People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1895 — M’COY HEARING. [ARTICLE]

M’COY HEARING.

Evidence to Show Taylor Was Seeking to Make a Compromise. Pierre, S. D„ March s.—At the McCoy hearing yesterday Representative Lucas of the investigating committee testified that McCoy said he was here with funds of W. W. Taylor to make a settlement with the state, providing Taylor was exempt from criminal prosecution. Several ether witnesses testified to the same thing. Bank Examiner Diamond testified to a conversation that occurred in Chicago between himself, Crawford, and McChesney. Attor-ney-General Crawford, the complaining witness, testified that McChesney and Tenney made overtures for settlement to him Jan. 28. Craw-ford said McChesney told him McCoy w-as in MeChesney’s employ and also in Taylor's to make asettlement with South Dakota and keep Taylor out of the penitentiary. George A. Pettigrew testified that Senator Pettigrew paid McCoy 5:5,500 Jan. 7 last.