The evening times., 1900-01-12

tion OF the bribery charges preferred by
citizens OF Montana again5t Senator VIII
/ liam A. Clark
/ Mr. Campbell cOunsel-in-chief for the
memorialists. announced that ". J. Cook.
{ OF Montana, who had received subpoena
as witness, IS in Washington He had
/ brought said Mr. Campbell, copies Of Ger
tain books Of a Montana bank. but not the
| originals. He maintained that the copies
brought by Mr.. Cook we're not correct This
/ led 10 discussion between counsel. and
the committee took The matter under ad-
yisement
| The hrst witness was F. l. p Ecton. Of
Missoula county, Mont. He testified that
he was a dentist and that while living at
Stevensyille, Mont, he met Mr.. Bickford
who told him that ne had come 10 that
I town 10 find out how the candidates for
! the legislature stood on the Senatorial
question. Bickford. he said. got him 10
see Mr.. Woods, a candidate, and 10 find
out what his sentiments we're. The wit
ness told Of letters which he said he had
received from Mr.. BicBford These we're
offered in evidence
The first letter set forth that It was diff
cult TO furnish funds for the county cam
Paigns- Letter No. . contained 5000 for
Z campaign purposes. One Of The letters
asked for information as TO whether there
was a mortgage On Woods property, and
II he was being pressed Tor payment. Mr..
Bickford said that be wanted to provide
I for this" Mr.. Ecton said that this letter
was in answer to one Of his TO Bickford,
stating that be lEctOn) was afraid that the
other side would get hold OF Wo7ds. s-d
Z that II Mr. Bickfo7d Intended 20 DO any
I thing then was the time 10 90 il. Ecton
I said he replied 70 BiCkford BY saying that
7 Woods, who had. in the meantime been
! elected 70 the legislature. was involved TO
{ the extent OF Sc 600 or Sc 500 He met
I Bickford next az Missoula. Bickford said.
ITS all right; here it is taking s.. .OO0
\ from his pocket. ana laying it on the
/ table The witness said:
Il told Mr.. BickfOrd that il was all Of.
as Mr. Woods told me 10 go no further in
/ the matter"
( Mr. Brney asked: How much were van
to get out OF it?"
Il said l wanted all I could get ! told
him that ] wanted TO make 3 stake.
tnally told him that 10 per cent on the
amount be got would be good enough for
me, as ] thought be would make 500. 900 OF
SIS, 600 out OF il"
The memorialists offered in evidence a
letter pUrpOrting 10 have been written by
Senator Clark, the signature 10 which was
Z typewTitren- Mr Faulkner objected and
I Mr.. Hosr announced that he was opposed
10 the admission Of the letter. Il was tenn
porarily excluded.
Several letters were read which were
signed in ink with the name Of Senator
[ Clark. There was nothing incrimiuating
Z in the letters They gave thanks 10 Mr.
Ecton for his service in the campaign AZ
ter the letters had been read. Nj. Chandler
ruled that the letter with the typewriter
signature was admissible Nr Hoa- Mr.
McComss, and Mr.. Pritchard thought the
letter shOl-ie H0t be admitted. Messrs Tur-
! ley, Pettus, cd Fiarris held otherwise.
There was nothing significant in. the dis
! puted letter. Tne writer said he knew
nothing about any agreement made by Mr.
B." but he would. see ''Nr B. - about II
Mr.. Birney asked the witness concerning
I the contents OF letters he had written 10
. Senator Clark The defence objected on the
ground that no notice Of the appearance OF
the witness had been given. The defence
was sustained.
/ The next witness was Philip C. Sullivan
proprietor Of the Florence Hotel at Butte
He was d member Of the legislature from
Granite county He told OF his acquaint-
snce with Mr.. BickfOrd. He said Mr.. Bick-
ford had asked him If he could support
Senator Clark.
Il told MIN perhaps I could" said the
1 witness. Mr.. Bickf0rd said how much.
/ / replied $4,000. Mr.. BickiOrd said he
thought half that would be a good price
Later he said he could raise it 10 $l5 co.,
but then I told him that l could not sup
I Port Senator Clark"
/ Under CTOss-examination. the witness
said he was not the owner Of the hotel
He did not know the name OF the owner.
I He frer said wa aT hyra a
but later stated that he did not know that
this was so. He paid his rent to Mr. Hen
nessee. Of Butte. His patrons were miners
OF the Anaconda Mining Company. II was
finally drawn from the witness that Hen
nessee represented Marcus DAILY and that
Mr.. DAILY owned the hotel Before the leg
islsture met the witness was keeping a sa-
loon for which, he paid $50 a month. After
the meeting Of the legislature and before
he testified in the Welcome disbarment
proceedings he secured the Florence Hotel
| from Mr. Tennessee. and he now pays
| $1,000 a month rent for it. He said that
be never gets a receipt for his rent pay
ments.
Asked why he had suggested that his sup
port OF Clark might be secured for $40. COO
the witness replied: Just for curiosity as
had heard that money was being used
for Mr. Clark"
Anthony Dougherty. proprietor Of a
I livery SldUlt IN Helen1. lOllOWeQ. ana
was an unwilling witness and bahled all
efforts Of counsel for the memorialists 10
obtain any information.
! Thomas ". Poindexter Of Helena. the
next TO take the stand. told Of a conversa-
tion with 5. J. Mcdowell on January s,
1899
Mcdowell told me % he testified that
Mr. Steele had seen him and asked him
to suggest someone who was close enough
TO certain men Of the legislature that they
might be reached. He told me that there
was money in it, and for me 10 think il
over He wanted me to reach the mem
bers OF the Beaver Head delegation. He
held up his hand and said there was-'that
much in IT,.
I said s., ,0C0. and he said no. 81, coo.
went TO see Mr. Mcdowell and met Mr..
Steele in the formers Office. He asked me
if the Beaver Head delegation could be Sc
cured l told him that / had not see them
about the matter yet Mr. Steele told me
that the three votes Of Beaver Head were
worth $50 GEO. Later when ! had found It
impossible TO fix the whole delegation. Mr..
Steele said he would pay $4,000 for each
vote was to receive 5000 for my SER
vices"
The eross-examination Of the witness
was begun by Mr. Faulkner at . o'clock.
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