The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-30
And Some Men Were Able to- Liquidate
Big Debts and Invest Heavily
After Clark's Election.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR BILLS
NUMEROUS AS PENNIES IN SUNDAY
SCHOOL COLLECTION.
Evidence of Bankers and others Be-
fore thes Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections.

! committee privileges and elections to-
| day heard a number of witnesses on minor
| points involved in the charges against Sem
| ator Clark, of Montana. The protestants
| took occasion during the day to withdraw
| all limitations against Hon. j. K. Toole,
| who withdrew from the Montana contest
| for United States senator under circum-
stances suspiciously favorable to Mr.. Clark.
| The prosecution also declined during the
| day to put two witnesses on the stand who
| had been summoned at their instance, be-
| cause the men had talked unsatisfactory
since their arrival in Washington. Both
ex-senator Edmunds and Mr. Campbell
| said it would be unfair to both sides TO
| call the witnesses to testify.
The first witness of the day was Ed ".
Moore. fusion representative of the Mon
| tana Legislature. Mr.. Campbell, in his
| questions, sought to bring out the fact that
| Mr.. Moore had suddenly come into consid-
cradle money since the adjournment of the
| Legislature. Mr.. Moore admitted that he
| had deposited considerable money in the
bank since adjournment, but he said he
| had received $500 from his partner, j. p.
| Rhodes, and over $1,000 from his brother.
| He had sold the latter half interest in
ranch for $1,000. and this money had been
in part payment of this obligation. He had
also borrowed money at the First National
Bank at BoZeman. Mr.. Moore stated that
he had not voted for Mr.. Clark until the
eleventh twelfth ballot, having previous
| ly voted for Mr.. Hartman for senator. He
said in reply to Mr.. Faulkner, that he had
| received no offer of pay for his vote for
| Mr.. Clark and no consideration was given
| him for that vote. AS between Clark and
DAILY, the people Of his county were friendly
| to Clark.
George l.. Ramsey, cashier of the Union
Bank and Trust Company of Helena, the
next witness, produced a memorandum of
One-thousand dollar bills paid out by the
bank, beginning with Jan. 10, 1872 The rec
ord showed that the bank had had demand
| for large p..ls from the State Savings
Bank of Butte, sending the institution
$4,000 on the eth and another 5000 on the
| 18th of that month in these bills. Most of
the large bills were received from other
| banks, but occasionally one or two were
deposited at time by individuals. For the
month of March siXty-seven one-thousand-
dollar bills passed through the bank; for
| the month of February seven, and for
January twelve. For other months the
average was about the same as for January
and February, but not so large for
| banks for the large bills was met. Among
the individual depositors of large bills were
Massina Billiard, Helena lawyer; Deputy
County Clerk Berry, j. Il. Cullen and J. III.
Geiger, who successfully contested the seat
| of Mr. Whiteside as a state senator. In
| the latter case the bill was of the denomi-
| nation of $500. Mr.. Billiard had not only
deposited one-thousand-dollar bill on Feb
z, but had received $1,000 in one-thousand-
| dollar bills on the I'd of that month.
| MR.. GEIGER'S DEPOSIT.
In response to questions, Mr. Ramsey
stated that in May last Mr.. Geiger had
deposited certificate of deposit on the
| bank for $500, in exchange for which he
had given Mr.. Geiger a certificate Tor 81, 500
and draft for $1,000. 1t was at the same
time that Mr.. Geiger had brought a $500
bill into the bank which he had changed
One of the parties to whom the bank had
paid out large bills was a Mr.. Welcome
who Mr.. Ramsey explained was not the
j. b. Welcome prominent in this case
ID. o. Becker, clerk of the Helena Hotel
was Intercepted by Senator Chanuier as to
a fve-hundred dollar bill in the possession
of the committee. This bore certain identi-
fication marks. including I'D. o. b." the
initials of the witness. He was asked if
he had written these, and said he had not
and knew nothing about the bill. He sug-
gested that he might have deposited and
the bank added the marks as means of
telling from whom it was received.
w. b. Dolenty, a banker at Townsend
Mont, testified concerning the banking and
financial transactions of State Senator w
E. Tierney. The latter, the witness said
owed the bank $4,000 prior 70 the meeting
of the Legislature This had been maid off
since then. The witness also said Mr. Tier
ney had in late months invested in bank
stock. He considered Mr.. Tierney worth
about $4,000, or $4,000 more than he was
prior to his election. Replying TO uues-
ticn he said that he had IAN idea" where
the money came from with which the in
debtedness to his bank was paid but he did
not state his suspicious. The $4,000 was
paid at different times and large part of
IL was paid in currency, the remainder be-
ing paid with checks signed by A NJ OAR
sey & Co., merchants. Some of the cur
rency paid in by Mr.. Tierney was wet and
sandy, indicating, as he (witness) believed
that the money had been buried. One of
the bills deposited was OF the denomination
of $500.
that the $4,000 was really owed by the firm
of Darsey q Co., of which Tierney was a
member. and he held Tierney responsible
for the debt. He also admitted that he had
sought nomination for State senator which
went TO Mr.. Tierney, and also that Mr..
Tierney had recently started rival bank.
Mr.. Alexander c. Johnson, cashier of the
American National Bank at Helena testi-
fed concerning the sale of $4,000 worth of
stock in the Fergus County Bank, which
had been made by him for ex- United States
Senator T. c. Power, after the election of
Mr.. Clark. The witness said he had pre-
vious TO the sale of the stock asked State
Senator Hobson TO find a customer for him.
The sale had been consummated by Cashier
kurtZ, of the Montana National Bank, but
he had not saic where the purchase money
came from.
Powell Block. of White Sulphur Springs.
a member of the Montana House of Repre-
sentatives, who voted for Mr.. Clark for the
Senate, was the next witness, but his testi-
money was not material
c.. III. Fortman. treasurer of the Jeffer-
son Club of Helena, identified a letter
ceived from Senator Clark, in which the
latter had referred to his son, c. w. Clark,
and Mr.. Welcome his representatives in
Helena, Mont. Mr.. Fortman said that dur
ing the sitting of the Legislature last win
ter he had asked Mr.. Clark for contribu-
ton OF 500 with which 10 pay the indebted
ness of the club and the latter replied say
ing that he would refer the request to his
son or Mr.. Welcome. as they had charge
of all expenses in faelena-"
MERMAIDS DECAPITATED.