The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-07

er parte reception even by that court,
and the protection of the witnesses, was
an act highly reprehensible, discreditaDie
to the officers of the court, disgrace 10
the nation and its military service, uhde,
misapplication of the powers ano
regulations of which this conspiracy 20
alarm the people and jeopardize the
renntation. liberty and life OF Innocent
men was fostered and partially consum-
ated. 81
Among the afidavits taken before the
Bureau of Military Justice was one BY q
man calling himself CAMPBELL. He tes-
tilted that he he'd lived in New Orleans
that he had been in Richmond; that ne
knew JOHN sURRATT; that he had Sc 81
JEFFERsoN DAVIS; that he had been III
tba confederate service. In his examiia'
| tion before the committee he denied eaon
of ,h.se statements and swore that his
nama was JOSEPH HORNE instead of
fcAApsELL. When asked why he gave
ta,se testimony before, he said: sqs4
II was Informed by Conovsr that Judge
Holt had offered areward of one hundred
thousand dollars for the capture Of JEFF
fersen Davis; that he (Holt) had No
! authority really to do it, that now Jef
ferson Davis was taken, they had not
enough against him to justify them In
what they had done; that Judge Holt
wanted to get witnesses to prove that
| Davis was interested in the ASSASSINATION
of MIR. Lincoln, so as to justify him IN
| .ho eI0Q 0u0p
SCo1over told ME that if engaged In
1t, it was not going to hurt anybo iyi
that JEFF. Davis would never DC orousno
70 trial. and that if this evidence got to
| him he would leave the country. Como
yer directed me to assume the name OF
Campbell. There was a person described
by that name who was supposed TO %
implicated in that affair, and l was rep
resenting that party,
II met Conever first by the appoint.
ment of Snevel. Snevel said / could
make money out it. Money was my MO.
tive. received 1925 / received $loo
from Conover and $500 from Judge Holt
l got $3.50 at Boston and slSO at st.
Adams"
II went to Canada to hunt up wit
ness 10 swear false, who was to repre-
sent Lamar. Snevel and Conover togeth-
or arranged with me to go to Canada i"
"Snevel saw the written evidence l
was TO swear to after Conover wrote it,"
SNEvEL, another of the witnesses be.
fore the Bureau of Military Justice !"
was brough before the committee His
former deposition was read to him.
| II ,+o+ol - ,roa 20 Ia f.o,,, HARM nj M
to end"
"Conover wrote out the evidence an 1 I
learned it by heart"
Il made it to make money"
81 received 1915 from Holt
Il received 800 from Conover"
"Farnham B. Wright's name is really
John Waters"
John McGill is all assumed name, not
fhis."
| [rhese with sses of two names each
| were witnesses who had been procured
by the Bureau of Military Justice, and
who had testified to corroborate the tes-
timony of Con yer and Merritt as Camp
bell and Snevel did. J
Snevel further says:
I 'Conover saru uc nuow wn-l-H-,t
would ask mt, and Conover asked me
the same ques lions. I gave this false
evidence before Mr.. Holt. When I got
wrong, Conover would nod his head.
Copover was present when was sworn
by Holt When Conover would nod l
would correct it as near as could.
Campbell apd ! rehearsed at the hotel in
Washington"
must inform the House that Conover
alias Watson, alias Durham, etc, etc,
was not ordered into arrest; that the
committee, at hsreauest, permitted him
to 60 to New York to procure other testi-
mony. One officer was sent with him,
and Conover effected his escape, of
course; has not been heard of since, and
has probably left the country. Whether
any efforts have been made to catch him
| know not; but as he was the teacher
and guide of perjuries committed by the
9th wltnes procured through the
Bur III Of NJ litary Justice, it would
seeu the solo m duty Of this Govern
men TO app bend, try, and punish so
| foul crimiua and in his trial ascertain
what tempta ioDs, and through whom
| they came, lee him to the manufacturing
of s. awful lot. Conover it was who
found Moutgo cry. Conover it was who
found Merritt Campbell, SDevel, and
the rest; who ehearsed and taught them,
and, as professor of perjury, watched the
pupils in their delivery thereof at lesson
| time before Judge Holt,
IL view of This revelation Of CoNo.
vER's infamies, the committee had him
| arrested with view to his punishment
for the crime II perjury. He was taken
to New York IA the custody of an officer
aud was there permitted to escape, and
has not been heard from since The re-
port says:
The testimony and revelations OF
! Campbell anG Sneve!, the absconding Of
Conover, were not needed by me- TO aid
In forming ny opinion Of the value of
Mont Somery's perjuries or those of Con-
over; still, whom they testified SO clearly,
whon the fer'ales of Conover's family
were shown I" have also been sacrificed
by hin TO tbs demon of falsehood for
lucre, the cool terpitude of the whole
crew sickened me with shame, and
made me sorry over the fact that such
people should claim the name of Ameri.
can, while 1 wondered who the arch
conspirator b. hind Conover might be.
Mr.. ROGERS report of this most dis.
graceful affair concludes as follows, and
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