Milford chronicle., 1912-12-20
HEARST TELLS
OF OIL LETTERS
Not STe He Ever Saw Their
4 Originals.
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aODUCES SIX NEW ONES
ellis Probers He Personally Knows
Nothing About Correspondents Of
Penrose and Foraker.

William r. Hearst, testifying before
the Clapp campaign fund investigating
committee in Washington, revealed
the name OF the person from whom he
obtained the famous Archbold letters
to Penrose, Foraker and Sibley.
John Eddy, newspaper man and
magazine writer, is the man. Mr.. Ed
dy is London correspondent for the
Hearst newspapers and was managing
editor of the Hearst papers in New
York and Boston.
Mr.. Eddy will not be available for
examination by the Clapp committee
of the senate, because he is outside
the jurisdiction of the senate.
MI Hearst produced six more let
ters, which he said had not been pub
ished, and which were read to the
committee.
Are these all the letters you have?"
he was asked.
These are all that l think come
within the scope of the resolution un-
der which this inquiry is being con-
ducted,' replied Mr.. Hearst.
The committee decided that if Mr..
Hearst had any other letters he must
produce them, and he was ordered TO
do so. The letters produced by Mr..
Hearst were from John d. Archbold
to former Senator Foraker, of Ohio,
and to Senator Penrose and former
Congressman Sibley, of Pennsylvania.
They all related to money transactions
or to bills which Mr.. Archbold wanted
killed.
Mr.. Hearst said that he had never |
seen the original letters; that all he |
has ever had are the Photographic |
copies, given to him by Mr.. Eddy in
Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1909. |
and that he has no knowledge about |
the correspondence further than what i
the copies themselves purport to show.
Mr.. Hearst then produced the sew
eral letters and kilograms. The first
was from Senator Penrose to John D.
Archbold. dated Dec. 4, 1908, at Phila-
delphia, and read in part os follows:
Il have wired Senator Aldrich to make
an appointment with him to discuss
the matter referred to in your letter"
1t added that Senator Penrose himself
could meet Mr.. Archbold in New York
1t any time
A letter from John d. Archbold to
J. B. Foraker, then senator from Ohio,
the willingness of Mr.. Arch
)Old to make a loan of $4,000. This
oan was to bear interest at per
.ent and was to be repaid in two in
tallments of $4,000 each.
Mr.. Hearst said he knew nothing Of
re facts to which zav of the letters
ferred. He did not kn0w for what
urpose or under what circumstances
he proposed loan was to be made
Many of the new letters offered, he
aid, had BEEN read by him in public
btt were not included in
lose published in his magazine.
Another letter was from John d.
rchbold to former Representative Jo-
eph c. Sibley, in which he referred
} an inclosed certificate of deposit of
5000, sent you at the request of Mr..
THE purpose of which you no
oubt understand with him"
The only other witness before the
ROBBERS was John L. Kennedy, who
as a member of the OLD industrial
of witch Senator Penrose
as a men uhber He was called at the
,quest of Senator oliver, of Pennsyl-
anis, a member of the committee,
nd declared that the suggestion that
a rose got S25,O00 from the Stand.
Oil company for work in connec-
with the commission was anus
Penrose did less than any other
,mber, said Kennedy, and at first
fused to sign the report because he
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