The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-14


the testimony came from the mouth of
| the witness.
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Transcribed testimony today and in adj
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| rect.
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of the testimony and leaves the rest
| to the reader:
Auditors Clerk Coles Testimony.
I. H. Cole, of lawful age, being by
me hrst duly sworn to testify the
truth. the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, testified as follows:
DIRECT-EXAMIN
Questions by Mr.. Waters.
Q.-Please state your name.
Al. H. Cole.
|. Q.-What position do you occupy in
the office of the auditor of state?
A.@Chief clerk.
Q.-How long have you been in that
capacity?
Al have been acting as chief clerk
since the first day of June.
Q.-I will ask you to state when
you first heard of the Comanohe coun-
ty bond deal.
Al couldn't give that definitely.
Q.-About when?
time the latter part of May or fore
part of June.
Q.-What was that?
A.-Mr. Matson came to me and
dSheU me IL any COuIly
bonds were registered in the office.
Q.-What did you inform him?
Al told him there had not been.
Q.-When was the next you heard
of that affair from anybody?
A.--WelL it was, guess, pretty
nearly a month after that.
Q.-From whom did you then hear
it?
A.-From Mr. GODDARD.
Q.-Mr. A. A. GODDARD?
A-Yes, sir.
Q.-About what time was that, as
nearly as you can fix it?
Al could not tell the exact date.
but l would judge it was the latter
part of June or the fore part of July.
Q.-Can you remember what that
conversation was and where it oc-
Cured?
Alt was in the auditors office.
Q.-What was the conversation, as
you remember it?
Ale just said to me, ST am go
ing to have some bonds in here for
registration and calculate to sell them
to the school fund" He says, "They
will come in here and 1 wish you
would look after them" 1 said. '1
Odd he say anything about
keeping it quiet or anything of that
kind, at that time?
A.-Yes sir.
Q.-What was said?
Ale said he would rather it
wouldn't go out to the public, or rath-
er that thes newspapers wouldn't get
anything of it for a while.
Q.-What did you say in reply to
that?
Al told him I could not guaran-
tee anything, that 1 was not bond
clerk.
Q.-Was there any other conversa-
ton at that time?
A.-Not at that time, no sir.
Q.-When- did you have any other
conversation with either him or any
sioners or the state treasurer, if. you
had any such conversation? First,
though, what other conversation did
you have with GODDARD?
Aust a few days before the
bonds We're sent in, he came in and
he says, 'Those bonds will be in in
short time, and wish you would noti-
fy me-"
keeping it quiet at that time?
A.-NOt at that time
Q.-Did he afterwards?
A.-When I notified him that the
bonds were there, he says, Put them
in your safe. and 1 would rather you
would keep still about them.''
Q.-About what time was that when
the bonds came?
Al think it was about 1t would
range from the 18th to the 18th of
July; I couldn't tell exactly.
Q.-Then you had that converse ton
with him after you notified him the
bonds had come?
Al notified him the day the bonds
had come.
Odd he come to see you?
A.-Yes sir, he came up there.
Q.-And that is the conversation
you had?
A.-Yes, sir.
Odd he state his reasons for
keeping it quiet.
A.-No sir.
Odd you have any further con-
versation with Mr.. GODDARD at any time
subsequent to that one?
A day or two after that --
No, it was about the time the bonds |
were registered as bonds. He said, |
1--WE will register those bonds.'' 1 told |
him to talk to the lady, that she was
the bond clerk-Mrs. Gilyeat, rather. |
He said he would like to have it done
as quickly as possible when he brought
in the old bonds.
Odd he say anything at that
time about keeping it quiet?
Ale said he would rather would
say nothing about it. I told him that
the assistant auditor; that was prac-
ticaIly out of it..
Odd you have any further con-
versation with him at any time in re-
lation to those bonds?
A--The day they were registered.
Q.-Can you give me the date that
they were registered as bonds?
A.-The 26th day of July.
Q.-You had conversation with
him that day?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What was that conversation?
Ale came in with the bonds and
wanted to know if we could register
them. I said I did not know anything
to the contrary, but thought so. I
said: "You will have to see Mrs. Gill
yeat; I am very busy on other work"
Odd he make any suggestion to
you as to keeping still at that time?
Ayes. he said he didn't want it to
20 out to the papers.
O.-That is four different conversa-
lions YOU had with him and in which
ne advised you to keep still, so it
would not get in the papers. Is that
right?
Ayes. sir.