Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-11
WILL INTRODUCE FAMOUS LETTERS Clapp Committee Will See Original Standard Oil
 Epistles. WERE HELD BY NEGRO EX.SenatOr FOrakpr Gave Instructions as to How Documents Might
 Re Obtained.
WERE HELD BY NEGRO

New York, Jan. 10.-lohn D. Archbold and former Senator Joseph B. FOraker with the aid of Paul D. Cravath and negro lawyer of Chi cago and Gilchrist Stewart, also a negro, have bought back the famous Foraker-Archbold standard Oil let ters.
 The Clapp Investigating Commit tee will no longer have to deal with fac similes. The purchase of the troublesome documents was con- suma ed Saturday night, December 12 in the back room of Gumb's Cafe, 29O0 State street, Chicago, by Stew art
 Stewart is the man who supplied the signed statement w tn which For awker made futile effort to distract attention from his own guilt as es- tablished by Standard Oil letters published Tn the Hearst's newspapers and magazine. Senator Foraker read this signed statement to the Clapp committee December IS.
 In handling the deal Stewart work ed under the immediate direction of Paul D. Cravath one of the Standard Oil lawyers in this city.
 Wnen the Clapp Comm ttee re- -sumas- its sessions Saturday and ex- amines Stewart who is under sub- poena it will have at its command the entire curious story of the latest coup manipulated by the Standard Oild lawyers.
 The committee will learn from Stewards lips If he is vigorously questioned the whole story of how the scheme was matched.
 Here is a chronology of the facts showing how Archbold, Foraker, Cravath and their agents went abou the work of recovering the fatal let ters which any careful and impartial questioning of Stewart and Winnfiel | tomorrow will disclose:
 On Saturday, December IA, l9lz Stewart be ng then in New York re- ceiyed a telegram from Ex-Senator Foraker from Washington instructing Stewart to telephone Foraker a1 once. stewart did so and was ln- structed by Foraker to see Cravath one of the Standard Oil New York attorneys. Cravath employed Stew art to go to Chicago and make q deal with the negro Winfield for the return of the originals Of ali Standard Oil letters in Winnfields possession.
 Stewart was furnished with several thonsand dollars with which to con- snmmate the deal with Winfield.
 Stewart got in touch with Winnfiel" and after leaving the latter's house sad to Phillip N. Brown, of Chicago:
 "I am working on the biggest prop osit;on that a negro ever had an op- nortunity to get into. It concerns the biggest financial institution in the United States. Winfield IS the man who got those Standard Oil letters if can get him to perform can make $15,O0O. ..
 On Friday morning, December ~ Stewart and Brown went to the ofllce q, Louis B. Anderson and on the way stewart stated that he had made ar ronpements with Winfield for the latter 70 go to Cleveland, Ohio, where winnfield had the documents secefeo n safe deposit vault; that he hao given Winfield $500 for expenses and uhen Winfield delivered the documents he had agreed to pay nm sa 2oo more. Saturday, December 2l in a room behind the bar at GumD Cafe winnfield delivered the original standard O1 letters and was paid ms price. ,. stewart immediately sent the let' -tey. ,to Paul D. Cravath in New York. ' ls... Mrs. H. Perdue and daughter M's'