Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-31
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Q. Now what suggestion. If any. was
made to you that inasmuch as you
were to testify that your work in writ
ing the letter should be revised in any
way? Who made that suggestion to
you? A. l will tell it as nearly as l
| can.
q. Go on and tell i'm your own way
without my breaking you up with any
questions. A. / am not certain Wheth-
er the matter was preached by Mr..
| Rand or Mr.. Baker, but have in my
| memory that Mr.. Rand said something
to me about Mr.. Bakers suggesting in
preparing the paper that I might
| change some reference, change the
paper so as to leave out references to
| the Assessors and some other express
sions which had used there by way of
valuation.
Q. Right there, as bearing upon your
honor and good faith in all these mat
tiers. did you suppose that your letter
was 10 be proven in the case as a let
ter? A. Why certainly not.
G.. Did you know just what use
could be made Of it? That is. did you
know enough about these things in
court to know what use could be made
of it if you revised it. A. / didn't
know anything about what was to DO
done with it
.. Naturally you wouldn't, but you
under stood wherever you had made
errors that y"u had a right to change
them? a. l suppose so.
Q. Did you understand you had a
right TO change all errors you had
q rtai N r
@. OF course you had. Go on with
it yourself. A. Then | had few
words with Mr.. Baker along this same
line. Nothing was said to me by him
regarding any figures at all. The
matter was turned over to Mr.. Rand
and myself. We sat down in a room
out there at a green table and / made
those changes. Mr.. Rand was looking
over with me.
q. Let me stop You just there. In
making them did you have what pur-
Iorted to be a copy, that is to work
from? Did you and Mr.. Rand then
have or did you have what purported
to be a copy Of the letter you sent to
Mr. Pratt. "A. | had an old copy Of my
own.
@. Without numbering the case at all
you went along and made your own
memoranda. Where you thought you
had made mistake you changed it.
a. Yes.
Q. For illustration. and 1t is one
that never has gone into the record at
al; in going over the record there 1t
escaped me. In speaking of the old
cards, YOU said 800? A. That was
the mistake Of the typewriter, l am
satisfied as to that. l remember it
distinctly.
q. That illustrates a good many of
these. does it: A. Exactly.
q. Where did you say that was
doEc? a. Nearly all, if not all of 1t.
was done right in the other room. Quite
hastily.
G. Is it 4 fact as stated in the
newspaper, that you and Mr.. Rand and
Mr.. Baker sat down and made all
these changes together" A. No, Mr..
Rand ana | sat down. Mr.. Baker
wasn't there at all.
q. Nou We're doing it in accordance
with what you supposed to be your
right? A. Yes sir. Then Mr.. Rand
took the paper and made up paper.
| presume it was prepared in his office,
and brought it up here late one after
noon.
Q. Before you get to that. there was
one matter you stated to me. Did you
give Mr.. Rand any general authority
to improve the English when he came
to rut it on the machine? A. 1 think
/ said il he saw anything in the
phraSeology that was manifestly wrong
he would change it. / did say that.
sch I,tl0
outside? A. Nothing. Not a schedule.
| prepared at the time none whatever.
q. Go on. You say you left 1t with
Mr.. Rand. with those general direc-
tons? A. Mr.. Rand took the paper.
l presume to his office. and came back
with Il package of papers and passed
me one with a green cover, the one
which | used here; and l stated to Mr..
Rand when he gave it to mel saw the
word copy" on top-I said it was not
a copy of my letter. He said Mr..
Baker would arrange or explain that.
didn't know whether the paper was
to be used as copy or as the basis OF
my testimony, or not. 1t was not a
copy of my letter.
Q. You didn't know just how 1t was
to be used, or how it could be used?
You didn't know about the rules OF
evidence to understand? A. No sir. I
did not.
G. Taking this paper that youfnter-
lined and turned over to Mr.. Rand. I
find in capital letters the word copy"
Who put it on? A. ! don't know any
thing about it.
Q. Your name "Pcnnell" on there7
A. | didn't write thing on it.
q. You say when it was handed to
You i'll court you saw the word copy?
y. I saw the word copy" and called
Mr.. Rand's attention to it. saying 1t
was not a copy Of my letter.
q. 1t was a copy of the document you
left with him that you had corrected. A.
don't know whether of the original or
not. l don't know anything but about
the one L saw.
9. He said Mr.. Baker would explain II.
or words to that effect? A. Yes. just
exactly how it was worded. l couldn't
say.
.. Is there anything further about II
that you want to state in order to set
yourself right in the matter? A.
should be better fitted to say something
II l had read the, copy of the paper and