The record-union., 1898-12-25
The JOHNSTON ISLANDERS.
AUTHORSHIP OF THE CAM
PAIGN CIRCULARS.
William Joseph Hustled Admits
That He Furnished the Ma
ter1al Therefor.

William Joseph Hustled man EN-
ployed at the railroad shops, ackno"l-
edged to District Attorney Ryan yes
4erday that he was the author OF certain
circulars that were distributed DURING
the late campaign, directed agalllst
State Printer A J. Johnston ana lhe
women employed in the bindery oe-
partment of the State Printing ONCE
These circulars were of the most san
derous character and We're sent aproao
for the purpose of defeating Mr.. John-
ston for the office of State Printer
After the election District Attorney
Ryan placed in the hands OF County
Detective Max Fisher the matter OF
unearthing the author of the circulars
which he succeeded in doing, and yes
ferday Hustled admitted the authorship
of the slanderous publication.
But he claimed that he is not alone
responsible for the contents Of the cir
culars. He stated that he was intro
duced by Stenographer McCallum OF the
State Highways Commission to A L.
Henry. Secretary of that body, that
he Husted) supplied Henry with the
material, and that the circulars were
written up better and at greater length
than he was capable of doing.
Hustled said further that he expected
to obtain employment if Woodman,
Johnston's opponent, were elected.
District Attorney Ryan stated last
evening that no charge had yet been
filed against Hustled, as there was rea-
son to believe that there were others
high in authority under the State Gov
ernment who were at the bottom OF
the matter and that a further investiga-
tion would be made.
State Printer Johnston spoke to about
the same effect. He said the first he
knew of the Hustled matter was when
informed of the latter's statement,
made to the District Attorney. Mr..
Johnston also said he expected to find
that Hustled was not the only one con-
cerned in the preparation and circula-
tion of the libelous matter, and that the
affair was in the hands of the law
officer of the county.
A L. Henry was seen by Record
Union" reporter, and he told his story
as follows: He said that Hustled, who
was a Republican, was working in the
interest Of z. I. Woodman for State
Printer and Will S. Green for Treas
ufer and, subsequently, for Thompson,
of State.
Hustled, Mr.. Henry said, had on two
OF three occasions brought drafts Of
letters which he intended to send to
his friends throughout the State, So
dieting their votes for the parties
named. These were turned over to
Stenographer McCaHum, who did a
great deal of custom work, and copies
were presumably run off on the mimeo-
graph in the office.
Mr.. Henry said that before the cleo
tion friend of his had informed him
that Mr.. Hadley, Mr.. Johnston's book
keeper, had made a statement to the
effect that the alleged libelous circular
had come from the office of the Depart
ment of Highways. Mr.. Henry says
he then called on Mr. Hadley and told
him that he knew absolutely nothing
about any circular or circulars, and
that if anything of the kind had been
issued he was ignorant of it.
The matter then passed from his
mind and he thought no more of it un-
til it came to his ears that Hustled had
admitted that he wrote the circular.
and said it had been turned over to
him (Henry), and that it was dressed
up and put into readable condition be-
fore being typewriter and returned to
him.
Mr.. Henry says that one evening
Hustled did bring in a batch Of manu-
script. He was busy at the time and
threw It aside without examining it.
He presumes that Mr. McCallum type
wrote the effusion, and that he may
have knocked off corners and incongru-
tiles while so doing. In conclusion, Mr..
Henry stated positively that he had
nothing whatever to do with the prep
aration or dissemination of the circular.
D. c. McCallum, the stenographer
who turned Husteds manuscript into
a typewriter circular, visited the
Record Union office last evening and
made the following statement concern
in his part in the transaction:
AS near as 1 can recall said Mr..
MeCallum, "Mr Hustled met me on K
street several weeks before the election
and stated to me that he had some
typewriting he wished me to do for
him. Shortly thereafter I left Sacra-
mento for Willows, where I remained
about one week.
"On visiting the office after my re-
turn from Willows I found a package
of manuscript in one Of the drawers of
my typewriting desk. On opening it I
recognized the handwriting as that of
w J. Hustled, and recalled the CONVEX
sation I had with him prior to leaving
for Willows, and took it for granted
that 1t was the typewriting he had re-
ferred to.
aside from my duties in the De-
partment of Highways I conduct a
typewriting Office at Ninth and L
streets, where I have a typewriter en-
ployed to do extra work, and to this
office I took the manuscript left for me
by Mr. Hustled.
In regard to Husted's statement that
changes had been made in the manu-
script, probably by Mr.. Henry, 1 will
state that whatever changes were made
were made by myself and they consist
ed only in the proper punctuation and
capitalization of the sentences.
ITO the best of my knowledge neither