The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-10
THEO. PRICE
 STILL ANGRY
Asks Secretary Wilson to
 Withdraw Charges.
HIS REQUEST IS REFUSED
Secures Statement from MI.
 Cheatham.
The Man Faneas h Csttsa Cmsseo Finds Certain RoTt1ons e9 "a.
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 Washington July e.-rhsodors Fs1cea of New York, arrived in wsshingeou today and through his attorney reS ouested Secretary Wilson to WtthdS10 what MT. Price charged as the un1usS offensive and unsustained charges ano Implications" contained in the report made public yesterday in connection with the removal of Edwin 8. Hoimsea IT,, as statisttcian of the DepertmenS of Agriculture. MT. Price stated la&eE that the Secretary had his request un-s der consideration. Richard Cheatham the following stAts- !
 MT. Cheatham states that after svi- dence which he had furnished to eeosl retary Wilson was turned over to the Secret Service Department his eervicea were enlisted by that department to as~l sist the man in whose hands the mat- ter was placed. to secure any additson-i al evidence regarding the case t Weo decided that more evidence might be se- cured in New York and in the hops oL doing SO the secret service agent. ac- ks for that purpose After working to- gether in close touch for three or four days. during which time a number OC persons who were supposed to know something about the case were exAm~ ined by the secret service agent alones and after having fully gone over tns ground and examining each one who in the opinion of the secret servsco agent and MT. Cheatham could posi- sibly have any connection with tho affair, MT. Cheatham left New York. Before leaving he had long confer- ence with the secret service agent, wn0 expected to leave a few days later-a During this conference full discuss sion of the matter was had and Mrs Cheatham insisted that the secret eer-' vice agent call on Mir. Theodore Price before leaving the city for the purpose ! of finding out what connection he had with the case. if any. as his name had been mentioned in one of the lsttero | submitted as evidence. . .ss-. V Price Not Implicated.
 | Mir. Cheatham was informed by the l secret service agent that he had not been able to secure any evidence from | and one that would in the least connect MT Price with the affair and that he had been told by Mir. Haas that ho (Haas) did not know MT. Price and had no connection with him in any way, Up to the time that Mir. Cheatham left New York he was informed by the se- cret service man that he had not seen Mir. Price for the reasons above stated, and would not do so, as 1t was htBi opinion that 1t would be useless. as hei had not been able to secure any evi- dence that would duplicate MT. Price. Up to the time that the secret service agent closed his report MT. Cheatham remained in close touch with him for i, the purpose of furnishing any facts connected with the case that were ob- ' tainable. MT. Cheatham stated that hel failed to learn of any new facts or event. suggestions from any one who might know that Mir. Price was connected Cheatham was very much surprisedl when he first noticed in the report giv- ! en out by Secretary Wilson to the press tho name of Theodore Price mentioned so prominently In connection with thol case, as he did not know ot any evi- dence that would warrant the use of MT. Prices name in connection with the affair.
 siyned.) Richard Cheathan.
 Secretary wilson told Mir. Price he had no statement to make along the lines requested. The secretary ex- been brought to his attention by Mir. Van Riper through MT. Cheatham ana he had in turn referred 1t to the secret service division of the treasury departs ment. by the officials of which the in- vestigation had been conducted. Thein report had been to him and he in turn had made 1t public.
 Secret Service Work.
 What had been made public. theres, fore. the secretary explained. was en- tirely the work of the secret service. except that portion of his statement which related to the organization of the statisticians office. Under the cir cumstances. he added. he did not feel called upon to make an explanation or withdraw anything that had been given out. If MT. Cheatham saw 1t to make a statement regarding the matter, as Mr. Price told the secretary MT. Cheat ham had done, that was very well and good Morgan H. Beach, chief of the secret service investigators. made the following statement, explaining his ac- tion in connection with the inquiry:
 "On Friday last report of an in- vestigation conducted for the past month by the secret service division was laid before me by the secretary of agriculture with the request that he be speedil yadvised whether one Holmes some time acting statistician of the de- partment, was, on the facts In the re- port. individually liable to criminal prosecution.
 "On the afternoon of the same day [ advised the secretary that on the case a. presented to me, such proceedings would lie.
 "As to the matter on which the in- vestigation was conducted or of a crim- inal conspiracy, I was not consulted, and any suggestion from me in the then juncture as 10 either subject would have been an improper intru- sion upon the secretary. It is the duty of the district attorney on complaint regularly lodged or without compliant with the request of the secretary to make proper investigations.
 A possibility that the action of the secretary may be misunderstood or that the connection of my office with the subject may not be clearly defined. is the warrant for this statement"
 (Signed) Morgan H. Beach.
 New Terminal Opened.