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Show FEMUR DENIES "WHITEWASH" STORY i ' Former Governor of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Adopts Roosevelt Attitude Atti-tude Toward Architect. HABRISBUBG-i Pa., Feb. 21. .Former .For-mer Governor Penn3packor, as a witness wit-ness for tho defense in j;ho trial of the conspiracy suit against Contractor San-. San-. dnrson and the former State officers, Snyder, Mathues and Shumaker, yesterday yester-day emphatically denied that there had bcoD any official attempt to "whitewash" "white-wash" tho capitol scandal in tho inquiry in-quiry of former Attorney General Car-sou. Car-sou. Mr. Pennypacker declared that Stanford Stan-ford B, Lewis, assistant to Architect Joseph M. Huesfcon. had elated a falsehood false-hood when ho testified that the architect's archi-tect's letter to Mr. Carson had been prepared at a conference between Pen-n3'packer, Pen-n3'packer, Auditor-General Snyder and Lewis, and that it was intended to dovetail with letters written by other forsons connected with tho capitol con-racl'9. con-racl'9. "Tho word 'whitewash' was not used, and the thought was not expressed," said Ponn3'packor. "If Mr. Lewis said that, he said what was a falsehood, doubtless due lo weakness and cowardice." cow-ardice." Other statements made by Lewis in his testimony as a witnefls for the commonwealth com-monwealth were also denied today by former Auditor-General Snyder, the first of the defendants to be called as a witness. Snyder admitted having advanced $125,000 to Sanderson before -any of the furnishings were delivored. He said that he did this on the suggestion of Hueston, because the building was not ready to receive the fnrnituro when tho furniture was ready for delivery. Snyder explained that he learned that his predecessor in tho Auditor-General's oflico had made similar advance payments, pay-ments, and he thought that this action had been a precedent. |