The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-05

matie as he referred to the interviews.
With his faoe all aglow and his body
quiverlng with emotion, he raised his right
aand In dra matte gesture, oxclaiming;
When did l ever lay an impediment In
your wayf By the God who made Moses,
I'd rather suffer my right hand to be cut
of before l would divuige any secrets or
give any one AWAY"
Senator Alrichs, member Of the COM
mittee wanted to know OF Mr.. Pyle
whether he had ever heard a member Of
tho Senate demanding money for the
passage Of the bill. He replied in the
negative. In ans wer to o question Of
Senator Pyle, Lawyer Hoffecker said that
when he told him he would not pay any
money in the divorce case, Senator Pyle
said: Send the bill along; I'll do what
can for It,"
Francis H. Hoffecker, law partner of J,
II. Hoffecker, corroborated part Of his
brothers testimony relating to the amount
Of money that would be required to get
the bill through.
Samuel S. White, Jr., of Philadelphia,
testified to receiving letter from Mr..
Hoffecker, in which he cited the request
that had been made for money in the d.
vorce CASE Thomas j. Bowen, Jr., q
clerk in Hoffecker's Office, swore to the
copies Of letters which passed between his
employer and the two members of the
Legislature.
Represent atlve Robert Mccullough was
then sworn. He said he went to Hoffeck-
er's office on the day mentioned and saw
Senator Pyle coming ou5. He said: Il
went into the private room and closed the
door after me. Mr.. Pyle asked me how
much money I'd take to get the divorce
through the Legislature, and replied l
would have nothing to do With it, No
figures were mentioned"
Lawyer Lyman then introduced some
evidence to show the size of the room
where "boodle was talked of, and this
closed the examination of the Witnesses
Senator Pyle, at this juncture, denied
that any specific sum was mentioned at
the interviews.
DO you know Of any cases in the SEN
ate where money was used, Senator?s
asked Chairman Hazel.
I'D like to see the color of it," said
Senator Pyle.
Chairman HazoI"Have you anything
more to say?'
Senator Pyle-"No; we leave the case to
your tender mercies."
At this point Representative Adams,
who was present, and who Is very deaf.
arose and asked: "Are we all implicated?
Are there any charges against anybody
elsep" Then without waiting for an an
swer he said: IF not, there is nothing for
tho rest of us to refute."
In reply Chairman Hazel declared that
the committee would continue to exist
and would investigate any charges that
anyone saw fit to formulate. He said
there was no desire to keep back the slight.
est evidence. This led Mr.. Donaldson, a
member Of the House, to ask Chairman
Hazel whether or not he had summoned
the editor of Wilmington paper to prove
or retract the charges publicly made that
he Donaldson) had been bribed to vote
against the granting of franchise to the
New Castle Electric Railway Company
Mr.. Hazel said he had written to tho
editor of the paper but had received no re.
ply from him. Mr.. Donaldson reglestsl
Chairman Hazel to have him present ns
the next meeting of the investigating
committee, and the chairman said LIE
would eA1eavor to have the writer of the
article present The committee then ad-
jpurned, to meet at the call of the chair
man Chairman Hazsl said tho result of
tho committee's findings would not BIO
made public for u day or two.