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Lt. Governor Testifies on MHIP Legislation to the Senate Finance Committee. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, MD.
Governor Moore Testifys for the Serve Act by Joe Andrucyk at House Appropriations Committee Hearing Room, Room 130, House Office Building, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD 21401
Lt. Governor Testifies on MHIP Legislation to the Health & Government Relations Committee. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, MD.
Major Gen. Danny Yatom testifies before the State Commission of Inquiry into the massacre at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
אלוף דני יתום מעיד בפני הועדה לבחינת הטבח במערת המכפלה
Photo: OHAYON AVI, 03/08/1994
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter shakes hands with members of the House Armed Service Committee shortly before testifying on the Strategic Choices and Management Review during a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building Aug. 1, 2013, in Washington, D.C. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett. (Released)
Governor Moore Testifys for the Serve Act by Joe Andrucyk at House Appropriations Committee Hearing Room, Room 130, House Office Building, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD 21401
SECDEF addressing a question.
18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey joined Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Robert Hale to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense, Jun. 18, 2014. DoD photo by SSG Sean K. Harp, USA
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
AFGE Local 1738 Shop Steward Eric Jenkins testified before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs regarding the current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) benefit claims processing technology.
Governor Maura Healey, Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz and Assistant Secretary for Budget Bran Shim testify on the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget recommendation to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means at the State House on March 7, 2023. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Governor Charlie Baker and Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders testified at a hearing of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse in support of the administration’s second significant package to fight the opioid and heroin epidemic, including legislation titled “An act relative to Combatting addiction, Accessing treatment, Reducing prescriptions and Enhancing prevention” (CARE Act).
Testimony: www.mass.gov/news/governor-baker-and-secretary-sudders-te...
(Photo Credit: Rachel Mandelbaum for the Office of the Governor)
First Lady Chirlane McCray testifies at a budget hearing before the New York City Council Committee on Finance at City Hall on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Senate Subcommittee on Defense under the Committee on Appropriations hearing on Our Space Policy . GWU Elliott School Prof. Scott Pace testifies. , Washington DC. March 5, 2014 © Rick Reinhard 2014 email rick@rickreinhard.com
Washington D.C. (August 6, 2020) Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testifies in front of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Public Citizen President Robert Weissman testifying before House Judiciary subcommittee on regulatory reform, commercial, and antitrust law on the value of regulations.
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Monteen Stover who defended Leo Frank's character at his trial testified Leo Frank's office was empty for the five-minute duration she waited there. Monteen noted the time on the clock and it was 12:05 pm and all the 5 minutes till 12:10 pm. This was a major blow to Frank's alibi because he told police in a deposition that he was alone with Mary Phagan in his office this time. Stover busted his alibi wide open and how did Leo Frank account for this contradiction? He placed himself in the metal room at this time, which the Atlanta police detectives believed was the exact time Mary Phagan was raped and murdered in the metal room. The prosecution spent the entire first half of the trial building the state's case that Leo Frank murdered Mary Phagan in the metal room shortly after she arrived at his office. If the prosecution's theory was to be believed, it was as if Leo Frank on August 18th, 1913, was trying to provide direct eyewitness evidence to confirm that theory near the very end of the trial, when it would have had the biggest impact on the jury. This was not a trial lacking in evidence or accomplices.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies for Public/Private Partnership Legislation . by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis
Lt. Governor Testifies on MHIP Legislation to the Health & Government Relations Committee. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, MD.
Governor Moore Testifys for the Serve Act by Joe Andrucyk at House Appropriations Committee Hearing Room, Room 130, House Office Building, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD 21401
Annie Lee Moss testifies before Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Permanent Committee on Investigations March 11, 1954 in Washington, D.C. responding to allegations she was a security risk as a Pentagon employee while a member of the U.S. Communist Party.
The image is a still from CBS television footage.
The hearing was recorded and later shown on the national television show See It Now. Moss, a member of Cafeteria Workers Union Local 471, came across as a badgered witness testifying truthfully while committee counsel Roy Cohn came across as mean and vindictive toward a woman who performed routine tasks of a non-secure nature and seemed confused about what Cohn was talking about.
The public reaction toward the hearing helped turn the tide against McCarthy who had made a career out of fear-mongering, unsubstantiated accusations and public shaming of those that disagreed with his crusade against communists.
John Crosby wrote in the New York Herald Tribune, "The American People fought a revolution to defend, among other things, the right of Annie Lee Moss to earn a living, and Senator McCarthy now decided she has no such right." Reporting on public opinion in McCarthy's home state, Drew Pearson wrote, "Wisconsin folks saw her as a nice old colored lady who wasn't harming anyone and they didn't like their senator picking on her."
McCarthy would soon be embroiled in the Army–McCarthy hearings which also significantly eroded his standing with the public and in the Senate.
In December 1954 he was censured by the Senate, and spent the rest of his career in relative obscurity. He died in 1957.
Moss had been suspended from her position when McCarthy announced his interest in the case. In January 1955 she was rehired to a non-sensitive position in the army's finance and accounts office, and she remained an army clerk until her retirement in 1975. She died in 1996, aged 90.
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The television cameraman is unknown. The image is from CBS television, but the distributor is unknown. The image is housed in the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, testifies on July 28, 2015, about the Iranian nuclear deal before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies for Public/Private Partnership Legislation . by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis
Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies at Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Meeting of Commissioners and Board Committee to call for $15 minimum wage for airport workers at Newark Airport on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
this granny testifies to her suffering and great need and acknowleges God's care for her and her orphaned grandchildren through The Way Home's program to care for widows & orphans in their distress
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Washington, D.C. (November 16, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies in a hearing entitled “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security” before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum)
(Virtual Panorama) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies before the House Agriculture Committee regarding the “State of the Rural Economy“ at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013. USDA Photo Illustration by Lance Cheung.
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Butch Cassidy and the Bank of Montpelier
By Jake Putnam
Pistol-whipped bank teller Bud Mackintosh testified in court that the number 13 was the cause of it all.
“It was the 13th day of the month; after the 13th, with a deposit of $13, at 3:13,” said Mackintosh.
Because of that eventful day, Mackintosh knew a thing or two about luck. It was the most infamous bank robbery in Idaho history, masterminded by none other than Butch Cassidy in Montpelier.
On a hot, cloudless August afternoon at 833 Washington Street in Montpelier, three strangers on horseback rode through dusty streets. A day so hot and stifling that only dogs and merchants and farmers stirred in the heat.
Farmers across Bear Lake County were putting up hay when the cowboys tied their horses to a hitching post near the bank.
Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay, and Bob Meeks approached the boardwalk. They'd spent weeks scouting the job. The three men were holed up on a ranch over in Cokeville just across the Stateline. For cover, the three worked as cow hands on the Emelle ranch operated by the wife of a prominent Montpelier jeweler.
Mrs. Emelle testified under oath that the cowboys were driving cattle from the summer range for about two weeks. She added that they were the best ranch hands she’d ever had, but oddly, they were heavily armed. She said the trio made frequent trips into Cokeville and Montpelier at odd hours of the day and night.
Later, she said, it all made sense.
Cassidy, it turns out was a detail man. His trips to town were recon missions for the bank job and in no time he learned that the last cutting of the hay in Bear Lake County meant money in the bank. Farmers sold their hay and in turn paid back loans to the bank. The cash drawers were full.
Cassidy also learned that the sheriff made rounds out in the remote stretches of Bear Lake County in the afternoons. He found that Thursday was the slowest day of the week in sleepy Montpelier. The outlaws also scouted escape routes and places to cache relay horses for a quick getaway.
Friends across the border in Star Valley revealed later that Cassidy and the boys had wintered there after getting out of prison on Jan. 20. They said Cassidy was making an honest living working as a cowboy on nearby ranches. They described Cassidy as tough and hardened yet still kind despite two years in the Wyoming state pen.
In stories handed down, many Star Valley residents recalled Cassidy living at the Morgan place in Auburn, working at Seth Putnam's sawmill and when the worst part of winter hit and things got tough, somehow he came up with a side of beef for starving families. Many a resident said that Cassidy was a loyal friend who prided himself on keeping promises.
Star Valley pioneer Pearl Davis recalled years later that Cassidy loved music and went to the dances Saturday nights that winter at the Rock Church in Auburn. He often sat with his back against the wall so he could see people coming through the front door. Lay and Meeks would listen to her father’s fiddle and watch the people dance. She remembered that no one was more fun-loving and fond of practical jokes than Cassidy.
But Butch Cassidy had a dark side. Stealing was his business and god help anyone that stepped in his way. He stood about 5-foot-10 and weighed in at a slim 155 pounds. He was quick on his feet, always packed a six-shooter and it’s said he could drive nails at the pull of a trigger.
Cassidy’s horsemanship was legendary, his ability to meticulously plan and execute robberies unmatched. He also had the ability to vanish for months at a time and often demonstrated shrewd public relations skills. Borrowing from Robin Hood, he robbed rich ranchers, railroads, and banks but gave generously to widows, children and those down on their luck.
It was conflicting promises that painted Cassidy into a corner in August of 1896: his promise to go straight clashed with the promise to help former Wild Bunch member Matt Warner. Warner had landed in Ogden jail on murder charges and asked Cassidy for help. Butch had considered busting his buddy out, but the thought of another prison term instead led to a different path: he'd hire the best lawyer money could buy; it was the least he could do to keep a friend from the gallows.
Cassidy had also made a promise to Wyoming Gov. Bill Richards. Richards pardoned the outlaw and released him early from prison on a promise that he’d do his outlawing out of state and that’s what landed him in Montpelier, just a short ride from the border. He needed at least $3,000 to help pay for Warner’s attorneys.
The two weeks at the Emelle place flew past and on Aug. 12, the Wild Bunch pulled up stakes and drew their pay. They spent the rest of that day caching supplies and fresh horses outside of town. That night they camped in nearby Montpelier Canyon.
On Aug. 13 they rode up to a saloon on Washington Street next to the bank while Cassidy kept a close eye on the bank. When he saw the banker out front talking to two men he saw his chance, knowing that there was just one employee in the cage and another at a desk. He told Meeks to get the horses ready and gun down anyone that looked like trouble and then he and Elzy sprang into action.
Bank President G. C. Gray was out front talking city politics to Montpelier City Councilmen Bill Perkins and Ed Hoover when two men hit the boardwalk with guns drawn and bandanas over their faces. The outlaws quietly forced them inside the small bank building. Gray recalled later that the clock on the wall read 3:13.
Inside, Lay forced the stenographer, Gray, Perkins, and Hoover against the wall at gunpoint while Cassidy jumped in the cage with a gunny sack in hand and emptied the cash drawers of silver and gold. Cassidy ordered Mackintosh to give up the rest of the bills in the safe and, when he protested, cracked him on the head with the butt of his gun. Bloodied and dazed, Mackintosh gave up the money.
Just inside the vault, Cassidy found a fully loaded Winchester that Mackintosh kept for situations like this; he took it as he backed out of the bank. The outlaw warned everyone there to stay quiet and not move for 10 minutes. The bloodied Mackintosh was seething but kept his head. As he looked out the window to the street, he studied the face of the man holding the horses. In just five minutes the daring daylight robbery was over and the outlaws disappeared into a cloud of dust on Washington Street.
When the dust cleared, Gray ran from the building yelling, “robbery, robbery.” Deputy Sheriff Fred Cruikshank was first on the scene but there wasn’t a horse in sight so he took off on a new-fangled bicycle in hot pursuit. City Prosecutor John Bagley grabbed his horse and followed. They closed in on the outlaws just enough to determine their direction.
Bear Lake County Sheriff Jeff Davis got a posse together and in less than an hour, they were tracking the outlaws. When they closed in on a narrow canyon, the posse fizzled out. They didn’t like the idea of riding into an ambush and many turned for home. But Davis and Cruikshank drove on for another week until the trail went cold.
Back in Montpelier, the investigation continued. Mrs. Emelle came forward and said three cowboys, George Ingerfield, Willie McGinnis and Marty Makensie, had worked for her and disappeared after the robbery. The outlaws had all used aliases.
The robbery made national news but all they had was Mackintosh’s description of the man in the street. An artist was brought in, posters made and within a month they had an identity.
Henry Robert "Bub" Meeks was arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff's office in Wyoming and transported to the Bear Lake County Jail where for the next year he stood trial and was convicted for the crime. A jury of peers gave him 35 years in the Idaho State Penitentiary for his part in the crime. He arrived at the pen Sept. 7, 1897, but was wounded in an escape attempt a few years later, losing a leg in a shootout with guards, he spent the rest of his years institutionalized, disappearing into history.
Butch Cassidy and Ezra "Elzy" Lay were never identified by witnesses and never arrested for the robbery, but their involvement is commonly accepted by historians. Jurisdictional issues across state lines and statutes of limitations may have contributed to their not being arrested for the crime.
Lay was later arrested for a train robbery in New Mexico and was in prison until 1906. He turned his life around and became a watermaster in California. He died in Glendale, Calif., in 1933.
Cassidy continued his outlaw ways until disappearing in South America. Some say he died in a shootout in Bolivia, while others say he died in Spokane under an assumed name in the 1930s.
The outlaws got away with $1,000 in gold and silver coins and $6,100 in greenbacks. After the robbery, Wyoming Attorney Douglas Preston was paid $3,000 in cash from an undisclosed third party to defend Warner. The outlaw was convicted on manslaughter charges and served four years in jail.
The Bank of Montpelier continued business until it failed in the mid-1920s. The building still stands on Washington Street.
Sources: “The Outlaw Trail," Charles Kelly, Bonanza Books, 1938; “A History of Star Valley,” Forrest Kennington, Valley Graphics, Salt Lake, 1989; “A History of the Hub," Allgara West, Gateway, 1998.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Governor Moore Testifys for the Serve Act by Joe Andrucyk at House Appropriations Committee Hearing Room, Room 130, House Office Building, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD 21401
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Christopher Falcone (MPP ’14), Matthew Papadapoluos (MPP/MA ’13), Erin Sullivan (MPP ’14), and Jessica Teng (MPP ’14) appeared in front of the House Commerce Committee to testify on House Bill (HB) 4996 which would allow equity crowdfunding in Michigan. The students have been working on this issue as part of their Applied Policy Seminar, taught by Professor Elisabeth Gerber. Their project has focused on the possibility of using crowdfunding to spur economic development in Michigan.
Governor Moore Testifys for the Serve Act by Joe Andrucyk at House Appropriations Committee Hearing Room, Room 130, House Office Building, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis MD 21401