Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-24
ARCHER PUT ON THE STAND
Detective Who Swallowed Hoilenbeck at
Columbus, Ohio.
Allen o. Myers Gets Mnd mt Senator
In Bribery Investigation.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. January 2I-Allen
o: Myers. sr., WAS the first witness today
IN the lo oGislature bribery Investigation. h,
Was at the Great Southern Hotel in Colum-
bus January {, where Mr.. Kuriz and
others opposing Senator Hanna We're then
stopping His son, Alien o. Myers jr.
clerk at tie Gibson Hotel at Cincinnati.
called him up that night and told him of
Boyce's moveme Its. The next day his son
reached Columbus with copies of steno-
graphic reports of Boyces talks from Gin
cinrau over the telephone with the Hanna
headquarters in Columbus. As the matter
rertained to republicans, he turned all
over to KurtZ and introduced his son 10
Kim.
Kurtz told Myers tha: HoIlerfbeck would
go to Cincinnati with money. Myers de.
tailed the shadowing of Hollenbeck from
Columbus to Cincinnati and back also the
carriage drives of Boyce about Columbus
he testimony of Myers caused quite a
stir, especially when he became very angry
on the cross-eXamination by Senator Car
field. He denied that he was a party to
any conspiracy i'm getting up the Boyce-
Hollenbeck story about the bribery of Rem
resentative Otis. When Senator Garfield
told witness he need not reply to anything
that would incriminate himself, Myers be-
came intensely enraged and Chairman
Burke had difficulty in proceeding with the
inquiry.
f. II. Archer TcstfGes.
F. ii. Archer of Columbus, deputy state
railway commissioner, testified to follow
lowing II. II. Hollenbeck from Columbus to
Cincinnati, and pointing him out to Jerry
Bliss and detectives at the depot.
Archer testified rapidly without questions
being asked. He told about shadow ing Hol-
lenbeCk from the Neil House to the Column
BUS depot, watching his movements on the
train and in his berth all night. Hollen-
beck carried his valise to the toilet room
with him and wherever he went. Hollen-
beck took his valise with him into an upper
berth. He did not undress in the sleeper
and received messages in care of the con-
ductor along the route
The rest of Archer's testimony covered
the shadowing in Cincinnati and Columbus
that had been covered by the witnesses
last Saturday.
Archer said he was a volunteer with
kurtz and other republicans in seeking the
de1e3t or Sera;or Hanna, that he was
not employed as detective, bat had worked
Tor weeks for the good OF the cause
D"uSherty Denies Jurisdfctfon.
Harry NJ. Daugherty, chairman of the re-
publican state executive committee was
called, but refused to be sworn because he
claimed the committee had no jurisdiction
Ii the Gus case. He had, as legal counsel,
SO advised other witnesses, and would fol-
low that advice himself
He was asked il he sent the telegram
signed H. D." to Hollenbeck, while he
was on the train, but he refused to an
swer this question and all others put 10
nim, on the ground that the committee
had no jurisdiction.
Archer on being recalledf said that F. ].
Mulrihill, one of the democratic leaders
against Hanna, was also on the train with
HolicnDeck. Archer and MuIvihiil got Hol-
lenbeck's telegram and Mulvihill answered
them, signing Holenbeck's name to mes
sases signed Major Dick, Hanna's man.
aeer
Detective Miller was recalled 10 explain
the telephone talks of Boyce and others
with Major Rathbone and others at Hanna
headquarters. Miller had four men besides
himself IL shadowing Boyce and HoIlen-
beck Detective SlessingeI followed Hollen-
teck back TO Columbus. Miller shadowed
Boyce back. The trail was lost in Column
bus, Boyce and Hollenbeck only stopping
there between trains