The age-herald., 1900-01-20
Interasr,nC Story

An InterSsuIng Story
 Z T. Cason, an attorney of Butte, told
 an interesting story, not only of his par
 ticipation in the election of MT. Clark'
 but his wanderings since. He first told
 how he had been sent for to come to tie
 lena to use his influence with Representa-
 tive Marcys and that when he went there
 he saw Senator Clark He authorized me
 to say to Marcys that he would pay him
 slo.ooo for ais vote for him tClarD for
 the United States senate, said the wit
 ness. adding: .eHe also told me that MT
 Welcome was handling his funds ana
 would supply me with expense money.
 Continuing, MT. Cason said he had seen
 MT. Welcome, who had given him $50 for expenses, and that afterward he had seen MT Marcys several times, and after sec ing himself that Marcys would vote Tor Clark had so reported to him. Atterwaro Marcys had voted for Clark, and on tep- ruary he had received letter from MT. Clark enclosing check for eo0o for pro- fessional services. dIe had testified before the grand jury dn the Welcome ddsbar- ment case, and after doing so had felt sorry for the part he had taken in that case feeling that he did not want to come to Washington to testify against MT. Clark. who had done him favors. His state of mind g1ad been communicated to J. B. Root, a law partner of MT. Welcome, who had sent for him and asked him 10 avoid a subpoena to Washington. He then told how MT. Root had prepared a letter which he (the witness) had copied and signed, in which he had said there was no truth l in anything he had testified to in the We'll come case. This was put dn strong 1an- l guage and in the letter he was made to 1 dwell on the disgrace he had brought upon 1 himself by the part he had taken in the | matter.
 In return for this letter Root had given l Glfm $150O with whcieh to get out of the 1 country, MT Root promising to hold the
 letter as sacred and only to make it public
 in case he (Cason) should come to Wash-
 ington. He had then gone to Baker City, l Oregon. He had, however, not been there l long when he saw his recantation in the 1 newspapers Soon afterward he had re- 1 ceived a summons to come to Washington and had responded, arriving today, only an | hour before he went to the stand. Identified a Letter On the cross-examination MT Cason was dSkeu to anu ulu lutHiily d iSteSi iS HiNtA written to Albert G. Hallo of Washington,
 a brother-in-law of Senator Clark, who hal
 originally introduced him to the senator.
 This letter was dated February last in
 which he had thanked MT. Hallo in pro- | fuse terms for his introduction to MT. | Clark, and spoke of that gentleman in most l eulogistic terms.
 | He had also referred to the charge of bribery in connection with MT. Clark's l election and pronounced them false. If | there had been any bribery it had been on l the other side. Replying to questions he ] said that it was partly true and partly false. He had never seen any bribery but his opinion was that bribery was com mitted.
 MT. Cason identified the recanting letter he had given to MT Root. It covered three pages of foolscap and was read by Jle
 witness and roars of laughter followed by all present, including the witness himself, this laughter being to the abject character of the language used.
 Do you pretend to say that when you wrote that letter you knew it was not true?" said MT. Falkner.
 Why, certainly replied the witness, coolly.
 "Then you confess here to having written | and signed three pages of lies in that let l ter?" asked MT. Faulkner.
 l In his reply, the witness gave the second 1 most unique definition of a lie that the nearing has brought out.
 No, I do not" replied he. "I confess to writing the letter, but don't think any statement is ever a lie which is made with the unders landing that it Is false" At this point the cross-examination was postponed until tomorrow and the commit tee adjourned.
 
 Sentence Commuted Ocala, Fla, January 19.-A. J. Agnew. for