The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-29
He PRODUCED THE MONEY
Campbell Showed the SI,75O
That Boyce Offered.
OTIS GOES ON THE STAND
He Tells of His Conversation With Boyce
and the Bribe Offered = Campbell
Thinks That Hanna Was Not
Interested in Boyce.

Columbus. O., Jan. 2S-The two star
witnesses in the alleged sensational
bribery investigation were examined
by the senate investigation committee
to-day They are Representative Otis
OF Hamilton county. who claims to
have been offered a bribe to vote for
Senator Hanna and Thomas c. Camp
Dell, the attorney who acted as the
legal representative of Otis
There was nothing in the testimony
OF either witness to Indicate that SEN
ator Hanna. Major Dick or Major
Rathbone had any connection with
General Boyce. through whom 1t is
claimed the alleged negotiations were
conducted. In fact. Attorney Camp
bell, 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. Camp
bell produced a roll of bills in denomi-
nations of 800 and 800 aggregatfng
Sl,lao which he claimed Boyce had paid
20 him during the negotiations. Camp
bell said IL Boyce returned to Hamilton
county he would be glad TO return the
money. otherwise he would use part of
~ In pushing a suit for damages against
a Columbus paper.
Representative Otis testified he had
met Henry Harrison Boyce in Cincin-
matt first on the evening of Jan last
About Ii O'Clock on the morning of that
day F'riday) he received a long-dis-
tance telephone message from a man ar
the Southern hotel in Columbus, who
said he was General Boyce that he
had come from New York and wished
10 sec him on important business. Mr..
Otis told him that ii he would come TO
Cincinnati he could see him.
Between and 8 O'Clock Otis went to
the Gibson house and 60 B0yce's room,
No 226. He met Boyce and the latter
said TO him. that though he was a
stranger to Otis. he wished to see him
on very important business; that he rep
resented j. Pierpont Morgan of New
York, that Mr.. Morgan had great in
terests III Ohio. which he desired to have
looked after. and that he was also
friend of G. 6. Shane of New York Dur
ing the conversation the senatorial mat
ter was touched upon and Boyee asked
as to MIR. Hanna's chances to which
Otis replied that he did not think them
very good.
Boyce said thar night or the following
night, Mr.. Shane was 10 have an inter-
view with President Mckinley: that
both the president and Mr.. Shane were
interested in the Ohio situation espa-
ciaily the former. Personally, Boyce
said. he did not care who was elected.
After telling Mr.. Otis a number of other
separated with an understanding that
another meeting would be held the fol-
lowing afternoon. Saturday at
o'clock. Then ii was that Mr. Otis de-
cided he needed a lawyer and went to
see Mr.. Campbell.
meeting took place the next after
noon at the Gibson house. The con-
yersation vas largely along the same
line as at the preceding meeting Final
~ Boyce and Campbell were introduced
and most of the business after that
was transacted between them
On cross-examination by Senator
Garfield, Mr.. Otis said that nothing
was said about Dick or Hollenback or
Daugherty or Major Rathbone. and that
Boyee did not proclaim that he came
as the agent OF Senator Hanna or that
Senator Hanna had any connection
with the matter.
Mr.. campbelfs testimony was largely
a repetition Of that given by Mr. Otis.