The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-03


come before the committee and testify
repeating that he would give him his per
sonal guarantee that he should have the
| $500 promised.
You know" he represented Campbell
as saying, IF 1 should give you the mon
| ey now and you should go before the COM
mittee and spring IL on me, 1 should be
| ruined
| Lyan stated that If he (Hewitt)) did not
| get his money he would be ruined, and
had asked what the difference would be
simply this" Campbell was represent
| ed to have replied, ito you it is only a
matter of dollars and cents; to me it is
reputation"
Later he said he met Mr.. Campbell and
also States Attorney General Nolan in
the corridor of the capitol outside the
room Of the committee on privileges and
elections, and that Campbell and Nolan
| had both assured him that he should have
his pay. He had not seen them since.
Asked by Senator Chandler If Charley
| Clark had paomised him any compensa-
| ton for his services in the matter, Mr..
| Lyon replied that Mr.. Clark had agreed
to pay the expenses Of hiring deputy for
him as county attorney during his alb
sence but there had been no further
agreement.
Mr.. Campbell conducted the cross ex-
animation and in reply to his questions
Mr.. Lyon said that during the sitting of
the legislature he had been in Helena
keeping the Boulder county delegation in
line for Mr.. Clark and that he had re-
ceived $3.50 for his expenses He denied
having made various statements regard
ing the purchase of votes of the mem
bers of the legislature attributed to him
by Mr.. Campbell and some Of when were
also said to have been made by Attorney
General Nolan
Didn't you tell Colonel Nolan that the
Clark people had agreed to pay you SO
900 and that it meant no more to them
than 10 cents to you?" Mr. Campbell
asked.
No, sir; I didn't tell him that was to
have 10000 or 10000 cents
Mr.. Campbell asked the witness if it
was his desire that the committee should
understand that he offered him an in
ducement to commit perjury. Mr. Igor
replied that he would leave the CON-
mittee to draw its on differences" He had
not told Mr. Campbell that wha. he had
led Mr.. Campbell to belie eve he ha6 tes-
tilted to was not true, but possibly
Campbell had a right TO infer that it was
true. Really, he had not at the t:.ue
given the matter of perjury any thought.
He had simply sought to impress upon
Campbells mind that he would testify as
he had outlined, but not whether the
facts were true or false. The witness also
denied emphatically that Campbell had
told him in the presence Of Ben Hin ard
Mark Hewitt that it was impossible for
him to make any promises o. remlnera-
ton for testimony. repeating that the
matter Of remuneration had not been DIS
cussed in the presence of others.
Mr.. Lyon having made a statement in
an affidavit that Mr. CampbelIs p.Cpo-
sition was reDugnant. Mr.. Campbell
asked him what feature of it was rcpug
nant. The reply was that he objected to
being asked to concoct a story that was
untrue
Did you know that you proposed to tell
a story that was not true?" Mr.. Campbell
asked
You never asked me whether It was
true or not was the reply. az thought
you understood there was not much truth
in it, Nothing was said on that propo-
sidon. The whole thing was repugndnt
to me; the whole situation was repug-
nant."
Lyon admitted that he had not gene to
see Campbell until after he nal seen
Clark and the latter had asked him to
follow the matter up.
had promised him to double the s. 0C0
offered him. He said he mad not tcla Mr..
Campbell that he had made an affidavit
that Charles Clark had askei him 20 give
a chance to put I'D the $500
Or oraised
Mr.. CampbellIs it not true that told
you over and over again that I wanted
you to testify to the absolute truth and
to nothing else?"
Mr.. Lyon-You told me that in the Raj |
sigh hotel and you may have run that |
kind of bluff on us at Butte
He said he had gone to the Raleigh 10 |
see If Mr.. Campbell would put I'D the /
5000; that he did not really expect him |
TO put it up but that If it had been paid |
t was his intention to turn the money
we rto the committee. Adjourned.