The Washington herald., 1912-12-06

why did you go there demanded
Mr.. Webb.
Il think It was the natural thing for
me to go to Judge Archibald at once
and tell him what was going on" re-
piled the old miner. while the Senators
smiled.
What did Judge Archibald say to
you when you saw him.
He told me to tell the truth and let
the consequences go where they would"
why did you go to see Judge Arch
bald as soon as you were subpoenaed?
persisted the House inquisitor.
81 went there to get money TO come
here" replied the witness, without the
slightest hesitation.
Archibald Bought Ticket.
Later he explained that Judge Arch
bald refused to give him the money, but
told him that he would buy him the
ticket to Washington, which he did the
following day at the railway station, in
the presence of a number of people.
The witness told an interesting story
of how he came to learn that the rail-
roads were interested in the lighterage
cases then pending before the United
States Commerce Court. He said that
while waiting in Judge Archbald's Office.
he picked up paper from the Judge s
desk, because he was attracted by the
word 'Iighterage," and he asked Judge
Archibald what II meant. He admitted
that ne did not talk to the Judge about
other cases. and said that the lighterage
cases attracted his attention because
they were the first in a list OF cases on
the Judges desk. 1t was evident that
Manager Webb thought this an improb-
able story, but the old man could not
be shaken in his testimony on this point
He admitted that Judge Archibald went
TO New York. where he met General
Manager May, OF the Hillside Coal and
Iron Company, and where he had talk
with Brownen. general counsel Of the
Erie and OF the Hillside company. and
that when the judge came back. he told
the witness that II he would go and see
General Manager May. he could get the
option And I went and got it, This
option was for the purchase OF the
Katydid culm bank, at Moosic, Pa
The witness, on direct examination, told
the Senate that having obtained his OPP
ton, he tried to sell the culm bank first
to Charles ?. Conn, Of the Laurel Line
an electric road, who refused to buy be-
cause he thought the title was bad. That
he then tried to sell 1t to Thomas Jones.
and later did make an agreement TO sell
to Bradley. In each Of these efforts the
of introduction to the men who he So
licited from Judge Archibald. and these
letters were put into the record. All OF
them were admitted by the attorneys for
Judge Archibald. and all OF them were
written on the stationery OF the United
States Commerce Court.
To show Conspiracy.
On cross-examination by Attorney
worthington, counsel for Judge Arch
bald, the witness admitted that one or
the parties to the culm transaction
warned him that If he brought the Bo-
lands into it, that this individual would
have nothing to do with It. But. in spite
OF this warning, he brought Boland into
the transaction. The line of the defense
developed by the cross-examination was
evidently TO show a conspiracy to trap
Judge Archibald. Questions from Attor-
ney Worthington brought out the adj
mission that ii was at the suggestion
of Boland that the witnes went to Judge
Archibald for each of the letters that
he carried to persons to whom he tried
to sell the culm bank. One Of these
letters was photographed, he said, with
out his knowledge, before II was deliv-
cred to the man to whom it was ad-
dressed.
An amusing incident of the proceed
ings was the persistent reference, in
advertently. by Representative Webb,
to Judge Archbald's counsel, as Col
oneF worthington. Repeatedly Mr..
Worthington protested that he was not
a colonel as his Southern friend would
have It. Finally, when Mr.. webb
yielded to Representative Sterling OF