The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
BALLINGER'S DEFENCE
ALLEGED ATTEMPT MADE TO
CORRUPT 4 WITNESS.


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Ne Nsald Testify Against Ballinger.
wAsMN0roN. April a.-John ". DOd-
ley. former Register % the Land Once
At juneau. ALASKA. has been subpsnAed
to appear before the RAllingsr invessi-
eating COMMITTEES nc oncS 20 testify rela-
tive Co an alleged attempt to bribe him
TO 60 20 Washington and testify az
witness against Secretary Rallinger.
n. X. Love. whose oroas-exAminAtion
was resumed this morning. injected q
new element into tho inquiry by casual
reference 20 q Conversation he had had
with Dudley.
Il mot Dudley At the OCoidsntAl Hotel
at Juneau along about the 10th OF Feb
ruary.' said Love. He told mo 10 had
been intimatsd 20 him that IL would he
worth q. 900 to 5000 10 him from Col
Iisr's Weekly II he would 90 20 Washing
ton and testify against Judge Ballnger.
He asked me 20 tell Judge BAllinger about
IL and aAy to him that he was ready TO
como and testify for him.
Members OF the COMMITTEES sAt up and
took notice az the suggestion that any
attempt had beeu made improperly
To influence witnesses. Representatives
Madison. James and Graham and senator
Fletcher took Mr.. Love In hand and ques-
toned him closely.
Repeat exactly what Dudley said "a
you.' requested Representative Graham.
'rve Just said what he said answered
Love.
We'll. say IL again. snapped Rspressn-
tative James
I only rad about three minutes COM
versation with him. said the witness.
He spoke about being lot out of the ser-
vice and then said he had been given
Co understand that 10 would be worth
1s 90 To $1,000 tn him from Golfers
Weekly 20 come down here and testify.
He asked me To tell Judge Ballin@er about
il and said he was ready to come on and
testify for him"
what else did he say" asked Repre-
sentative Madison.
That was about ALL replied Love.
He said he was going to take his case up
with the Department and try 60 have his
rscord stralghtened out
did you give Judge RallngeT the
me-sage?- asked Mr.. Madison
"Idid not. said the witness
Did YOU tell hts sttorneys'' persisted
Mr.. Madison
NO air-
why didn't yous-
We'll, I didn't think IL vas any Of my
business. answered Love. and because
I thought he might be mistaken-thAt he
might have misunderstood the matter
MIR Chairman said Mr.. Madison. =
move that this man Dudley ne subposnAed
at oncs 20 appear before this committes
W: should 60 To the bottom Of = matter
senator Nelson put the motion and IL
was adopted without Dissenting vote.
In examining Mr. Love ATTORNEY
Brandeis endeavored Co break down his
Testimony contradicting the evtdenre
given by Spe"iAl Agent Jones'. but the
witness adhered "a his story Repr~-
sentative Graham created = diversion
by interfering a question - eo whether
Love was an attorney At law.
No answered Love y ran for law
yer and got beat
II wss developed however. that Love
had practised law in South Dakota ana
Washington several years ago.
Frank l.. Spaulding of Cheyenne, Wye.
former clerk and disburstnK officer in
Louis r. 0lavis's ofaoe At Seattle, vas
the next witness called by the defence.
He was Questioned by Attorney Yer
trees relative - an expense account
turned in by Claws after has trip 70
Beverly. Mass last September TO 500
President Taft and testified that there
Was an item Of as for stenOgrMpbic work
In Chicago which CLAWS aftsrward asked
him a. omit from the record. SpauldinR
sAid he told Claws u could not he done
and 0lAVis then asked him a. leave out
the item. but carry forward the same
total and make Il appear a. an error IN
addition
On croaa-examination the witness adj
mtt0d that GlAv!e wanted the item cut
OUT and did not want tho Government
20 paw that bill, bScsuas in that csl-a the
Government could claim all three copies
Of :he s,snOgraphic report. and he wanted
TO retain ono OF more copie~
REPRESENTATIVE JAfnsa asked the witness
II he understood that Claws Was trying
TO cheat the Government out OF the sS5
No. ar answered SpauldinR
The frat woman 70 h. cA!lsd a. q witness
in ihs Ballinger Investigation took the
alta nd at the opsning OF the afternoon
session. Miss Fila NJ Shartell Of Ssat'le.
who VS. a stsnographer In the land once
NJ l. X CLAWS. was called tn testify ~
garding 'hs twen'y -four lsetsrs hearing
on the cunningham claims which Il has
! heen charged were concealed by CLAWS
and AftSYwArd found in one OF Olaviss
| packing cases.
Miss Shartsli said sine had made copies
of the letters for Claws early in September
last and Identified copies which Mr. Yer
tr-es said he would show were found in
Glavis'S box. She said that sha had
turned the originals and tho copies over
10 CLAWS and that was the last she saw
81 them until on February >. 1870 Mr..
Christensen. GlAvis's succes-or. brought
them into the ONCE. She had s~archad
the Office for them in October and Novem-
har and faIlsd TO find them.
On Cross-sIamination Mr. Brandeis
secured an admission from Miss ShaTtsil
that IN searching for the letters she had
/ not searched Mr.. Chnstsnssn's desk
She also testified that az offios Attache
named Parks had made = fr1iitlans search
% Tho boxe~ where Christensen claimed
. week later 70 have found thu letters. and
that Christensen had kaid 20 Parks. you
didn't make a very good search
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