Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-07

BEING GIVEN
Witnesses on the Stand in the John B.
Welcome DiSbarnnent
Case
GEN. NOLAN'S BILL Of PARTICULARS
In Which He flakes Specific Charges of Bribery and
Attempted Bribery- Congressman Campbell Tells
Of Conversation He Overheard=A Young Clerk
Testifes to Seeing Roll Of Bills But His Evidence
Taken Into rluch Account.

tion Of the month Of January, 1899 at thu
city Of Helena. the respondent, John b
i Welcome, offered TO pay to Stephen By.
water the sum Of $1,000.
I'LL expect TO show that in the early por-
tion of the month Of January, 1899, at the
Icity Of Helena, the said respondent, John
~ Welcome, offered to pay to T. G. Sui
liNan the sum of $4,000.
| l expect to show that some time from
the 10th 70 the 3oth Of January, 1899, the
respondent. John j. Welcome, paid 10
G. g. Long the sum Of $4,000
II expect TO show that on or about the
23d day Of December. 1898, the respond
ent John Il. Welcome, paid to u. p.
! Woods the sum Of $4,000.
| IL expect to show that during the month
Of January. 1899. at the city Of Helena,
after the convening of the legislature, be-
/ fore the 2Sth Of the month. the respond
emit John y. Welcome, offered to pay to
-. Il. Mckay the sum of $4,000
Il expect to show that somewhere be-
tween the Sd and the 10th of January
1899, al the city of Helena the respond
rnt. John B. Welcome, offered TO pay to
r. r. Normoyle the sum Of $4,000.
THAT all of the sums paid and offered
! to be paid by the said respondent. John
/ i. Welcome, were paid pursuant to the
conspiracy referred to in the petition by
the corrupt use of money to acquire the
support of members Of the legisla tive
assembly for w. A. Clark in his candidacy
for the United States senate"
/ During The taking of testimony the
court several times impressed upon conn-
sci that no arguments upon admisSibllty
on non -admissiblity of evidence were de-
sired unless called for This tends to ex-
pedite the hearings. The court did not
appear TO agree at one stage of the pro-
reedngs. Senator Campbell had told of
oNerhearing a conversation in Senator
! 1lallls room. which adjoined his. Mr.
/ Wallace moved that it be stricken out
The chief justice said let it stand for the
present, it might be stricken out later
II think it ought to be stricken out" ;"
said Justice Pigott.
1t will stand for the present. said the
chief Justice.
| Later in the proceedings after a short
! consultation it was ordered stricken out
j. B. Toughill a clerk in the secretary
of states office, introduced the house and
senate journals. These We're admitted in
evidence, the court ne caring to hear de-
tails read of the ~ sanizati ton of both
bodies, their personnel and other routine
matters.
Senator Campbell was called to the
| stand and after preliminary questions
started to tell of conversation over
heard in Senator Clark's room, Helena
hotel, adjoining his when the accuseds $
counsel registered a vigorous objection.
The court decided to admit for the pres
not connected with il. Campbell said
party talking in an excited tone said:
''rheres $500 coming to me and | pro-
pose to have it. | don't give damn VINO
hears me, propose to have it,
This, as stated, was afterwards ruled
out. The balance of Campbell's test-
mony was of little interest. No cross ex-
amina ton.
w. +. Rector, an accountant who for
poa lived here, hIlt rESi1pS in Rnftr.
was the next witness He said he was en-
gagged by A. J. Steele, A. j. Davidson,
Welcome and other Clark men to pro-
cure a suitable office. One had a good
vault in connection. This was IN Decem-
ber He rented an office in the Power
block having four keys. one of which
went TO Welcome, one to a. J. Davidson
and one to Steele, the witness Keeping the
! other. In order to fool the people the sign
of Gross Cut Gold Mining Company
was tackled TO the door. The witness told
of entering the office Jan. 90 and finding
Representative JacIueth there with
Steele and a man from Missoula by the
name Of Wright. He said that there was
a pile of bills on the table which Steele
, covered with his hand as the witness en-
tered Later the three left the room and
witness found on the table Il slip of paper.
a postoffice box receipt. Oh the back OF
which We're some figures. He produced
the paper and Nolan attempted to offer It
in evidence. Wallace objected. Ne,an
told the court he proposed to show that
the 5000 in figures written on the pa per
was the amount Steele first paid Jacqueth
but the latter refused, saying it VAS not
enough, that Welcome had promised him
more. After hearing the other side the
court ruled the paper out as the accused
was not connected with it.
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