Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-19
LEARN NOTHING OF hartley
Witnesses All Deny knowledge Of Loans
By the Former State Treasurer
COMMITTEE ABOUT READY TO QUIT
BiEnell and Burns Say Note was
Drawn to Lincoln bank and
Bank Examiner Remember
Nothing About IL.
(From a Stan correspondent

LINCOLN. March 1S.-CSpecial Tele-
gram.)-Crelghton Morris, state bank ex-
aminer while BARLEY was S ale treasurer;
George S. Mead, former rCpresen alive
from Omaha; Ed Bignell. superintendent
Of the B. & NJ, and Joseph Burns, con-
tractor, testified before the BARLEY com
mittee today, Morris this morning, the
others tonight. None contributed any evil
dence as to the existence, location or con-
tents Of that famous cigar box. None gave
the committee any light that tends to aid
1t in ascertaining the names Of the parties
to whom BARLEY loaned state funds or the
amount of those funds.
Morris admitted but one thing positively.
That was that he was state bank examiner
while BARLEY was treasurer. He remem-
bered nothing as TO the inspection Of the
Orleans or any other bank in which BARLEY
had deposited state money.
Mead was asked IL he had not at one
time told E. Rosewater that a part of the
$3.50, 900 drawn by BARLEY from the Omaha
National bank was paid to secure Bartley's
pardon. He replied that he did not re-
member having made the statement. He
said he had no connection with the BARLEY
affair ina any way and knew Of no assist
ance he could render the committee.
Not Payable to hartley.
Burns and Blgnell. whose names appeared
with that Of B. R. Cowdry on notes aggre-
eating $4,000 that were on deposit in the
bank at Orleans when IL failed in 1897, de-
MED the common report hat those notes
were made out in favor Of BARLEY. They
admitted having seen such reports pub
lished in the newspapers, but said the
notes were originally drawn payable to the
First National bank Of Lincoln and never
to BARLEY. They testified. however, that
they had not seen all the endorsements or
the notes and could not, therefore, be posi-.
tive that Bartley's name was not there
Both said, however, they had never Dor
rowed money from BARLEY or had any bust
ness dealings with him. The only evidence
adduced showing that any of these wit
nesses knew that there was such a thins
as a box In the BARLEY case came from
the testimony of Mead, who testified thai
while he was employed by the American
Chickory company in Omaha BARLEY placed
in the custody OF c. Bowen Oldheld, Their
with that firm, a box which BARLEY saiC
contained newspaper clippings, papers and
letters. 1t was deposited in the vault II
the office and kept there a long time. Mead
said he knew nothing Of any I o US being
in this particular box, which he described
as about eighteen inches in length ant
wrapped in a newspaper. Mead said in an
swer to a question that he thought OldfelC
did once 90 to Council Bluffs to keep from
appearing at the BARLEY trial in Omaha.
The committee expects to hold its las
hearing tomorrow. 1t has been unable Il
get some Of the witnesses 1t considered
most important, BARLEY and Savage in par
~ticular. Only Knox, Kennedy and Ferra
Of the committee were at the meeting to
night.
The committee named by Speaker Mocket
to look into the Stuefer bond purchase cas-
met and organized today, with McAlliste
OF Deuel. as chairman. 1t has set mex
Monday as the time of its f.st meeting.