The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-01

Burgess, except in minor details.
 SAYS SENATORS CONFESSED
 The men were told, he said, that McGarvey had confessed and that they might as well 'come clean" although no immunity was offered them, nor threats made against them. He said that Senator Bur gess at first denied everything, but later confessed, and that Senator Sims asked McGarvey to tell the story. McGarvey told of the affair, he said, and at the close Senator Sims agreed that his statement was correct
 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE.
 A summary of the testimony be- fore the committee, as read to the senate, follows:
 Hobbs testified that he had been put on the case by Mr Dunaway, and had been informed by McGar vey that the transaction would take place in room 300, Hotel Ma rion, about o'clock last Friday afternoon. After Hobbs and Roten- berry had gone to the hotel, they were told that the two senators were afraid to receive the money in the hotel, and McGarvey gave them the new plans. The arrest in the alley followed, as previously told by Hobhs and Rotenberry.
 At the grilling in Prosecutor Dun aways office in the Southern Trust
 building, following the arrest, 1 Hobbs said that both Sims and Burgess denied that they knew the packages taken from them contain ed money, although they admitted that they were to receive $2,000 ] from McGarvey for senate bill No. ceived package from McGarvey. Hobbs said that when Prosecutor l Dunaway asked Burgess concerning l the money in his possession, he said that he had sold some property several months before and was in the habit of carrying the money. but still denied that he knew the package handed him in the alley by McGarvey contained money. Hobbs said that Sims admitted that he supposed the package given him contained money, but would not say that he knew it.
 SAYS MARKED MONEY WAS
 GIVEN.
 Hobbs said that he had been told that the two senators had been given $100 the day before the ar rest, five $20 bills, which had been marked, and that part of his work the day before was to follow them to see if it was spent or deposited, and to secure any of the marked money with which they might part. He said that he believed the $1O5 taken from Senator Sims was the marked money given him by Me- Garvey, but could not be sure Aft CT Sims had been released on bond. Hobbs said that he understood that the senator had gone down to po- | lice headquarters after the money. He also said that while he was bringing Sims from jail to MT. Dunaway's office, Sims said that he would rather lose $1,000 than to have had the arrest happen. SAYS SIMS RESISTED ARREST.
 Rotenberry testified that his con- nection with the case dated from Friday afternoon when he was call ed into Mir. Dunaways office for a conference with the prosecutor, AL derman Henry Leiser, McGarvey and fourth man whose name he did not remember He testified to | the arrest practically the same as Hobbs statement. He said that after they had gotten to the hotel McGarvey told him that the trans action would be made in the alley and instructed Rotenberry to fol- low him. Rotenberry said that Sims resisted arrest, and that after ltrying to throw. his money away. Rotenberry, who had already taken Burgess roll, forcibly took Sims also. ~Rotenberry testified that he saw the money pass from McGar- ,vey to Sims and Burgess.
 
 SAYS BURGESS SOUGHT BRIBE Edward Gordon, Morrilton at torney, testified that his brother, Jim Gordon, sheriff of Conway county, and Bud Williams, county clerk, had told him that Walter F. Myers of Russellville had told them that if they did not pay $50 apiece, salary bill would be introduced by Burgess and passed putting the county officials of Conway county on a salary, "a starving salary" MT. Gordon said that he knew no