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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt:...Now, state the conversation. A. I had received a communication from the so-called Frawley committee. "Q. A letter? A. A letter. "Q. Have you that letter? A. No, I have not. "Q. Have you been able to find it? A. I have not. "Q. What is the substance of that letter? "The President.--The point is what passed between him and the respondent. "Mr. Todd.--If your honor please, it has to do, as I understand, with what had passed between them. "The President.--When that appears you can go back to it. "Q. Did you show this letter to the respondent, William Sulzer? A. I did. "The President.--Now you can go back to it. "Q. Will you state the substance of that letter? A. Why, it was a request to state what donation, contribution I had made; and whether a check or otherwise, and I don't remember all of it, but that was the gist of it. "Q. To produce and give that information to whom? A. To this committee. "Q. The Frawley committee? A. Yes, sir. "Q. Now state the rest of the conversation. A. I showed the letter to the Governor and asked him what I could do about it. "Q. What did he say? A. He said: 'Do as I shall; deny it.' "Q. What else was said if anything? A. Why, I said, I suppose I shall be under oath.' He said: 'That is nothing. Forget it.' "Q. Was there anything else said? A. Nothing more." On his cross-examination he stated that he had made no memorandum of his conversation with the Governor, that he was giving the exact language, word for word. "Q. You cannot be mistaken as to a word? A. No. "Q. Not in a word said by him or a word said by you? A. Not that conversation. "Q. Not a word? A. No, sir." Intrinsically this testimony does not bear the ring of truthful...