Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-25

J III. bv.,a..s u IA. b.sa koiss n long saoash.
This obtaining pardons under false representa-
lions Is got 10 BE- stopped, and am going 70 stop
IT," he then said q Mrs. Cobb: .Are you go.
lag ~ She said; SUPPOSE have to- She
said; Will there be any objection to nv hus:
band accompanying msif The General said
: They then pu, on their thing. aud Ten the
room; went down stairs, Ind got ine syearrage;
When NV we got to The Office, nsntia The lower nc.
on the fret floor the General said, "You show
Mrs. Cobb TO my private once, which did,
M Cobb remsining down stairs s ahonshs. Gen:
came down MI. Cobb Was sitting OF the lounge;
Nj. bradley, IT,. stop, sir. n, your Honor
his n man m and Mr.. COBB out Of the pressuvs Of
sr oR sSdis o expected to show that they wsr.
S ar sSSss s &C. F'n'-'' and
Mr.. carrington. This u an Indictment aesinst
Baker for he arrest q Mrs. Lucy L. Cobb. and
how, cir, can Aiconyeraation between Spear and
diet witness TO show that q conversation testi-
| fed 10 did not take place; butthey now under
take to prove conversation which Mrs Cobb
had no knowledge Of, and did not testify TO du-
! Objection overruled. ...ss -, "a sga.F
| Witness asked Mr.. Cobb II he had the pardon.
Cobb replied he did not have IL AZ this time
| Gen. Bakers bell rang and witness went up to
his room. Witness said, "0eneral, have you
the pardon f'a The General said TO Mrs. Cobb,
"whsre 4. the pardonin She said, IN is in
can gel Il. /" Witness went down with Mr.. Cobb
aud brought up the papers and put them IN Gen.
Bakers desk. Witness went out and took
drink with Mr. Cobb As Sn,S named Collins
| and down the floor. Collins said, "Mr. Cobb,
wish you would ST down or 60 out. "
when Mrs. Cobb came down, she bid General
Baker . very pleasant good evening, and Mr..
down Ia the carriage with her, but finally con.
eluded to 60. They got In the carriage and wont
| OF Witness did not say one word while Ia Mrs.
Sosbsis room. The money given to Howell was
MI. Bradley, IT,, objected to this testimony.
There was nothing TO show that tho money was
Mr.. Stanton said they had already shown tina.
the money had been given to Howell for the pur-
pose Of finding out pardon brokerage, and they
now proposed TO show that the money belonged
to Baker and there was no arrest o. s1so,tion.
| acting as an agent, and Acknowledged as such BY
the Departments In obtaining the pardon. She
had rendered the service. Baker could not re.
%oR Ss sss sn
| eral OF detectives to interfere with the lawful
| and honest avscation % womanf There was no
si,sss .tasS,s S or eo%%on law H.ns Il. %oa n
Is put In the hands Of Hine for illegitmate pur-
poses--that Is, for the purpose 10 palm OF on the
| Executive false and fraudulent papers The
money passed from Bakers hands, and he now
Judge Fisher decided It was competent for tho
defence to trace the history Of the money 10 show
how 1t passed from Bakers hands, and for what
purpose.
Witness resumed The money was given 70
Capt Howell for the purpose Of procuring that
pardon. That was on the eth Of November, the
Aa
Mr.. Darlington objected. 1t here appeared
| that officers Of the Government met together, de-
vised fraud and deception for what they con
oeiyed to be Au Legitimate business, aud was
| this TO be justified In court Of justicof Here
| We have proved a petitioo, sworn TO by Hine,
| stating that ho was an applicant for pardon.
They practiced q fraud on an innocent and un-
suspectipg woman. How can fraud aud decep-
tion tend to justify the conduct Of . public on
| oer He objected 20 Ii on those grounds. How
could fraud, deception and system Of lies tend
| 70 palliate the conduct OF this defendant.
The witness Is q confederate acting with Baker,
| indicted here, and now they undertake TO sh6E
that because they met together for illegitimats
Ispass VIVA. Ss. Sssa Stssrsd an Bss
| ley, II the money was marked an hundred Zines,
| she had rendered the service aud It was hers,
The Court ruled they could trace the money
from tho time 4 LETT Bakers hand until 1t reached
| the pocket Of Mrs. Cobb. ','.'AF
Witness resumed Witness marked the money
| Capt. Howell, for the purpose Of paying Mrs.
Cobb for pardon which she was to obtain for
Howell. Baker aud witness reached the hotel .
few minutes after Howell arrived there, There
were no sentinels or guards about the headquar-
| tiers Of Gen. Baker. There has been NO sentinels
| or guards st Baker's headquarters for the past
| two or three months. No threats or menace was
used TO induce Mrs. Cobb 70 leave the Avenue
House to 60 to Gen. Bakers headquarters, Mr..
| aud Mrs Cobb left headquarters about II o'clock.
Was In their room at the Avenue House eight or
ten minutes. .'-
| Cross.examined by Mr.. Bradley, or. !: The fai
| lily Of witness resided in New York. Witness
| was an agent OF the War Department under Gep.
Baker Had 10 obey Gen. Bakers orders. still
held that commission under him. Received
ths. commission from Baker, signed by him.
Had to inspect workshops, corrals, or anything
| else Baker told him to do. Does not know n
Howell IL employed by Gen. Baker. Had seen
him often around Bakers headquarters. Wit
ness marked the notes. Had not seen them
since. Witness put two pin holes on the note,
through the aud g. The number OF the notes
were Taken by Capt Howell. Presumed that
Howell was In the employ Of Baker. Witness
understood that Howell had gone TO the Avenue
House, and Baker requested witness 10 walk
down to the Avenue House with him.
The cross examination OF this witness was con-
tinued at very great length, but elected nothing
new or important to the Issue.
Jacob Smith, Bakers clerk, was next called,
nd ha sta nd han norfa ali aad