The San Francisco call., 1899-01-28

and got my lunch ana went up " tlle
Golden Eagle Hotel and went into Mr.
Grants headquarters: wanted to see Mr.
Green, and could not see him; mad a
talk with Mr.. Brown there in the mead
quarters, and then l came up here to the
Surveyor Generals office and then Ient
back downtown again.
Mr.. Burnett-Did anybody meet you at
the train?
the train.
O. Did anybody else meet you?
A. The first man that met me that
Brommei- L. L. Brommel-and the next
man that l met was my brother.
O.; Did you meet any one on the street.
A Then when / got on the streetcar 1
met Mr.. Brown.
@. Mr.. Grants manager?
A. The gentleman that stays there at
the headquarters.
G. What conversation did you and Mr..
Brown have on the streetcar?
A. Why, he told me to come up, that
he wanted to see me as soon as 1 got
around to it, asked me If l was going uI
to that hotel and told him No, that
him that 1 would be up there after I got
cleaned UP little.
Q. Did Mr.. Brown come to your room
at the Western then?
A. No, sir.
@ You went to Grants headquarters
after that. then?
4. Yes; after | got my my lunch: cro,+.s
headquarters?
Ayes, sir.
Q. What conversation took place be-
tween you and Mr.. Brown there?
A Why. 1 asked him about Mlit; about
how he was: He said he was a sick man,
and 1 asked him if could not see him
He said NO" And that is about all the
conversation. ! sat around there and
gassed a little while in general conversa-
ton.
O. Did he tell you. what he wanted you
to come up there for?
A. No. sir.
9. What did he say? .o -
wanted to know, L suppose, something
about what l would testify to.
c. What you were going to testify to?
A l suppose so. L supposed he wanted
Q. Did Did he he give you any. pointers as to
what had been testified to?
A. No. Only l had seen the papers,
had read all the papers myself.
O. Wen, did he tell you?
A No He did not tell me anything.
O. Did he tell you anythin19g y6I19 haS bo9ut what
A No, he did not tell me that;
@. Did you meet any one else down
there on the streetcar? ~,
A. No; no one that I knew. Oh, yes |
did On the streetcar l met an agent 1or
a typewriting machine that l knew and
shook hands with him.
A. | do not know his name. He is an
agent for the Remington typeWrltlng ma
chine.
during your conversation with Mr..
A. Well, yes; there were two or three
or four men there, but l did not know
them 1 do not know who they are.
Mr.. Burnett-Did you meet Captain
Barbour?
A. Not that know of. 1 was not in
troduced to any of them Brown was
the only man that l knew and went In
there and talked with him. He seemed
to take it for granted that l knew the
others, or else he did not care to intro
Mr.. Melicl-You say that James Brown
was not with you in the Western Hotel!
o. He was not with you in the hotel?
A. He stayed on the street car when
got off at the Western: .o -,
@. And you went up to room 24S' did
A. | do not know. I did not know the
number of the room and do not know II
now They assigned me a room and
went there and never noticed the num-
ber.
@ Who came to your room?
a. My brother went with me to the
room. No one came there after We went
Mr. Burnett-Mr Brown told you to
come to their headquarters there before
A. Nc. He said Come as soon as you
can: l want TO talk with you" OF course
1 had met Mr.. Brown before and was ac-
quainted with him.
Mr.. Meliek-Who told you that we met
at Q o'clock?
A Well, l saw in the papers that you
met at 2:3O so l supposed, of course, you
met at 2:30. l was here about 2 O'Clock
and the door-or | went downstairs first
to the sergeant at arms room about :
o'clock and asked him where you Were
holding your meetings, and he said thai
you were in executive session. / came
up here to the Capitol just about l O'Clock
and went to the sergeant at arms room
/ was acquainted with those people in
there, and went in there and stayed fol
half an hour.
Mr.. Melick-From the time that you
We're subpenaed, or within the last two
weeks since you went home, you had
some communications from Mr. Cosper
had you not?
A. BY telegraph and telephone. None
by letter.
A. Well, I got the kilograms, think
guess l only got two. think that was
the first one l received (producing iD.
A Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 21-C. G.
Lamberson, Visalia: VIII you come here
at once without subpoena? Mileage pro-
vided. Answer Immediately. COSPER. -
l think l answered that something to
the effect that L was engaged in the trial
of a case and l could not come; and the
next one was yesterday: Sacramento
Cal, Jan. CSC G. Lamberson, Visalia
Cal: Come at once. Let nothing delay
Contempt threatened. Investigating Com
mittee. per COSper. chairman.
@. Did you receive any communication
from him that would give you any rea-
son to delay your coming?
A. No, sir. L tell you, / was engaged
in the trial of a damage case A woman
was suing-I was attorney for plaintiff
in a case where a woman was suing for
damages for the death of her husband
caused by the explosions of a gasoline
tank. We had jury imbaneled week
ago Monday; on the 10th 1 was conduct
ing the case on the part of the plaintiff
and we conducted that case right along
| until last night without intermission
every day, and, l concluded, as l told
you, my address to the jury at a quarter
past and left there at $50 last night
And after / got here to Sacramento l re-
ceived telegram that the jury had
brought in a verdict.
@. What is your brother doing here?
A. l do not know he is not engaged in
any occupation at present.
@. Is he working in the interest OF
Grants canvass?
A No, sir; he is not a politician.
@. What did he tell you about this in
vestigation to-day?
A. He did not tell me anything about
it, He wanted to know if 1 had read the
papers. l told him | had. l asked him
if he knew anything except what was in
the papers. He said, mo, that is all the
Information l have-just from reading the
papers,
Mr. Burnett-What about that telephone
dispatch that you received from Cosper?
What was the nature of that?
A. oh, he seemed to be very much ex-