The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1914-05-08

;snS 2. hs1 robie 4 is ySS your man in Chicago,
@. He was employed down here in
this case, wasn't he? A. under
stand by hearsay that he was.
Says Fielder Hired Tobie.
| Q. Who supported him? A. 1 un-
derstand Tom Fielder did.
@. Did Tobie ever report on the
case to you? A. No.
| z. Did you ever hear of what Tobie
found? A. Only through the news
papers.
Q. When did the Ragsdale matter
first come to your attention? A. A
week or ten days before he made the
affidavit.
Q->Who else was present when Le-
hon brought it to your attention? A.
Possibly Sears.
@. Charley Sears? A. Yes.
Q. When did you next hear of it?
A. Lehon came in and said the char
| acter of the preacher has been sus-
tained-No, wait a minute; did hear
from Lehon before then that the
preacher was corroboYat ated and told
him then 1 didn't want to have any
thing to do with man who had that
much knowledge and withheld it so
long. Lehon later came in and told
me the mans character had been sus-
tained. l told him l would have moth
ing to do with it and advised him to
take the matter to the attorneys and
let them investigate it and do what
they wanted to with it.
@. When was that? A. Two or
three days before the affidavit was
made.
Q. Did you ever talk with Arthur
Th,,,.y IL
Knows of No Money Paid.
Q.Did you know that Messrs. Ar
mold and Rosser had talked about it :?
A. l don't remember it.
q. Do you know if any money was
paid to Ragsdale? A. l do not.
Q. To Barber? A. l do not.
Q. To c. C.. Tedder? A. No.
q. To Arthur Thurman? A No.
Q. Would you have known, or
would the money have been handled
in such a way you wouldn't know?
A. If any of my men did such a
thing, he violated all the rules of
the agency.
Q. You are more familiar with the
Anna Maud Carter proposition than
with the Ragsdale incident, are YOU
not? A. Yes.
Q. Then you are the discovered of
that, are you not? A. / wouldn't saw
that.
Q. Who deserves the credit for il?
"A. L first saw her in the office of At
torney Haas.
q. Did you ever come in contact
with Jimmie Wrenn? A. Yes, I saw
two Wrenns.
Q. Where and how did you happen
to meet them? A. saw them while
they were working with Burke.
y. Have you ever been to see
Frank with Burke? A. No, never.
Q. Did you ever see Dr.. George
Wrenn IN the Tower? A. No.
q. What Burns man handled this
Wrenn matter? A. None, that |
know Of
Q. When did you see Wrenn? A.
He came to my office when I sent
for him to get some one who was fa-
miliar with the letters"
Q. Was that DR.. Wrenn? A. 7
don't know. / twas a man about 25
or 26 years old.
z. He is the man who furnished
you with the translation of these let
ters? A. He translated them for me,
then Leonard Haas translated them.
q. When did you tell counsel for
Frank about the notes? A. Two of
them, MessrS. Leonard and Herbert
Haas, were present when I got them.
Y. How long before the first hear
ing of the extraordinary motion was
that? A. l don't know.
| y. When was it? A. Wrenn inter
preted the notes only four or five
days ago.
q. How long did you have them in
your possession before they were in
terpreted? A. Two or three days.
w. Burke.
Q. Then Burke deserves the credit
for this? A. Yes.
What Burns Has Done.
| q. Tell us of one thing you have
done in the-how long is it? Sixty
days-that you have been at work on
TINS case. A. Well, I have read the
brief of evidence very carefully. |
went over the factory l interviewed
the witnesses there. I came to your
office and examined the garments of
the dead girl, and / made report to
the attorneys that they didn't need
any more evidence than was i'm the
| record.
q. There were over 100 states wit
nesses. How many of them have YOU
examined? A. don't know.
| q. Didn't you read the record? A.
l read the brief.
u. Name some of the witnesses
you have examined? A. Schiff. Dar-
ing, Lemmie Quinn, Holloway, Frank
himself don't remember the 9th
ers.
Q. Did you employ Boots Rogers to
work for you in this case? A. Yes.
q. Have you gotten him to change
his testimony? A. No.
q. Did you interview Monteen
Slower? A. tried to.
y. Have you seen Newt Lee? A