The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
FIVE THOUSAND
WAS OFFERED
Damaging Evidence Against the
Notorious Quigg.
LESSLER WOULDN'T LISTEN
SENSATION OF THE HOUR AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
LESSER WOULDN'T LISTEN

called. He was Intercepted by Rep
resentative Taylor, for the committee.
He said he had no employment at
present, but was employed by the Re
publican committee during the cam
paign of 1902 and attended to the dis
tribution of literature, and that he
also was a deputy in the office of the
superintendent Of elections. He said
he did what ne could to aid in the
election of Representative Lessler,
whom he had known since 1894.
Answering MI. Taylor, he said that
he had been in politics for twelve years.
II stood ready to serve Mr.. Lessler in
any way l could" he said when asked
as TO his relations with Mr.. LESSER.
whose Office he made his headquarters.
Mr.. Dobln said he has known Mr..
QUigg since 1896.
did you have a talk with Mr. Quigg
relative to Holland submarine boats?"
Yes, sir"
Somewhere between the 10th and
12Ji Of December"
Where"
Quigg Sent For Doblin.
4 received d telephone message ask
ing me 20 come to 100 Broadway" He
had only seen Mr.. Quigg once since the
state convention up to that time. He
went TO Mr.. QUigg'S Office, he contin-
ued, and went to lunch with Mr.. Quigg.
Mr.. Quigg wanted to know how Mr..
LESSER and / WERE" he said. and 1
toll him [ thought Mr.. Lessler and /
were quite intimate" He said they
talked over the question of building
torpedo boats. Mr.. Quigg, he added,
was trying to get Mr.. Lessler favor
ably disposed toward the bill.
Mr.. Doblin detailed the further con-
ppf u -af ha. h1a RTr
He said:
we talked over the Roberts bill,
that l understand is the name of the
submarine boat bill. Mr. Quigg was
anxious TO get LessIer's friendly dis
position toward the bill. and he said,
after talking d while, There is s., 900
in it"
Tell US as near as you can just
what he said
A Bride Offered.
He said he was not personally in
ten ested i'm this thing He said, There
is a friend of mine whom I desire to
favor if l can. If / can get the aid
want there will be $1,000 in it,. Then
ne said, I think ! can make it a thOua
sand for you He said He telephones
me at > O'Clock and I will let you
know about that"
For whom did he say there was
$1,000 in it?'
The man We were talking about. He
said he was the man"
THAT is Mr.. Lessler?'
We were talking about Lessler. He
did not use his name. At 3 o'clock I
telephoned and was told That will be
all right"
DO you know who was on the other
end of the telephone?"
NO, sir"
Gould you not tell by the veice?"
mo, sir
When did you see Mr.. LessIer?"
The following day"
What occurred when you saw Mr..
Lessler?''
He was standing at his desk look
ing at his mail, and l asked him wheth-
er the torpedo boat business was 60
ing TO come up again. He said it
might. I said, u was sent for yes
terday.'. He said, BY whom? BY Mr..
Quigg.' I told him just what -
What did you tell him? State Just
what you told him.
Gould Not Be Bought.
81 told him. There would be $1,000 in
this for you if you can see your way
clear to be friendly to it He kind Of
said. 'Humph. humph.' and laughed.
He threw his papers down and there
was no more to II. He said, There is
nothing in that. He said, Quit /
IT,.
And you quite"
Il quit; that is all"
Did you communicate this to Mr..
QuiEg?"
yes, sir"
what did you say to him?''
Il told him Mr.. Lessler would not
II can't be done. / think that was the
language uscd-'Tt can't be done"
Answering Representative. Roberts
Mr.. Doblin said Mr.. McCullagh had
never asked him to see Mr.. Lessler
i'm regard to submarine boats. In ex-
planning why he made a statement be
fore the subcommittee, he said he sup
posed ne was obliged 20 tell his story
and believed that what ne said was 10
he held in confidence by the commit
tee.
He said he understood one of the
members TO have stated at that time
that he must tell what he knew. and
added: You might well have pulled
a gun and said Hands up!'"
Attorney NicholI cr0ss-examined Mr.
Doblin. carrying him over his testi-
mony and with particular reference Ia
the conversation he testified to as hav-
irg occurred with Mr. Quicg. Mr.
Nichon directed inquiries into the wit
ness rs to whether he knew he was
doing an unlawful act i'm submitting
the proposition 10 Mr.. LESSER. DobIiu
said he had not read the law on the
subject. and in answering 10 whether
he thought he was doing a friendly act
he said he only wanted one friend Ia
help another.
John +. McCullagh. state superin-
tendent of elections i'm New York. teS-
titled that the first time he met Mr.
LESSER was in 1900. after the latters
election He had read d deposition OF
Henry y. Hertz. an architect of New
York. who deposed that he was not
interested in politics. but was a be-
lever in the Holland Boat company
for whom Hertz was building a house
and VINO knew Of his friendship for Mr.
McCUllaEh. Mr.. Rice suggested that
Hertz see MCCullagh and to have the
latter see LesSler. who was opposed to
the construction Of the boats. He ac-
quiesced. Mr.. Hertz'S deposition said
that ne had no interest in the company
and never had.
Nj. MCCullagh then proceeded "a
describe the meeting with Mr. Lessler
in Washington. At that meeting. which
occurred in Mr.. Lessler's room in his
hotel. Mr.. McCullagh testified that Mr.
Lessler had spoken of his Eessler's)
debt Of gratitude to him CMcCuIlagh|
for his election. Mr. McCullagh testi-
fed that he protested that he had done
nothing except perform a duty. Mr.
McCullagh then testified that he told
Mr.. LESSER OF his errand. He told hin
he came from a friend who had no in
terest in the Holland boat TO ask hin
to vote for the appropriation. Mr.
Lessler. he replied. said that he could
not support the proposition. He salt
he was no - - fool and that he wa