Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-30

nSSs have been kept Q. bury a. bee, ever
etAcc defending the contestor and Pool
ustneteAd. the Wathcna newspaper man.
All OF the evidence was In Al 5:3e tb-day
ana both sides rested. Al hour IA. rpent
IN discussing pleadtngs and fixing a limit
10 the arsument. II was finally agreed that
each side shout have three houra to argue
tnc case. A recess Was then taken until
evening, TO Civ At attorneys time 10 scan
over the evidence and outline their
speeches.
Senator Jumper said this evening that thu
senate would try Il reach q verdict by
noon Tomorrow. We all want TO get away
from here" said ne. There vas no use
giving the attorneys so much time to argue
the case. II won't change a single vote
I Judge Falcon. the confession. was the first
witness this morning. He was called for
the purpose of Identifying the statement
which he filed with the county clerk of
Brown county showing the amount of
money he spent during the campaign.
There Was one item In the statement show
Ing that he paid 50 TO Frank Elliott. ed
tior OF the Troy Times. Elliott, In his
statement. fled. swore that Falcon paid
him only SIS.
Georgs Manville. postmaster OF Wathena.
testified that DR. F. X. Willis. OF that
town. told him once that he was not a
m Of the DepocrAtic county COM
mittee. but lsier told him II he was ne did
not nov Al.
Judg> Stuart, the contestee, then took
tie lxitness stand. In regard to the story
told by william Baldwin that Stuart
promised to make him bailif Of his court
grSytdins he would get his father and
Early in the campaign Baldwin told me
be proposed TO support me-. He asked me
haiIis Of the s' Court n'D for he oeio aaa COZ court as
! said that ! would speak to the sheriff
about II. as that officer was the one who
ssid he had agreed to give the place to Il
man named Bailey. Bailey later got an
other Job and the sheriff gave Baldwin the
pp iscs' for he hsv support sSse ef me- no On On the hm ot ses
and I believe. he was my. friend: 1 spoke
John Calvert swore that Stuart agreed to
y Stanley was elected providing he would
s sSnHH'i t.. naS; Il asked asked c q .ns one sn nisSi
for his support: He said he did mot know
or oeG me. II IL. ne :s, Sai he Ne San nsS : i iaS =, to eu ask
At the state house. He wanted to know II
I would use my influence In his behalf. 1
. er he supported me or not. He then said
Did you ever Give Pool GFinstead Sao?''
. u$Sct 88NS ul" u oOll8I IN my lye,f i
/ paid his wa TO- Topeka one I'M because
he said he was broke and his mileage had
Did you ever authorize Grinstead to
| pay Ray Aries any money!"
II never did. never paid Aries a cent.
except for subscription to his paper a year
snd . half ago. / never told Grinstead
that I a given Aries any money; never
said that I would have to give Ewing
Herbert Sloo: never told Grinstead that /
OF the Horton Headlight: Grinstead
shoWed me the proof Of the editorial which
1 he said Howard proposed to publish at
aching me. but never did I intimidat-
! Herr q letter was produced which Shove
that Howard had asked for 800. and that
Stuart replied in writing that he could not
tive. him . cent. as II was against his
b to axe money from the h Side and
suppoet Falcon. that was Z matter for Its
pu6lisher to decide.
Stuart told a very straightforward story
Overmyer was unable to shake his tes-
The witness admitted hat he handed two
! Or three ballots out at the Troy precinct
on election morning, but said that his mo-
tive IN doing 80 was to accommodate the
LII .aes 10 sf e.. as m. sser a. a. d M. attentio" was
The deposition Of Hall. the Populist judge
Of election n Troy, was then read. In 1t
be declared that everything was conducted
IN an upright manner at the election and
Ethst good order IVES maintained At the
The contesfee then rested his case.
The confession called r. =. Willis to the
stand. He Identified q 80 check which
r..,eS e s bad sep H,, to him q and d., Be ,h handed nss.a il
that It was sent % him was because the
chairman OF the Democratic county com.
J mittss was absent from the county. He