Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-10
To Vote for Clark for United States SenatOrf1s Evil
dence About the Same That Given Before the In
vestgating Committee Of the Legislature and the
Grand Jury--State Auditor Poindexter was Also a
Witness--Today's Testimony.

! Accused's counsel objected to the wit
relative IL visiting Welcomes room aud
| arranging to Vote for Clark in accord
ance with Whteside's scheme.
| The court allowed him to tell.
! He repeated his evidence before the in
vestigating committee as to going to a
, room in the hotel on the fourth floor:
did not think it was Welcomes. White
side said he would get Welcome. He
went out. but soon returned, saying
Welcome was busy, but had sent the
, money BY Whieside. The latter pro-
duced a roll Of money, several 81 900 bills,
one or two $500 bills and some 800 and
$50 bills, making in all $4,000. Witness
counted ill.,
! Ut made quite q package, didn't it?"
| YES; quite roll
! Whitesde produced the envelope in
i which the money was placed and said ii
would be necessary for the witness to
place n mark upon it SO that it could be
identified subsequently. Witness put his
initials, I'll. NJ, upon the outside and
handed The envelope back TO Whitesidc,
Who said it would be used in exposing
| bribery. Witness identified "E.Xhibit d.
j as the envelope that contained the
| money
After detailing other conversations With
! Whiteside witness told of the effort made
to influence his testimony before the
grand jury. He said that Ben Hill, an
old acquaintance requested him as a
personal favor TO visit A. J. Steele in a
room in the Grand Central hotel.
J Steele asked lne if there were any in
ducements that would influence me to
vote for Clark
Il said, None whatever
I lie also asked me if anything could
!, induce me to leave the state. | said there
was not. lie submitted a paper to Eae
and asked me to sign it. refused and he
tore 1t up, throwing it into a siop BOWL
! state what il contained said Mr..
Nolan.
To which we object said Mr.. Day.
i The court said he might answer the
! question:"
IL pufpofted, sad the witness, Ito
be statement from me contrary to my
| testimony before the joint investiga ting
committee, denying my conversation With
/ Whiteside and that Whiteside's testimony
! Was not true. / refused to sign it
! Asked If Steele made him any direct
| offer of money. witness said he could not
) remember, except that Steele wanted to
! know if there was any inducement tina i
would get him to vote for Clark.
+. c. Day conducted the cross exami-
| nation. Witness said he did not know
:, the purpose of the meeting with Steele.
| In fact he did not want to meet Steele
and only went at the urgent solicta-
ton of Hill who was an old acauaint-
ance, Hill representing he was not in
particularly good favor with the Clark
| people and by getting witness to see
Steele wanted to show his good inten-
tions. In regard to the meeting with
Vhitesidc witness said all that he knew
! about where the money came from was
what Whitesde said. He never saw
anything of Welcome. Did not know
where he was and never talked with him
or with any one else about the money
/ proposition except a friend whom he con-
| suited. He admitted, however that
others had offered him money.
| On redirect examination Mr. Nolan
asked witness who We're the others that
! offered money. Witness named Ben
: ILL and Mark Hewitt This was OBJ
Jected to and the objection sustained.
] E. c. Day then moved to strike out
all of witnesses (Myers) testimony as to
conversation with Whiteside. Bickford
! and Steele as incompetent and hearsay
The court consulted. Justice Hunt and
other justices then asked the witness
! some questions as to his belief in White