The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-07
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Major General Commanding.

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u pectfully, your obedient servant,
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Major General Commanding.
The BrunersHendersOn Trlal.---FuF-
ther Testimony from Young HOse,
l-rFr---ls frrfNH NASHVILLE, May 3.
The court met at the usual hour. Gen.
Hope recalled. Cross-examination-
/ If / had not received mules from Hen
I derson on the 9Th of August, and he
4 not called for the receipts on the 7th, 1t
4 would have been dated back. .ua
The accused here asked If during the
I5examinationa in the Bruner trial. the
4 witness did not state that he gave Hen
i derson false receipts for 1900 or 49,
600 in the early part of August.
ObiectionF was made by the Judge -Ad-
| lvocate,h that no such testimony had
I'been brought out in this trial in the ex-
animation in chief.
The accused replied that he was inn
\ peaching the witness, and, therefore,
had right to ask the question.
i Objection sustained.
l.. Col. Coyl, for the accused, asked:
E"Did yolr not on the EBruner trial state
'littat the mules were reported on the
day they were received! t,as,.o, +,,at +hs
witness might be allowed the privilege
i of referring to1and examining his tes-
ltimony in the Brlfner trial. ~
Colonel Coyf objected:
The Judge-Advocate then stated that
he would object to the question unless
the witness was allowed to examine the
4 record to Iell what he did say g. 81,
/ Col. Coy1 II have no reply tomake
4 to this objection. snagit-t;. gzss
The witness continued-I cannot
state positively whether said this
on the Bruner trial or not. l don't
II recollect. Can't say certain what day
4 Invent on duty atthe corrals. cannot
state whether or not it was on the 9Th
After referring to the corral books he
said he found that the first entries IN
his handwriting were made on the 7th
Il of JuIyi but thought, from the appear
4 ance or the book, that several leaves
were missing as there were no entries
between the 9TH and 11th. Afterward
lie said that he thought the book not
u Ibeing perfect, that his first entry was
d made on the 9thinstead of the7th.
Il Witness continued-Had however,
worked for Mr.. Bruner on a former oc-
i casion. Did not state yesterday that
there were marks by which could as
certain whether the receipts for mules
were false. There was no dtherence
be tween'the false and genuine receipts.
Il If / had made marks to distinguish
them detection would have followed.
There is nothing in the corral books to
show when false receipts were given.
T Cannot say exactly when Henderson
asked me to give him false receipts, but
think it was about the time L went 10
the corrnl, July, 1864. was on duty
\ in ccrrals also in 1868. ~. r.,-r...
4 Col: Coyl asked if he had not signed
false receipts in 1868, to which the udge
Advocate objected. Objection overrul-
ed. Col. Coyl next asked If the witness
had not, in 1868, made propositions to
III. g Middleton to swindle the govern
ment. Objected to by Judge Advocate.
Il Colonel Coyl next asked: To whom
j did, you first tell the story about tMr.
j Objected to by the Judge Advocate,
J and sustained. ,.-..
my evidence for the prosecution under
promises and threats, -
Question by Coll Coyl-Why. were
these promises or threats?
Objected to by the Judge Advocate
and sustained. silE
Col. Coyl asked whether the prosecu-
Ittion had not demanded that witness
: should produce a certain paper, in his
Il possession n promising perfect immunity
II from punishne mt in case scertalnthtngs
were accomplished.
Objected to by the Judge Advocate.
Col. COYI rBplleu JldL u6 1uLeu4S0 "
; show the promise to be fraudulent
! one, and therefore affected the witnesses
J, ,Ecredibility. kSeFe EtrrCr8F.
. Obiecled to by the Judge Advocate.
Col. Coyl read the following: The ac-
cused here states that some time since,
when Hoge was passing through Louis
vile after his. first arrest, said .aoge
l.wrote him deter threatening to inl-
plicate him (Hendersonl in frauds at
Nashville because, he did not go his
(Hoge'S) bail in 5000 the day before.
The accused further states that such
4 letter was destroyed. The accused well
Il knowing such charges to be groundlessi
,land thinning nothing will come OF 1t,
{ desires to prove the contents by .Hoge
ii himself. The accused understood that
= copy. of the letter was in the hands oi
the government land asks that II be
!, The Judge Advocate replied that it
! would take some time to hunt 1t mp,
: lfbut it would Reproduced when,found.
q nThe following letter was prod uced by
the accused, which was identified by
Hoge as written by him:
CHERRY ST., NASHVILLE, TBNNp
IL } Q . - - April 4, 1866.
Mr.. HESDERsoN:-At the request oi
Bruner, and others, i write to inform
l-yon Of David endersonSs arrest Dick
) Phillips and Ebb Dennings are arrest
/ .ed.-N No one need be surprised farrest-
: ed within the next two days; expect
; to 90 tt, trial soon and will, If treated
j properly, do my best for all my friends.
I need at least $4,000 Mr.. ii. :B. will
: give $4,000, and yon must give the bal
, ance. mfr. Howe goes down to-day to
i GET the money expressed, or as much
as YOU can rake up. Yournote for any
, time for the balance will be acceptable.
|, Mr. Howe can be trusted!l Therefore
: you can send any word by him:
) Respectfully, Mnk. HoGE.
letter was written at the suggestion OF
! Captain Voris. The Judge-A Advocate
. did not tell me I might have all the
: money could make out of 1t, but said
t it was his intention to turn it over to the
) | Government. I did not tell BruneI
that I was toI1aye all the money could
= beet from Henderson, nor did use ms
; money without authority. s-l,n :.
ell Col. Coyl asked-Did you not tell
Major BIackman that Captain Norisr
: after the Bruner trial, told you that you
a didn't swear worthlalcenH
81 Objected to by the Judge Adyoeate.
Colonel Coyl replied that II was le-
I gitimate, as would appear before the
I'll examination closed
81 objection sustainedgJ
: Question by Col. Coyle-Before Col
/ | onel Irwin stated that there were no en-
5 I,tfies on the fourth Of August in youl
e name, did you not tell Voris, Major
d Blackman and others that youEgaye
: false receipt that day for 1872 mules2
4 A.-No, sir. In my original notes
( to Captain Voris stated it was for
a ninety-eight mules. These notes were
t j given Captain Yoris amer came q
y Nashville under arrest.
g Question by Col. CoylIWere any
: fraudulent receipts given by you q
= ~. EIan5aronYt :, tho n rat mart for % :