The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-25
OF HANNA INVESTI-
eating COMMITTEE DENIED
BY WITNESSES.
THROUGH AT CINCINNATI.
SESSIONS TO BE RESUMED AT THE
CAPITAL OF THE
STATE.
PENDING CHARGES OF CONTEMPT
10 he Taken Up When the Evidence
OF All Those Willing to Talk
Is In.

CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 24-The legis-
Iative committee tonight closed its in
Vesdgation in this city OF the Otis
charges OF bribery in the recent cleo
ton or United States senator. The SEN
ate committee will continue its work
at Columbus. Thirty witnesses have
been examined here since last Friday.
most Of them being employees OF the
GIBSON house, OF telegraph and tele-
phone companies and OF the Union
Savings and Trust company. Jarad P.
Bliss. Allen Q. Meyers Sr. and f. H.
Archer were the principal other wit
pesses. They returned TO Columbus to-
night with the committee The attor-
neys and three members OF the house
committee also returned. AS the evil
dence OF ex-Representative John c.
Otis and Col Thomas C. Campbell will
De very lengthy. they were not called
here. but Mr.. Otis will likely be the
next witness at Columbus
At Columbus. last week. several wit
nesses refused to testify because their
attorneys advised them that a senate
committee has no Jurisdiction in inves-
tigating charges made by a member
OF the house. The employees of Presi-
dent Schm!dlapp's bank and Hon. Har-
ry NJ. Daugherty. chairman OF the Re-
publican state central committee, to-
day declined either to be sworn or TO
answer questions, because the commit
tee had no Jurisdiction. When H. Fl.
Hollenbeck was en- route from CO.
lumbus to Cincinnati Jan. 7. he receiv-
ed dispatch signed n. D." and the
committee asked Mr.. Daugherty IL he
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clined to answer questions and con-
tinued to argue the question OF turis-
diction until he was excused, subject
to call for punishment for contempt.
When Manager Page, Of the Western
Union, was asked to produce the III.
D." dispatch and other messages. he
said the company now had none OF
their messages as far back as Jan.
~. And he did not know whether they
had been taken across the river to their
offices in Covington and Newport, Ky.
or sent to New York, or where they
were. Chairman Burke announced that.
as soon as the committee was through
with all the willing witnesses, proceed
ings would al once be begun to bring
all Of the unwilling witnesses before
the bar Of the senate for punishment
for contempt.
Mr.. Myers Sr. was the first witness
today. and his testimony caused quite
a stir. especially when he became very
angry on the cross-eXamination by
Senator Garfield. He denied that he
was a party to any conspiracy in get
ting up the Boyce- Hollenbeck story
about the bribery OF Representative
Otis. When Senator Garfield told wit
ness he need not reply to anything that
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came intensely enraged and Chairman
Burke had difficulty in proceeding with
the investigation.
Il. B. NOorhis. vice president and Gli-
rector of the Union Trust and Savings
bank. was called. but refused to be
sworn because his attorney. J. w. War
rington, advised him that the commit
tee had no Jurisdiction. While VoOrhis
said he declined to answer questions.
Many questions were asked him about
President Schmdlapp being absent
Jan. and 8, ard about Cashier Cay
Tor coming to him regarding H H
Hollenbeck's credit. Voorhis refused to
state whether he knew or met or ever
received notes or letters from Hollen-
beck. He refused 10 state whether
Cashier Caylor came to him with Hol-
lenbeck or whether the latter had an
order or draft for $4,000 or any amount
Rudolph Koehler. cashier of the bank
also refused to be sworn and declined
to answer questions. He said President
Schmidlapp was absent Jan. and g.
He saw Vice President Voorhis on those
days, but refused to answer any ques-
tons about Hollenback on the advice
of Vice President Voorhis He de-
c,ined to answer whether ne knew or
ever met TOllenbeck, and said he did
not know II. II. Boyce. Questions were
pressed because the witness would
answer regarding Boyce and others
and say nothing regarding Hollenbeck
He declined to answer whether Hol-
lenbeck had letter to Schmidlapp
Mr.. Calhoun. superintendent Of the
long distance telephone. was examined
early in the afternoon and then given
time to confer with his superiors in
New York. He was recalled as th5.
last witness before the committee ad-
jourued TO meet in Columbus. Mr.. CAL
hOun declined to produce the records
of his office and said he acted on the
advice Of their general counsel in New
York. The committee does not expect
to be able to make It's final report this
week.