The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-10
Offer Not Made.


o,T r. was Was prove, proved that in fact no such
y, y as untrue. MIR. Kennedy denied 1t.
( , me record further shows that Mir, Ken
n r. take, talked With, NJ. crump, Of tho il.
that firm publishing such n history. Had
any such offer been made by Messrs
humans Sons II Is unreasonable 10 sup
terest some other publisher In tho hat
ter. The evidence clearly shows that
no such offer BY Putnama Sons was ever
made. 80 4 - ~
Hence the question resolves itself into.
whether he really made such a declara-
tion This also he denies. The only way
OF testing his denial is TO weigh the OPP
iirst testified, stated that he had boen
SO told by Mr.. Kennedy, and that Messrs.
gHierkcicy. Terrence and Eckenrode had
%, heen i,. 50 tod. The gentlemen. 80 cited
mem subsequently testified that they
mad not been SO told by Mr. Kennedy;
n !, they bad never heard him mention
Sons. Mr.. Evans subsequently testified
that when he heard Mr.. Kennedy say
That the Offer came from Massrs. Put
nedy.
rhc board thinks 1t but fair 10 Mr..
Kennedy 70 say that not only WAS the
charge not proven, but that It was dis
Kennedy to prove the negative.
But Mr.. florence testified that Willie
Mr; henne sSn. did 31 not say that Messrs
bad said that a Northern publishing
house" had made him the offer.
The whole gravnrnen OF the charge and
been reduced TO this. whether in q cas-
gentleman that Northern publishing
house had made the orrer, when he now
says that the offer Of assistance had
fon not Prem his fs The question then
graft as was originally suggested t,y
the statement OF Mr.. Evans. but whether
he had made q misleading statement.
Memory Unreliable.
1t Is needless to say that any one
J familiar with tho taking OF testimony
will recognize how unreliable is the e.
i1rt TO repent q casual conversation.
rms s. truth appears In the testimony as
Mr.; Kennedy testified that he did not
say that hc had received tho offer from
S9rth snia publishing house IL afteT-
and Terrence had stated that he had said
so. he might have done So but no had
no RECOLLECTION q It. He remembered
know from whom the offer OF assistancs
| had come. @ is5T n
In reply to a telegram from AIr. Ken
| needy inauirlng whether he had men,
| toned tho name Of n firm, Mr.. Terrence
wrote his recollection OF what had been
said. In his letter he made no refer
/! ence to n Northern publishing house.
| nor did no state that Mr.. Kennedy had
received check for 5000 which he had
returned.
lie wrote rs follows: I'm speaking to
| me relative to yur writing school hIs-s
! tory OF Virginia. you said that you had
been asked to do 50; that you had been
offered $4,000 for same: that $500 OF tho
amount was at your command. when you
| FIRMS name. The details OF our CONVEX
! sation on the subject l remember fully
/ Hc further wrote that Mr. Ectenrode
\ was present
He subsequently testified that Mr..
! Kennedy had stated both about tho
Northern publishing house" and tho
1 receipt and return of tho $500 check
/ IIc also testified us to another conver-s
sation, In which the word firm" was
/ used.
When Mr.. Iickenrode3 testified. hs
stated that Mr.. Kennedy said some
publishlng house" When he was asked
!! whether Mr. Kennedy said anything
| about getting n check for $500, he first
/ said, II cannot be sure whether lie
said that, or whether heard 1t from
somebody else" Then afterwards Tho
4 said, Yes, yes. i remember now" and
4 told that Mr. Kennedy had said that
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