| Show fIS FISHER f DENIES S T Under No Circumstances Would I Have Asked d About Abott IS Appointment tilleD t t DID Dr NOT HOT ASK WHAT OFFICE PAID PAI Senator Hoar loar Objected to Franciss fra ness nessI I C Question About District Attorney Washington March 12 Jacob Fishier Fisher J the present postmaster nt nl Hastings Neb Nob resumed his lute statement sta mol today be lie before I fore tore the lie special senate committee ap up appointed ni pointed to 10 Investigate the tho lie charges against Senator Dietrich Senator J onor attended meeting hut lOit Senator Cockrel was absent Mr Ir Fisher 1 said that at lt the tho time lIme ho appointed postmaster ro lm ster lila hl relations with hahn Halm hind had been rather unfriendly that hint previous to that limit Ihl time 1100 Hahn made modi I dally daIly dol visits to hl his Fishers place of ot I business hilt but that hat time the visits stopped 1 when he ho received news nels of at f his hii appoint appointment I ment Ho lie 10 did lilot not retail reCall any flit 1 vIsit l lt by b Hahn on April 23 3 anti and ho lie tins sure that under unde the tho circumstances that hut he Ito hI would mutt have hl asked hahn lahn whit wh 1 he lie thought of ot his Fishers appointment l as tie 11 his successor or as ns Inh i t That statement I Ih deny dl 1511 nU saU It the tho witness winess Ho 10 hI also tilso std said that ho lie had hlll not nt asked Minim what hat the PI Id mind and d statement that ho Iu hud asked to consult cl 11 u ml I lawyer tot for him lo to whether lift he h would have hlo to pay a note ja he ho might RIo give to Dietrich to 10 secure suro tho Ito appointment I 1 nevOr Ii r him he lie said and no Ito 10 note hOle was w given anI 1 C C Francis I deputy postmaster general at nl Hastings under Fishier Fisher wo was tho the next witness to ques ions by hy Mr Ir Platt PlaIt ho saul ahl lint Hint he Ito haul had hlll to 0 pay vai half hal the tiu rental of ot HIP Iho lie hunch bick room 1001 of ot a f tho Die ho I ug and in lid hall Imd done ilomin so for fot OI months tho the total beIng U 41 4 Time The was wan lint Hint he lie would have hac half of ot any 11 proceeds prowls de tic rived from fron rom tho the loom 1001 They he had hd made tl nn on to rent relt the Ih room oom to 0 thin tho West Western Welt est ern Im Union Telegraph company hut but hall had failed Ho lie Jo said Mid Curse on al account of or tIme the tl room hall hail nothing lo to dy do It with hIs salary He Ito 0 contradicted cont the lie statement of ut Mr Ir I that lint hf li n 1 10 lo n Ii statement that ho he Frauds Francis hud hlll to 10 pay Ph 00 to 0 Mr Die iio or hut thuit he h Imd told De that limit Fisher had 20 to 10 a Mr lt h Mr Iu h Francis teal I haul that ho lie hl hail had hind bad hinda n a fomentation with wih SI Atty A Sum Summers HUI mers lilOtH relative to testifying th Jury JIl jilt In tIme the mil of or Mr h Hatty then for lom time the of It that conversation hunt but before ho lie could 1011 Mr h lear Hoar I Interposed with wih an In In itt Inquiry as RN ni to o the time purpose ot of the tho III tou Wo We want Mr Ir Hatty replied 1111 to show huon the lie that lint the tho district at nl torney torley huts upon witnesses In II these canes that ho hm toM told tIme the witness wi le that It If ho Ito did not lint testify t ho wan himself liable to 10 prosecution prOt Iton Imprisonment Mr lInac suggested that such Ilch a n line lino ot of would broaden the time ln to nn mimi 11 undesirable extent amiul after con with Senator th the lie at nt n withdrew the tho toI temporarily titles Ces tol unruly Hardy a n Inspector etl to 10 conversations ho Ito ho had last December with Fisher Fishier and Francis relative to moneys mOMY Paul paid to 10 Die on ott 01 account of ot the lunch back room par liar partitioned thInned oft off 01 train from the tho Fishers l l hor statement ho lie Enid nId Eal M that hint tho the hitch inal lease ins to 10 bo hut knocked In tho the hood because of ot tho the reduction of ot the tho tent sent front from troll to 10 0 that Die Dlo Dierich rich saId ho Ito Wisher Fishier auth ho tIme clU ons Of o tho should take taka tho the fixtures or oC f the 0 A H n post oust os off his hie hands but that hat Fisher Ish r had hlll wild that ho lie would not tick the people peoria hut but would do ilo tb so him him neif Helt After Ater this hIS Dietrich Detrich humid hud Ild told lf Fishier Isher that hat when he lie went td Id I Washing ton on he would recommend Fishers 1 ap up 11 as its 11 postmaster although It I thus understood the tIme appointment was wasn WIH In iii n no Will way ay dependent upon uon the tho pa ment mentor or the tIme The rho wit nt nR s also soul Mid p l that Fishier amid 11 Francis told toll him about tho limo rental of ot tIme the hark hack room but bu their state ment as its II by ot did not differ from their statements to o the lie committee Ho lie le lall that lint Francis haul nid told him that Iha Fisher Fishier In lit II returning he tIme rent limit money malC for tor the room icorn had hlll said lint Dietrich Imd hiatt refunded the money mOne n nl that theme them haul been some sommie SOlI corn com C m nent about tIme the mind and he lie did didlot dil thu not lot 1 want to continue tho tIne These hud wild said occurred at nt Omaha nt at the time tinie tho time jury Investigation Into the tho Diet Dietrich Del tint rich case cafe vuis III In Iii progress Dietrich elicited 1 statement tho tin witness that a 1 ii voucher which lie he IB carried to Hastings was ivas for tor pay Imy tient for certain ceria In fixtures and amid also milsa for tor the tIme payment lent of ot tho the transfer of ot the post lost ost The bids bils for the tho lie removal came camo the th former postmaster Mr tr laim Hahn Mr Mu II Dietrich endeavored nt at this title lime to 0 brIng out omit Olt from frol the lie witness Ile limit It if theme wits WOH Wil nn an 11 extortionate price prie at nt Inched to the removal re ro I of ot the tho ho ol o e It I was regular having had the of ot tho time department Senator Sona ol Hoar suggested that this nl wholly hol ti n mutter with the lh department And ruled that tho the matter wits not nt ger germime germime mime Tho Tim committee took a I un mu until til this afternoon t |
