The herald., 1898-01-13
REBUTTAL IS TO FOLLOW
THEN WILL COME ARGUMENT
AND THE WIND UP
Last Nights Session Added Little to
What Was Already Known.
No More of Adams

interesting, the testimony given had
little bearing upon the Webb case which
was being tried. Another teacher was
discovered who had been indirectly ap-
preached, but that could not be traced
to Webb, except in the most vague ana
indirect manner. One witness stated
that another teacher told her that IL she
was summoned she could tell more than
had yet been told. That teacher (Miss
Fidelia Anderson) will be given an op-
portunity tonight to tell all she knows.
With her evidence and that of perhaps
one or two others the defense will close
it's case There will then be one or TWO
evenings devoted to evidence IN reput-
| tai and then a session or two in winch
the arguments will be made and the
long g-drawn-out case will be closed.
At the opening of the session last night
Webb called the attention OF President
Davis to the fact that the resolutions
upon which his trial is based had not
| been signed. The evening before Mr.
Davis had insisted upon some persons
signing the resolution presented by
Webb against Mr.. Braly, and webb
merely called attention to the fact that
the others bore no signatures, in order
to place himself right" as he ex-
pressed it.
On the previous evening when the
summary of the answers made by the
teachers to the list of interrogatories
was presented there had been several
teachers and janitors who had not filed
their answers. During yesterday eigh-
teen of these answers were received and
| Mr. Oliver stated that all of them had
denied ever having been approached or
having paid for their positions. only
| two had any business dealings with
members of the board, one having pur-
chased small book from Mr.. Webb and
the other having been treated by DR..
Mathis. Mr.. Oliver announced that the
answers made by some of the teachers
had caused the defense to desire to
question them further and for that pur-
pose he had had a number of them sum-
moned.
Prof. E. P. Rowell was the first wit
ness. He stated in response to questions
that he had been approached by Adams
shortly before the election of teachers.
| He had gone to Adams to ask his sup
port for a position and had been told
| by Adams that later he would be told
what to do. Several times Adams stated
to him that at the proper time he would
tell him what to do to get his position or
| q better one. At one time Adams said
there was a mutual friend to whom he
would send Rowell, who would tell
him what was to be done. Pressed for
an explanation, Adams said that the
man who could tell him was Axtell. This
was said in such manner as to leave
no doubt as to the intention to convey
the idea that financial consideration
might be necessary to secure the posi-
tion Prof Rowell was after
Prof. Rowell was hailed on the street
by Axtell on the day that the teachers
were elected and voluntarily Axtell
stated that he had had an audience with
the men" as he expressed it, meaning
probably the teachers committee and
that he was unable to tell what would
be done. He asked Prof. Rowell if he
knew that there was vacancy in the
Sentous street school, and when the lat
ter responded in the negative Axtell
told him to see Webb and ask him if
there was such vacancy. Rowell did
not do so. He stated that there was no
mention of money or other considera-
ton made by AXtell. The witness was
cross-examined at length, but nothing
material to the Webb case was brought
out.
Miss Dora Jones preferred to making
an affirmation to taking the usual oath.
She is teacher in the third grade of
the Seventh street school and has been
a teacher nearly five years. Asked if
she had ever heard any person state
~ ho6
answered that one morning while walk
ing to school with Miss F'idelia Ander-
son they We're talking about the school
board scandal and Miss Anderson said
to her that if she was called as a wit
ness she could tell how she had been
approached. She intimated that Adams
had done the approaching. The matter
came up in the course of a general con-
versaton and she did not pay any par
ticular attention to it,
Miss c. NJ. Blanford, a teacher in the
Amelia street school, the next witness.
told OF certain business relations which
she had with President Davis of the
board. The nature of the business was
such as had not the slightest bearing
upon school board matters, as it dated
back TO 1892, long before Mr. Davis was
member of the board. There was no
attempt to conceal any of the particu-
lars OF the matter and it was brought
out that the business had been trans
acted with the mother of the witness
more than with herself.
Miss /. A. Duncan testified that she
had cashed her November warrant at
the Southern California Savings bank
of which Director Braly Is president.
She told how she had happened to do
this, giving the full particulars of the
transaction She had paid 70 cents to
have warrant for $72 cashed. She was
asked all manner of questions in regard
to the matter and told her story in a
straightforward manner. There was
nothing at all in her evidence that had
any bearing upon the case against
Webb.
f. w. Stein stated that Adams had
told him that his name was on the black
list. He did not think much of the mat
ter, so little in fact that when he went to
see Webb about his position on that
same day he had not mentioned what
Adams had said. In response to oues-
tons by Mr. Conrey witness denied that
he had ever told Profs. Phillips or Ken
pei that he knew that Axtell had paid
for his own job. He had attended amin