The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-28
THE WITNESSES
Who Refused to Testify Before the
Bribery investigating Committee
Are Threatened With Proceedings in Con.
tempt-This Includes A b. VOORHEES, and
Rudolph E KOehler-AIIen o. Myers,
Sr., Proves a "Warm' Witness.

O1NClNNAT1, Jan. H1.-1n6 Legislative
committee, Investigating the Otis
charges of bribery in the recent elec.
ton of United States senator at Column
bus, held a session here Friday night
and will continue its Sittings here Sat
urday. All members of the committee
were present, together with quite
delegation from Columbus and others
from different parts of the state.
Horace B. Dunbar, president and
manager of the Gibson house, was the
only witness examined Friday night.
The clerks and others about the hotel
will be examined Saturday. Mr.. Dunbar
was on the witness stand during the
meeting and produced his hotel regis
ter showing that Henry H. Boyce. of
New York, occupied room 226 from
January to January 10. Mr.. Dunbar
testified to having his suspicious
aroused and to the clerks watching
Boyce
CINCINNATI Jan. 25.-It was nearly 10
o'clock when Mondays investigation
began.
Allen o. Myers, ST., was the first wit
messed summoned. He gave his bust
ness newspaper man, not a jour-
nalist." Maj. Dick is the secretary
of the republican executive commit
tee and the personal manager of Mark
Hanna.
l heard of Mai Dick as managing
Hanna's campaign at Cleveland. Then
he came to Columbus and took charge
of Hanna's and Boxwell's campaigns
there. l have known of g. G. Rath-
-, E., 41o1 oc &o1,
twelve years. When there has been
any ticklish work to do, ne has done
it. One of Rathbone's special occupa-
tions in the last campaign seems to
have been to secure democratic votes
when possible.
[ never saw II. II. Hollenbeck to
know him. l never saw Gen. Henry
II. Boyce, nor did 1 ever hear of him
until this present case. l do not know
S. D. Hollenbeck, but l know of him in
his political connections. The first 1
ever heard of II. H. HOllenbeck was
through his connection with the at
tempt to bride John c. Otis.
After the second telephone call
was told that Hollenbeck would leave
Columbus with money in the morning.
l turned the matter over to Kurtz, as
l did not want to mix in with affairs
involving republicans. 1 sent for T.
J. Mulvihill to go with Ed Archer to
follow Hollenbeck to Cincinnati. We
did not want to use detectives
Next morning my boy came to Co.
1umbus with the stenOgraphic notes.
l called Kurtz so that my boy could
tell the story to him. l thought then
that they had secured all the evidence
possib in the Cincinnati matter, and
advised that the matter be made pub
lie as soon as possible.
At noon Mulvihill and Archer re-
turned from Cincinnati and said that
they had followed II. H., not S. D.
Hollenbeck, until he had registered at
the Gibson house, where he was placed
IN the hands of other people to watch.
''They had secured possession of a
telegram to young HOllenbeck warn
ing him that he was being followed by
them and giving an exact description
of themselves"
Allen o. Myers further said: "Boyce
gave one detective the slip in cab
faster than the detectives. l gave the
officer a sound rating and hired an
other detective, who traced Boyce to
263 Broad street, the house of John
Taylor.
They went to place near the depot,
where he joined Hollenbeck, and the
two left Columbus on a train for the
north.
Garfield understand that what you
have given is what you've heard.
''Wen, 1 don't testify to what you I'M
derstand," said Myers.
Burke: II want you to state what
if anything, was done by you to in
fuence votes against Mr.. Hanna
Garfield: II suggest that you tell the
witness that he need not give any
thing that will incriminate himself"
Myers became excited He said: Il
need no advice, sir! I'm just as able to
protect myself as you, Garfield. This
is an insult to me. don't propose to
take it Any man who states or in
sinuates, that any testimony L have
given l can not substantiate is a Harr'
Detectives Miller and Schlesinger
were called for but were not present.
Harry NJ. Daugherty, A. B. Voor-
hees, director, and Rudolph E. Koehler,
secretary of the Union Savings bank,
refused to testify.
During the noon recess Chairman
Burke authorized this statement:
1.-The committee will adjourn the
Cincinnati investigation in time that
the senator's can make the o'clock
train to Columbus.
''As soon as the testimony of all
those willing to testify shall have been
received by the investigation commi T.
tee, contempt proceedings will be
brought against those who have re-
fused to testify"
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 26-The senate
committee investigating the alleged
attempt to bride Representative Otis
in his recent senatorial election, die
not hold a session Tuesday. The com
mittee adjourned subject to the call o:
the chairman, and it is not settled pos
itively when the committee will meet
again. There is a probability, how
ever, that the committee may meet
Wednesday night.