WAS AFRAID FOOTE WOULD, SHOOT HIM - "Andrew Jackson Dennis Lost His Memory When Put on the Witness Stand I3- lclxv n 3rd "Sri. Hamilton. (Special Dispatch'to "The Examiner.") SACRAMENTO, February 2.-The Paris '.Jornmisaion Investigation seems neariug a 'close. . To-day at the end' of the sitting, when Chairman Bliss of the Investigating 'Committee vas;asked what other witnesses 'would be subpenaed, he said: nI don't know that any will' be any way, . not until We have gone over the vouchers. Then we can 'tell whether it is:necessary 'to put on any witnesses in rebuttal. 1 don't gee that much of a case has been made out yet." ' Commissioner Runyon had asked that citizens like Claus Spreckels, M.,H. de Young and others who visited Tans De sunpeuaej to say whether the State got the worth of its money there. The committee seem to balk at this, complaining of the expensr. So far the important testimony against the Commission has been -that of William H.. Mills and J.v A. Filcher, and they were, manifestly biased. . Beyond this, tm?re was the tangling of-Emlayin the matter of the medals a transaction not at all clear to thij day. ' ' , To-day the principal witness was Andrew Jackson Dennis, porter and steward at the Commission headquarters in Paris. Dennis had told some flaming tales to the newspapers about the goings-on at the Commission headquarters, and is now afraid Fbote win nhont him. He completely fell down on iis, story when .under oath and developed a wonderful lack of memory wnen ashea u Wo ovfir had made the statements attributed to him. '. ' t - j Davilsoua Damaged Quart. Beyond the fleeting Dennis, the principal witness was A. A. Moore Jr., the Deputy Attorney-General, who won the heart and fortune of Florence ;filythe-llinckley. He gave the Commission, particularly Commissioner Foote, the finest kind of a character for efficiency. He said the money spent had advertised the State far better than if given over entirely to the display of fruits and products, and characterized the entire French Exposition as a fraud and a failure. A. J. Davidson of "Trinity county was called as the first witness to tell of the ' dataage to his pet gold specimen. - Tne Commissioners were willing to insure his speci-. men for $2,500. He wanted more and paid $50 himself, so that he could get $4,500 insurance. He sent Gaskill $1 to pay for taking the specimen to Shreve & Co. to have it carefully packed. - "The specimen looks'to me as if they had dropped it," said Davidson. "It is only a fraction over three-quarters as , long us when I delivered it." "Do you think the Commissioners broke off av part of the specimen and sold it?" Jlelitk asked. "Oh, no; not at all. They coildn't have got anything for the amount broken off." , Then, after much preliminary, Davidson revealed his specimen and the? J crystals broken from it. To the committee and the lay observer the whole matter seemed a great-to-do over little or nothing. There was an arrangement with Gaskill that if he (Gaskill) could sell the specimen for, $5,000 he was to get 10 per cent commission. The highest offer made for it, however was $150. . ' " Those Hesponnlble tot :torlf. Fremont Older, managing editor of the "Bulletin," was the next witness. He had obtained information from VVr"D. Mills, Henry Sonntag, Mr. 'Filcher of ,fhe Board of Trade, James Madison, M. Theodore Kearney of Fresno, A. A. Moore, Andrew Dennis, the porter of the Commission.'aiid a dozen others, and many letters had come to-the paper, some signed and stjme anonymous. . The witness said he'shad made no attack on the financial honor of any. member of the Paris Commission. . His paper had charged that the State's money -had been squandered in Paris,-and he felt that he had received sufficient proof to warrant 'that charge. Some person- whose- name he had forgotten had "told "him at "second or third hand that Truman had told somebody that $68,01)0 had been spent for expenses of .Commissioners and' attaches at Paris. The charge that $42,000 had been spent for wine was hearsay,, and . the . accusation that Gaskill was selling $3.50 medals for $80 was based on the Gaskill-letters offered and the J.' H. Gore circular. -The Information concerning the sale of obscene pfctures was obtained, from Dennis. .... ; Took Receipts tor Wine. Then Andrew Jackson Dennis, .colored, now a waiter on the steamer Santa Rosa, was,, called. He said he was the steward of the'PariB Commission. His duties were to keep the headquarters clean and to give those . visitors whotook an interest in the subject a' sample of wine. "Were the Commissioners there much of the time?" "Yesv the greater part of the time." Dennis took receipts when wine was taken' from the rooms by the Commissioners. . Sometimes he did not take receipts from Truman. Runyon never took any wine. "Was there any noisy revelry at headquarters?" i ..... "Only on one occasion, and that did not amount to'anything. On the night of the Fourth of July celebration a French waiter got drunk and they put him out. That was all." - "Did Mr. , Loeb or anybody else around headquarters have any obscene pictures for sale?"- . . "I got that report from Mr. Truman. He told me that two California visitors had told him. Loeb tried to, sell them obscene pictures.'- He, said he, was going to speak to Mr. - Foote and Mr. Gaskill -about it-and havn Loeb discharged." "Ha was not discharged, was he?" "No." - - - - - His i.Miud Something of a 'Blank.'.. Dennis-was then asked "concerning other statements attributed to'h.itn. "My mind is a good deal of a blank on the subject -of what I "said," . declared Dennis., , "Where were the poker parties' at Paris hel1;'it there were any?" r - ' .... "in .Mr..Gakill'B -private apartments." "Did any unseemly noise issue from thoie 'apartments to disturb visitors?" ."No, sir." , ., . "Were any visitor? present when Foote and Truman had .their" wrap fj "There was cne gentleman I heard be was from. Los Angeles and a Judge:" Stewart tried to "bring but" that Gaskill .cr ijib iu!its since., tie. came to catrdoitnio ana mnueneed or-threatened him, but Dennis, -while admitting that' he" had seen Gaskill. ' denied . that there had been any discussion of the testimony to be given or eny. persuasion or Intimidation - "Did yon see. Mr. Loeb with obscene tilc-turee?'", '.'-';'. ,'J-ti' '7 Mid." Hp. w.a.W. trying "to sell them! He ahowrd ttH.m tocae pTivatelv. . "Mr. .Emlaytortk a great deal of wine waj.fxogl.) atiquurtorsT-didn'-t he?'! "Once be tock four cases. He said It was for 'o i'vy," ."Di1 .'yt'M .11! auy one iUat Hmlay took away o srt at ueai of wine, and that Truman bad raid i!mlay wag selling the wine to hot! Is?' 'I ha ve no recollection of having done so." Foote 'Welcomed in Poker Games. Melick brought out that Dennis bad gone to Gaskill'8 office about a week ago to ask if he was lik? ly to be called as a witness. When asked If he hadn't told Older that Gaskill sent him to Foote with the statement that if he was subpenaed Foote would tell him what to testify to, he said he couldn't remember whether he had made such a statement. or not. . "Who suggested that these matters should slip through your mind? Did anybody promise you anything?" - j "I don't remember." ' '. "Were any threats made?" i . "I don't remember any." "Did you see that poker game in which Foote lost 2,500 francs?" "I know nothing of that transaction." ' "But you saw Foote and Gaskill playing poker, didn t you . - ; "Well, Mr. Foote was a welcome guest in. Mr. Gaskill's rooms.- The poker always was played in Mr. Gaskill's private apartments'.", Foote as a welcome guest in a poker game-raised a laugh'. Then, after many lapses of; memory, Dennis was asked to describe'the now famous fight. , j . ..'. '" Dennis Held Troman. " (. "Mr. Foote came," he began, r, " "Was he drunk?" asked Melick.' " . . . "I don't know." , . "Did he appear drunk?" "He appeared in his usual manner. 1 1, heard loud talking and some slaps and went into the room.. Foote and Truman were fighting. At first Dennis said he separated the combatants, but later he admitted hav- .ing.held Truman, restraining his threaten Ing'arm when he was about to hurl the sponge-holder., ... Then Older was recalled and contradicted Dennis on certain matters and said that the brother of Dennis said it wasn't going to do the steward-porter-janitor any good to volunteer testimony as to the goings-on at Paris. Dennis told the story of the wine, the poker and the fight, but told It with the un demanding that his name was not to be used in connection with the story. Afraid Foote Would Shoot Him. i Then Older told of a talk with Dennis on .the train last night. Dennis expressed a fear that Foote would shoot him. He prom ised Older he would not go near Foote, Runyon or Gaskill, and that he would not draw money on his subpena and drink it up. He did get $2.50 on his subpena, did take some drinks and did see Gaskill. Then came A. A. Moore. He said he was two weeks In Paris, In October, and visited th headquarters nearly everyday.. Moore said he didn't see Truman all the time he was in Paris, Runyon had returned to California. Foote came back from Spain during the stay of the witness. Moore elab orately and in detail described the head quarters, which met' his warmest aprpoval "Do you want toisay anything In criti cism at the Commission? Did you see any improper actions at headquarters?" "I never saw an improper action any more than if I had gone to a preacher's house. I know nothing as to the squandering of money." , - . Moore very sharply criticised the. Expo sition as a whole, Baying it was a failure as an exhibit, the product of political Jobs. He never knew that any other State but California had an exhibit there until he got back to this country. California was much better represented than triany of the minor countries. California s headquarters sign was the most conspicuous thing in Paris. Hr didn't go to see the Mills railroad exhibit, though he heard it was a very fine exhibit. If was being packed when he was there. Moore denied that he'ever bad criticised the Commission in an interview. Foote always was on hand at, headquarters at 10 o'clock in the morning;. He was as anxious to assist people as a floorwalker and seemed filled with a great fund of Information about California for foreigners who could speak English. No Morals in Farla. "I thought Foote was just the man for the place," said the witness .enthusiastically. "Everybody knew him. He had friends even among the crowned heads. He was worth ten times the exhibit they had there for advertising California." "What do you think of the awards ?" asked Mslick "I wouldn't give two cents for one of the medals." was the emphatic reply. "This thing of saying that the good name of California was smirched by the talk of wine and drinking at headquarters is all rot. Nobody in Paris is startled by the mention of liquor,, for there are no morals there. A man would be ashamed to take his wife along the street to see the pictures posted up and offered for sale everywhere." "Then our Commissioners Just kept up the pace,-eh?" asked Melick. "No, not that; but if they had gone on one wild whirl It wouldn't have shocked anybody." Then the committee adjourned until Monday afternoon. Meantime the vouchers will be tackled. - - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CARRIED TOO FAR. The Fear of Being Deceived or Humbugged , Prevents Many People From Trying . . a Good Medicine. 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