The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-15
MORE CHARGES
AGAINST WOOD
Little Matter Of So, Was
Taken by Someone.
BROOKE AGAIN ON TIE STAND
OLD WARRIOR PRODUCES SOME
DOCUMENTS.

1AFASHINGTON. Dec. Ii-Vhen the
wv senate committee on military af-
fairs today resumed IT'S investi-
cation Of charges against Leonard
Wood DIR. G.. IL. Fisher of CHICAGO told.
the story of General Woods intimacy
with Bellairs, and attempted to show
that General Wood knew of BelIairs'
bad record. DR.. Fisher said that iu
september, 1900. ne accompanied Gen
eral Wood on a trip TO the Isle of Pines
and there told him Of an article which
ne had ordered printed i'm the Havana
Post exposing Beuairs The Witness
said that General Wood told him he
did not want the story printed. and IL
had NOT been used. Dr. Fisher testified
Z that he told General Wood an he had
learned of the character Of Bellairs and
that he had offered 20 General Wood
Z 20 produce witnesses who could prove
Belairs' indecent immortality He said
that General Wood told him that he
did not care 10 know anything about
the stories. that all he asked was that
they should not be printed in Havana.
Testimony Confirmed.
I J. o. Lafontise, city editor Of the
Jacksonville. Fla. Times Union. corr
roborated the testimony given by Dr.
Fisher He said that before General
/ Wood and DR.. Fisher started ON their
I trip TO the Isle of Pines the latter i'm
/ struCted him LafOntise) 90 write the
I article concerning Beuairs. AR. La-
I fOntise said he took the question under
] consideration and decided that ass the
matter would be highly sensational. .
+ and in case of a libel suit. 1T would be
! necessary 20 summon witnesses from
/ the United states to prove the charges.
that he would not print the article. He
( said thar when Dr. Fisher returned DE
| was greatly agitated and asked: '.You
did not print that article i h0pe2'
D When DR.. Fisher learned that the arti-
Gle was not printed ne was greatly re-
leved, ard said General Wood did not
want it used. In addition 90 his cOrrob-
Grafton of DR.. Fishers testimony Mr..
LafOntise told Of the manner in which
he had learned Of Bellairs' character.
and swOre also that General Wood
knew all about 1T. He said he learned
from persons who went to Havana from
Florida that Bellairs had served i've
years in Florida convict camps-three
years in one and two years in another
The crime Of which he had been COM
victed was forgery on branch of the
! Bank Of England
Says Wood Knew Tt.
Mr.. LafODtise said that I'm MAY. 1900
a convict from Florida named Johnson
came to him and said that ne had seen
= Bellalrs and General Wood tosethcr 81
the races in Havana, and that he rec
OguiZed and spoke 10 BellaTs. who I1o-
toned to him TO keep silent Accord
ing TO JOhnsOn's story as told by Mr..
LatOntise, Bellairs excused himself and
met Johnson, asking him TO remain
quiet concerning his criminal record
After this incident, testified Mr.. Laf0n-
tise. General Wood sent for him and
asked him what he knew of Bellairs'
record. Mr.. LafOntise said he told
General Wood Of his talk with John
SON and also what he had learned
from other persons from Florida. That
was in June. 1900, and. according TO
Mr.. LafOntise, General Wood then
asked him to see johnson and ascertain
whether he would leave Cuba and re-
main away If his passage were paid to-
New York and money given him. John
son answered; why do i want to
leave2 L have too good a thing here
bleeding Bellairs-" Mr.. Lafontise re-
turned to General Wood and gave him
r JOhnsOn's answer ar LafOutise said
that later BeIIairs and Cen Wood
vent to New York.
General Brooke Recalled.
! When Gen. Brooke was before the
( committee two weeks ago he referred
to two orders one issued by the war
department and the other by himself.
TO carry the FIRST into effect which he
Z was unable at that time to furnish
I He went on the stand today to present
b the orders and UNDERGO an examination
concerning them The order issued by
= the war department directed that all
funds collected I'm the provinces of
| cuba should be sent 10 the military
= I auditor at Havana The charge was
3 made that the order had been issued
+ by direction IF Gen. Brooke for the
D purpose Of getting hold of the funds
collected at Santiago. and 90 deprive
p that province of it's own revenue. The
70 newspapers at Santiago were particU-
p larry bitter. Gen Brooke told the milf
Y tary affairs committee that the order
was issued at a time when he.was sick
in bed, and that ne had no previous
knowledge concerning 10. The other
order fled with the committee today
was one that witness issued after his
q recovery 1t directed Gen Wood in
charge Of the province of Santiago,
not to make expenditure for public
J. purposes i'm excess of $4,000 a month
% without first submitting the question
r to the military governor Gen. Brooke
. said today that Gen. Wood had ignored
= that order, and gone on spending pub
u lie money without authority from the
= military governor. Gen Brooke was
p asked whether ne had Withdrawn the
! revenues from Santiago for expenses
elsewhere. He answered that Santiago
e had received all its own revenues and
more than 5000 COO additional.
Accused Of Embodiment.
! Mr. Morrison, a lawyer of New York
a testified that he was Interested I'm the
4 ElectrOZOne company of Havana, and
4 that his company received contracts
: from Gen. Wood for disinfecting She
= city. He said that there is stfll due t-
4 mis- company the sum Of $4,000 ON cons
! tracts. and that Cuban officials iu Ha-
4 Vana swear the money was paid q
4 Cen. Wood 70 discharge the indebted
! ness. Mr.. Morrison said he believe.
. that Gen. Wood received that money
During the hearing today Senator
Hanna made a formal request OF THO
committee that Gen. Wood be sub
( poenaed to come home from the Philip
3 pines in order that he may answer tht
charges against him. and that he MAY