Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-28
In Connection With Revenue
Stamp Case.
TURNS STATES EVIDENCE
One of the Men Implicated Tells What
He Knows in the Case OF
Ex- Attorney Ingham

Philadelphia, April 27.-Former United
States District Attorney Ellery Fl. Ing
ham and Harvey X. hewitt, who was
Ingham's assistant, was arraiSned before
United States Commissions Edmonds
today on the charge of attempting to
bride secret service operative William j.
McManus in connection with the Jacobs
Kendig-Taylor-Bredell revenue stamp
counterfeiting conspiracy. William L..
Kendig, the Lancaster tobacco manufac-
turer, was the first witness. He recog-
nized Mr.. Ingham, whom he said he hrst
met in January. At the time he said the
witness was making counterfeit revenue
stamps of the denomination of SO cents.
William Jacobs, he said, was associated
with him in this business. He said also
that Arthur Taylor had engraved the
plates with the assistance of Baldwin >.
Bredell. Kendig said on the occasion OF
his first visit to Mr.. 1ngham's office he
question Mr.. Ingham regarding the lat
ter's acquaintance with secret service OPP
eratives Burns and McManus, asking the
lawyer whether or not he thought they
were corrupt of c~orruptible. lngham,
witness said. demanded a retainer and
received $500. Kendig then detailed to
him. he said, the whole story of the bogus
revenue stamps and also informed him
tina Jacobs was in possession or the
Monroe head 500 counterfeit silver Ger
t%ifcate. Witness said he told Ingham that
he believed the secret service agents
were after him, and that he and Jacobs
wanted to find some way OF standlnS III
with them by paying them something TO
keep off his track.
On the 18th Kendig accompanied Jacobs
to Ingham's office. Jacobs asked lngham
if he really believed Burns and McManus
were corrupt. He said he thought Nc
Manus was. Ingham had previously men,
toned Richard ]. Lennon, an eX-magls-
trate. as being liable to approach Nc
Manus.
Four days later Ingham>told witness his
plan for reaching McManus. 1t consisted
of taking THE detective to the Union
League, treating him to a Dime and
wine. when the secret service man might
become communicative. Ingham asked
the witness what amount of money he
could give if the secret service men We're
held off for a year. Witness said he and
Jacobs could contribute about $4,000 a
month. On the 18th of February Mr.. Ing
ham informed kendig that he had. a
friend who would approach McManus.
but he must have $500 in advance and $500
Immediately after he had completed his
work. Kendig paid Ingham $500 for this
unknown
Up to this time Harvey X. hewitt had
not been known in the case. Judge Bait
Ter had resigned from the bench of the
United States court and Kendig inquired
of Mr.. Ingham who vas likely to be his
successor. Ingham answered that hewitt,
his law partner, was a possible candi-
date. Witness further testified that he
was mmoned to Mr.. Ingham's residence
February 26. Ingham then told him that
his man, who had been designated as No.
8, had met Mr.. McManus, but nothing
had been accomplished. On March Z Ken
dig was first Informed by Mr.. Insham
that No. 8 had seen Agent McManus. The
witness said he had learned that the Sc
cret service was investigating through
Samue Downey, at that time deputy in
ternal revenue collector at Lancaster.
Ingham told him that McManus wanted