of the American Book concern; 1
have never seen check signed by the
American Book concern; have never had
an interview with them In any way.
shape. or form, and three or four times
is the limit of my Intercourse or talk
with Mr.. Womack. l have not laid my
eyes on him certainly since the meeting
OF the Grand Camp of Virginia, and |
saw him once. / believe, during the Grand
Camp
II
81 want to say further than that. that
I know of my own knowledge that that
book of Fields's was handed to the ar
sf,rent members of the committee. and a
purer, better man does not walk than
Dr. Tucker under God Almightys sun;
Colonel Williams, gentleman ana d
scholar; Colonel Cussons. one OF the nlgh-
est men / ever knew-all members OF the
committeeman they said: Put IL on the
list. DR.. Tucker commented on some
omission. and then said, by the way; 1
am mistaken: i thought II was omitted:
II was something about the sobriquet OF
General StOnewail Jackson, and ne found
il in a foot-note. / want to say, Colonel
Cussons and Captain Lakewood being
the only two that have been able TO be
prompt in complying with my request,
that we had a very fine meeting-had two
or three meetings in the nan OF ihe
Senate chamber, at which the Superlh-
tendent of Public Instruction was pres
ent. At those meetings we had Professor
Mcclure. and. think, the leading educa-
tors in Virginia; and also down at the
Exchange Hotel at a meeting we had the
professors from the different colleges IN
Virginia.
The Chairman: 1t seems that on the
% dav of December you wrote this letter
to Judge Christian. which was read?
Mr.. Stubs: After L came here TO the
Legislature.
The Chairman: Yes, sir. Judge Chris
tan replied to it the following day. q
tried to get the letter, but it seems to
have passed into the hands OF the ste
nographer) In his reply he stated that
one of the troubles TO be investigated was
a check. That letter was received by you,
presume, on the Sd?
Judge Christian: You are wrong about
that, Mr.. Chairman; L did not refer 10
any check. | simply stated that there
was a charge against him that he had
been since he had been member OF
the committee an agent Of the book com
pany and had received compensation for
his services.
HE DID NOT SEE THEM.
The Chairman: Major. after receiving
this communication from Judge CHRIS
fian. stating I'm substance that the charge
was that YOU were in the employment
OF the American Book Company, did you
see him, or did you see Major Brander OF
Major Randolph. or any OF these gentle
men, to find specifically what particulars
MIR. Stubs: / did not, sir. 1 received
the letter from Judge Christian, and
gathered from that letter that the charges
would be made that-My main object
was to ferret out one idea alone. and
that only-and that is, whether any OF
nv comembers were with me or not; and
| was glad TO find out for the first time
directly that IL was aimed at me, and
have been laying down under IL ever
since. i did not have the slightest sus-
plcion. nor have / ever had the slightest
suspicion, of any Of my cOcommitteemen
doing anything wrong. When l received
that letter / said nothing more about 1t.
| knew the committee would meet In a
very few days-it was only from the 80
to the Sth--and, as / wrote you yester-
day, my engagements were OF such a
nature. and Icy are to-day, that / ought
to be I'm another forum. but l would de-
sert all forums to be here; there is only
one thing that would keep me away from
here now and that would be the fact that
my wife was lying on her death-bed.
KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THEM.
The Chairman: You characterize these
endorsements as forgeries. l understand
Mr.. Stubs: | did before / saw the
checks | will say this to you, Mr.. Chair
man. that / did not want to see them;
was under the impression that the checks
were of recent date. and since / see they
are in 1894 / still say that i know nothing
about them, although the signature on
them is very much like mine. That is
what | want to say. What they were
given for i cannot conceive, but | must
have received credit for them at the bank
! That Is all / can possibly answer. j. w
Womack may have sent those checks fol
some reason, don't know: but do know
that it was for nothing connected with
| the American Book concern He did moi
sign them as agent; that is all / can say
1 have never had any intimacy with Mr.
Womack i'm any way, shape, or form.
rpbo chairman. m View Of the prqat i'm.