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W. Thompson Burch provides a statement regarding the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House. Burch mentions a poem Mrs. Morris wrote for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-15
Private C. H. Murphy of the Metropolitan Police Force of Washington, D.C., provides a statement regarding the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House. He mentions that Morris kicked him in the shin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-13
Private Jacob P. Frech provides a statement detailing the events of, and his involvement in, the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-13
A. H. Feathers, messenger in the office of the Disbursing Clerk, provides a statement regarding the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.
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1906-01-13
A. E. Brown provides a statement regarding his involvement and observation of the removal of Mrs. Morris from the White House. Brown describes Morris behaving violently and slapping Sergeant Gallaher. He also reports the actions of Sergeant Bryan, Private Frech, and head usher Thomas Stone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-13
Acting Sergeant John W. Gallaher, who is superintendent of the House of Detention in Washington, D.C., recounts the arrest of Laura A. Hull Morris at the White House, where she attempted to see President Roosevelt. Gallaher says that Morris was not hurt when she was brought into the cab, but she slapped him when he told her where she was going. After a doctor initially decided that she could not be charged with insanity, Morris was let go after a friend paid a $5 collateral. Following this, the arresting officer, Jacob P. Frech, told Gallaher that he had charged her with insanity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-12
Charles Evans Hughes forwarded yesterday’s testimony. Hughes does not expect to examine the witness further.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-06
Secretary of War Taft discusses the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Bowen’s claims against Assistant Secretary of State Loomis. Bowen wants to prove that Loomis took bribery money. Taft offers to carry out an investigation with witnesses to clear up any misunderstandings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-10
Representative Samuel W. McCall, chairman of the congressional committee investigating the indictment of members of the House by the Post Office Department, will not use the report given to the President or make reference to it but will put Charles M. Waters and Assistant Postmaster General Wynne on the stand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-19
Testimony from Robert Valentine Mathews, Augustus Ralph Keller, and George Haven Putnam regarding a lawsuit brought by Eliza A. Sanderson. Sanderson alleges that Gebbie and Company misrepresented the content and uniqueness of the author’s edition of President Roosevelt’s works to which she was a subscriber.
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1904-01-28
General Wood comments on the testimonies of military men before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs which is investigating Wood’s conduct when he was Military Governor of Cuba.
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1904-01-22
General Wood requests a copy of Admiral Lucien Young’s testimony before the Senate Military Committee. The committee was investigating Wood’s conduct as Military Governor of Cuba.
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1904-01-21
Governor of Moro Province Wood asks Assistant Adjutant-General Simpson for a copy of Commander Lucien Young’s testimony from the Senate Military Committee. According to a newspaper report, Commander Young made statements that will require Wood to take action against him.
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1904-01-21
Francis E. Leupp provides an example of the form letter he is sending to Native Americans of the Anadarko Agency regarding his investigation into their complaints about money and land allotments. Leupp hopes that the letter will make witnesses comfortable enough to come forward.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-24
J. Bennett Southard asks President Roosevelt to provide testimony in the case of Peter A. Juley against Town Topics Publishing Company. Southard considers Roosevelt a “material and necessary witness for the plaintiff.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-23
Summary of testimony during the trial of the thirty-nine people prosecuted for their involvement in the Kishinev Massacre, a pogrom that took place in Kishinev the capital of Bessarabia province in the Russian Empire. The anti-Jewish riots were responsible for the death of dozens of Jewish citizens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-06