Sharp County record., 1916-03-24
Campbell Furnishes Proof Of
0ldield's Betrayal Of People

was employed in Mr.. Oldfeld's Office
during July and August, 1914. On
Saturday, August l, 1914, l heard Mr..
Oldfeld call Mr.. Kay into his room. l
thought nothing of this circumstance,
as it occurred many times daily, but
on this particular occasion my atten-
ton was drawn to a conversation be-
tween Mr.. Kay and Mr.. Oldfeld as l
started to pass by the open door of
the room, and heard Mr.. Oldfeld
say to Mr.. Kay that Gordon Lee, a
member of Congress from Georgia,
had given him (Mr. Oldfeld) some
sum of money in the thousands of dol
lars with which to perform some OBJ
legation or operation in connection
with the New York Cotton Exchange.
l heard Mr.. Oldfeld tell Mr.. Kay the
sum of money involved but do not
know now what the exact sum was.
I know that it was in the thousands
of dollars. | remember the date of
the circumstance because of its being
on the eve of the breaking out of the
European war and the closing of the
New York Cotton Exchange. saw
Mr.. Gordon Lee in Mr.. Oldfeld's Of
flee in the morning before l heard Mr..
Oldfeld talk to Mr.. Kay about the
money which he stated Mr.. Lee had
given him, for some purpose con-
nected with the New York Cotton Ex-
change. I personally know that Mr..
Oldfeld was interested in cotton. I
SAW REPORTS OF SOME KIND of
COTTON BROKERAGE FIRM EV-
ERY WEEK OR so; or probably
more often, some prior to the date of
the conversation l heard about the
money Mr.. Gordon Lee gave Mr.. Old
field. Mr.. Kay told me those were re-
ports of cotton transactions Of Mr.
Oldfeld. Some times l would open
them when they would arrive in the
mail and some times Mr.. Kay woult
open them, it depending upon which
one of US opened the mail at the time
of its arrival. l read some of then
and noticed that they represented cot
ton, but l did not understand them
and paid no particular attention tt
them. Mr.. Oldfeld and Mr.. Ka,
would talk about them, and Mr.. Old
field would daily request Mr.. Kay Il
telephone and find out what the mar
ket was. Sometimes he would asl
Mr.. Kay two or three times a day Il
ascertain the price Of cotton. Mr.. Ka!
, would telephone as requested and re
port to Mr.. Oldfeld. THESE TRANS
ACTIONS WERE MADE THROUGH
A FIRM BY THE NAME OF N. L
/, CARPENTER, so it appeared on tn,
reports ! saw. They were always ad
dressed to Mr.. Oldfeld and had nc
other name on them, either on the en-
velope In which they came or on tn,
reports themselves.
81 heard Mr.. Oldfeld say to Mr.
Kay when he was talking to him
about the money Mr.. Gordon Lee gave
him, that he would have to 70 TO New
York tomorrow Sunday, and aske,
Mr.. Kay to see about getting reserva.
tions for him on the train. I hearc
Mr.. Kay telephone to the Pullman Of.
fees for reservations for Mr.. Oldfelc
to New York, for certain train leav.
. ing Washington the next day. I re.
, member that Mr.. Oldfeld went tc
New York and soon after he came
back he told about seeing a man by
the name Of John Hill, who was In
the cotton business in New York, and
who had been raised in Arkansas. Mr.
. Oldfield published in the papers In
Washington piece Mr.. Hill had writ,
, ten referring to the closing of the
New York Cotton Exchange and The
, failure Of the firm there with which
ne had long been associated. Mr.
I Oldfeld said that Mr.. Hill was O
market expert and that he had knowr
him good many years.
(Signed.) "Elsie Hunt"
Subscribed and sworn TO befor,
me this 10th day Of March, 1915.
(Signed) "Rosc M. Seton,
(seal) Notary Public In and for th,
District Of Columbia.
My Commission expires septem
Der 8, 1916.
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