The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-14
be a mighty good idea for you to
re those note books
Didn't Want to Testify.

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Didn't Want to Testify.
Il might say right here that neither
Massey o myself has ever wanted
10 go before the congressional com
mittee. We had q pretty clear idea
n to what the LAWYER memorandum
was; we knew the way things were
going. Hut we didn't want tn be drawn
into any investigation at the capitol.
When ] told Carr that l had de-
stroyed my note books was honest
In that statement. ] believed that
| had. You see, I'd been in the gov
eminent service for some time and
never kept any Of my notes. didn's
think IL Was necessary.
Massey advocated nay keeping my
steuographic notes and on my return
from the West | decided to do so,
80 when / told Carr that / didn't
have my note books with the LAWYER
dictation in them ! believed was
stating the truth. ! really believed
twas 80 long ego t~hat-l-had de-
stroyed them.
.Weli, when l went to file away
note book No, 4 or e. | always put
them in the file room. discovered 70
/ my surprise that book No. ! was dated
'Stenographic notes from May 20 te
Z October 80, 1901 Then l found that
| had not quite finished the note BOOK
| was using before the Western trir
OF the secretary and that when re-
turned with him I had started in usins
1t again. = That explains why the dates
are 80 far apart. because ordinarily
with all the stenographic r l 90
1t doesn't take very long 10 nh'sh .
book. 4.
!. "And that reminds me, tool
isn't strictly Il note book. AT the IN
terror department We use loose leaves
that are bound together AT the top
SO really, It consists OF a batch OF
papers bound together with ties Of
red tape.
Finds LAWYER Notes.
When ! found that note BOOK ane
contained the Lawler dictation.
had never thought h a my notes OF
that were. in existence. /,
sat the time | discovered this BOOB
the congressional hearings mao pro
crossed far enough for all of us TO real
lie that we might be called as Wit
nesses before the committee. TEL
that Il was essential that II ] wa
called to testify ON the rrepsratfo
OF the Lawler memorandum n a
should have those notes to substan'
tiate my sta elements,
~ knew very we'll that il I told Mr.
Carr that | had discovered my note
book with he LAWYER dictation In It n
w-o,1id think I had lied when | had toll
him previously that ! had destroye'
the books. Mere than that ffi
pretty certain that II ] did tell Car
ne would suggest that I imnediatel.
get rid OF the book. ] did not wan
TO do that. The notes were an apso
lutte protection TO me. though
sooner or later / would have TO go o.
- ~ ~ -aNs 1AN IN fAl
the truth. the whole truth and moth
I fng but the truth. and I fSft II wa
absolutely necessary for me to hav'
the notes to give documentary suostan
tiation of my story.
.Thsn, too, felt that need all tn
more since / had learned from Mas
sey that he decided to destroy his note
containing matter prior TO November
1909.
Il wish to state that since Mr., Bal
finger assumed ONCE as secretary o
the interior my personal relations WIZ
him have been most pleasant and ~
has shown me tho utmost considera
ton. I have no personai feeling
a sainst Secretary Baliinger.m and
make this statement only because
consider that the public ~ entitled 7
know the truth and the facts with re
gard to the preparation OF the -calies
Taft. letter Of September IL. 1903, ex
o~nerating Secretary Bellinger and au
thorixing the Dismissal Of L. X. Glayis
tSigned)
FREDERICK NJ. KERRY.
Kerby was born in this city, 10 .
years old, has been married three year
and is the father OF a boy baby neari.
"A year and a half Did. He y p sol
support OF an aged mother. His VII
nV1 child xs,arA a pafytrQl eAAGk MOO