Pocahontas star herald., 1916-03-24
AFFIDAVIT

3y ss Elsie Hunt live No. s0ls Garfield street.
Washington. employed by Congressman w. A Odhed,
in Office January e2, until December 1919 about four years
Representative Z. Kay employed u Mr.. Odieds office
during Of my employment there excepting for whe
m 1913, he resigned his position with Mr.. Oldhed
aud As clerk TO We' commute. on patents anu "'o,p
position Commissioner Of Patents After
Nj Kay Odfeis Office Mr. Odhed made oyeures which
cau. ur Kly return so was by Odicld Mr.
KAY. Kay returned to Mr. Oldhd Office from the Office
poyi in Mr. Ofeds during July aud August 1914 On Sat
urly August 1914 heard Mr. Odicd call Mr. Kay into his
thought nothing IL occurred many times daily
bat On tins particular m i Or @ M W urifIJ i m @ bv the rn
door Of m room and heard Olddsd say Mr. Kay Gordon
Lee member of Congress Georgia, had given him (r Odfed
he' @ ~ Il, f5c t5ound Of dollar gith which to perform
] or operation m junction with y. Cotton Exchange
bul do not know what the know that IN the
thousands of dollars the date Of the circumstance because
Of m being ON the eve breaking Of tie European aud the
closing of the York Cotton Exchange saw Mr. Gordon Ice in
Mr. Odfelds the morning before heard Mr. Odded talk 30
Mr. Kay about the money stated Mr. Lee bad given him, for
some purpose connected Wit. The Ne" York Cotton ENIoS2 PER
SONALLY KNOW THAI MIR OLDtlElD WAS lNbEShS ED
TN COTTON SAW REPORTS OF SOME KIND OF COTTON
up Ans ACTIONS CONE THROUGH THE MAIL TO MR. OLD.
FIELD FROM SOME COTTON BROKERAGE FIRM EVERY
WEEK or SO or probably ofen the date the
,nyon heard about the Mr. odou Lee gave Mr. Odiei
Some lines would open them when e would arrive m the mail aud
cs Mr. Kav would open them, it depending which Of
] ,, thew represented but / dd understand aud
iI @ r,lr attention Mr.. Oihed Mr.. Kay would
ho and find out market Sometimes he would ask Mr.
Ky two or three day ascertain the price of cotton Mr. Kay
@ T9nS @ tS TIWES WE'RE MADE iHROUGH FIRM BY THE
y CARPENTER d COMPANY so il appeared by the
NAl rbev were always Mr. Oifsld and had no
name on them either the envelope in which they
the reports themselves =, ,y.,-
orrow Sunday and asked Mr.. Kay about getting
ons for him heard Nr Kay telephone the
=, -, m for reservations Mr. Odheld New York, a
I,yino Washington day. thai
t m New York after he back he told
@ ly the name Of John Hll who cotton business
NJ VrL and who had raised Arkansas Mr. Oldfed pub
bed ~ the papers Washington piece mr. Hi had written refer
i pp of the York Cotton Exchange the Gaiure
liza with which he long been associated. Old6ed
@ % Mr. Nm was expert aud that he known him good
many years - ,;,,riot oI (loIurrlia o '"'
Hunt do hereby oath that the
@ aro rue and Of my personal knowledge
,Ial iLSSo are true. (Sgned) Elsie Hunt
siId and sworn before me this 10Th day OF March, 1916
(SeaD lo'R"'' ~
Notary Pnb' IN ana ana TP [o,s "S 0''"'0' MY comm"
sion will expire Sept 5tb l9lo'
Mr. odied NOW says Miss Hont Is not worthy of belief. But
v months ago Mr. Oldfed sail Of this witness As follows:
"Washington, D. O., Jan IA, 1916.
II b giyes me much pleasure say that hereof,
N E,i , uas nv employ from about jan ls 1912
lat o1E 5 hat regard exceptionally efficient reliable
and Young womau and unquafedy recommend her.
- Very truly,
w. A. Oldied,
These witnesses also further testify as follows: