The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-25
SMART DETECTIVE WORK
How the Anti Hanna PIn&ertOns
Made Up Their Alleged Case

| HOW the Anti Hanna PinkertOns
Made Up Their Alleged Case
Cincinnati, O., Jan. A.-Allen o. Myers,
Sr., was the first witness today in the
bribery investigation. He was at the
| Great Southern hotel in Columbus, Jan
uary 7, where Mr.. Kurtz and others OPP
posing Hanna were stopping. His son,
Allen .. Myers, clerk at the Gibson house
| in Cincinnati, called him that night, and
the next day the boy reached Columbus
with copies of stenOgraphic reports or
Boyce's talks from Cincinnati over the
telephone with Hanna headquarters in
/ Columbus AS the matter pertained to
/ the Republicans, he turned all over to
Kurtz and introduced his son to him.
ILurtz told Myers that HolIenbeck would
go to Cincinnati with the money. Myers
detailed men to shadow Hollenbeck from
/ Cincinnati and back and also the carriage
! drives of B3yce.
! He denied that he was a party to any
| conspiracy in getting the Boyce-Hollen-
! beck story atOut the bribing of Repre-
| sentative Cts. When Senator Garfield
/ told the witness he need not reply to any
| thing that would incriminate himself,
Myers became greatly enraged and Chair
man Burke had difficulty in proceeding
with the inv estigation.
NJ. E. AIcher's testimony covered the
! shadowing of Hollenbeck by Otis.
/ Harry NJ Daugherty, chairman of the
| Republican executive committee, was call
| ed but refused to be sworn, because he
| claimed the committee had no jurisdic-
| ton in this case. He had as legal counsel
! advised other witnesses. He was asked
/ if he had sent the kilograms addressed
/ to Hollenbeck while he was on the train,
hut refused these questions and all others
! that were put, on the ground that the
committee had no jurisdiction in the case.
Archer, on being recalled, testified that
| F. ]. Mulvhill, one of the Democratic
! leaders against Hanna, was at the train
with Hollenbeck. Archer and MulvihilI
! got Hollenbeck's telegram and Mulvihin
answered ther1b. signing Hollenbeck's
name to them. to Major Dick, Hannas
manager Mr.. Miller Swallowed Boyce
/ back to Columbus. The trail was lost in
/ Columbus and Royce only stopped there
/ between trains;
| f. B. VOORHEES,, vice president and d.
rector of the Union Trust and Savings
| bank, was called. but refused. to be sworn,
/ because his attorney, ]. w. Warrington
/ advised him that the committee had no
| jurisdiction. While VOORHEES, said he de-
! clined to answer questions, he was kept
on the stand a long time. Many questions
were asked him about President Schmid-
! tapp being absent January Z and S. and
about Cashier Caylor coming to him re-
/ garding II. II. Hollenbeck's credit. Voor-
heis refused to state whether he knew
or not, or even received notes or letters
! from Hollenbeck. He rfused to state
whether Cashier Caylor came to him with
| HolIenbeck and whether the latter had
an order or draft for $4,000, or any
4 amount
Rudolph Koehler, cashier of the Union
| Trust and Savings bank. refused to be
| sworn and declined to answer questions.
! He said President Schmidtapp was absent
| January : and g. He saw Vice President
! VOORHEES, on those dates, but refused to
! answer any questions about Hollenbeck.
on the advice of Vice President VOORHEES,.
| He declined TO answer whether he knew
| or ever met Hollenbeck, but said he did
not know H. II. Boyce. Questions were
/ pressed because the witness would an
| swer regarding Boyce and others and
! say nothing regarding HoIlenbeck He
/ declined to answer whether Hollenbeck
/ had letter to Schmidtapp.
Manager Page of the Western Union
[
/ patch and other messages. He said the
! company now had none of their MESA yes
| as far back as January 10, 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.
John Miller. Edward Schlensinger, The
/ odore Archambald and Charles Arm
/ strong, al detectives, read their long re-
/ ports Of 'shadowing'' Beyce and Hollen
+ beck in Cincinnati and Columbus Jan
/ uary :. s. and TO-
Detective Miller said he had been in
/ the employ formerly of the Western
/ Union. and that it was the custom TO keen
! copies Of messages six months. ard N
/ some cases year. He never before knew
/ of the auditor in New York calling for
I MESA ges. or for copies or for records of
the same. within two weeks after the
message were sent.
Gouverneur Calhoun. superintendent Of,
/ the long-distanee telephone, declined Il,
/ produce the records OF his Office. and said
he acted or the advice OF their general
counsel in New York
This closed the taking OF testimony in
/ this city.
The senate committee will continue its
work st Columbus Thirty witnesses have
been examined here since last Friday.
I most Of them being employees Of the Glib
/ son House, OF telegraph and telephone
companies. and OF the Union Savings and
Trust company. Jared P. Bliss. Allen O.
/ Myers. ST, and 2. Il Archer were the
/ principal other Witnesses. They returned
10 Columbus tonight with the committee.
The attorneys and three members q thu
house committee also returned AS the