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Show LAW CLERK j A WITNESS Tells Story of Stealing of Famous Archbold Letters From Files Washington, Jan. 13. A story of how copies of letters from John U krchbold to former Senator PorakeT and other public men were taken from the Stand nd uil company's ol-flee ol-flee at 2i Broadway, New York, by W VY Wlnkfleld and Charles Stump, negro messengers employed by the company, was told to the senate cam-' paign funds Investigating committee I today by Gilchrist Stewart, a negro law clerk. Stewart said be was employed em-ployed b. Mr. Foraker to Investigate ''hetliei .-nam alleged photograph!! opies of l tters published were for Series Wlnkfleld was found in Chicago Chi-cago Stewart said and told him a story of how he and Stump took Copies Cop-ies of letters from the Standard Oil flle3 and disposed of them to a repre Bentatlve ol the New Yors American While in Chicago on December 21, Stewart d i la red he was kidna d b gangsters, ' taken to the office of the i hlcago Examiner and robbed of a number of letters and papers Including Includ-ing two letters to him from former Senator Foraker The witness gave a In umstantial account of his efforts to escape from the "gangsters," who had searched the house in which he was stopping, and of the alleged scene in th- Examiner oftii . Said They Were Policemen. The men who kidnaped him, be said told him they were policemen exhibited what purported to be war rams and attempted to make belle a the Examiner office was a police station. sta-tion. Chairman Clapp read into the ret orcl a translation furnished by John I' Archbold, of a cipher telegram put into evidence recently, with a number of Ihe "Archbold letters'" Telegram Translated. The translation given out by thei committee follows: "2i". Broadway. New York. September Septem-ber L'r.. Iftllti. "Hon J. B. Sibley. Franklin. Pa. ' Ha v e returned here and will be i glad to see you nt any time. Have communicated with A. J Cassatt and he will see us in Philadelphia. Pa, if we so desire either Thursday or Friday Will Charles Miller be here this week"' (Signed l "J D ARCHBOLD' |