Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-10
CASH FREELY GIVEN
State Game Warden Got
$500 Of Stephenson Fund.
MONEY NOT DISTRIBUTED
Hearing Today Before Senate Com
mittee Shows False Testimony
Was Previously Given.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis.,, October 1O.-How
$500 was paid to State Game Warden J.
w. Stone out Of the campaign fund of
United States Senator Isaac Stephenson
and how Stone, Ito cover up what was
done with the money. got his deputies to
pretend" to having received portions of
1t, was told today before the United
States Senate committee which is inves-
tigating charges that bribery and corrup-
ton contributed to Senator Stephenson g
election.
G. L. Kingsley, deputy game warden
during the Wisconsin primaries in 1908.
when Senator Stephenson sought nomina-
the investigation by the state legislature
was under way he was called to Stone 8
home at Madison The meeting was call
ed at midnight. and among those present
were Deputy Game Wardehs Kingsley.
Johnson and Richtmann, Assemblyman
Thomas and Warden Stone.
''Stone said he had to account for 81 500
ceived part of it, said Kinsley. ''Stone
had to testify before the legislative COM
mittee what was done with the money,
and instead of telling what was really
done with it, he wanted to say we got It.
1 was to pretend to having received $3.50.
johnson $50 and Rfchtman $50 We
agreed to do this on condition that We
would not be called to testify at the leg
islative investigation" r.
Repudiates Stones Testimony.
Senator W. B. Hepburn. the chairman,
then read the proceedings of the legisla-
tive investigation at which Stone had
testified that he had actually given the
money to Kingsley. Kingsley repudiated
Stones testimony as read. 49,.
In another part of the legislative pro-
ceedings 1t was brought out that $1,2O0
Of the $500 which Stone received was
paid to James o. Davidson. then Gov
ernor of Wisconsin,. as campaign
fund" Davidson's testimony at the leg
islative inquiry was that the money was
put on his desk in envelopes. and. not
knowing what it was for. he put it aside
for some months until finally it found its
way into his bank account.
Charles E. Littlefield, counsel for Sena-
tor Stephenson, objected to the introduc-
ton Of this testimony on the ground that
1t had no relation to Senator Stephenson,
but the committee overruled him.
Objected to Being Called.
''You put yourself in the position of
agreeing that q false statement should
be made before the investigation, didn't
you? You were content that the false in
formation should stand so long as you
were not called to substantiate it?' asked
Senator George Sutherland.
Kingsley replied that as soon as 1t ap-
peared he would have to testify he re-
pudiated what Stone said.
when you agreed to help Stone cover
up what he did with the money didn't
it occur to you that you were conspir-
ing with him to commit perjury?' asked
Attorney Littlefield.
at didn't so occur to me then, but
II does now
The $500 given to Stone out Of the
Stephenson campaign fund of $1O7, 1913, it
was testified. was to be used by Stone
to promote the senator's interests.
Stone gave various sums of money to
Davidson, then governor. and to others
before the charges were made, and later
on. being called upon to explain, Stone
called q meeting of his deputies to frame
up" story Of what he wanted the pub
lie to believe was the disposal Of the
money, Kingsley testified. At the legis-
lative Investigation Davidson admitted
having had the money laid on his desk.