TITTC SCUAKTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY M()RSl"Ne, JAKUAKY" 1, 1807. LIGHT SHED ON WANAMAKERISM Concluded from I'ngc 1 1 hald, 've shall take cam of nil our peo ple and vu menu to win.' lit- could not t-'iy, how evei, thnt they would elect Wiiiiiiinnkei this time. I. asked If lie knew on whom thu opposition would i cutf-t and vvhothot It would bo Hust Ingi "I I'euioio, lie nald lie thought neithot ol them, nnd that Qunv was now tivlng to sell out to thu Philadel phia people' lui $100 000 and his it'foini clalnm well' all poppveock If he were In cumcst ho would probabl try to get Huntlngi out ol the wnv to put Jvoii in hlH phue. He said there win onlj one man In the state of whom thev vvcie loally nfinld; only one man win) pimlil llik them and they weio not giving out who he vvn. Hustings' he said, 'tiled to put Up a inb uii them fioin his own countv and I.cnch almost fell Into the trap, as a niattei of fact, he would hnve fallen In If It had not been foi VunVulken buig It came about In this vvuv. A If How In Celine countv wiote Wnnn mnkei a nice lettoi making u piopo Mlllon to buv u man If he would fm nlsh the nionej Van Valkenburg said I.euh had a good head fur a combinu tlnn but vvn usllj plnvecl for a sucker bv an Individual l.enih favored ai uptlng the man's piopoltlon, but Vnn "vulkcitbuig saw the tinp und stopped it aiA nlkeiibuig snld he shut Quay's eves onto b pluvlng a conlldence laek et and siippiesslng half the tiuth Ho wint to ljuuj and ptetendid he wanted to be cloik of the house and was travel ing iimi tin- slate to make acquaint ance of the piospectlve meinbiis of the legM.Utlic He then pietended to make a clean bteist bv av lng that he vvns tiavellng about as an agent of the niitl-Catneion people nnd was not winking foi an candidate In piutlcil lur, and told Quav lie would give him mi combine news ho might get hold of Ho did give Qua a few hints, be cause It was In Wanamakei's Intel est tl at Qu.i should know them, and Qua did not suspeft his leal position foi sunn time QUAY A SOFT MARK He said Qunv had a gieit head for Hi iteg and the inanagenu nt ol com bin itions, but wis an eusi maik for tun designing Individual He "-aid he c spec Ml "to have a if pint the net day as to whothei Doctoi Muckev could be depended on and it the wind was fa- oiable I should go and see Maeko at nice and then I should come to Phila delphia and he would give me the inone On Octobu 1'J I saw Di Mneh e In Scianton Ho came to my loom nt the Hotel Jtttnn at ! o'clock, hav ing pievloUhlj lecelved a lettei dated the loth fcnv Ins he had concluded to write to mo sliowlng Ills leadlness to Biippoit Wnniimakoi He told me that lie could got no help from Connell He hald tin lo was some Wu.nnmakei senti ment In Ills dlstiict anil In addition to pecunlaiv aid he wanted Ub to cieate as much Wanum ikei sentiment among ids people as we could TAItU ALL KIGHT. He asked me if wo had Pair all light. I said we had 'Well,' said he 'that's goud, It divides the delegation even and we ean suppoit each othoi.' Ho asked what kind of a paper ho would have to sign and 1 said it would be a pledge to vote for Wnnn niukoi Hi slid 'I have heaid that Qu i Is going to be right theio to look nftct the oiganlmtion and Ills Kefoim liglslatlve scheme, Wanamakei ought to rontiol the oiguuUitlon If possible, as we could then av when it tame to the elictlon of sen.itoi that Wnnn- maki r had the oiganizailoii and we c mid get no legislation thiough if we didn t stay with him' I asked how injch it would take to pull him thiough He said he ought to have $1, H00 and I told him I would go to Phila delphia the next dav und meet him on the following Sjtuida morning at 10 o'clock 'All light," he said, 'that's good Tt will be a good time to meet, as the count committee meets on Sat in da at o'clock I think Connell will olfei me two or three hundred to help pav in opense3 and I will toll him that I can stand alone and don't need nn assistance If I had not heaid liom ou I would hae taken It, but now I will not.' THE MONEY SECURED I then arranged vv 1th m chief to have anothei detective in the room ad Ji liilng the one in which I was to meet Mat key to heal the conveisatlon be tween us The ne t duy I saw Vnn Volkonbuig In Philadelphia and told lilm what 1 had done. He slid: 'This Is a cold-blooded piece of business and If 1 was not sine of ou I wouldn't tiust ou at all for you Uie suriound cd bv Qua Inlluences What does the doctoi want'" I said: He sticks out fi i $1 500 but he can be had for less. V -00 I think will do the business. Well,' ho said, '1 will go and get $1,300 and ou can keep $100 foi out trouble. This is the most extravagant thing wo have done. I have a special puipose In getting this fellow and I will tell ou about It some day, "Vo will make a big man of lilm it he will allow us' He then wiote n lettei to be signed by thP doctoi and made me cop It and would not allow me to have the oilgltml He also took possession of the doctoi 's let tei to me Told me to take the en velope and date back the now lettei to Octobu 19th. which was the date of the (list one He told me to swell the doctors head us to what they would do fin him and to let full incidentally that I was a detective as It would panbze lilm and keep his mouth shut, nnd he added' 'I am neaiiy dlstiacttd I lost a tellow this morning I ought to have hart dead easv ' He did not ex plain how he lost lilm lie said "Westmoi eland is a bl ick spot, I don't know jet what wc will be able to do with It He said he would get the money toi the doctoi In $.'0 bills as he could not easily dispose of laig n ones. He came back to my loom, No. 427 at the Windsor hotel, ut i'M with a package of bills and told me to count them. I did and lound slxty-lhc $J0 bills "Now," he said, "settle with the doc tor for $1 SO, oi ns much less as you can and keep tho balance toi our tumble I want ou to do this light," he said, "I told joui fi lends that if I was thiown down they would have to tnko the blame If ou get this through nil light I will have a lot of other work foi you to do I am not going to do nnythlng unlawful any mote than I can help I think the Hid justifies the means and I would cold-bloodedly buy n block of twent tlvi If wo had to pay $100,000 foi them, but I don't wnnt to pet myself oi anyone t Ise liable." lie Mild, "Now, I am not going to take a lecelpt fiom vou for this. You settle with the doctor foi $1 l!00 and keep the balance Not a dunned soul but you and I will know nil thing about It, and I will be veiy much obliged besides '' THE MONEY PAID I arrived In Scianton on the 24th, and changed one of the $.'0 bills so as to mukt $1,SS0. At 10 o'cloi k thu doctor sent his card np to my room at the Hotel Jeiinyn (No 170), and followed Immediately In poison. Just nt that moment the note cmno Into mo from one of my canfedointes and I said to the doctoi "That's all light. It Is fiom u fellow fiom anothei county. I'll 3oe lilm later; jou don't think Wannmnker can be elected with your vote alone, do ou?" And he said, "All light" I then told lilm that my people were ready to pay $1,230, I said that the AVanamakei people would make a big man of lilm If he stuck to them, and he agreed to go ahead. I then rend the Utter, which I wanted him to sign and ho sat down nnd wiote as I had dic tated on plain tablet paper, as follows: Waverly, Oct. ID, 1S9. My Dear Sli : In Hue with the conversa tion we had -ometlnie since relative to tho United States uenatorshlp, would say that a careful Inquiry among my coii'tltuents convinces me thnt the "tntliiieiit Is for Hon, John Wuntimnkcr. As this la In harmony with mv own feel ing In the mattir us picvlouolv expieseil to vou, 1 feel win runted In so doing una ileclu.ru to ou without leservatlon that If elected 1 will vote for und use my best erforts und Influence to secure the election of Hon. John Wutminnkei so long us he Is a cuudlihitu and will deem It m duty to support all movements towards the organ ization of thu house that will servo his best Ihb tests. Ver mil sours. N C. Muckev 1 explained to the doctor whv the It ttci was dated the 19th 1 also showed lilm the lotteis Van VnlkenbiiiK had written me 1 then leuched Into my pocket nnd dievv out the money und suld loud enough to be heutd In the next loom, "Count that over, do'-tor, I think jim will llnd there CJ U blllw and I $10." Ho counted the money ovti and snld, "That's alt light,' He then shook hands with me nnd left. When I lift my mom I left tho pad on wlileli tho letter was vviltten behind me and diopped the vv tapper which contained the money on tho Hour t wiote to Van Valkeiibuig from Altooun en los ing the Itttoi signed by Mackoy under date of October 20th and had the lettei registered While at the Hotel Jermvn at Siianton during my meeting with Mucker I registered as John T isoisou and went under that name" Pollowlng this Is the lepoit of mi othoi detective who states that he nvv Di. Mackey come Into the loom uf t he man known as Nelson: that he heniil the whol" of tho conveisatlon, that he heaid the lettei dictated which was signed by Mackey; Unit he counted a package of money which Nelson show ed him and w hlch contained G3 $20 bills and that at his suggestion Nelson dtopped the vv rnppei on the Hour vvheie he subsequently found It, together with the und on which tho lettoi was wilt ton, that the doctor counted the money and said It was all light He full cor niborntes all the details set forth in Nelson's stntemcjnt. The lecelpt foi the leglsteted lettei given to Nelson at Altoona and that of Van Valkonbuig foi a lettei in Philadelphia aio palt of the evidence In fills case showing that ho lecetved the pledge vviltten by Mac key in letuin foi the cash leeched by him Coiioboratui evidence of all of thefco points Is In possession of the piosecutlon. IN NORTHAMPTON. Northampton county was the scene of operations next on the pait of tho detectives, It having been learned inni attempts were being made to bilbo W. C Weiss, a membei of the legislatuie fiom that count In theli cipeiations thtie the detectives weie aided by W A. Wlnsboio, ex-postmastei of liangot, and Mi. Welbs himself The detectives pietended to be In senich or some ciooks who were suppostd to be In hid ing In one of the quanles in that coun ty In which Mr. Wlnsboio was inter ested. The nanatlve of the detective who went undei the name of Nelson at Scianton, is very clteumstuntlal, con sisting of dally leports ot which the following summary 1 reached Uangoi, Northampton coun ty, on November 10 and put mvselt in communication with e.-Postmustor Wlnsboro He snld that he thought Weiss was dissatisfied because Iletder had not helped lilm Ho gave tonsld tiuble details as to Weiss' attitude I went to Philadelphia on Novombei lb und saw Van Valkeiibuig, who said that he was fishing foi the Uethlehom man and my news greatly encouraged lilm He had expected to reach him thiough his emi)loors, who weie f.i v oiable to Wannmnker, and he aski d me if lie would take money, and how muih. Ho usked mo If 1 thought 1 could leach him thiough Wlnsboio and I said that I could and that Wlnsboio was going to vvilte to Eiank Leach about me. Van Valkeiibuig said that ho had just got home and was not thfitouirhlN posted and would have a talk with Loach and see mo in n day oi so He said they were going to have a confeience and count noses to see how man votes the had. He asked mo If I had told Doctor Mackev that 1 was a detective, and I said that I had not deemed it best "I will tell lilm at Haiilsburg, If he shows any signs of vav erlng " "Yes," said nn Valkenburg, "we must have you at Hauisbuig for at least a week at that time" He then went to see Leach and came to me an hour later I told lilm that mv chief had said the Luzeine delegation was shtikj and that Ml. Heeder had been to see them He suld that delegation was all light and theie would bo some bin prises when the vote eamethat tho people weie pin ins tho light soit of game; they weie not declailng them selves now, as It was theli best policy to jila fast and loose. He said that the Wanamakei people weie not going to light Boei foi speakei, as It was too late foi them to attempt that now. He told me he would be away and that his biothei would attend to things during his absence He said that Wanamaker was out of town and ho could not see him that day. fiom which I Infened that Wanamaker was alwas consult ed and had personal knowledge of what money went out. It was evident that Van Valkeiibuig did not want to take mo Into bis conlldence In any dliectlon vvheie he could help It. It was evident that he and Leach did not get on well together, foi he lefusod to consult with him an moie than he couiu neip. IN DOLAN'S HANDS. On the 20th I saw him in Philadel phia in in loom at Doonei's hotel at 3 o'clock p. m. He said that the Weiss case was in the hands of Thotnab Do lan and that he wuuld go and see lilm und call on me at 0 M Ho left me und was followed by a shadow to tho olilce of Dolau. He came in at C 30 und found me talking to Jim Piitcluud, ex-meinbot of the leglilatuie fiom Blair countv We left Prltchard and went Into the wine loom and sat down at a table und Van Valkeiibuig said "I am knocked out.Blunkenbuig and the busi ness men have got theli damned Miss Nancy methods to the fiont l nej have ahead vvrltttTi to Weiss and sent him some of thelt loading matte! Blankenburg expects that his Uteintuie and the pressure he can bilng to beat on Weiss through his emploeis and the business men of Weiss' section will do the woik. They will find out their mistake in a few days and then we will get our work In" He handed me an envelope addressed to Blankenbuig and told me to get all the names I could of llrst-class business men In Noithnmpton, enclose them in the en velope and mall It Ho told me to see Wliisboui and anange to make the Weiss deal thiough lilm, salng. "If Weiss will give Wlnsboio a satlsfae toiy pledge, we will pay the nionej thiough him Don't tell lilm, of couise vvheie you got It, but Just sa that jou ate very much Inteiested In Wnna mukei und If he cun tomo with us ou can help him out on election expenses Of couise we aie not In so good a posi tion to do that as we wuc befoie elec tion, but I do not see any other form In which to put the proposition" He then asked me If I couldn't induce Wlnsboio to organize a local branch of the Wanamaker Business Men's league I said that I did not think he wished to openly antagonize Reedcr. " I went on November L'3id to Potts v Hie and saw C. II, Dengler and asked lilm to help me get the names of some business men for the Wanamakei Busi ness Men's League, Wo culled on Edi tor Zerbe vvho Is a lampant Wana maker man, He said that the Schuyl kill delegation Blood as follows: Sena tor Losch, Wunnmakei : Senator Co le Quay, Klischner was for Wanamaker, because he did not like Coyle, Shi Ink for whoever would pay lilm most; Wlt man was under the control of T.osrh, Oime was for Quay; Kehlei was con ti oiled by Dave Phillips, one of Losch's local lieutenants Zoibe claimed that Coyle had uotten $C0O of Wanamaker's money prior to his election and chai god that S. U. Edwaids, the county chair man, had got $300 fiom the same soun e and both weie now ngulnst Wanamaker. I called on Edwardu, who talked ravor ubly of Wanamaker and gave me a. list of business men In Pottsvllle, I got a number of names fiom Ashland fiom J. H, James und some naines ftoni Shenandoah fiom other sutnees I wiote to Rudolph Bltinkunbeig that night sending him the list of names, telling him that I had been rcqiiestid to do so by Van Vnlkenbitig and sug gested that lie should coriespond with them, 'On tho i!lth of November 1 wont to Bangui iigullt mill saw Wlnsboio Ho said he would not oignnlze n Wana makei club, adding, 'I don't think mulct tho eliiuinsliiiif is It would amount to a damn In a light like this mcinbeis will bo Intlueiiced by othel tolislilein tlons thnn publli sentiment He nked me If 1 was lead to take up the Weiss case nnd whether they would give n thoURanildolhiisiindsalit tlutf he would vouch foi elss being all light Later In the day he telegiuphid to WcIhs to come to ti hotel In Bethlehem whkli he nameil, nnd we went then'. Wolss was not nt home so Wlnsboio left a lettoi of lutimllK t itiii leu me. 1 spent the da in getting the naines of a number of men for Blankenbeig and that evening I saw Weiss and told lilm 1 hnd found some of his constituents weie for Wnn utnnkor and olfoied to pa lilm $W0 to help lilm out In the matter of expenses Ho said the inonev would not Inlluence him but he thought he could vote foi Wanamaker If It would help him out of a hole and 1 nunnged to see lilm latei In the week, and n ported to Mr Blunkenbeig a list ot all tho names I had gathered. VAN L1ROWS SANtlHlNE. "On the 2Gth I went to Philadelphia and found that Van Valkeiibuig was awav and called uion Pied Van Val keiibuig at the Hotel Steiiton and found him In company with a man whom he inttodilced ns T W Evnns, of Joisoy Slioio, Pa He said he was connected with the lle.it h Clock lalliond. Van Valkeiibuig vnld that I could talk be foio Evans and I told him of tho Weiss mattoi. 1 snld. 'I can go up thete vv 1th $G00 and bilng back a pledge' Ho le plied, 'All light, we can't do ntij thing toda, business is suspended hole but I will fix you up tomouow ' Ho then wont on to talk of the Lueine delega tion and said that thev had oveiy man solid Including Miller, of Nantleoko I asked him how the geneial outlook was It Is good,' he leplled, 'We did bettei in the eountii thin we expected and weie not eli'-aopolnted In Philadelphia e expei t v el soon to huv e i nmjoi it of botli houses pledged ' "On the 27th 1 culled on Tied Van Valkeiibuig nt his hotel and found him in company witli a man named uncn aiach fiom Wilkes-Bane, foimoilv fiom Philadelphia, and a woiker foi Maitin. Bachuiach was a little sh of me at Hist foi he knew that mv chief was piobablj against lilm but I showed my cieelentlals fiom Wanamakei's ft lends and It was till light He said he thought that Wanamakei would no a. lot of business foi us as ho wns about to stmt his New Yolk stole The only way to catch him,' said Uachat aeh, Is to make It a mattoi of business ' I asked titi Valkeiibuig If he iuu load to go on with the Weiss niattei He said, 'We have not go It uininged yi t A blunilei of this soi t would lulse hell now. M biothei lias that now In hand and It Is usuulll left to his judgment Bachniach nnd I weie tunnel down by Wannmakei this moinlng and we aie going buk now. He elun't want to do it again ns we must make piovMon foi oui families while the gtease Is lim ning Oh, no, when we tlnow lilm down locks will pieach ' Ho told mo to tome around the next da and he would tiy und llx It. I went with them to Wann niaker's place and bade them good be. IN THE PRESENCE. The next da I called on Van Valkeii buig again and found Baohaiacli theie and nlbo a mini who vvut, tntioduced as Mi. Pease liom Lebanon Van Valkeii buig asked me it I thought Weiss vv is all light I leplled that 1 did "Well," said he, 'I tallied to Puink Lent li about Wlnsboio and he vouches for lilm and Dolan thinks ou ought to tiun the job on to-dnv, but my biothei lias al wajs been the dual aibltei In niuttcis of this kind in the countiy nnd I don't like tn inuvo without him He will be homo to-moiiow " He told Buchaiach to call up Bethlehem and anange a meeting with Weiss later In the week. Aftet "iimi! fuilher talk Van Valkeii buig said, "Well, come along to see Wannmakei and if Dolan is theie we will llx It at once " Then he told Bach atach not to call up Bethlehem Van Valkonbuig, Peso and in self then went to Wnnainnker's otllce. Pease and I stopped in the outer of fice and Van alkcnhutg went In toi a few minutes alone and then called us in Wanamakei gieeted us quite afia blj and saiil, 'Thete seems to bo quite a political tempest gatlieiing. Quay declines hlmselt against me, but so far does not assign nnj le.ison for his an tagonism " Pease said, "Yes, lie does In this inoi nlng's Inqulier." Wana make l got the papei and handed it to Pease who tinned It ovei and handed It hick. Wannmakei said, "Now, Ml Pease, that Is a dellrate piece of llat tei. You know veij well what I like best. Do jou know what attlile jou have given mo'' 'A Meeting of Minis ters to Ai ninge foi Evangelical Woi k ' " Pease said, "I was not so smait as that; it Is onl) a blunde l." Ho then turned to the nttlcle In ques tion which said thnt Qiwj's leason loi opposing Wanamaker was that Wnna niakot lullueuied Haiiisini against lilm ftftei Qua had got lilm appointed post mastci geneial. Aftei leading It Wan nmnker said 'Now, rlsht tin it Quay Is showing stuplrtltv That Is nut Hue and Benjamin Ilanison will lnand it as a lie If I had nnl'v wished lo se nile absolute tout! til ot Pennsj lvania paticnage at that time I i ould have deme it, but I hud no such ambitions Theie aie borne things, howevei that 1 am af i aid if as tliei e is sulili lent coloi of tiuth In them to make th in pi iusI lile A lot of miners In Sehujlkill fciiin t get togeihei the fithei night anil passed lesolutlons charging me with having luipotttcl foieign laboi and be ing lined foi it It is tiue the Htm was fined $1000, but It was not because eif in doings" He then went Into a long explanation of his connection with the Phlladi lphla ttieet cat stilkcs In which lie admitted that he knew the execu tive committees of the Cnloiis who had called 1) I in in as an aibltei weie being bamboozled on the terms of settlement and he had 'mildly' pointed It out to them, but when they wire obtuse and insisted upon accepting the ugi cement lie did not seem espeeiall culled upon to obstiutt the settlement. Ho then mid "These nolltlcians tell tile I nm going lo win this fight and If 1 do 1 tell .vou I am nut going to have all the pa tionago mt off by civil set vice uiles " He heic inlled in a stenognphet and nddiessod a letter to the chairman of the Civil Soi vice commission asking foi Infoi matlon ns to the plnces lift open He said, "Neither Maik Hannn nor Mnjoi McKlnley will at nil consider Quav He has done nothing foi them He fought McKInlev's nomination with tho oiieig of despeiatlon and in the end went In out of the mill, which niiiht have been very humiliating to lilm, allhoush it was a smait move It would be haul foi any man to point out aiiythlnir that he did that was of any value In this campaign Quav is tied up to Hustings, Wldenei und Pen lose with piomlses nnd I don't see how be can extiltate himself fiom ills di lemma " ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT. Van Valkenburg had sent out for Mr Dolan but the lattei had not come in when Mi Wanamakei was called Into anothei loom Van Valkeiibuig said ' Come to my hotel at 2 o'clock You can leave feu Bethlehen at ) 0"i p. m " I met Vnn Valkonbuig it the Stentnn hotel nt 2 o'clock and he Huld that posl tlons hud been leveised Mr. Dolan hud become cautious buddviily und wanted to wait until Ed Vnn Valkeii buig letllined. lie sttld they had Just leal nod that n Job of the kind they had demo til Connellsvllle without consult ing Ed hud gone wiong nnd the oppo sition hnd cot un nllldavlt He said 'We did not do this ouisolves, hut a f i lend of ouis did It and I laid awake a week at nights won lug over It and It has tinned tun as I had oxpectul " He continued "You have done u mighty good Job though nnd jou liuve got eiedlt foi It with Wniinmnhc't und Deil m I told Wananiulsei ostetdnv that jou had got us niiothci man You won't be toigotten foi It whothei It goes thiough oi nut 1 think we ought to gu light nheud vv itli It but pet haps Dolan Is light foi a bad bleak now would make u hell of a mess" He then had me vi lie Wlnsboiu, "Impossible to keep en gagement todu. Look for li'ilei to night" I lold him 1 wns going to Siianton and bo suld, "We v 111 have n council on Monday and I will viu oll 1 shall advocate It going thiough ns we will mid ovei vote wo an get" On the 1st ol December I l "culvert a telcgiani nt the Westminister hotel at Set iinton, f i nm E A. Van Vnllftihuig, signed Ilns'lett, sajlng they had trti i ludod to close with Weiss nnd telling me to come to Philadelphia. I snld In reply I had to go to Pottsvllle and asked I) tin to meet me thete He met me shoitlv after 9 o'e lock at the Motchnnt's hotel nnd I told lilm I hail been so busy nt othei wink I had not bpon able to got aw ii in do veiy much foi lilm He said, ' I wanted this job to go tli'ough. The dnv you suvv me nt Loach's olilce In Philadelphia I went to see Dolan about the position of Weiss' emploveis Thev had been against us all along nnd Dolan went to no them again lie did not get much satisfaction, but a few dnvs la'er Mr. Whittle, a inemboi of the lit in of Whltni .V Kenimeiei, e rial miuliatits, In the Gil aid building, wiote and said he hnd vviltten Weiss nt.d asked lilm to vole foi Wanamaker. Wi Iss leplled without committing him self 'Tills looks" snld Van Valkeii buig "ns though lie wanted to do bltsi l iss with jou In tho meantime and then notlfj ills Hi in that ho was foi Waivi makei 1 will give vou the money now. When do jou think jou can see lilm ngain "' t said, "Not betote Tilda in Satilidav." He teplled, 'That will do Wilte the pledge the same as the one jou got fiom the doctoi nnd mall It to me at Phlladi lphla I will expect to get it hj Sntuiiluy." THE MONEY SUPPLIED He gave me the mnnov, which was In bundled dollai bills as follows. A7Cll, National Bank of Noiilstown. A3PI022. Mechauiis National Bank of Philadelphia, A20'iBVi National Bank of Noiilstown, Ail.VJ'i Montgomeiy Na tional Bank, Noiilstown; A10170 Boston Nationnl Bank 1 maikeil them all witli tho stioke of n pen acioss the last clphei. In the uppei left hand coinei 1 did this of couiso nftel wauls when T was alone Aim Valkonbuig leglsteied at the Men limit's hotel as "A E Ciaw foul, Buffalo,' and had loom No S3. Aftei mm king and including the numbeis of the notes given me by Van Valkeiibuig I sealed thorn up anil gave them to the head of out agencv. At this lime I was taken sick and had to go home, whin I leceivcel the iollowlng kttci. "lionise Building, Phil idelphlu. Pa , Dec. Gth, 1S05 Ml Altoona, Pa. Dear Mi : 1 am Just In re ceipt of .Mrs 's letter of Dec. 4th, and am veij oirj to hen of join Illness; 1 sincerel tiust It is nothing seilous and th it vou will soon be ubout iialn 1 have lnfoim ltlon tluuiihh a souice I cannot sj veij lellible that the put jou weie In opet.itlon with had written a letter that lie would not do ns jou might wish lilm to It Is Impoitunt enough so th it 1 think wo should tilk the niattei ovei bcfoic pioteeiling fm thel 1 vvlicd jou at .Scianton us boon as I obtained this In tel m.ition not to pioeeed f in thu ami I am veiy glad niuttcis aie hi the shape the aie now foi we must be Veiv cau tious, 1 shall be veij anxious to hear how jou aie betting along v oi j slneeiely join", E A. V. "On Doc 12 I leached Bethlehem and wont to Weiss' lesldonce, vvheie I apolo gized for not having seen him sooner. 1 told him 1 had with me the money agieed upon and would expect lilm to sign a pledge to vote toi Wannmakei In tlie shape ot a lettei to myself, say ing that on Inquliy among his consti tuents ho lound that the sentiment was in lavoi of Wannmnker, which was in haiinonj with his own feelings Weiss answeted. I have made Inquiiy and Mind the majoilty of mj constituent are not foi Wanamaker It Is quite on the contiaiy The laigei number of them aio for Pentose I have nevei taken an nionej of this sort in my life, and I do not see mj- vvnj clear to do It now I will do nothing hastily, and we will lot it lest foi the piesent, nnd If I change my mind will notliy jou " I nsked him It he would tieat the matter confidential, but ho did not make any definite pionilso and I loft him ANOTHER TALK WITH JOHN. On Dec 15 I went to Wanamakei's stole and was told lie was confined to his bouse by a bcveiu cold Ills cleik lecognlzed mo and told me to go to his house, 2012 Walnut stieet 1 went theie und sent In my caul Mr Wana niukei saw me In the puiloi. I told him that I had a mattoi of Impoitanco to discuss with Van Valkonbuig, but could not find him and had come to the hoube at the suggestion of the cleik at the stoic Ml Wnnumikei said "Have jou evei hud nnj woik In Hur Usbutg 111 the niattei of de tecting attempts to Inlbe legisla tor' ' I said I had not Said he ' We aie going to win this light unless the othei side buj too many people ' The aie nt It," 1 said, "und nio pa -lug big mono " "Have ou the pi oofs'" he liiquiicd "I haven't got the proofs," I answoied, "but I think I have a moi ul cei taint) and want to talk it ovei with Van Valkeiibuig ' "You have done some things foi him, have ou '" said Wanamakei "Yes " I insvveied, "I am dealing now with u inenibii at Bethlehem. Not thampton county" "Well, thej have been set ting tiaps foi us" said Wanamakei "A man named Baldwin, nt Connells vllle call) In the fight wiote to us off ei lug to suppoit me foi a ciilain bum and this, of couise, put me on mj guai d against lilm He now alleges thnt I inttodilced lilm to Van Valkeii buig at Connellsvllle This pint of tils statement is title Theie was a lei op tion ut the tavoiu theie and I nutuially Intioduced lilm to Van Valkenburg w ho was standing beside me, but the veiy fact of his pioposltlon In wilting and signed put me on my guaid against him and I said but little to him f don't think ho got a cent of oui money, as Dunn states that ho (Dunn) laised the money himself But we must be vei) euieful 1 shall not talk to a member of the legislatuie again unless thete aie mine of mj fi lends piesent "They will not catch me," I said "I have been In this business too long for that I will know just wheie 1 am nt befoie I deal. I want to see Van Vnl kenbuig and my movements aie uncei taln. 1 ma j be kept heie n week or two oi I niuy be obliged to leave to night " "Don't go without seeing Van Vai kenbuig," snld Ml Wannmakei "And If possible call here again befoie you leave This is going to be a gnat light und If T win it means u new oulei of things " "An epoch In Pennsjhnnla politics," 1 bald "Yes, that Is just It." said he. "Call again befoie" jou leave town" I then left and went to my hotel, vvheie Van Vnlkenlnug joined me In loom No 1 at Doonei'H He asked mo If I had seen Weiss I snld' "!os, I nieunt to give hlni $300 down If he signed the pledge and the balance when he wiote to his einplo)eis that ho was foi Wanamakei His head Is swelled and he wants moie money." van riRows suspicions. "I think he Is putting up a Job on ou," said Van Valkeiibuig "Ho bus vviltten to his einplojen, saying that he cannot be for Wunumuker under any clicuiiistnnces, They aie setting up pins to stilke at us fin bilbeiy Be on jour guard eveiy minute. Thev may stilke (it jou at any time. If Wtlss comes nt you, you must say that you weie only feeling him on )oui own ac count and when )ou came back to joui people they would not put up tho munoy The in dels have gone out thnt evei) man lonnectod with the Wana makei management must bo struck at whi'ievei It Is possible Quay Js pei fectly fi untie It Is the Hist time ho has had to oppose sutb an aggicgatlon of tnleiit " ' They uie uftei jou at Connellsvllle," I said. "It was tnj biothei," ho le pllul "I told him ul tho time he was a tool, us Baldwin would put a job up on him I have not been caught be muse when I had un Intel view with iinv of those people I nlwajs had a filend with me. Chief of Police Kaust. of Altoona, was with me when 1 met one of the Wostinoiolniid delegation, and aftet he left Enlist said 'You Hindu a mistake. You did not go fin enough with that fellow Yoil nevei mentioned mono) ' Di Muckov was in to see Flank Loach and Is nil light, nnd 1 had Lench write lilm a shoit lettet, winning lilm to be on his guard. I hopo It will do no liuini I wish jou could go Into the othei camp nnd do home bin lug for them We do not piopose to put In any mine inone), us It Is dangerous. "While do jou think vou mo?" I asked. He grinned und said: ' We nro gaining. I novel said we would win, and 1 dun't saj so now, Quaj's attaik on the Business Men's longue shows he lb badly tattled. You hnd bettei let Wolss alone Keep out $,10 for yolti self, and express me the balance to th" coinei of Eleventh and Walnut street " On Decombei 17th, at 10 20 a m . I called nt the ollle e of the Business Men's lengue In the Houise building, nnd Inqulied foi Mi Van Valkonbuig. They bald lie was not In, and 1 sat down Rudolph Blankenbeig sat down just Inside the tall and Ml Eieiich be hind the scioen In the outei olilce. A limn named Oppeiihelmer enme In nnd infoimed riench tint he had foui lep lesentutlves on a stilng and If they weie looked attoi they might be landed Tluee of them weie Hatfield, Huitninn nnd Lloyd, nil Philadelphia men. The name of the fouith I could not catch. Nod Patton wns named In some con nection and Trench said: "We can't touch him" Pied Van Valkonbuig came in and I told lilm I had got pei mibslon to woik foi them at Hauis buig He said' "We aie going to make Rome howl The) can't beat us unlebs the) bit) a lot of votes I want you to ni range to get in with some one on the other side and buy borne of our lellows lot theni " AGAIN THE WILY DOLAN. I lemalned most of the day on De cembei IS at the ofllces of tho Business Men's league and was Intioduced to Thomas Dolan as a man w ho hail been doing some nice woik for their side. Ann Valkeiibuig told Dolan that the repiesentative from Adams county would be there that day and Dolan said' "Bilng lilm to in) olilce in the Diexel building nt 1 o'clock" Van Vnnkonbuig complained that the de tectives woie trying to establish a con nection between the Rev ei end Mi Duff) and Wanamakei, so as to an est Wanamakei foi conspliney to defame Pentose. Dining the next two or tlneo da)s Bachaiach was summoned, to Philadel phia and was sent out by Pud Van Valkeiibuig on seveial missions among them to Boiling Sin lugs In Cumbei lautl countj whole ho wus told "Don't give lilm any checks or an) thing of that soit, but If jou find lilm all right and he Is shoit on expenses fix him up" On Decembei 21st while In Scianton I went to the olilce of the United States Express company and in the presence of witnesses put the live $100 bills which I had leceived fiom Van Valkonbuig foi Wolss in un envelope, wrapped In a letter to E A Van Valkonbuig The envelope was addiessed to that gentle man at the Hotel Stcnton In Philadel phia. SOME DIRTY WORK. I enme back to Philadelphia on De cembei 22nd, and met Pied Van Val konbuig and Bachniach. We walked to the ' Telegiaph" building und Van Val--kcnbuig went In. Bachniach began talking with me about the head of oui Hi in. He said "I was foi Scott fot seiiatoi in Lus-erne and John Lonahan and jour boss weie for Huivo). I got Bill j Bauei, one of join bosses' men, wutchlng mo. I had a lot of men In the loom fixing them up loi Scott and he had his men outside, but he can't piove 1 gave them tun money, I gave Billy Bauei $25 and ho voted for Scott Billy could not leslst the cash Van Valken burg came dow n and said, ' Our detec tlves can't make anjthlnt' out of Pen lose. He hub coveied his tincks too well" In the evening Bachaiach sent foi mo to come to the Stenton, and asked if I had a couple of shadows Pied, Van Valkeiibuig was with him and a innn named Hick fiom Phllndtl pliln Vnn Valkenburg said "Baldwin of Connellsvllle, Is here diunk We want jou to locate lilm and we will ti) to have lilm anested on some cluuge. Wo think ho is hole to make anothei affidavit and we must heart It oft, If pos sible " We went to the Hotel Walton to look foi Baldwin but he wus out. It wus suggested thnt Buchuiach and 1 should go to the olilce In the Bouise vvheie theie was a plctuie of Baldwin On the win Bachaiach told me about the uilmailes in l.uoine count last spiing. Sometime betoie the) occuntd Pud Van Vnlkenlnug mine to Bacli nuich's sulooii and Intioduced hlmselt and salil he would like lo meet some of the mndldutes naihaiach intioduced him to Col Scott bometlmo latei Van Valkeiibuig enme Uji k with a letter fiom a top-notch politician In Philadel phia, piobablj fiom Dave Mm tin Bachaiach tnlegtapheil the Philadel phia mnn nnd wus told that Vnn Val konbuig was all light Shoitlv aftei this Ed Van Valkeiibuig at lived at Wilkes-Bane. At the stmt both of the Van Valken buigs weie foi Hanej foi senatoi, as It was uudeistooil that he was foi Wannmakei and was giving Quay the tin ow -down. Bachaiach lofused to de soit Siott He and Van Valkeiibuig ngiocd on a slate foi menibeis of the house and It was undei stood between them thev should llsfht it out foi the senatoi. Haivey hud the odds In his fnvor ns Quay was foi lilm with his in fluence and W.inamakii with his nion ej, but Scott won the fight Ed Van Valkeiibuig got scaled about one mem bei nnd mine to Buchaiach at mid night, who said "I can take jou to a man tonight who can dellvei delegates enough at Nanllioke to nominate' him," bo thev diove about five miles aciobs the liver and woke the follow at 2 a in nnd he agieed to deliver the goods When he named his pi Ice Vnn Valken butg was astounded at Its ehonpness He said, ' Leach gave me the names of people to see In this county and thej aio all back numbeis I have been spending mv time and money fooling with them" Van Valkeiibuisr paid ovei the money and Mlllei hnd 33 votes In the convention Buchaiach lemnik ed we hnve sot all the Lueine people but one nnd he and his biothei -In-law aio hunting me now " MARSHAL BARRING TALKS Not Employed by Qjay but by c Number ol Repressentalive Btialrrss Men. The Case Against Van Valken burg to Be Pushed to the End. Mr II Hailing, of the il'eteetlve dim of Hailing & McSweeney, whose names uppeai In the lute developments with legnrd to the Van ValkenburR-Wiuiu-miikei scuiululs, wns Been yestetdny by n loputtoi of The Tilbuue, He was show n .the published statement of Mi. A an Valkeiibuig made by the latter lif ter his in lost by Daniel McSweeliej". Mi. Ban lug said In substance that Mi. Van Valkeiibuig was evidently mak ing a pietty stiff bluff but It would nvull him nothing "For the last thtee month," continued Mi Bailing, 'we have been at woik upon this case, and we have had n innn on the veiy Inside of the Wnnnmakor syndicate, and we know all about the details tit their boom Wo know what money wns spent, vvho got It, who paid 11, and who acted ns middlemen anil slool pigeons We shall expose the whole business, but of course wo ulo not londy now to give out whole case nwuj' The most inlei ostlng units will develop nt the hear ing nnd iliiilnir the tilul In mint We have not only one c nse itgninst Mi Van Valkeiibuig, but piobubly half a lozen, and wo shall keep lilm busy making statements and explanations He Is not the only one of the Combine wbr Is llnl lo undei tho law, but It will depend upon counsel whethei othei s wMl b" t.i lest J oi not, not Hired by quay. "Tiili tnlk about the despeiato s'lnUs of f-'ctiafoi Qua) Is all lot S'liltnr Quav had nhsolutelv nothing to lo with this info and when he III st heaid ot It the 1 tit ts woie ns much n surp.-lso to lilm in thev will be to Mi Wnnaiii iker before we get thiough. Senator Quay had the (list Intimation thnt wo weie at woik upon this case about two weeks ago, and It Is only within a veiy few thijs that he was mnrte acquainted with the details, We weie not empluved by Senatoi Quay not hj Senator Pentose. not bj any othei patty Immediately In tel osiou in the suet ess of Qua) in Pen tose. At the time when we wen- emploved evuybod) wns at soa as to tho inudl date who might get the enrtoisem"iit of Senator Qunj und his fi lends Half a doen names weie mentioned at lint time AVe shall go to the bit tor end with these cases; these ire our In mictions, nnd It Is entliely Iinina teilal who Is elected for senator to fat as these clnuge's against E A Vnn Vall'i nhiiig and othcis mo concerned. Tl is perlectly natuial that Sen-itor Qua r si ruld take some Intel est ,n this niattei now, and I should not wondei If his ft lends would furnish infoiinu tl in which wo hnve not been able tn ob tain; thev would be peifeetlj lustltled In doing so THEIR COUNSEL "Some of the ablest counsel In Penn sjlvanla have been retained, foi In stance John T Lenuliun and Heniy W Pulmei, of Wllkos-Bmre, and W. J. WhltehoUBO, of Pottsvllle, and ari.me mnus will be made to lelnln a c"ifalu (-"iitliiiinn of the Lackawanna county bni whose mime I am not nt libel t) to glv e. "Theie Is no sentiment with us In this mattei . nnd no political piejudlce whatevei We aie undei the Instruc tions of oui clients and wo shall obey thelt onleis The woist foatme about this whole oirt) business consists pio bablj' In Hie tact that theie does not even seem to 'honor anion:: thieves.' Homo of the undei -stinpoeis of the Wannmakei sj nellente, oi combine, as jou maj be pleased to call It, huve ccr talnlj' been llnlnir theli pockets, and T dure saj that Mi. Wanamaker will be the most suipiised of all when our dls closuies ate complete. Whether he knew all that was going on, I cannot saj-, he eeitainb was acquainted with some of the details, to Juilce fiom his conveisatlon with out opeiatlve, how evei, T am willing to give the gentle man the benefit of the doubt. He bus hi on v li tlmiert badlv. Some of the men In cluuge of his boom weie lend) to tluow lilm down any time, and with them It was ontliel) a question of dol lars and tents If someone hud come along and otfeied them u blggei pi lee thej- would have sold Mr. Wanamaker, bodv and soul. Nothing else can bo ex petted ot men who follow the bu.vlng and selling of votes as n piofobsiein and call It politics " VAN VAL.KENBUR'u'S HEARING. Ho Pleads Not Guilt) ami Is n bccoiul Tunc Arrested. Pottsvllle, Pa Dec. 31. 12. A Van Valkenburg, manager ot the Wuno. makor headciuaiteis at IIairis"ouig, vv ho was uuestcd In that city last ni.'ht on the chaigo of attempting to bubo ltepiesentatlve Weiss, of Northampton countv. to vote foi Wanamakei toi United States senatoi, was given a I' heating hole toda) befoie 'Squlie Ku" bier. After some testimony had been oftoied Mr. Vnn Valkonbuig waived a hem lug nnd enteiod $1,500 ball foi his ' appeal nnce at eouit. Dining the hem - I lng anothei vv an ant was sei veil on Van Valkonbuig, charging him with con- i spliac) to bilbe Di X C Macke), of, Lackawanna lount). Ball In $1,'.00 was also entcied by Mi Van Valkenburg In this case. The fust mentione 1 al leged ei line Is suld to have been com- Vnlkonbuig's piesence heiefoi a hear- lng The heniinc was held In the olilce of 'Seiulio Kueblei The piosecution wus lepic-entod b) W. J Wbltehouse. Van Vulkenbuig's Intel osts weio looked af tei 1j) Atoine)s Heignei, of Hanl3 buig, ex-Dlstilct Attoine) Koch nnd Attoine) Snydei, of Pottsvllle The hem lug began ut 11 15 o'clock Attor ney Whltohuuse was nsslstcd In the piosecutlon by James T. I-.eiiah.iu, of Wilkes-Haito. Van Valkeiibuig plead ed not guilt). The piosecutlon then called J N. 'fili al d, who said he was a detei live In the employ of the Intel-state Defrtlve ugenc), of Scianton His nsidenee Is Altoona He was sent to the Wmui makei people oaily In the summ l to blie out to them nnd then disci ise all Infoi matlon ho could set to his sup"i lois He wont on ut gieat length to descllbe- Intel views between hlmselt and Van Vnlkenlnug wheiein he sold It was aglet d ,tlint he wus to help Van Vnlkonbui g seem e v otes against Quay's candidate foi senatoi His testimony j followed the lines of the statement be gun on pace one of The Tribune 'lhc f healing win adjourned at 113 toi nn houi The defendant's counsel at the aftei -noon sesion waived a healing and en- tend ball In V'OO Ten pioinlnent citi zens of Pottsvllle volunteered to go on the bail bond. Aftei the bull wns en teied, the piosecutlon, which had op posed the waiving of the hearing, le suiiied the examination of Tlllard, and be naiinted the stoiy of the alleged conspliney The defendant and his counsel hud left the mngistiate's of fice. Dining the tilal of the case, an othei win rant was solved on Van Val keiibuig. In which hu Is charged with conspliacy to biilx? Di X C Mackey, of Lackawanna county. Hall In the sum ot 1,500 wns entered for his np pearance In this case Van Valkonbuig sa)s the detective's stoiy Is mainly a tissue of lies und that the whole thing is Intended by the ant!-Wannmakei people to get Into the novvspnpeis a lot of senseless chniges that they dare not otherwise publish outside of a iieailns. that the whole thing Is a faice to weaken the Wana maker cause. WEISS IS FOR PENROSE. Hut Hu Slits He Did Not liihtlgato tho Prosecution. Himlsbuig, Dec 31 Uepiesentatlve Weiss, of Northampton, came to Hui- ilsbuig this aftei noon and made a statement In the Vnw Valkenburg bri be! y mutter. He sujs that the lit st he hen ul of the case was when he lend the papers this morning. He bus nut seen Van Valkenburg Blnce the ad journment of the last legislature, nnd Vnn Valkenburg has never apptouched hlni lu Mi. Waniimnket's Interest. "I do not know the complaint in tho ense against Ml. Vnn Valkeiibuig and I am not a patty to the suit nor had I any knowledge of It." Mr. Weiss safl that he will vote for Pentose. THE LEADER 124-126 Wyoming Av& Happy New Year To .ill our friends and patrons. That is the sincere wish of "The Lkader." In the course of 1S97 we shall endeavor to demonstrate that the manner in which, we conduct our business is a boon to the public, as we shall set an example in low prices that will go down to posterity as a condition unequalled before. 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