The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-16

was charged out on the bank account, !
date and amount being sufficient with
out the production of the actual check. |
Why was the committee allowed to
see the books of the Mississippi Bank
& Trust company and Judge Brame
refused the privilege? Is is not barely
possible that the judge might per-
ceive some connection or discrepancy
one item with another that this won
derful sommittee would see fit to over
look?
If this thing is so clear why not
show the books?
The antedated notes were easily
disposed of also, but the fact remains
that the state lost the money. If the
transaction had been legal there would
have been no necessity to falsify the
record, which amounts almost to
forgery. In the case of the Equitable
loan it will be noted that the opinion
of the attorney general bears the
same date that the note bears at which
time the borrowing of the money was
perfectly legal, but the actual transac-
ton was not put through until two
months after. 1t is matter of indif-
| ference to me as to whether Mr.. Var
daman received a part of the differ
ence" in cash or in favors or not at
all, he was party to the deal which
comes pretty near to the classification
conspiracy to defraud'
| Now as to the witnesses and testi-
mony introduced by the prosecution
regarding myself and my methods"
of making examinations, the night
Waterman and the day Waterman tes-
titled that I asked them on one or two
occasions to admit me to the AUDITORS
office and to the office of the superin-
tendent of education. They are both
correct. l did. Frequently | work all
day Sunday and very often late at
night, some nights all night, and hav-
ing business in these offices and the
same being locked | asked for admit
lance For quite a while had my of
flee in the auditors record room on
the bottom floor of the capitol under
the auditors office. | had no key tc
this office and my work was often de
layed on this account. One Saturday
night the door of my office was left
unlocked and on Sunday entered the
office by that door. After doing few
hours work | went up the stairs tina
connected my office with the auditor!
; office above and came out into thu
hall through the door Of the auditor
office which opens from the inside. I
was then that I gave Mr.. Harris, thu
day Waterman, the high ball sign
he refers to. l hardly ever make OF
fetal reports to the watchmen.
: AS to Col. Harding's testimony an,
himself further than the fact that h
= corroborated my report as to Varda
man having collected twice for tn
. trip to Illinois, | deem both himsel
c and his testimony unworthy of ful
!, Their notice as l explained that matte
J. fully through the press last summer
AS to Messrs. Ross and Kincanno
of the University, the Boerd of tru'
o tees and others who are wise to tn
- situation that I uncovered at that il
. stitution will readily understand tn
q animus that prompted these gentle
+ men. They feel hurt that their littl
- play house should have been upturneC
O They said I stirred up distrust an
unrest among the students. That
d funny. Both of these gentlemen wer
d looked upon with distrust both by tn
e students and citizens of oxford Ion
before l ever went there. The stl
n dent body at the University wer
E wise to the situation long before I wa
ever commissioned TO make the invei
!. tigation.
" Ross makes an attempt to brin
young Vardaman into the matter b
o stating that the said young ma
n threatened to thrash me. Now
l. have the highest regard for youn
q Vardaman and consider him youn
d man of exceptional worth, but IL b
It ever threatened to thrash me it mus
"A | have heen under hic breath Or when