The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-04
MAI. HAWKES. HEMP SCANDAL.
THE OFFICERS NE IMPLICATED
ARE ENUMERATED.
HIS Threats Of Publication fsiird 20 Move
Them To Pay Ills Claim Gen. Corbin
Refused TO Have Any thinE 20 Do Win
U-No Promise Of stock for influence.

hefu~ru 70 nave Any tninE 10 100 WIN
h->o Promise Of stock for Innuence.
WASHINGTON. Oct a-The cro-s-exam-
nation of the complainant. Major Z. l..
Hawks. was esuinci ia the HeStand In
/ quiry this morning Letters from Hawks
Ia Gen. Corbin, Assistant Secretary MEEK
Ielohn and to Dudley and Michener. threat
ening the publication Of the hemp scandal
unless his claim was settled. were Rad
! and identified. ~ were also the letters
from Hawks to lleistand with reference
20 negotiations then pending b,tween
the writer and Charles X. Flint and Alfred
J IIobuys Of tho Flint. Eddy Company
Hawks wa asked a. 10 the meaning II an
expression, -SucC,-s would ls assured but
for one thing In one Of his l"tters 20 Lieut..
COL Hcistand. but hus memoir did not
serve him.
Edward Howard. who made the certified
copies Of the correspondence between
Hawks and thoSr m'spsted In the pro-
po-ai Hemp Company cputadlcted HAWKS
testimony Regarding the circumstance
attending the copying Hawks had slid
that the copies were made without hS
knowledge or authority. but Howard de-
Clar.d that Hawks not only knew Of the
WORK. but l' had been done AT hawks's 70
quest and Hawks had paid the typewriter
for doing IL. The work was done ON the
day before the settlement was made IN
which Hawks was go turn over al ihc cor
~rcspondenc' AMI all copies thereof III"
reason Hawks gave Tor making copies,
Howard sAid. was that he was afraid he
would H. badly treated and wanted 10 pro-
tcc, himself. Cross examination by Hawks
faih-d Ia shake Towards testimony
Lieut. Col II q = Hei-'and, the officer
under investigation. then took the stand.
lie gave ht- evidence In a frank, straight
forward way n" told e his acquaintance
with Hawks, through the Application VI the
latter for n commission IA the Volunteer
army. After Hawks was mustered out
he tried TOT a higher commission under the
second call. and when Il was apparent that
this commission could NOT be obtained
Hristanh said he told Hawks. and men
tilnei the hemp matter. telling him II would
h. better 20 - into some such enterprise
than 70 depend ou the uncertainty oi APP
pointmeu' Hawks tho next daV asre-sf
a. take the matter up md went at ut
gathering statistics Col Iirlstand toLd
~ the preliminary meetings with Attorneys
Didiey AMI Kitchener and l. II Jackson,
a chicago promoter, brought IA 10y Hawks
the statistio~ heing considered Hest and
sam lf NallN'N F'Aii - fF ' '''
al opportunity Co iaH" stock ~ the c"tnpuN
aiI he iucLtiourl the names = Assistant
secretary MeiklcJohn, Assistant Srfe-
tarv Allen and Cen 'urbin u vi q nam"
wa mentioned 10y Hawks H"i'iani hni
sislkeu To- Gnu tuthlu about gong T'o
H." company. hut "a day 'r Two N'"rN ird
Con Curhiu hal SAID q would u'' d' i'r
lIm 20 put himself lu a f~u-itlon To- b" At
tuckNl. and theraf1r' would have nothing
., a., With the yrtsrIr.-n lie had aIsu
old Assistant S.cr,tuI,- MciAleJphn and
Allen ~ tho Irrisssi company, aLd after
hciug assIr~l tlai th" 'utcypns" M~S a
legitimate one. thy htd 'a'l aFtSi 70 TAKE
sIO.Gu 81 stock when u VA iurn"d
nsIlviuE Co questions bN iN" cutnfni'tee, |
C,i H,-'aui declared .wphaucallN that
not a ,hatr ~ siu,k had ua-t prpinl-''i
these tuu." ufiCial- OF ANY ono 'I~" Tor itc
u-,, # their iaIu'- AT ~i'.A Wa to u"
who Incorporated tho company and the
prurnoter- Who fioatci II wcrr TO H. paid
In stock
Taking w tn" letter 81 introduction
-igu.i Nv Meiklcyohu, Buyi and li"island;
au alleged COPY Of whI,h tad been PLACED
iu -,Idcuc ny Ilawk. g.. Cd H"istand de.
,.ar-i ~cmphaticalIy that ia" original dii
Iut contain tho plri-" I'm CONNECTION Win
~" PROSPECTS q the company. ana "a"
GoNrrumrut will hook with favor ON the
same. neither WCr" the slyuatur,s ~ tho
three officials accompanied 10y thrr re-
sp,-.uvr title. a. HAWK had alleged Col
uaisiaud ~ be- Ind dictated the letter
TO- hi- typewriter ani hui not sigu'd hi-
,itlc Upon ltarulHg from Ne" '"IGu
that HaN H. wa 4-iug 90" letter improperly,
representing tla' it- -lgl"r~ would list
their Official positions e. Further IN" inter-
c.'s - the proposed company, lie VEN 10
Hawks and uhtaiue-i "a" lD't'r, saving mat
thai notion hy Hawks had made 10 itupt--
s.uis for any official If tie Government
to- have anything % do with th" ru'"r-
prsc. Col Ncistand said NJ" destroyed the
letter h~ause ho considered the matter
dropped' entirely
TO "A sever. examiuati,u 10y senator ioCkrel
with regard To- the meetings t"'tNe~n hei--
tard and Hawks subsequent TO the delivery
of the letter On. ~ the~H meetings was
at m" Grand Hotel m New York, while
Ucis,anL was on ~. way 20 Parls. Hawks,
h. saih. endeavopd 20 arrange a meeting
with he Flint people. but the wines dld
not attend th" m,''''ng Taxing up a "',e.
to 'hr hitter acopy ~ IA. Philippine iaiih'
senator ,ockrell questioned the witness
closely regarding the expression, 'ot course
the n,-Sls Il tho future will u" met a. de-
volupmcuts r"Iuire This had referred
To- he tarT IN general, witness said, and
To- the tanf on hemp for the bensht Of
tho PROPOSED company Ho declared that
such a hing had never entered las mind
When SENATOR tockrrll called attention
20 a cattle despatch sent hv Col. H"irtand
10 Gen OFT. irquiung " there w"o any
sites near Manila on deep water
as a at" Tor a factory the witness
said that that despatch with the reply
va the ouiy thing In tho whole matter
that gave him any concern whatever
Replying Co questions, Col Hci,tand aid
be- had cont the cable despatch, after belag
told by Assistant Secretary MeikieJuhn
L was proper 10 send u a. a private
Much strc-> Wa placed by tho
committees ou tho iart that this message,
although t.gued 'Heisland, Wa charged
tu the War department Tho reply from
Cen O'is was addressed Ia the Adyutaut-
General and was al-n paid for 10y the
Government. Il said that number avail