The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-20

you?"
None. 1t surprised me-"
Whom else did you talk to in the Mad
ison%
Il think Max schubach of st. Louis was
about the hotel at the time and that
| talked with him.
Did he ask you to go to his room?"
Yes. he wanted to talk about the Sulli.
van vote 1 didn't co.
Did you ever walk with Sullivan and
Layton from the Capitol over to the Mad.
ison?"
Never"
What did Layton tell you?'
he wanted me to see how Sullivan fell
ABOUT the offer which he had made. as
Sullivan had turned him down and he was
afraid he had made him angry. He didn't
ike sullivan's manner. The next morning
l saw Sullivan casually. l asked what was
the matter with him and Layton. Sullivan
said something about Layton having offered
MIN 1900 or 1850 for two or three votes
Layton never consulted me about any other
votes"
why should he want you to see Sull!-
van? You had always voted against his
bill?"
II don't know"
Emmett Newton was next called. He said
that either Tichacek or Layton himself had
introduced him to Layton
Tichacek and 1 had gone into the chair
car. when Layton invited US to the Pull
man. We went into the smoking-room and
had fun with Tichacek, who finally went to
sleep Then We went back into the rear of
the Pullman proper. He turned the subject
to the alum bill, and said that when Sen
ator Farris failed to pay of the boys their
share of money, 700 or 5000 could be used
to advantage and the repeal bill passed.
He said that he thought Senator Sullivan
could be purchased. and wanted me to see
wnat l could do with him. I replied: Mr..
Layton. 1 never handled any money. and
won't do 1t now"
Attorney General Crow conducted the
cross-examnation.
w nat was your business here during the
last session." was the first question asked.
Il was here In the interest of the Court
Of Appeals bill for Springfield and the foot
ball BILL"
Didn't you assist the Representatives Of
the railroads.
No.
Didn't you distribute passes?
NO"
Not at aflg'
''Oh, might have gotten passes for some
of my friends"
Who paid your expenses?"
IT did"
You were not drawing a salary. were
your"
Il worked sometimes. Did special work
for the Springfield Leader-Democrat I
helped Mr.. Nebel cover the General Assem-
bly, for that paper"
Didn't Sullivan and Smith help you to
pass the Court Of Appeals bill in the Sen
ate?-
Il don't know. Perhaps they did,
Didn't the railroad interests help you to
pass that bill? Didn't you ask W. H.
Phelps and Joe Shannon to assist your
Tc objection. Mr.. Crow said that he
wished to show that Newton was here as
lobbyist. Objection overruled. Newton ex-
planned that the football bill and the Court
of Appeals bill were his chief interests"
You live in the adjoining county to that
in which Sullivan lives. do you not?'
'Yes"
''You are friend of his?'
Yes"
"That night was the first time you had
ever met Layton?"
Yes"
"And he asked you to buy another mans
vote at that time?"
Yes
DENIES THAT HE
BORROWED FROM LAYTON
Ibid you borrow SO from him?'
No, never
A laugh went round the courtroom.
"Did you ever talk to Sullivan about this
offer which Lawton made to your"
mo, SIR"
who did you talk to about it?'
attorney Wear"
Judge Timmons watched the witness mar
rowly when he was testifying, and the
spectators expected comment from him.
Character witnesses were then introduced
by the defense. They were ]. C. West Of
Ozark. Mo-; Doctor Elkins. Jefferson City:
Frank Edwards, Ozark: c. A. Dewitt.
Billings and W. C. Gardner. Billings.
A. w. L. Hill. bookkeeper in the Ex-
change Bank Of Jefferson City, testified
that March s. Whitney Layton had bought
a draft for $500, payable to the Layton
Pure Food Company.
The defense then rested. Attorney General
Crow called Senator Sullivan for the first
statement that he had not gone to Lay
toms room, but had left him without CIV
ing any answer.
Emmet Newton denied that McCord of st.
Joseph had introduced him to Whitney
layton He denied that he had offered to
furnish transportation to Layton.
Whitney Layton was then recalled He
reiterated the statement that McCord had
introduced him. He said that he had paid
the Pullman fares for both T1chacek and
Newton. and denied that he had mentioned
anything about buying suilivan's vote
to Newton. He denied Smiths story In
toto and said that he had never been here
prior 20 1903 and did not even know Smith
nrior to the last session.
Paterson Balm. J. T. Craighead and J
A. Reinhardt, all Of st. Louis. indepen-
dent baking powder manufacturers. were
then called and all swore that Layton had
not been here in 1901. These three men
tried to pass the repeal BILL at that time.
Senator N. NJ. Bradley Of Johnson Coun-
ty was then put on the stand. The State
wished to prove by him that Layton had
told the same story right after the in
cident is alleged to have occurred that he
told on the stand.
Judge Timmons ruled that 1t would not
be good evidence unless the defendant was
present. Mr.. Crow argued that on the
question of the States wftnessescredibility
such evidence could be introduced and asked
for time in which to cite authorities He
presented one decision Of the Missouri su-
preme Court, but the court did not hold that
It was sufficient The Attorney General ex-
pressed some feeling In tho matter, but
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