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Show DANISH WEST INDIES DEAL House Special Committee Holds Another An-other Moetlno; at Which a Letter rrom Secretary Hay Is Head. Washington. April 7, Senator Depcw of New York uppcarcd today bo-foro bo-foro tho special lloueo committee In-eillgutlng In-eillgutlng chaiges in connection with the Danish West Indies negotiation. Ills statement was brief. C. W. Knox of Olendelg, Md , whoso name was mentioned In tho Christmas report, toll ot mec'ng Christmas, whom he considered a cultivated man who hail becomo entangled with sharpers. sharp-ers. Tho witness .aid ho consented to assist Christmas, and u contra U was submitted to tho committer by tho terms of which Knox was to assist In any proper manner In bringing about tho transfer Knox to iecele J13 000 In enso of asnle mid J350 per month. Tho wllncs. said he ncier bribed an) one, nnd nolhlnj; of the kind wus ever contemplated. con-templated. He received no money from Christmas, and ho denied that ho Introduced In-troduced Christmas to W. J. Hr)an, or that ho had claimed to Christina, that he was an Intimate friend of benator Ilannu. A letter was presented from Sccrctaiy of State Hay In which he sa)i. "In tho early part ot December, 1SD9, Capt, Christmas called upon me at this department und Informed me that, through prlwito and personal eourcis In Copenhagen ho had become aware that there wus u disposition among some of the leading members of the Dinlsh (Imcrnment to icgnid fmor-alily fmor-alily an oiertiuc from tho i.ni eminent of tho United States looking to the acquisition ac-quisition of tho Danish islands. He .ild that ho had been n nam! n nicer, and .poke nt some length In regard to the desliablllty of the Island of St. John ns u uiilul station for the United Mutes. At my nuggt.tlon he (.omejeil what further Inimical Itifoimatlon he had on till, subject to Admiral Diud-ford Diud-ford of tho Navy depai tment. Although he pic.ented no credential, whatever, und expressly dec! tied that he had no olllclal chuiacter, I thought his story was of .uniclcnt Interest to be worth investigation. I told him I would send u confidential and trusted agent nf this government to ofpenhngen to ascertain, ascer-tain, unofllilally, the truo state of uf-falr. uf-falr. and sent to hlmt he name nf Henry Hen-ry White, first secietary of tho embassy em-bassy at London dipt. Christmas said he would like lo be In Copenhagen when Mr, White arrived und bring him Into communication with tho member, of tho government, whom ho mentioned. I fcuve him a unto of Introduction to Jlr, Mhlte, nnd they met In Copenhagen, Copenha-gen, whero Cnpt. Christmas arranged for an Int'ivlew between Jlr. White nnd a member of the Dtnlih Govern niiMt. All. Christmas via. not preint ut this Interview, anil his ionnctloii with the hitter leased entliely ut that time Ho afterward returned to Washington, Wash-ington, und I fuw him once or tuke but told him thnt theto wus no need for services of nny private poison In nny negotiation which m!s,ht bo tnkeu up between tho two governments In rcgarl to tho acquisition of tho Islands Isl-ands " Hupresentntlve Itlclnrdson said h.o thought Mr. Hay should romo before tho commltteo und should produio nny letters ho had In (ouueiilon with Chilstmas golnjr to Copenhagen Chairman Dulzell mated that Secretary Secre-tary liny was ready lo appear nt any lime liln pieeence was deslied. Ihe chairman rather sharply dissented from Mr. Richardson's suggestion that as the Secretary had used this man, there would bo a mom iletulled explanation of nny communications rent to him Nn iirinnjrements were niadi for Ml Huy appealing but It was understood ho would ba henul htir Tho commltteo then adjourned until tho mil of tho ilialrimn. |