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Show MESSENGER TESTIFIES Corroborates Story Regarding: Re-garding: Thaw Retainer Retain-er of $25,000 Alban, X V Feb 28 Horace A Hoffman, who said he bad been In the (employ o' Harry K. Thaw as a "mes--"igtT " today fold (Governor Sulzer's committee of inquiry his version of the latest attempt to liberate Harry K Thaw from MatteSWU Hoffman res-ifler! thai on November li 1912, Thaw gave him an envelope ontalning Consolidated Gas stock and R,000 In casta to be delivered to John Nichols Anhut. a lawyer, at his offlee in Wall street. Hoffman Corroborated An hut's testimony regarding the contingent con-tingent ret I t Of $26,000, The witness wit-ness said that at the request of Thaw he received two receipts from Anhut. both of which he had photographed Shares of Stock Returned. In January last Anhut returned 100 shares of stock and Hoffman sold them for 'nearly $14.o0u" under Thaw's direction. Hoffman told of having carried mes sagec-. in Alfred Henry Lewis of Ne'e York for Thaw and of having seen Lew is at Matteawan He said bo I heard l ewis and Thaw talking about '"writing some stuff, some things Thaw thought the people might to know." "Was Mr Lewis tin the employ of Mr. Thau ?" asked one of the commi'-tee commi'-tee "I don't know." answered Hoffman He admitted having paid money to Lewis for Thaw, the amount of Which be declined to state "I supposed I was paying him for the writing w hich war. to be done " |