The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-02
GLOVES DENIES
CHARGE. Of GRAFT.
Insisted on Bill for the
Coal Sold Him ! In byMr.
M. O. Brooks.
HE PAID FIFTY
CENTSA TON.
Dr.. Dunn Insists That There
Shall Be a Full Investigation
Of Charges Against Dr..
Mcclure Williams
in Justice to That
Gentleman.

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Especial From staff corrcspondent)
K wILLIAMsBURG, Al, June s1.-Mr.
Eugene H. Cloves, an eS-lnenlber of the
special bdard Of the Eastern State Hos
pital, has been all day long on the rack
before the Investigation committee, de-
Tending the charge OF graft winch
has been made gainst MIN, Va. ~
Mr.. Cloves said that he accepted five
or six tons Of coal from Mr. Al. y;
Brooks. manager Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Coal and Coke Company, but that
he intended to purchase the coala and
that he considered Mr.. Brooks a' per-
sonal citizen and mot as manager OF
the coal company and as a bidder at
the Eastern State hospital.
Mr.. Cloves told the investigating COM
'mlttee that he had met Mr.. Brooks
on the street, and that Mr.. Brooks had
told him: that he would sell sell him coal
cheaper than he could buy I. elsewhere;
that no price was named, and that the
coal was delivered at his house.
Later he said he asked Mr.. Brooks S Tor
q hill. He was told that the only charge
was for hauling. which was 90 cents
ton. Witness said he again asked MT.
Brooks for q bill 4 and was told that
there was no BILL, as the coal cost MI
BroDEs nothing. is 5ssii:, -;
Mr. Cloves con- tended that ne paatd oo
cents a ton for the coal.
The graft matter was spring during
the morning session. when Chairman
Sadler asked Mr. Gloves aif he had ever
accepted gratuity from NJ. 9. BROOKS,
manager of the Chesapeake and ONO ONO
Coal and Coke Company \;
The Coal Episode.
Mr.. Cloves related the Coal episode I
stating that he agreed to o% purchas Sc Sc
from BROOKS the remnant Of q car Of coal
which had been given Brooks and had
been Il ranked by a. sshesap apeake and
Ohio official n ho had nssepte g part art g
the coal. M se
Mr.. Cloves said:
.Ia BOUGHT FOUR OR FIYE.TcNs S
.OT COAL FROM NJ. o. BROOKS Al I
90 CENTS A TON. THAT is tn 3
WHOLE STORY"
Mr.. Cloves said he regarded the mat
ter as a neighborly act and stated thai
T.. C., Younger and F'leischman and Nor
ris had offered him supplies and that
he had declined.
Colonel Anderson asked the committee
not to allow Colonel 4 Lawless to cross
examine the witness except on matters
which pertained to DR.. Foster.
The committee refused to pass upon the
matter untllh1C CdIIlc 3DcAoA 49,
committee.
Later Colonel Anderson withdrew his
objections and Colonel Lawless was al
lowed to cross -examine. ~
Cross-Examined.
1t developed that the fifty cents a ton
paid Brooks was for hauling and not for
the coal.
Colonel Lawless:
q. .'Why did you say you paid him
fifty cents a ton for that coal?"
A. THAT is all paid him"
@. ..Did you pay him fifty cents ton
for hauling or for coal?"
a. "rhat was for hauling. have had
no bill for coal. =
q. "But he gave you the coal. and did
not sell it?'
A. paid him al he asked me for:"
At this point the stonographer read
from the preliminary statement of the
witness, which was that he paid fifty
cents ton for coal.
Colonel Iawless then asked witness II
NJ o. BN,oks had not said in his pres
ence that he (Brooks) had never sent
him (Cowes) bill for the coal; had
never expected to receive a cent for It;