The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-18

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but declared that he was not respon-
sible for its so drifting The question
was admitted and the witness replied:
A. The witness said he had no
authority from the Manufacturers
Light and Heat company direct to Of
fer the brides.
.. Then your propositions made
TO the commissioners involved large
sums OF money. was made on the au-
thority of Guy Il. Biddinger. and on
the authority OF no one else so far as
you are concerned
A. They were.
Question by Wei. When the die
taphone records which we're present
ed here yesterday were brought TO
Pittsburgh by Biddinger and present
! ed In the office or the Manufacturers
Light and Heat company. did | not
say to you after had read the records
that you had no authority to make
such offers OF money and asked BY
whose authority these offers were
made?
Assumed Too Much.
Avis and Nesbitt objected to the
question on the ground that II was
assuming great deal. and the court
directed that the question could not
be asked In that way. because evil
dence had not been introduced to
show that the records had been
brought TO Pittsburgh and presented
TO Wen. We'll then put his question
in another way. He asked the wit
ness II he were not in Pittsbhogh on
October rs. Elliott said that he was.
that he had gone TO the office OF the
Manufacturers Light and Heat COM
pany and met Well. Biddinger and a
party named Hoffburg. who represent
ed the Burns agency.
Question by Well:
Did ] not ask you by whose author
ity you made these offers?
Objection by the state was over
ruled
A. ] think you did.
q. Didn't ! say that you had no
authority from me to make these Of
fers OF money?
A. You did
Records Not Accurate.
Well then presented the records
| and asked II they were correct This
question raised another discussion be
tween the attorneys. but finally the
witness was permitted 10 answer. His
answer. however. was indefinite He
said he thought that the records rem
resented the substance OF the CONVEX
sation held between him and Com.
missioner Ogden and Commissioner
bronson. He was not sure. however.
as to their complete accuracy. A
number OF things had been said in
the conversation which did not appear
in the records, and he had not gone
over the records carefully until two
days after they had been taken. He
could not trust to his memory as TO
their absolute accuracy. When he had
. gone over them he found that they
were not complete. some things had
been left out. Others were fragmen-
tary. We'll then asked Elliott specif.
ically II the questions as they an
peared in the dictaphone records were
in the order in which he had had his
conversation with the commissioners
Elliott could not apparently under
stand the question. which had % be
repeated in another form several
times. and again he replied he could
not say the records were accurate
and could not remember as to the ex-
act form OF the conversation.
q. Did not both Bronson and
Ogden say in substance that the story
written by George Summers was cor.
rect before he CElsotD had made anv
offers OF money to them2
Elliott replied that II was his recoI.
lection that he had make no offers
until after they had discussed tho
story alleged TO have been written by
/ Summers.
We'll Attacks Biddinasr.
Mt. We'll continuing. asked2
! Did YOU know az the time Of your
conversation with Guy BiddinRer al
/ Parkersburg that he (Biddingerl was
employed by the Governor Of Yves,
/ Virginia az n detcctivc7"
Elliott-"He so stated 10 mo later
/ not az that Time. that he wa 10 om.
/ ployed by the Governor.
/ This testimony vas objected fo D.,
the defense on that ground that Do was
hearsay. Objection oyerruiod and *
l coption taken
Please explain your answer. what
you Understood Biddinger was DOING
Alter my conversation with Wr
Biddinger Of Psrkerabrrr no told mo
that Do was employed by Governor
Hatfield covering the time and prior
to Oh" time of our meeting of parEcrs
burg"
Did YOU know then that RIddIrro,
was in consultation with the Governor
during The period ~ your r1rters1
ton at ParkcrsburE and aubar4ufnfI,
up until th" meeting af pitts burrb on
the twenty sixth OF October and
iafcrTf
20 bod information to that effect
from HIddinRer
We'll Defense
General Elliott included BIRD oil. an.
Wrr Tho words "snd from other par
Ties and in fhr arguments f1u0Ufrf
fhe motion of flo states afforre.a
I that The phrase boz stricken from Inc
I record Mr We'll disclosed hI. 10
. frusr fu Boz used in fHs event af fr-
Thor prosecution of Hr bribery
+ CHARGES AGAINST him DO saH that
b Whaf he was rndoagofIng fob show by
I h'. Tine ~ question. vaa chat
/ there vas fran1sup between the
I Governor and Biddirqer 90 SHOW,
That the Manufacturer light a