The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-01
DRUGGIST OTIS
Gives His Testimony Before the Brb-
cry investigating Committee.
Attorney Campbell Had the Handling of
MOney-The Senator Had Little to Do
With the Affair-Boyce Said He Rep
resented j. Pierpont Morgan.

Bribery Investigating committee met
in the senate judiciary room at II
o'clock Friday morning. Representa-
tive John c.. Otis, of Cincinnati, was
called to the stand.
Otis said he owned drug store at
the corner of Sixth and Vine streets.
Cincinnati. On January s, 1898, he was
in Cincinnati. He was not acquainted
with II. II. HOllenbeck, member of the
State Repu blican Central committee.
He met Henry HARRISON Boyce in Gin
cinnati January Z. At II o'clock Fri
day, January Z, witness was called UP
at his drug store by Phone ESQ, by a
man who said he was Gen. Henry Har-
risOn BOyce, of New York, and was at
the Great Southern hotel, Columbus;
he had come here to see Otis, but ar
rived in Columbus after the witness
had left for Cincinnati.
BOyce made an appointment TO meet
Otis at the Gibson house, Cincinnati,
that evening. The witness met Boyce
there at 6:3O p. m. Boyce said he had
come to see Otis on very important
business.
BOyce said he represented j. PierpOnt
Morgan, of New York, who had Ohio
interests to be looked after this win
ter; he also said that he was a friend
of c. c. Shane, of New York, an in
innate friend of President Mckinley.
BOyce said Shane would on the follow
ing night have an interview with the
president on the Ohio senatorial stu
alton.
After a chat along that line, they
parted, to meet again at the Gibson
house at 3 p. m. the day following.
After he left BOyce, Otis went to At
tOrney T. G. Campbell and told him
what had transpired, and told Camp
|. bell it was very evident what Boyce
was after, and that he (Otis) would not
keep the appointment. Otis was urged,
however, to do so, in order to trap
Boyce.
Saturday morning Jerry Bliss, of
Columbus, an anti-Hannaite, called on
Otis at his Cincinnati home to urge
him to go on with the negotiations
with Boyce.
Otis met BOyce at pm. Saturday,
as per agreement BOyce said he was
very anxious on account of the presi-
dent for Hanna's election, and talked
| of the emOluments the president
could give Otis if he would vote for
| Hanna.
Otis again met Boyce later Saturday
and introduced T. c. Campbell to him,
saying Campbell was his attorney and
he would look after his interests
Otis withdrew from the room, leav-
ing Boyce and Campbell alone. Camp
bell later told Otis that Boyce had of
fered $4,000 if Otis would vote for
Hanna. Boyce and Campbell had an
other meeting Sunday afternoon.
After that conference Campbell
showed Otis 81, 900 which he said Boyce
had given him.
BOyce and Campbell again met at the
Hotel Emery, at 9 p. IN. Sunday, after
which Campbell showed Otis $3.50 more
| Otis refused to take the money, and
Campbell returned it.
That night Campbell told Otis that
Boyce wrote out receipt for 81, $50 to
be signed by Campbell, but it was not
| signed, as Campbell arranged with
BOyce to meet him in Columbus the
next day to close the deal That was
the last time Otis saw Boyce He sup
posed BOyce had been apprised of his
dangerous position and had left the
state.
Campbell told Otis that Boyce had
written a telegram to Mckinley to be
signed by Otis, telling the president
that he (Otis) had concluded to vote for
Hanna. This was to get Otis on rec
ord. The telegram written by Boyce
was counterfeited by Bliss, who signed
Otis name, and later Campbell gave a
spurious telegram to Boyce and kept
the one in Boyce's handwriting.
By way of introduction, Boyce show.
ed Otis a letter from Col. Fred Grant,
of New York, plimenting him on
an article in the Commercial Review
Campbell told Otis that Boyce was to
pay ST, $50 more in Columbus on Mon
day before the senatorial election, and
the balance of the $1O,O 900 after his vote
had been cast for Hanna. The witness
was not present when the alleged deal
was made.
Attorney Thomas C. Campbell next
testified. There was nothing in his
| testimony to even indicate that Sen
ator Hanna, Maj. Dick or Maj. Rath-
bone had any connection with Gen.
Boyce, through whom it is claimed the
| alleged negotiations were conducted.
In fact, Attorney Campbell, who came
all the way from New York to testify,
took occasion to say he did not believe
| Senator Hanna was interested in or
knew BOyce. Moreover, Boyce him
self had declared to Campbell that
! he did dot know Mr.. Hanna and
that if his personal wishes were con.
suited he would prefer to see him de-
feated. Campbell produced a roll OF
bills in denominations of 500 and $50,
aggregating 81, 75O, which he claimed
Boyce had paid him during the negO-
tiations. Campbell. said if Boyce re-
turned to Hamilton county he would
be glad to return the money, other
wise he would use part of it in pushing
suit for damages against a Colum.
bus paper.
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