Evening star., 1901-10-03

! to by Bertram King saying he had made
| the copies January 30, 1900
Then that is the date" said the witness.
| In reply to questions by Mr.. Hawks
! witness said the latter had paid him 81 %
I to pay the typewriter, and wanted to re-
| munerate him for his trouble, but declined.
| Were my papers not in your possession
| after / went to the Philippines?"
"They were not. They were in the pos
| session of your wife, Mrs. Hawks.
| Witness said he did not believe Mr..
| Hawks saw the copies when they were
| handed to him in the envelope. Mr. Hawks
sealed the envelope and when witness saw
| it again 1t was still sealed. Mr. Hawks
| having intimated that Major Howard s
memory at fault Senator Cockrell said
he had no right to impugn the witness. Ma
| jor Howard said he did not think Mr..
Hawks read the copies when they were
handed over, but merely saw they We're In
the envelope. He reiterated that previous
to making the copies he had met Major
Hawks twice at the residence of Col. Benz.
l. Mr.! Hawks Loses His Temper.
Il Losing his temper. Mr., Hawks arose, and
aftez. saying he would not have put such
| Responsibility in the hands of man not
an intimate friend exclaimed: II never
say that envelope until returned from the
philippines. so help me Cod
| He was promptly informed that he must
keep within proper limits. He then asked
Maj. Howard If he desired 20 repeat that
he (Hawks) had asked him to make the
copies.
Il most certainly do. You asked me to
make nave the copies made, and l did
So
Witness. N reply to further questions by
Mr.. Hawks, said he was appointed to his
present position. sl.o9o clerkship in the
pension office. in August. 1900.
Witness said he desired to make state
ment TO the committee and stated that he
had been left in charge of Mrs. Hawks aud
her child after Mai Hawks removal from
h iS r,la in hA p,.ili nd had
through the letters Mrs. Hawks had and in
the letter book which had been given 10
him by Mrs. Hawks, and witness had en-
deavored o arrange them He had also
suggested to Mrs. Hawks to see Mr.. Meikle
john and enjeavor to have her husband re-
instated.
DO you mean to say you We're taking
care of my family?"
Il said nothing of the kind. But no in
come was coming in after your removal in
the Philippines; you had not even trans
portation home, and that was what |
meant by having responsibility for your
family"
This concluded Major Howard's testi-
mony, which contradcted in every inpor-
tant feature the testimony of Mr.. Hawks
regarding the copying of the letters
Col HeistanL n Witness.
/ Colonel H. O. S. Hestand then
sworn.
I'VE want you to go on in your own way
and give, as consecutively as you can. all
conversations or transactions you had in
this matter with Major Hawks, General
Corbin, Assistant Secretaries Allen and
Meiklejohn. Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Boyd" said Senator Cockrell.
Prefacing his testimony, Colonel HeiSiand
said when he left for Paris he mailed to
| himself there all letters and papers relat
ing to the hemp company, and after he was
notified by his attorneys. Dudley & Niche
ner of the settlement of Hawks claim,
and previous to his departure for China, he
threw the papers, with others he regarded
| as worthless in the waste basket
| Continuing he said he first met Hawks al
! the beginning of the Spanish-American war.
when w. w. Dudley and Assistant Attorney
General Boyd recommended him for ,ap-
| pointment in the volunteer army and assist
ed in getting him a commission. After
Hawks was mustered out he wanted to get
an appointment in the regular army and go
to the Philippines. Witness told him that
he believed this would be impossible, and
said the only way he C-awkS) could get to
the Philippines would be in a civil capacity.
| Il had taken quite liking to the fellow
| said Col. Heistand, land talked with him
about the hemp industry in the Philippines
telling him l believed it would be a good
| opportunity. He seemed to like the idea
and the project of forming company was
| started"
| Hawks came to his office several times
and finally W. w. Dudley was interested in
the company Witness told him they didn't
have much money and would have to de-
pend upon the stock of the company for
preliminary expenses.
Louis B. Jackson, who was said by Mr.
| Hawks to be able to influence capital, was
then brought in. Witness related the occur
renceS at the Office of Dudley & Kitchener
| when the company's organization was talked
over. 1t was believed the prospects assured
| profits of 20 per cent. During the confer
| ence witness mentioned the names of some
| friends who he thought might take stock
! in such company, among them being Mr.,
| Meiklejohn, Mr.. Allen and Gen. Corbin and
| perhaps Mr.. Boyd. This occurred in a gem
| eral talk in which all took part Witness
| upon being shown the list of names written
| on the Dudley & Michener letterhead said
! he did not remember writing them at that
| meeting, but that at future time he wrote
| the list. Before the time of the conference
| witness said, he had not mentioned the
project to either Gen. Corbn or the others.
| Witness said from the names being written
| on the letterhead he supposed he wrote it
! there.
| Il had impressed upon Mr. Hawks that
| there must be no publicity about the com
| pany, and asked him who we had in view as
being prospective stockholders. and my rec
| objection is that l wrote down the names as
| Mr.. Hawks recited them"
| Witness said this occurred at another
meeting at Dudley & Micheners about a
| week after the first meeting, at which Dud-
| ley. Hawks and witness were present AT
| ter the first meeting witness said he called
| General Corbin's attention to the project
| one day after Office hours and asked him
|
| stock. The latter said he thought the
| venture good one and would take some
| stock. "A couple of days afterward," con-
4 tlnued witness, General Corbin came to
| me and said that, after thinking the mat
| ter over, he had concluded not to invest in
| the stock. He said he did not have fnuci
money, and besides he did not think he
| should be connected with such a company
on account of his position. 1 asked him
| why? If it was wrong for him it would
not be wrong for me. whereupon he replied
that l was not in a position to be at
| tackled"
| Witness said he also saw Assistant Sec
| retaries Allen and Meiklejohn regarding
| their taking stock. and they also favored
| doing So Allen before seeing Corbin and
| Meiklejohn afterward.
Were to Pay for Stock.
/ WAS 1t ever intimated to General Corbin
| that he would not have to pay for his
| stocl1?"
| mo, SIR emphatically responded the
| witness. mo one was to get any stock
without paying for it, except the promo
| ters."
The amount mentioned to Messrs Meikle-