The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03

so 1t was never said in the shape Of
earnestness, because there was no foun-
dalton in the shape of fact ito it.
e. Mr.. Carr, after you came to Hell
ena, did you have any conversation
with any person as to this money that
A. J. Steele had promised you?
A. ! don't remember that did.
Q. Did you ever talk with Judge d.
F. Smith about it?
A. I might have done SO, don't
remember
Q. Did you ever talk with Fred
Whiteside about it?
A. I don't think I did.
9. Say whether you did or not.
A. l am telling you to the best of
my recollections; don't remember any
such thing.
Didn't Remember.
Q. Mr.. Carr, is it not fact that you
stated to Judge Smith that you were to
get $4,000, and that $1,000 of this amount
was in the hands of A. j. Steele.
A. | have no recollection of telling
D. F. Smith anything of the kind, don't
remember of ever saying anything of
the kind to him.
9. Did you ever say anything to
him about it?
A. Don't remember that ever did:
may have done SO, but I wouldn't
swear positively that I did or that L
did not
Q. But you may have told him this?
A. 1 may have done SO; yes
Q. Is it not a fact, Mr.. Carr, that you
told Fred Whiteside of this $4,000 which
was in the hands of A. j. Steele, and
that he advised you to place 1t in his
hands?
A. No. sir.
@. That is not a fact?
A. That is not fact
Q. What conversation did you have
with him about it?
A. l don't know.
@. Did you have any?
A. Don't remember any such con-
versation as that at all. a
Q. What was the conversation?
A. / don't remember any such con-
Versation as that at all. I have talked
with Fred Whiteside of good many
things: that we were ito vote for Mr..
Conrad as long as we saw a chance for
Mr. Conrad to be elected. don't know
whether Mr.. Whiteside lived up to his
side Of it, but did.
@. What conversation did you have
with him about this $4,000?
A. told you two or three times
don't remember having any converse
ton Of that kind.
@. Mr.. Carr, is it not fact that you
stated to Fred Whiteside that you had
seen A. J. Steele or met A. J. Steele
and that he had placed $4,000 in an en-
velope upon which you had written the
word "Cananaugh" upon one end of
the envelope, that A. ]. Steele had
then sealed the envelope, using piece
of licorice as a SEAL y" 7n 3
A. I have no recollection of ever say
ing anything of that kind to White
side or anybody else. eEs n
Q. Will you say that you did not
say SO?
A. AS said before, don't remember
any such transaction. .t
@. Would you recognize that envel-
ope if shown to you?
A. I don't think I would because I
never saw any such envelope.
c.. Would you recognize your own
handwriting? -aeirt.a 5t11 ea nd N
A.. 1 probably would-my own hand
writing. 9+I ~ti ,ststlI
@. Did you ever sign your initials
upon the back of an envelope in which
money had been placed in your pres
ence? I4
A. Yes, sir; you placed it there your
self. 3 rFv
Q. What amount of money was in
the envelope? &.l0 6:
A. You counted 1t over and I be-
lieve there was five one-thousand dol
lar bills.
@. For what purpose did you put
your initials upon the envelope?
A.. You said for means of Identify
ing that &fa ~
Q. You put your initials on that? :
A. Yes. Gf y
(Witness shown envelope).
Not His Handwriting.
@. Mr.. Carr, have you ever seen that
envelope before?
A. I don't think I ever did
@. Whose handwriting Is that? v
A. 1t is not mine; it resembles mine
in measure.
@. Are you positive that it is not
your handwriting?
A. Yes, sir
Q. Will you say positively that you
never saw that envelope before?
A. I do not think I ever did until
now; don't think, in the first place,
that resembles my handwriting; It is
in a measure, there is no question
By Senator Stanton (witness shown
a letter)- Il
c. Examine that and see if that is
your handwriting.
A. Yes, sir, that is my handwriting;
if you gentlemen will look you will
writing and the writing on the envel-
ope signed: lUnder protesD H. Fl.
Carr.
E. L. Whitmore.
E. l.. whitmore, being first duly
sworn, testifies as follows Examined
by Senator Stanton: .u5
@. Your name is e. L. Whitmore?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Where do you reside, Mr.. Whit
more?
A. In Butte. .s-...=
@. What is your business?
A. General mining man for Mr..
Charles Clark; / am a broker; I am
also manager for Mr.. Charles Clark of
his mining properties and general bust
ness.
Q. You refer to Charles W. Clark,
son of w. A. Clark?
A. Yes, sir.
@. You have been in Helena during
most of the session of the legislature
in the interests of Mr.. Clark, have you
not?
A. Partly; have been here for other
purposes, too.
@. Are you acquainted with Senator
Warner Of jefferson county?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you had any business trans.