The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-06
Offered toSSelI the Coal.
toSMr. Cloves at a
Low Price.
CAR !! J. DIVIDED } i 4 Il, i: D
!. AMONG n: G: FRIENDS I !: r, ,.lt
Mr.. Cloves Asked i Him n for the
i! BilhBut He Did Not Send It,
AsiHe Felt U nder5 Friend
" Obligations to Him.
! Had No Idea Of
is.a Bribery.

Especial from staff sCorrespondent.3
T. sJVILL1AMsBURG,5ss 5ssyA.,5 June 5.---Tho
.coal g.aft', with. which Mi. e.. H.
Cloves, ex -member OF the specla, board
OF the EASTERN State Hospital had been
charged, 'heldsthe centre OF the stage to-
day. Mr.. NJ. O. Brooks. manager of the.
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke
Company. was the principal witness and
his tes stimony showed that there had been
no graft Sor in territorial wrong doing. I.
Mr. Brooks, in an honest, straightfor-
ward manner. told the 4 whole story
of his gift OF 4 coal &. to NJ T.. II J.
Cloves In the winter Of 1901. He pro-
duced receipts and memora ndum showing
when and how the coal was delivered a nj
related IN detail his desire to. show a
favor to Mr. Cloves, who. he said. had
placed him under obligations by using
s his Influence in getting his friends in a
perfectly pro- per MANNER to vote for the
contract" alluding to his company get
ting the award for coal at the Eas tern
State Hospit al.--f ~ II
ISL Mr.. Brooks said that it had 4 been his
custom FOR several years to secure q
4 car OF coal at cost price for the use, o:
his friends. The car Of coal secured in
Rthe winter Of 1904. cost s1.25 a tom and
so cents ton for hauling. Il 5.s
Offered Him Five Tons.
The contents Of the car was not con-
sumed and he had offered five tons of
coal to Mr.. Cloves. The other parties who
secured coal from the car paid sl.25 or
more q ton. and so cents ton for haul
Ing. s 4 .$a
At this point Mr. Brooks said: Il don't
think I ever expected at any time to- ask
Mr.. Cloves to pay for that coal. l am
perfectly willing to take any blame that
attaches to the matter. I did not kno ~
anything about the law and I am sorry
3 y have made trouble. did not mean
10 do anything wrong" "ss
fMr Brooks said he never collected the
money for the coal because, he said,
When am under obligations to man
Ego not go .dunning him for $ or so.''
senator Rison sked the witness why
he told Cloves he would charge hin,
small price when he really intended to
give him the coal.
MT: Brooks replied: II am not in the
habit OF walking up to a man and Of
fering to give him something
Mr. Brooks said that Mr.. Cloves had
asked Alm for a bill. but had never
insisted upon paying for the coal: tina t
he would have accepted the money If Mr.
Cloves had insisted. II e
Greatly against his will Mr. Brooks
named those who had secured the coal
In 1903, and stated that the car in 1904
was used by practically the same peo- !
pie. as in 19G3 4.
Mr.. E. H. Cloves was called to the
stand and made only one statement OF
interest. He said that he and DR., Car
lick, former physician at the hos
pital, discussed whether or not they
should vote for a negro Republican, but
that he (Clowes) determined to vote for
a Democrat.
z This was In readjustment days, when
party feeling ran high.
Colonel L. ". Lane, commissioner OF
Hospitals and Mr.. II. D. Cole, member
OF the special board, also testified
There lis a marked desire on the part
OF the committee and Of counsel to con-
clude the investigation by Saturday night
and In future the testimony Of the Wit
nesses will be limited strictly to the |
matters at direct issue. /
Other Witnesses.
There are yet to testify. Captain Nc
Cracken. Of Fredericksburg, former pres
ident Of the hoard. who has been men
toned In regard to buying supplies for
the hospital, and whose nephew received
pay as an attendant while In the hos
pital as patient; Judge Garnett and
Mr.. Bland, former members of the board,
and Dr. Foster, the superin tendent; Colo
mel Walter Taylor, Of Norfolk ana one
or two others.
Z Mr.. A. Brooks was recalled to the
stand. He said that the fare given the
patients now was far better than that
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