The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-11
q "ARGHBOLDlETTER"
SCANDAL May LEAD
TO NEW SENSATION
Reported Battle Between
Hearst Men and Foraker
Agent for Missives.
WINFIELD TELLS
STORY OF AFFAIR
Denies that $4,000 had Been Paid for
Letters by Hearst's Representatives
Proposed to Spring few "Big Sur.
prises'' Before the Committee,
WINFIELD TELLS
STORY OF AFFAIR
Hearing is Delayed.

the senate committee Investigate
Ing campaign funds and CORE.
spendence between members Of
congress and the Standard OIL of.
ficials met today to take tcstl-
mony ON how the "AuhbOld let.
tiers" became public. the demOcra.
tic senators were unable to be
present and examination of wit.
nesses was postponed until Mon.
day.
Chicago. Jan. 11.-A new chapter
which may lead to a decided sensation
before the senate committee on priv
ileges and elections, became public
following the departure for Washin =
ton Of Willie w. WINFIELD, the for
mer negro messenger in the Standard
Oil company offices. who is alleged to
have participated In the theft Of the
letters.
A pitched battle between emissaries
of William Randolph Hearst and Of
the Standard Oil company in the
'blyack belt" at daybreak on a morn
ing about two weeks ago is the latest
development. In that fracas a negro
art said to have been sent here by
former United States Senator Joseph
B. Foraker of Ohio to see WINFIELD,
was badly beaten and relieved" Of
letters and kilograms sent him by Mr.
Foraker.
Foraker Loan Involved.
Of; Ass1rding sSsd to the story aioat, which
Mr.. Hearst in testifylng before the
senate committee produced photo
graphic copies of two letters from
John D. Archbold to Mr.. Foraker
dated at the time when the latter was
senator from Ohio. One was letter
offering Mr.. Foraker a loan Of $4,000
at five per cent interest and the other
$4,000. Mr.. Foraker. when he took
the witness stand, testified that the
latter sum had been for legal services
rendered the Standard Oil company
in litigation in the Ohio state courts.
In Mr.. Hearst's testimony it devel-
oped that he did not possess the orig
inals. Mr.. Foraker is said to have
field and attempt to obtain them. The
Burns agency detectives, whom the
Hearst interests had on Winkfield's s
trail for four months, had been un-
able to locate him.
Tried to Find Man.
Wen it came to the Hearst repre-
sentatives' ears that Stewart was in
SAASo6o " oVS "AAhuOAu lAVS 0S6s1u
strenuous campaign to locate the
negro. A reporter Communicated a
taXicab load of detectives and hurried
to the "black belt" After forty eight
hours Of steady hunt they found
WINFIELD at Twenty-sixth and South
State streets with Stewart. 1t was in
the early hours of the morning and
His protestations were finally ''over-
come" and he WaS searched.
The originals of the "Archbold let
ters' were not forthc oming, but sew
eral kilograms, some of them from
Mr.. Foraker, are said to have been
obtained. 1t is said they will be turned
over to the senate committee on jan
to testify.
Originals Still Missing.
The originals of the letters are still
said to be out of the possession Of
both the Standard Oil company and
the Hearst interests 1t was said yes
terday that while many Of the letters
were returned to the company files
some of the more important were
kept by the conspirators and are still
in their possession. They are credited
with being stored away in a safety
deposit vault at Cleveland. Ohio.
WINFIELD was found yesterday at
the Office of F. A. Denison, a lawyer,
before his departure for Washington.
He was prevented from discussing the
latest chapter In the story by his law
yer who told him not to say anything
that would get him into trouble.
AS to the theft of the letters Wink
field was ready and willing to talk, but
having been the principal
He named Frank Morell.
an office boy and file clerk, and
Charles Stump. another employe of
the Standard Oil company, as the
ones who planned the rifling of the
hles.
Saw Letters Stolen.
WINFIELD said he went into the plot
because of the discourtesy with which
his application Of raise in salary
was met. He said he had gone to the
Standard Oil company Offices one night