The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-02

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should be done. / ave racked my mind
since to see II l can recall-of course. !
never thought OF the thing with any par
ticularity at all for months afterwards,
but since these sensations have been ere
ated about this matter l have racked my
mind to see II 1 can recall anything
about the work OF the company at that
!! time. and l do not recall any circum-
stances that can bring tc my mind the
work or that company at that time In
connection with myself. I did not re-
gard myself as having any particular in
terest In 1t. l would have given Mr..
Sands's company or any OF the others a
hundred dollars also II they had wanted
1t to push the company. I had hoped
that one of these companies. and all OF
them. would enter upon this work. 1t did
not seem to mo h those companies
would Interfere much. or course, IL they
were properly conducted. with lawyers
work, Thought that they would be Of
assistance to lawyers work. / did not
look into the operations OF these COM
panies elsewhere, but ! knew, of course.
hat they were In general use: I knew
that they existed elsewhere, and I sup
posed that they were doing good work.
Many Lawyers Saw Him.
Gradually. in the course of time, I
tegan to see Mr.. Campbell In there, ask
Ing me about the legal questions in con-
nection with these charters, and he may
have said that the charters were. sent
to this company or that the questions
were sent to this company, or some
thing OF that sort. I think / can summon
almost the whole bar OF the city of Rich
mond to testify to the fact that about
that time there was not a day on which
half a dozen lawyers were no In NV
office to ask me questions about the
corporation law If Virginia. / was SUD-
posed to know all about IL; / did not
then, by any means. nor do | now. be-
cause / find questions arising now that
l never thought of before. But hardly
a day passed that there were not several
lawyers in that office, while letters were
coming from all over the state. and
that sort of thing would not attract any
attention on my part particularly. /
do not recall seeing the papers In con-
nection with the ompany except two
Mr.. Lanier showed me at one time, when
ne was getting up the company, r sup
pose this was the first part of February.
a prospectus which / presume was the
prospectus he had here. Of course
wouldn't recognize whether 1t was or
not.
Did Not Concern Him
know 1t was a prospectus setting
forth the advantages of a company Of
that kind. ] don't know, he may hays
read 1t to me. l may have read some
portions of it; if | did. / did not pay any
particular attention TO 1t: 1t was not a
matter that concerned me particularly.
/ think that he is probably right in say
ing that l suggested to him that the
was too personal a matter
with him. He said "T' was doing this
doing that, and it may have been
signed in his name, I don't recoiect.
think l did make some suggestions in
to ii, that he was putting am
self personally In the prospectus and
that he had better not d. 1t. I remem-
Der seeing the circular. l get all sorts
circulars all the time. I think probably
one OF the best ones of that sort have
seen, was from my friend Mr.. Capertop.
OF Alexandria. l suppose that must have
been the first circular that was gotten
out. If that was the first one gotten
out; INFLOW l got through the mail
circular. Those are the only two
papers ! recall seeing in connection with
this matter.
Those charges involved those three
Lanier. Tyler and Newby-and involyed
their combined conduct In the office chief
~. | think 1t is fair to say that the
charges were stated in very exaggerated
and rather bombastic Language which
perhaps was excusable on account of the
that I knew Mr.. Upshur wa.
IN. | looked over those charges
closely: we all went over them. We
did not consider them In conference 10
any extent, hut when we determined to
nave an investigation of this state of
on the 9TH of April, I went out
first, | think, and told Mr.. Upshur and
the others to remain there, between s and
6 O'Clock. My recollection Is TINT I told
Mr.. upshur of this conversation that
had had with Mr.. Lanier. OF course he
didn't know anything about that. and
Mr.. upshur made a general statement
about the matter. He said he consid-
cred 1t his duty. as an officer of the COM
mission, to make this report. ana he made
II so as an officer OF the commission. and
his statement was entirely n general onn
1t made no impression on us. because
we didn't go into any charges at all.
and he left with us these letters. or per-
maps J had gotten them from him a few
minutes peforehand-the letters pertain
ing to the work done by L.anler and New.
by and Tyler in connection with Lamar
the letters 10 the Whitehead-Hoag Com
pany, and some of r l.. Parrish, of Cow
inston, In there. We sent for Mr.. Lantcr.
Trying to Undermine Him.
80 Mr.. Lanier made a statement In which
he said that Mr.. Upshur vas trying 10
him and get him out Of sfice.
al that sort of thing; a general state.
inent of that character In defense OF
hlhself. asked him some questions
first, and ] think he was taken lp then
Mr.. Stuart, Mr.. Stuart probably asked
him more questions than either Mr.. Fair
fax or myself. It appeared in the course
OF that questioning that Mr., I.a.ier had
been doing this as assistant clerk. TINT
when he was receiving a letter reuulr.
Ing an official answer from a foreign cor
poration, for example, desiring 10 ento,
the State, he would answe that letter
ohlcially, and he would give such Infor- !.
nation, or perhaps, I think he said TINT