The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-09
MR.. WYNNE Is EMPHATIC
AFTER STALLS ARREST NOEL HAD
NOTHING AGAINST LOGsDON.
He So Stated to the Committee on
May 20, Wynne Asserts-The
Statement of Swift.

Thomas A. Wynne, chairman OF the
Council committee on investigation and i'm
parchment which recently reported in the
Logsdon case, said yesterday to a Journal
reporter:
There can be no doubt in the mind of
any man who is fair and just that the
charges as published in the indianapolis
News OF April l, 1903. which the Council
committee on investigation and impeach-
ment were investigating were positively
not sustained in any particular. and the
fact that Mr.. Noel number of times made
the statement TO the committee that he
had no evidence against Mr.. Logsdon and
that so far as he knew Mr.. Logsdon was
an honest man should convince the citi-
zens that there was no evidence against
him. This statement he made as late as
the morning OF May 70 in my office before
the entire committee. This was after the
scheme to corrupt Logsdon, showing that
up to that time no evidence had been pro-
cured that was damaging either to Logs
don or the Board of Public Works.
Considering all the circumstances, to-
gether with the investigation of Logsdon
and the board. as well as the subsequent
exposure and arrest Of Stahl and the
knowledge that Mr.. Noel had been working
with the Indianapolis News and the Gift
zens' League and that he had been In daily
communication with Stahl and had been
known by the News and the Citizens
League, his statement on the morning Of
May 26 that he had no evidence against
Mr.. Logsdon should convince any man who
desires TO be fair and impartial and to do
justice to man who was falsely accused.
THE SWIFT STATEMENT.
with reference to the statement made
by Lucius B. Swift, contained in the News
of July ], desire to say that he could not
have been present when L was examined
IN chief by Mr.. II. N. Span. If he had been
and really desired to make a proper and
truthful statement he must have taken
note of the fourth question asked me, which
was follows:
MIR. Spaan-I will ask you IL the investi-
cation was not limited to the sprinkling
contracts and few matters connected with
1t? My answer to Mr.. Span in as positive a
way as / could make 1t was: "Sprinkling
and sweeping contracts
Mr.. Swift, well as the Indianapolis
News, in describing my testimony in Po-
lice Court, used that part of the cross-ex-
animation by Mr.. Duncan which described
our instruction to Mr.. Noel relative TO his
going fully and freely into the matter of
instructions most positively, expecting him
TO be very searching in his inquiry, and as
an instance of our faith in the matter
subpoenas in blank, as stated in our re-
port, were signed by the chairman of the
committee and turned over to Mr.. Noel to
be used on whomsoever he pleased, the
committee never knowing who were to be
witnesses until Mr. Noel brought them into
court. He positively had everything his
own way.
LAS TO the right Of the committee to go
into other charges than those specified
desire TO say that there was absolutely
nothing mentioned in the way of gambling
or any other subject until long after the
committee had been at work.
up to the time of its employment, which
was authorized under date of April 6, 1903,
not word had been mentioned in the News
except that pertaining to the sprinkling and
| charges. News
this subject, which was extensively used in
It's columns almost every day until that
time. Not word Of any other subject was
mentioned until 1t found that these
charges could not be sustained.
I'm their effort to procure campaign ma
terial they would have been glad to go into
| other matters, doubtless with as little merit
as those already published, for the benefit
of the Democratic party, and a few dis
gruntled citizens would have prolonged the
mud singing until after the election"