The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-25

Q.@That was the date of your tele-
gram to him?
! Q-Prior to that time did you have
/ any talk with Mr.. Bnrrow in relation
/ to them?
Al don't think l had.
| Q.-With Mr.. Dayhoff?
| A.-No, l had none with Dayhoff.
! Q.-With Mr.. Coleman?
| Al did not think 1 had ever men
toned the matter to Mr.. Coleman, but
| / saw something in the paper which
| indicates that he says that 1 had, and
that makes me think that possibly ]
| had mentioned the matter to him.
Q.-Were you present when the bonds
were purchased of you?
Al eS, sir.
Q.-That was on July ed?
Al believe it was.
Q.-What time in the day was it?
Al am unable to state.
Q.-You were at Kansas City and
went on the plug that morning and
came back at o'clock in the afternoon
and was not present at the board at
the time they purchased the bonds-is
not that correct?
A.-No, it is not correct 1 am not
clear to those dates.
Odd you not go to Kansas City on
the plug on the morning of July 22d,
when you met Thompson there and got
the bonds?
A.-lf that was the date that got
the bonds, yes.
Q.-The date you gave your note and
the date you gave the bonds?
Ayes, if that is the date I was
there.
Q.-when did you come home to To-
peka?
Al think I came home-I Will have
to think about that. don't know when
came home.
Q.-When did you come home to To-
peka on the day you met Thompson at
the Interstate bank?
Al am unable to state whether
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on the afternoon Santa Fe plug.
Q.-Were you present at the meeting
of the board when they bought the
bonds?
Q.-What time did itoccur in the day.
time?
Alt was some time during busi-
ness hours.
On the forenoon or afternoon?
Al am unable to recollect.
Q.-Where did you stay at Kansas
City if you went down there on July
%?
to the Interstate National bank and
we closed our transaction. If 1 went
up street anywhere, 1 probably ate my
lunch at the Baltimore hotel
Q.-And got back to Topeka about
what time?
Al don't remember. I am abso-
lutely unable to say.
Q.-Do you remember the day they
purchased these bonds from you?
Al remember the fact of the pur-
chase.
Q.-There is record. Mr.. GODDARD
that it was August IL, the day you got
your draft of $123,00o and the inter
est draft. Was that the date?
A.-The purchase of the bonds was
made in July, the only time appeared
before the school fund commission
with reference to them
Q-Did you appear when you made
a
Al did.
Q.-Did you make an offer that day
in writing?
Al did.
Q.-Have you copy of your offer
a carbon copy-or can you make me
a copy off of your book?
Al think L have a carbon copy
of the original offer in my Office.
Q.-When was that made, that car
bon copy?
At the time the original offer
was made.
Q.-Were the bonds purchased the
same day you made the offer?
Al think so.
Q.-wasn't the offer made on July
21? To refresh your recollection, 1 viii
ask you if you did not, on July 81,
telegraph Mr.. Thompson to come
down, his money was ready on the
bonds?
A.-No. I did not.
Q.-When did you telegraph him
Al doubt if telegraphed him at
all.
Q.-How did he come on the 22d?
Al think I had written him pre-
vious to that
Q.-When had you written him to
be there on the 22d?
Al will tell you better when I get
my letter-book.
Q-It was before the state board of
equalization had raised that valuation
on the 21st?
Al think it was.
Odd you then know it was go
ing to be raised and they were going
to purchase your bonds?
Al did not.
Q.-You had had no conversation
with the board?
A-No, sir, absolutely none.
Or with any member of it, in or
out of session?
A.--None.
Q.-Were those bonds purchased
by the state school fund commission
ers on the day you made the offer?
At is my recollection that they
were, but I am not positive as to that.
Q.-How. soon after the offer was
made were they purchased, as regards
the lapse of hours?
A.-Well, I went in there and made
statement at considerable length and
talked the conditions over with the
board, and it took considerable time;
I don't remember how long.
Q.-At the time you made the offer?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-And at the conclusion of that
offer did they purchase the bonds?
The next day you were in Kansas City,
please remember.
Att is my recollection that they
did, and yet it is possible that they
did not, but I think they did. They
talked about it, and I felt sure that I
had convinced the board that it was a
very desirable purchase for the state,
and I understood or believed that the
bonds were sold.
Of, prior to the> offer, as you
have said, prior to your formal offer
to the board, you had had no CONVEX
sation with any member, how did you
have any idea in the world whether
they were sold or unSOld?
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