The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-08
HAVE SECURED
MUCH EVIDENCE
Believed COMMITTEES Will Be Able
to Throw Light on Egg
gleston Charges.
WILL PROBE TO THE BOTTOM
Charges Of Whitewashing Can
not Be Made When Board
is Through.

It Is now known beyond doubt that
the committee to seek further evidence
in the matter of the Esgleston charges
concerning the Virginia School Register
has secured considerable additional tes-
timony which 1t Will present TO the full
Board of Education at the meeting to
be heidi In this city about June 10th.
The members OF the committee MAIN
4 tain discreet silence, but 1t Is known
that they have considerable documentary
evidence and that further oral testi
mony Will be introduced along with and
III calculation or corroboration of this
documentary evidence.
This evidence, 1t is conceded. can only
bear upon the publication of the Regis
ter, and whether or not any man con-
nected with the Department of Public
Instruction was pccuninrily interested
in the book. A mass of testimony, some
of 1t inconseouential, but not all Of it,
was offered at the recent investigation.
Members of the board desired furthci'
light If there were any to be had. and
so named a committee to seek it. The
members OF the board do not propose
to do any whitewashing or to give any
one an opportunity to charge white
4 washing. On the contrary. it is known
the matter to the very bottom.
Who Ordered 1t Sci?
There was so much doubt as to how
the accounts with the printers came to
be entered in the name of Thomas &
AIcGilvray that the board at the former
meeting ,evnced a determined desire to
get further light The only source
from which such information can come
Is from the printers and publishers who
have issued the Register since 1t Super
seeded the old Holland Register. 1t Is to
be expected. therefore, that the board
will make an effort to get all the books
Of the various firms that have printed
the Register, and to ascertain whether
all along the account has been entered
as Thomas & McGilvray. or whether,
through a mere misunderst standing by the
j. l.. Hill Printing Company, now nom
existent. 1t was so entered. If the en-
try prove to be similar on the books of
other firms. it will establish the fact that
there must have been some instruction
from somebody to make such an entry.
This is believed to be the line of the
oral testimony to be offered, though no
one who knows will make a statement
for publication.
The board is expected to assemble hero
June 18th, or as soon after as possible.
1t is regarded as important that full
meeting of the board shall be had
All Want the Truth.
The attitude of the board is one of
inpartiality and desire to bring out
all the facts. Mr.. Eggleston specifically
disclaimed any intention Of reflecting
& on the members of the board or tile
board as Il whole, further than they
were imposed upon. their intentions and
actions being innocent. That statement
precludes the idea that the board itself
is on trial. and imposes upon the men,
4 bers responsibility to get at the bottom
of the matter.
Mr. Thomas, the owner of the Reg
3 lister, is still suffering from a broken
joint, which stubbornly refuses TO yield
4 to quick treatment. Mr.. McGilvray, who
+ emphatically denied any pccunary in
I. terest In the publication. is also on the
sick list. He is now and has long been
suffering from n carbuncle on his neck
! He ventured out to the recent investi-
cation and came out prematurcly AS
4 n consequence he has suffered much
from this troublesome carbuncle ever
+ since and Is yet far from we'll
Both gentlemen declare that tl.ey have
nothing to conceal and court all the In
Z vcstigauon possible They want n
knowledge of all abe facts to be made
4 known, now that se"nuch has been said
! and written on the subject.
Landmark is Demolished.