The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-20
WAS L|LLtY IN
THE BIG PLO12
SUBMARINE INQUIRY vEERS-
EXP IT'S EXAMINE LETTERS
CONCERNING LOUD.
CAME FROM LAKE co.
Offensive Documents Dictated ~
Senator Thurston---Connccti
Man Denies Any knowledge
OF Anonymous Letters.

| Washington April l9.-The autht r
snip OF n" anonymors letters that
have been Introduced In the invest.
lgatlon Of ihe Electric Boat company
was diligently Inquired into today by
the hoasa COMMITTEES conducting tn
Investigation. David N Carvabo ard
VIM. J. kinsley oi ivew York. aud All
bert =, Osborn OF Rochester, ha i'll,
writing experts and experts as ia
typewritifg. testified that the two le
ters and ssrtdn documents pres mt II
ite the committee by Representative
Lilley, and which IL has been testified
were written ny ADner T.. Neff of the
Lake Torpedo Boat company ca
typewriter In the lake eompanys
office, Were ~ written on the same
typewriter
y tAer Mr., Liiley nor Mr.. Nea
was questioned BY the committee on
this point, but both denied during tina
'idy that lad written the anonymous
letters or that they knew anything
about them.
Mr. Lilley. at the beginning CT tho
days sessiol, presented q letter from
the commissioned OF patents, stating
that no patent had been granted to
Charles r. Nelson during the past ten
years. This document was introduced
for the purpose of contradictiag tn.
testimony of Electric Boat company
officials That they had paid Mr. Net-
son, who is lieutenant In the navy
81 800 for patent he had secured.
Some More Witnesses.
Mr. Lilley asked that President
Bowles of the Fcrt River ShiphuMng
company and John r. Holland be
chairn-e.. &c '''''aesSssasl sSssl t,Elass ,TElae cem
set Of the session that of the nis.
charges brought before the commit
tee the most serious was that corrupt
means had been used to secure or
defeat nomination and election Of
laembers CT the present congress.
Such "A charge reflects upon the
integrity Of the house, and deserves
the most exhaustive examination by
this committee" he said.
The only case Of the kind which
the testimony has disclosed Is the
cowardly attempt that has been' le
,aitly through anonymous letters. to
Llacken the name and ruin the career
cf Representative Loud OF Michigan
CarvaIho is Called.
"As no one has had the courage to
ADMIT 5he authorship of these das
tardly communications, this commit
tee feels that the burden has been
lcid upon it 70 discover, n possible
the AUTHORSHIP cf these communica.
tons
Mr.. Boutel stated that the letters
had been ,nrned over 20 experts, and
he then called David II. Caryalho TO
the stand.
Mr.. Carvalho said he had examined
the two lettcrs in question. one re-
ceived by the Washington correspond
ent of the Detroit Free Press and the
ether by Frank Edinporougn, a state
senator frsa Michigan, aud new
candidate 10. congress against Mr..
Loud. IIo also bad examined a great
many Of the typewriter documents
and comnara1 them with the anony-
nous letter taking paoi gTap.s and
preparing chats showing his dedue.
tions.
Unquest.onably, he said the two
Anonymous letters and certain Cf tn
papers wcra written on one and the
same machine These documents. it
has been testified, were dictated bv
former Senator Thurston AMI writter
by Abner z. Neff on typewriter In
the Washinstcr office of the Lake
Torpedo Boat company. The docu-
nents in question were statements
presented 20 the committee by L'iley
and signed by him.
II also las beer testified by Benia
min Webster private secretary "a
Representative Lilley. that he CWeb-
s,erl had done some work on the
typewriter in Mr. Nens Office.
The witness said that the identity
OF typewrit'1g machines On which
two or more papers were written
could be Crternlined mrra readily
tran the realineness of handwriting
L know absolutely nothing as 10
the AUTHORSHIP OF the anonymous let
ters that have been introduced in ths
Investigation Of the Electric Boat
company" said Repres entative LilleE
under whose resolution the investi-
cation is oeing conducted, 70 reH
.resentative Of the Associated Press
today. while David Caryaiho. the
handwriting expert. was testifyiRg.
The fou- documents which Mr..
Carvalho SAYS were written cn t.
same typewriter as were the anonS
nous letters. we're submitted TO me-
bv an agent Of the Lake Torpedo
Boat company. signed them AM
submitted tllam t. the committee
They we're not written on any tyre
N ritter belonging to me"