The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-23
COI Mann Tells How He Has
Borrowed 100000
FAILED TO PAY IT ALL BACK
James r. keene Loaned $4,000, Which
Was the Largest Individual Item.
Only $4,000 From w. K.
Vanderbilt

at the Hapgood criminal llDel trial toudy
that he had borrowed nearly 100000 from
J. p Morgan. James R. Keane, W. K.
Vanderbilt. William c. Whitney and other
prominent hnaneiers. Many of these loans
never were repaid so far as Colonel Mann
could recall and others were repaid in
stock of the Town Topics company at
$1,000 a share. The largest single loan was
obtained from James r. Keane. who
loaned the Town Topics editor $4,000.
From W. X. Vanderbilt Colonel Mann
obtained SIS 500O: from J. p. Morgan, S25,-
600: from w c. Whitney. $4,000; from
Coils p. Huntington. $1,000 John w Gates,
$4,000; Charles NJ. Sehwab. $4,000; Thomas
F. Ryan, $4,000.
When Colonel Mann testified that many
of these loans were paid in Town Topics
stock at $1,000 a share. James w. Osborne.
counsel for Mr.. Hapgood, asked II the
par value of the stock was not $40 per
share Colonel Mann replied that 1t was.
contract was produced showing that
$500 was paid by William J. White Of
Cleveland, for a subscription to Fads and
Fancies. the book which was published
under Colonel Mann's direction. Mr..
Whites name was not in this book, and
Colonel Mann was asked why Mr.. White
paid the money. He replied that he did
not know, and learning that Mr.. White
WIS prominent Cleveland mans he
had approved the subscription. The price
Of subscription to Fads and Fancies
was $500, and Colonel Mann was asked
what Mr.. White paid the extra $1,000 for.
No Money From Senator Clark.
He wanted four pages instead of two"
Colonel Mann replied. Colonel Mann's
dealings with United States Senator Will
liam A. Clark of Montana, were taken up
by Mr.. Osborne The witness said he
never received any money from the
senator
There was a series of articles about .
member of his family?" Mr.. osborne
asked.
~ am not aware of It," said Colonel
Mann.
THAT series was stopped and you be-
came friends with Senator Clark?"
Yes"
How did you become friendly with
him without money!
There was some correspondence with
him." said the witness.
The Senator came to my office and
talked for one hour or two. He said he
was building a railroad. He said he was
going to issue bonds only when the road
was complete and that | could have some
of the bonds then. From that day to
this ! have not seen Senator Clark"
Asked whether there was a key to
anonymous paragraphs in Town Topics.
Colonel Mann said there was none. His
attention was then called to two para
graphs in Town Topics, one of which Is
anonymous, but apparently was the same
man as the other, and he was asked what
connection there was between them At
ter the witness had replied that he saw
no connection, Mr.. Osborne said:
"Then it is in the inherent malice OF
inanimate objects"
That is it, matter of the galieys
was the reply
Did you ever borrow from Charles
Schwab?" asked Mr.. Osborne
II applied for a loan of $4,000 from him
on stock of the Alger Sullivan Lumber
company, and he agreed to take the
stock and give me the $4,000"
did you get it?'
Some one brought the money in the
office and it was left there. but 1 did
not handle it."
And you don't know who Il was that
brought the money!"
mo"
Taking up the loan from w. K VAN
derbilt which Colonel Mann said might
have been $4,000. Mr.. Osborne asked:
1T is not agreed that his name is never
to be printed in Town Topics?"
mo"
'Did you not tell Mr. Wayne. your man.
aging editor. that If ne said anything
about w K. Vanderbilt in your paper.
or even mentioned his name. at all, II
would be taking money out of your
mouth?"
Il did not" answered Colonel Mann.
Heard of Equitable Scandal.
The relations of the Equitable Life As
surance company to Town Topics was
then taken up Colonel Mann testifying
that the paper printed advertisements in
several languages for the Equitable
did you not have the story of the row
In the Equitable long before il became
public, and did you not suppress that
story because of your friendly relations
with Mr.. Hyde. or for other reasons?"
he was asked.
mo"
did not woman bring you the story
of the quarrel In the Equitable7'
Colonel Mann answered:
II now have a faint recollection that .
woman who said she was a stenographer
or clerk in the Equitable office came to
my office and she said she knew the
facts about fight inside the company.
but | paid no attention to her A day or
two later the whole thing about the
Equitable quarrel came out in the pa
pers."
From r. p. Flower the witness said he
borrowed s9000 or 5000.
Mr.. Osborne read clipping from Town
Topics about member of the family of j.
b. Baker of Baltimore. which he said had
been sent to Mr.. Baker from the Town
Topics office.
Colonel Mann denied that IL was a prae-
tice TO send such clippings TO those whom
the Town Topics company wished to subs
scribe for the paper. He said he did not
know Mr.. Baker or any member of his
family. but that Mr.. Baker had called
at his office to complain about the man
ner in which the paper had treated his
family.
Colonel Mann said that there were per-
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