The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-11
SEN: FORAKER BUYS
BACK HIS LETTERS
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE NO
LONGER NEED DEAL WITH
FACSIMILES.
DEALS WITH NEGRO
WINFIELD SAYS TT rs THE BIG
GEsT PROPOSITION NEGRO
EVER Rad OPPORTUNITY
TO GET INTO.

NEW YORK. Jan. e.-Jchn n.
Archbold and former Senator Joseph
b. Foraker. with the aid Of Paul ..
Crnvsth and negro lawyer Of Chi
cage, and Gilchrist stewart. also col
ored. have bought back tho famous
Foraker-Arthbufd standard OH let
tors.
The Ciapp investigating committee
viii no longer have 70 deal with faCsi
miles. The purchase of the trouble
some documents was Consummhted
On saturday night. December u, lSl2'
IN the back room of Gumb's cafe. no.
Zg0o State street, chicago, by Stewart
Stewart is the man who supplied the
signed statement with which Foraker
made an effort to distract attention
from his own acts as established by
Stant+trd Oh letters published in the
Hearst newspapers ana magazines.
Senator Foraker read this affidavit TO
the Clapp committee on December
18th.
Works Under CraVath,
In handling the deal, stew art work
ed under the immediate direction OF
Paul u. Crayath, one OF the standard
Dil lawyers in this city.
When the Clapp committee resumes
its session saturday and examines
Stewart, who is under subpoena, ii val
have at It's command the entire curl
GUS story Of the latest coup man!pu-
dated by the standard OH lawyers.
The letters were not bought back
for tho benefit Of the Clapp commit
tee. il goes without saying, but the
timely discovery of the surreptitious
negotiations and their result, will I'M
dnubtedly be taken advantage of ny
the committee.
The committee will learn from stew
arts lips, il he Is vigorously ques-
toned, the story Of his conferences
with ex- Senator Foraker in Foraker
apartrn1ats in the Waldorf Astoria,
where the scheme was first hatched.
Negotiates With Negro.
II will learn of the instructions sent
Stewart by Foraker, over long as
tancn telephone from Washington on
december 14th, to see Paul u. GRAY
ath. .,.
Il will learn how Paul n. Cravath
sent Stewart post haste to Chicago to
open up negotiations with the negro
dining car porter, plngheid, Tor the
purchase of the letters.
1t will learn how many thousands
of dollars Stewart took with him Tor
the enterprise; where the money came
from and all the interesting detalis
of Stewart & bargaining ana VIZ hAiAes
on the cupility Of Wngf1eld. The en-
tire story from the date OF Stewart 3
arrival In Chicago down to the event
full Saturday night, when Stewart
waz able 10 ship the documents 10
Paul u. Crayath's Is obtainable.
Big Proposition for Negro.
The Clapp committee will have no
serious difficulty IN exacting the truth
/ from tSewart, It is believed. for The
reason that II will have Mt hand tine
! kilograms and letters sent TO stewart
: bv Foraker. The committee will al
so have available the record OF long
distance telephone calls between
Stewart in Chicago and Paul D. Cray
/ attn in New York, while the negota-
/ tfons proceeded. as WI as the testi-
! mony NJ Louis 3. Anderson, the Chi
/ caRo lawyer in whose Office Stewart
made his headquarters; the testimony
! Of Philip H Brown. OF No. S022 South
State, street. Chicago, TO whom stew
are freely unhosomed himself in his
| pride at bein3 employed. as he put
| IL con the biggest proposition that "a
negro ever had an opportunity TO ger
/ into"
Additional interest IS thus lent TO
the opportunity thus afforded the
] Clam committee 70 obtain the story
Of this latest Standard on move ny
tho announcement that Wlngtield mas
also been subpoenaed for the same
hearing n which Stewart has been
unnamed