The herald., 1898-01-22
LEAKY WIRES
Told the Tale of the Hanna
Bribery
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
IS CAREFULLY SHOWN HOW 1T
WAS DONE
H. H. Boyce Is Very Much Wanted,
but He Got Away and Cannot
Be Found
Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 21.-The legis-
lative committee investigating the
charges of bribery in the recent election
of a United States senator at Columbus
held a session here tonight and Will
continue it's sittings here tomorrow
The examination was held in the as
sembly room of the Gibson house. 1t is
charged in the resolutions adopted sep
arately by both branches of the ONO
legislature that H. H. Boyce of New
York came to the Gibson house in this
city few days before the balloting for
United States senator began and made
proposition of bribery to Representa-
tive Otis. Boyce stopped at the Gibson
| house.
1t is charged by members of the COM
mittee that Boyce fled from this city on
Monday. Jan. 10. and that he cannot now
be located, although the committee has
exhausted its resources in trying TO Sc
cure his attendance as witness.
The committee was given quite tel
ephone exhibition before it assembled.
The Great Southern hotel at Columbus
(Which was the headquarters of the
anti-Hanna mem was called up and
while the committee was talking In the
private office of the Gibson house with
parties in Columbus jerry Bliss and
his stenographer were at the telephone
down stairs in the hotel office taking
off all that was said This was done to
show how all of the conversations OF
Boyce with certain parties in Columbus
were taken down while Boyce was here
and the senatorial contest was going on
at the state capital. 1t is alleged that
all of the conversations were taken
down and are matter of record without
any wire tapping. as the different tele-
phones in the Gibson house are all on
the same circuit.
Horace b. Dunbar. proprietor and
manager of the Gibson house. was the
only witness examined tonight. The
clerks and others at the hotel will be
examined tomorrow. Mr.. Dunbar pro-
duced his hotel register, showing that
Henry H. Boyce of New York occupied
room 226 from Jan. 6 to Jan. 10. Mr..
Dunbar testified to having his suspi-
cions aroused and set the clerks to
watching Boyce. Allen o. Meyers, jr,
one Ol llle ia NlOlhSt 49, -
stenographer's report of the conversa-
| tions Boyce had over the telephone
during the day. Russell Prior, the
night clerk took down the conversa-
tions at night. Boyce was given the
key to the private office on the second
floor whenever he wanted it, and the
arrangements down stairs We're always
complete for reports of whatever went
r,,.re- -laar,
was using the private office. The
stenographer who has desk in the Of
flee was called into requistion when
ever Boyce called any one up.
Mr.. Dunbar recited many of these
conversations over the long distance
telephone In one of them the major
was called up at Columbus and said:
Shane and the president will arrange
things on Saturday"
! Boyce replied: Have seen one of the
party. Wants money. How can l
handle him?"
The reply from Columbus was: Sup
pose O. betrays you; what then?"
Mr.. Dunbar said that Boyce replied:
mo danger. l would kill him. Dead
men tell no tales"
Mr.. Dunbar testified that Allen o.
/ Movers, who was in Columbus as onr
of the managers against Hanna, was
called up on Friday, JAM Z, by Jerry
I Bliss and told of the situation here and
what Boyce was doing. Meyers advised
Bliss that a man named Hollenbeck
would leave Columbus for Cincinnati
that night with money and to have him
watched. The next morning the Millel
detective agency was employed tC
watch BOyce and keep track of Holen-
beck on his arrival. On Jan. s, H. Fl
Hollenbeck of Chardon, o., registered al
the Gibson house. He had no room as
signed to him but was seen to cOmmuni
! cate with Boyce. They watched all the
) movements of Hollenbeck and traced
him to the Union Trust and Savin:
bank, of which j. G. Schmdtlapp wa
president. He was then traced to tn
different places of meeting as charged
by Representative Otis.
When the testimony of Mr.. Dunba
was concluded the committee adjourne'
until a. m. tomorrow.
MKISSEN'S CONTEST
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 21.-A specia
from Columbus, o.. says: Mayor Nc
Kissen of Cleveland is here today tax
> ing the preliminary steps to contest tn
seat of Senator Hanna in the Unite
States Senate. Mayor McKissen wi
rely largely on the testimony adduce
at the investigation of the brber
4 charges now being made, and will hol
that Senator Hanna did not receiv
- enough votes to enttle him to his place
, ~
. NOBODY LOST