The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-06

tify that Senator Orchard had tried case.
before his court lie did not mention tn,
| date
r. p. Goodai, OF ST. James. Sheriff O
Laclede County. stated that he heard Lei
speak. and that the latter had spoken wei
of Farris.
Doctor Thorpe OF Jefferson City testified
that he had attended Farris at the Madi
son Hotel, March II, 1901. and that h,
seemed too sick man to do much run
ming around.
Charles Ward editor of the Rolla Her
aid, stated that he had heard Lee MAKE
speeches which referred favorably t.
Farris.
]. W. Pool, also of Rolla. gave tht
same testimony.
Seven witnesses were then introduced tc
testify &c Farris's character They were
Judge r. A. Holt, R. d. Walkinshaw, II
| It. Wright. j. D. Laney of Lebanon. anG
W. r. Taft, Sheriff of Crawford County
j. M. Eaton, farmer Of Crawford Coun.
ty, residing near Steelville, and A. H. Har
rison. Prosecuting Attorney Of Crawford
County. All were introduced by the de-
| tense and spoke well of Farris's character
Mr.. Crow did not cross-examine them.
Paying Teller Hettel was recalled to ex-
press an opinion on the telegram signed
James Sergeant" advising Kelley to take
pleasure trip. He testified that he
thought the writing was Lees. He was
not sure, however.
SENATORS DENY
POODLE DEALS.
Senator Buell. Matthews Of st. Louis
County was on the stand and denied all
knowledge OF any Doodle transaction. He
was closely examined by the defense and
his denials resembled those Of Farris.
Senators Smith and Costello were called
in the order named and each denied the
charges fatty in every particular They
said that they did not meet Lee in St
Louis. had no talk with him other than
conversations at Jefferson City, in the
course of their regular routine work, and
that they had never received money from
Farris, or any one else, for alum legisla-
ton. Senator Orchard was also firm In
his denials
Doctor w. H. Wilson of ST. Louis was
on hand with the account book he kept of
his cases and in which the note that he
visited Smith at his Nebraska avenue
home was set down. He stated that he
performed slight operation on Smith
early one morning, the forenoon of March
Is. and that Smith would have been in
such condition the following day that he
could not have gone downtown.
Attorney General Grow asked that the
book be kept as evidence, after cross-ex-
amining the witness as to why the entry
about Smith appeared In a different color
ink from that On the rest Of the page.
Attorney Jourdan objected to the book
or even the page at which it was open
being used or retained. Judge Graves
overruled this objection and had the pages
turned over as part of the evidence.
Charles Noble of st. Louis testified to
visit to Smiths house when the latter was
sick and said that the Senator was in bed
at the time.
LEES LETTERS ARE
READ IN COURT.
Then came the reading of the Lee let
ters. Attorney Jourdan spent the latter
part of the afternoon reading the epistles,
one or two, which Lee had stated were
not in his hand writing. being admitted as
evidence by the court on the testimony of
Hettel, who thought there was a resem-
blance to Lees writing in them.
References to former Governor Stone
were frequent in these letters sometimes
by name and sometimes, it is believed, by
the mention of "S." One of these, which
Lee admitted having written. was dated
January 20. 1901. and contained the follow
ing sentences mixed with some details
about his buying the st. Louis Grocer:
u am told that House bill No. So Is
making progress. Lightholder is back Of
the first, and will ;:-obably have more
favorable report MAZE. When 1t is en-
crossed. it will be referred to the Com
mittee on Eleemosynary Institutions. and
there 1 can guarantee results. Governor
S. is to take the matter up"
After some reference to an unnamed,
whom Lee claims he has to pay 800 at
first and $3.50 later for his work. the let
ter proceeds:
II will confer with Walker. will have
to promise the Senator who introduces it
something. Promises are not very ac-
ceptable up here. Stone says Phelps has
employed a young man on the other side
1t seems S., wants to go before the COM
mittee to talk on the bill. Haynes has in
troduced similar bill. and there seems
to be something doing"
In a postscript this letter says: "Stone
does not appear to like the idea Of my
writing to you direct. so don't mention it
to him.
MONEY SEEKING
WITH ITCHING PALM.
This letter had never been mentioned
before, and is not one Of the original Kel-
ley letters previously published few
months ago. Another letter. dated August
"a, 1901. says that Crow and Cook are his
strongest opponents. through their efforts
on the Equalization Committee, to enforce
the law against large corporations. In this
letter Lee tells Kelley that certain sum.
contingent on the nomination. could be
used very acceptably, and that there are
means by which It could be paid back
within one year. Other letters. that have
already been published, in one Of which
Lee refers to himself as a growing,
money-seeking fellow with an itching
palm." and in nranother. of which he states
that there is chance to beat Stone for
the senatorship by running Dockery him.
self against him. were also introduced.
Other letters about his expenses, his adj