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Show 'Iwm in GRAFTSCANDAL Former Chief Executiue of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Placed in Unfavorable Light by Witness. Claim Is Made That Letter Intended to be Misleading and a Whitewash White-wash Was Prepared at Suggestion Sugges-tion of Pennypacker and Others. Harrlsburg, Pa. Tho trial of Contractor Con-tractor Sanderson and threo formoi stato officers charged with conspiracy in tho furnishing of the now capltol, took a sensational turn on Friday, when Stanford I). Lewis, assistant to Architect Huston, declared with dramatic dra-matic earnestness that Huston's letter let-ter to former Attorney General Carson, Car-son, oxplalning his part in tho contracts, con-tracts, had been prepared at the suggestion sug-gestion of rormcr Governor Penny-packer, Penny-packer, former Auditor General Snyder, Sny-der, one of the defendants, and Mr, Carson, and that it was misleading and Intended to bo a "whltowash." According to Lewis' story, when it camo Huston's turn to writo an answer an-swer to Mr. Carson, Lowls was telephoned tele-phoned to como over to Harrlsburg by Pennypacker and Bnydor, nnd tho let tcr was prepared at a conferenco with thORo two olUclals nnd the formor nt-tornoy nt-tornoy general, to dovetail In with others prepared by stato officers connected con-nected with the construction and equipment or tho capltol. The lottei to which Lewis rcrerred was ono ol a series written during November nnd December, 190C, In respouso to tho Carson Inquiry Into th capltol scandal. |