The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
SWayne Lived CheaDly in
 Texas.
BOONE A TART WITNESS
Admits He is Under Inditt-
 n1ent for Felony.
Follows This with the stasement, aAsd vea Are, Teo,s to the Attoraey whs Asked Him the
 oueution.

Washington. Nov. s6.--P. ". Chase. hotel manager of Tyler. Tex. testi- | fed in the swayne inqliiry today that Judge Swayne was at his hotel for | twenty-six days and was charged sz.50 per day.
 w H. Haskins was recalled 60 testify as to the loss of business while his property was seized in bankruptcy pros ceedtngs Haskins said that during 1 the time his property was held he wa8 ready to pay all his debts. but was nck | allowed to do so.
 | ". H. Miller. Attorney General dur- ing the administration of President Harrison when Swayne was appointed, was called and denied the testinony of 1 John Wurts. who had said that MllIef I had assured him (Wurtsl that he would bs appointed Judge of the Florida dls- trict. Wurtz also had said that Miller told him that the administration had determined to prosecute the election l frauds, and that they wanted man who would secure the conviction of those who were to be indicted Mir. Miller denied that he ever had made such a suggestion to Wurts. He spoke of the careful manner in which | the selection of judges were made, and intimation of that kind than he would have requested money for securing the appointments.
 Could Not Remefnber wuRss. Mir. Miller said he could not remem- Ser wurts and had no recollection o< the conversation which Wurfa had der tailed. He did remember that man named wurts was candidate for judge
 E.P. Axteii, of FIortda. was called and denied the testimony of John Wurts. relative to the election eases be- fore Judge swayne. Axtell was counsel for Receiver Durkee of the Tampa and Keywest Railroad. He said that pnr~ koa's private car was sent but encs se Delaware for Judge swayne. The car also was sent 10 the Paciae cosst with Judge ewayna.
 Mrs Annie E. Russell of Tyler, Texas. testifed that Judge swaynes stopped at her house some tima in January 1903 for four or slx weeias He was charged s1.25 day for his board and lodging.
 Robert ,. Boone was recalled and i declared that a certain letter si8ned by rubber stamp with his signature was a forgery. This letter was pnf in evidence in Florida. stated. lf we can get young Haskins attached for contempt we can break the old man down" This related to the bankruptcy pra~ ceedings against w. II. Haskins. An | attempt to introduce the tax returna showing that Haslzlns was not worth the amount he claimed to be provoked a controversy. Part of the evidence was admitted. It was ahown by Boone that the Haskins settlement with Boone's clients was for 50 cents on the dollar.
 Conspiracy Was Proven. | ETt.-,-fs,- r,ffav-.a ,.f,.,,. sf,,.as1 l papers to show that Haskins was bank rupt During the progress of the ex- animation of Boone on these points, Mir. Palmer, of the committee, remarked that 1t had been shown in previous tes- | tlmony that a conspiracy existed | against HaslEins between Boone and Calhoun to declare Haskins a bankrupt.
 When Attorney Lyddon began tho cross examination of Boone he asked him if he was under indictment for fell ony.
 "Yes." answered the witness. eand 50 are you"
 The committee ordered the latter part of the answer stricken out.
 In answer to q question, Boone said the charge was embezzlement
 Boone denied all knowledge of the letter and could not recollect anything about the telegram. Boone was shown number of telegrams relating to the Rsskins bankruptcy proceedings but could not remember whether he sent them. He also was shown number oG letterR from his ofice signed with rub ber stamps. some of which he acknowl- edged as written by him or by his clerk. These all related to the bank ruptcy proceedings against Haslxins without completing the cross exam ination of Boone the committee ad- journed until Monday.