The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-02
HARRELL's BRIBERY CHARGE.
Gives Details of the Alleged Payment
TO Secure His Vote.

TO Secure His Vote.
Frankfort. KY, Jan 2.-Senator Iarrell
after the caucus made the following state
ment of the events seading to his charge
of bribery:
Shortly before Christmas a man came
to see me in Russeilville and after some
maneuvers, asked me if l could be per-
suaded 10 vote against Senator Goebel.
i cold him that l might 1t depended upon
the proposition. He said that could be
satisfactorily arranged, and after some
conversation 1t was agreed that we would
go to Louisville the next morning and see
John Whalen.
81 determined from the start to pre-
tend 20 fall into their trap and expose
the methods by which the Honest Elec-
tion League and other anti-Goebel poll
ticians hoped to defeat the Democrat who
had been elected Governor
EARLY the next morning we left Rus
sellville and arrived in Louisville about s
a. m. We proceeded together to the Will
lard Hotel, where my companion left me.
with the statement that he would go ana
see Whallen and would meet me at $3.50
O'Clock at Rufer's Hotel.
Promptly al that time l met my COM
panion. who took me to a room on the
same side of Jefferson street as that on
not acquainted with Louisville, but know
that the room was on the second floor Of
a building on Jefferson street. l think it
was near Third street, and l could easily
find ii again.
when We walked into the room, which
was q bed room, John Whallen was sit
ting there He arose and we were intro
duced, shaking hands. After some pre-
liminary converse ton, Whal,en asked me
what was my price for agreeing to stay
out of the caucus and vote against Goe-
bel, etc. I said l wanted 5000 He re-
piled that 5000 was an outrageous price,
and suggested that $3.50 as about the
right amount. / would not consent and
gradually he raised the amount to 81 500"
Then, according to Senator Hauell,
Whalen went 20 the office of the Fidelity
Trust Company. Afterward, at Whallen's
invitation, he followed him to the Louis
Vile Trust Company's office.
Mr.. Harrel continued:
when I went inside I found Whalian
waiting. He said to opc of the clerks that
he wanted to rent a box. We went back
10 the vault room, where there were two
men. one of them gave us a drawer from
the vault, and we went further back
where Whallen drew from his trousers
pocket a roll of money We counted IT,
and there were four 81 600 bills and five
S10O bills. He had asked for large en-
velope. and he put the money into it,
laid the envelope into the box There
were two compartments to it, and moth
ing was left in one of them. We took the
box to one of Che men in the vault room,
and ! showed II into place, the vault man
locked il and Whalen told him to give me-
both of the keys He turned to the man
and said: Now let the doctor register this
box in his name. We have gone nto an
agreement that he is TO keep both KEYS.
but he is not to open the box unless / am
present. l registered as S. b. Harrell
Russellville, and the number of the box
was $50 as is shown on the keys.
LAS we went out of the building Wha.-
len said Now, don't come to me any
more. 1t might cause suspicion l
went to the Willard Hotel, and left that
night for Russellville.
"I saw no more of the other fellow until
Sunday afternoon al the Buckingham
Theater. / saw Senator Alexander, who
said. L understand you are with u.s. and
I said, Yes l came on TO Frankfort, and
this morning about 10 O'Clock the man who
had been acting as our go-between came
to me and notified me to attend con-
ference at room IS, at the Fleming Hotel,
at p. m.
s"when got there ! found Green Keller.
Senators Alexander. Hayes and Roberts.
W. c. Owens came in later. Alexander
drew a paper from his pocket and read
it.. In substnnce, Il was a statement OF