The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-17
PR0MOTERHAD
SENATE PAPER
TYPEDATHOTEL
About 36 Letters Exploiting
Gold Hill Written
Outside Capitol.
NEWMAN JUST CAN'T
REMEMBER WHY
In His Search for "Vindica-
ton" a StenOgrapher
Fails Him.
so DOES THE COMPTROLLER,
WHO DENIES FRIENDSHIP
Shelton Williams Contradicts
Newman on Question Of
Moral Support.
so DOES THE COMPTROLLER,
WHO DENIES FRIENDSHIP

wAsuiNoroS, June 1s.-walter George
Newman, the promoter OF the North
Carolina gold mine, which has been ex-
plotted through the use OF the senate's
official letterheads. arrived in town this
morning and has been as busy as a
honeybee ever since.
MIR. Newman came 20 Washington with
his war paint on. ready and willing to
appear before an investigating committee
Of the Senate. He declared that he has
the greatest gold mine on earth. and
that he will be only too glad to back
u up on the stand
Mr.. Newman was out for "vindica-
ton" and he intended to get 1t from
Senate committee The mine promoter
was therefore considerably disappointed
upon his arrival at the Capitol TO hnd
that several Of the Democratic Senators
were opposed to the passage Of the reso-
luton calling for the appointment Of an
investigating committee to inquire into
the use Of tho Senate's letterheads.
"S-S-Sh! Let this matter die down."
sAid one Senator to him.
Not on your life" replied Newman
Z have nothing to conceal. want vim
dication."
Mr.. Newman's Companions.
Mr. Newman brought with him from
Gold Hill. N. c.. J. c. Williams, the min
Ing engineer whose roseate report on the
Gold Hill property was reproduced on
Senate letter paper. and Il. c. Gregory of
Salisbury. n. c.. son-in-law OF Senator
overmsn and a director in the Gold Hill
Company.
THE SUN correspondent had talk with
MIR. Newman. and in tho course OF H. the
fact developed that some OF the Gold Hin
letters were written on Senate committee
stationery at the Raleigh Hotel.
Up TO this time 1t has been supposed
that all OF the letters had been prepared
By mistake in the offices OF Senator Over
man OF North Carolina and Senator Chill
ton OF West virginia at the Capitol.
Senator Overman has said that only
four copies of the mining engineers re-
port were struck OF on his committed s
letterheads. through mistake of his
stenographer.
One of Senator Chilton's clerks has said
that he printed on multigraph abou,
one hundred copies OF the report on Senate
stationery, merely because no had nc
other paper at hand.
II appears that about three dozen more
copies were made on Senate committed
letterheads by stenographer at the
Raleigh Hotel.
MFR. Newman's Tale.
Tho entire incident Of the use Of tn,
Senate letterheads as Mr.. Newman re
called II was as follows:
He called at Senator Overmans offic
and asked the Senator's stenographer I,
strike off few copies of Mining Enginee
Williams's report for him. He sal,
nothing about what paper should be USE
and the stenographer used the paper o
the Senate Committee on Rules giving hin
only four copies
Later he wanted other copies to send Z
his friends, and he happened to ask on
of Senator Chilton's clerks IL there wa
any one that he could recommend VIII
would copy the mining engineers letter
This clerk offered to do It himself on
multigraph, and he used the paper OF tn
Senate Committee on Census. APPARENT
because no other paper was handy.
Mr.. Newman said that he took thes
letters down to the Raleigh Hotel an
mailed some OF them to his 0riend
Who. he knew. were interested In the Col
Hin mine. None OF them. he contendet
was sent for the purpose of promotin
the sale OF stock, for he had no stoc
TO sell. but on the contrary was buying |
He thought that he had sent out In a
about twenty-five or thirty of these lei
ters when Senator Overman's secretar,
room at the Raleigh. Mr. Martin, nc
,cording to Mr.. Newman, suggested tina
he tNewman) probably should not us
the Senate paper.
Then took all the letters had left
said Mr.. Newman. tore them up, thre
them into the waste paper basket and in
mediately ordered the stenographer dowr
stairs In the hotel to make me copis
of the mining engineers letter on plai
paper.
Come along with me and I'll prove
To YOU" said Mr.. Newman. leading II
way toward the public stenographer
office at the Raleigh Hotel.
Newman Dcmurs TO Reply.
Mr.. Newman asked the young woma
there II she remembered about thr'
weeks ago copying Gold Hill MInr
Company letter for him.
Yes" said she. 81 remember Mr.. New
man. copying them on the Senate paper
Mr. Newman demurred to this. but Il
stenographer, who later said that h
name was Miss Genevieve Calvert, addet
Yes, there were about five dozen copi
made, three dozen on Senate paper al
two dozen on plain paper"
Mr.. Newman could not explain he
these copies had been made on Sena
paper in the Raleigh Hotel. He could II
imagine how the paper had got there u
less II was that Senator Chiltons clel
with whom he had arranged to do I
copying. had got the stenographer at I
hotel to do some of the work.
As the stenographer herself recalled
Mr. Newman had given her tho Sens
letterheads and she had copied on tn
until she had exhausted the supply. TIL
she turned 10 plain paper
M. Newman was interviewed In
eourse OF the day by representative
the United Press. The promoter said
him that THE SUN was being used by c
tain persons who had gone short OF
Gold Hill stock to stir up a scandal
the purpose OF depressing the securit
and giving an opportunity to buy tn
back cheap.
- THE SUN" said Mr.. Newman 10
United Press representative, "is Just 81
on John SHELTON Williams. All he