The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-03
GEN. CORBIN TESTIFIES He Earnestly Defends War Department. HEISTAND INVESTIGATION Hawkes. Tried to Sell Informa- ti0n to Der rats. -E- He 1ndignant,$ Dsnounces state- m.nt That $ offered to "Hush"
 Up Case for Con-
 Iteration of $500.


 ant Colonel Heistand was resumed today by the Senate Committee on Military Af- fairs. William c. Mcintyre. who was at- torney for Major Hawkes. at the time he made his settlement with Colonel Heis- tand. was called to the stand. He related the substance of an interview with Gen. eral Corbin concerning the settlement. Hawkes.. it appeared. desired an appoint ment more than pecuniary remuneration in way of settlement. General Corbin introduced him (McIntyre) to Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn. The latter. dis claiming any connection with the hemp combination. said he would be glad to dc something for Hawkes..
 The details of the settlement effected. according to Mcintyre included the ap- pointment of Hawkes. to civil position. Mcintyre wanted a promise that Hawkes. should be retained in the office, but MT Meiklsjohn had said he could not give such assurance. Assistant Attorney Gen. eral Boyd, at his instance. had indorsed Hawkes. for the position, but MT. Boyd had said nothing to him about the Heis- tand-Hawkes settlement He added that nothing ever was said by MT. Meiklejohn indicating that the appointment was made as a consideration of the settlement.
 Major Hawkes. was recalled and ques- tioned regarding the bill of expenses he had presented and concerning copies of letters written by Hawkes. to Heistand demanding a settlement and one which acknowledged the settlement made by Heistand's attorneys on June 30. lsOO Witness had written James B. Boyd, Of the company, that witness had no claim against him. He released Boyd. he said, because Boyd was the pessoaal friend of the witness.
 Major Hawkes. also said that he never learned from any of the parties named Boyd, Allen. Corbin and Meildejohn, that they were in the company all such rep resentations coming from Heistand-
 Captain W. R. Wharton testified con- corning a meeting in Dudley and Mich ener's of1ce, when the two attorneys, Heistand and Hawkes. were present. The talk was upon the subject of the profits of the hemp deal He heard motion of the names of Boyd and Meiklejohn by Heistand and Hawkes. but in what con- nection he could not say.
 Gen. Corbin a Witness.
 Gneeral H. c. Corbip. Adjutant Gen. cTdl, WnO was hdAtCA tttc ACDciutAOii as one of the parties to the deal testified that Colonel Heistand made general statement to him concerning the organ ization of a company and asked him if he would like to invest in 1t. He thought favorably of the concern, but two or three days later he told Heistand that he had no money to invest in any com pany. Some time afterward Assistant Secretary Allen came to him and said hot both their names to float some scheme. He told Mir. Allen that Hawkes. had no authority to use his name. Neither Boyr nor Meiklejohn ever talked to him concerning the organiza- ation of the company. He had never dis cussed the matter with Hawkes.. He knew of Hawkes. as he was appointed in the volunteers and subsequently, applied for another appointment. The papers for the latter place were withdrawn. Later Hawkes. came to him with a claim against Heistand and he had sent 1t to Heistand. That was all his connection with the mat ter. He wanted to state, he said. for the honor of his country, that he never heard 1t indmated before that the War Depart ment could be used for any dishonorable purposes.
 connection with the company. Judge Boyd said he never talked with Corbin, Meiklejohn, Allen or Heistand concerning the proposed company. He had known Hawkes. for several years and helped him to get commission in the volunteers.
 Tried to Sell Information.
 Major Hawkes. having been recalled, said he had endeavored to sell the whole story to New York papers and likewise had unsuccessfully offered to sell to the National Democratic Committee prior to the election for $3O0, and other consider ations." The offer was not accepted. Hawkes. said he then withdrew the pa- official that his case would be taken up and satisfactorily settled.
 He was asked if he had not approached Lawrence s. Holt of North Carolina and offered to hush up the case for a consid- eration of $500. This question was asked at the suggestion of Colonel Heistand and was noted by Hawkes., who replied in heat that $500 would not hush up any thing. Any man that says so is a liar, and I will so brand him."
 Major Hawkes. testified as to his inter- views with Flint, Eddy & Co., of New York, to whom he announced his pur- pose of organizing a company to control the hemp trade of the Philippine Islands, '' both by manufacturing hemp there and also by purchasing raw material to shin out' He said Colonel Heistand had guaranteed that if the combination were put through the tariffs could be fixed. '' Heistand had said he could get a MT Smith at the head of the Insular Bureau of the War Department, into the combi. nation.
 The Commission at this point adjourned