Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-04


Ii appears IN evidence that Mr. Fuller has
for years, in company with Governor kear-
Fey, Osborne and others, been very largely en-
eaRed in operations in the Indian country, and
especially IN supplying the Indians with
goods, that branch OF business alone being of 80
great an extent, that, between April and May
S the company received drafts 10 the amount of
sIl2,iI3.6s from the Indian bureau, and one
draft for si7,ai6.,e of date May S, the date Is
material, and the draft was passed th rough the
was in such haste to receive the money that he
endorsed thereon the mime Of Thes Osborne.
70 whom the draft was payable, as if written
oy OsboIne himself. without bring able to pro-
duce TO your committee any authority so to do,
even oy power Of attorney-Osborne being at
that time in Texas. All these drafts passed Ia.
to the Central National Bank of New YORK, of
which the Collector of the Port Mr.. Smythe
was President. and Is q Director. There is tes- :
TIN nv also before the committee that Mr.. Full.
ler boasted, in the Indian Department. that is
cost him s22i Do and upwards to procure the
election OF Mr.. Ross as Senator by the Kansas
Legislature. II also appears that the closest
intimacy and family relations existed between
the person where Seuator Ross Iodges-and
tnat Senator Ross was visited by Fuller on the
evening before the vote on the 1ith article, and
that Senator Ross took br-akfast at Mr.. Full
ler's on the morning Of that vote.
Relative 10 the charge Of Senator Pome-oy
onerIng TO sell his yste, the committee pro-
Douhee the alleged letter of Mr.. Pomeroy on
the subject to be q forgery, and charge Oorne-
lius Wendell and Assistant Secretary Cooper
with being the authors. "
In reference to Senator Henderson, the report
says;-1t Will be recollected thai early In the
negotiation with Legate, as he testifies, Cooper,
who was the treasurer of the fund, told him
I" he bad secured Henderson's and Fowler's
votes" In this L~gate is entirely confirmed
by the following facts and the written state
ment OF Cooper. On Monday, the llth day of
May, opinions favorable to the President were
given by Senator's Fessenden, Trumbnll,
Grimes, and Henderson,; bat Mr.. Heude rson
gave an opinion against the first eight articles
only. 1t was then suppose cd the vote would be
taken the next day: but the vote was in fact put
on till Saturday, the 18Th. OF this condition
OF things Woolley gives the following descnp-
ton In his telegram to L. A. Harris, Of Cincin-
matt, ONO, who is one OF Mr.. Johnson's COL
iectors OF internal revenue:
WAsHINGToN, May IL, ls6s.-The big guns
nred yesterday. Our guerrillas will shoot to-
Gay. Ben Butler says il is Bull Run No. 3.
night.
lSlgned) HOOKER, Jr., (Alias Woolley.) /
The phrase "the big guns" and .'Our gue-il-
as TO any person acquainted with the Sc ven
explanation. The description is as striklngIv
accurate as 1T is famiiarly possessive. Wool
Icy could well say sour guerillas'
Drawing upon the testimony taken before
aBother committee of the House to examine in
10 any alleged interference with Senator Hem
dersCn, IT will be found that on the 18th of Nav
MI Henderson had assured the delegation of
DIS State, who were surprised at what they
deemed his change Of purpose aud of Judgment
in the opinion he had given, and who had
called upon him at his request. that he would
either res lgn MS seat or vote for conviction ON
the eleventh article and withhold his vote up-
on the Other articles upon which he could net
vote for conviction, and his final decision Was
10 oe by him announced TO his friruds a. II
o'clock of the 18th.
The interview between Senator Henderson
and the Missouri delegation is important ID
me nnderstanding Of how the Henderson
matter was all right" that we give copious
extracts from the testimony before the com.
mittee. =
THE heextracs IN question have heretofore bee.i
On the morning OF the IIth as was in ey,,
dence shown "a witne IS who was before your
eonmittee was inform .confdeutally that
III le.s the delegation got Henderson's promise
before ts O'Clock to resign or vote for convic.
hon, they never would get IL, as Craig had
gone |" 10 see Henderson with carte Brencre TO
give him whatever he wished 10 vote for &c.
Mr.. Craig was the president of the II Hsnniba
and ST. Joseph railroad, and other railroads in
Missouri in which Mr.. Henderson is inter-
esled, and Is collector OF internal revesue in
Missouri, and former member Of Congress.
Lacy tsstifies unwiliingly, not remembering
me date that Craig did visit Henderson, and
Thai he lacy communicated the lact snd what
be said of Craig's interview to Cooper on the
same dsy, and that Craig comm unicated to
Lacy ana others the fact that Hender son would
a,o GaE Ebss .ess e sfat Lscy stsrs to g
saw Mr.. Henderson and had a Conversation
with him there, In which Mr. Henderson told
HIM he had reeonsidered hfs Intention of re.
signing. These witne leases contradict each other,
and are wholly unreliable, because Craig fur.
ther testif1es that he did not know how Hem
derson would vote until he was startirg on the
cars on Friday evening for home, and then he
went home: yet Lacy festifes that it was Sat.
urday afternoon that Craig told him Hender.
sons defermlnatlon TO s.stick" There is a
piece OF testimony, however, which determines
the truth in THIS meze OF contradictions, and
failures TO recollect, Of these Witnesses On
the 18th OF May, Cooper sent to the President
me following note, the original OF which was
writing fully proved. THE noe is marked
MAY 13-Dear M. President-The Henders son
matter all right. Lacy has been TO see him
with u alg-a all right-so says Evarts. Truly,
COOPER.
This note, taken IN connection with the testi.
mony, shows that the Henderson matter was
made 'all right by Lacy and Craig having
''Seen" Henderson and that II was "alI right
so says Evarts, the senior counsel of the Pres.
dent. who is shown thereby to have interested
nimself II knowing that q Senator had been
'seen" and made ..all right, }" and in keeping his
client informed OF the feet.
Yet only the night before. upon the testi.
INFORMED the Missouri delegation that he was
clearly Of he opinion that Mr.. johnson was
guilty on the eleventh article. and should %
vote or resign.
Messrs. Eyarss, Ed Cooper, Sheridan Shook,
sam. Ward and Others are connected with the
celebrated "woolley dinner" and the com.
mittee say: -.-.1-
Why should Mr.. Evarts be invited to meet
nim unless II was the cause, good or bad, which
ward was manipulating, in which Evarts wac
counsel. and upon the result Of which he had
ascertained two days before that Henderson,
was all right" Shocks presence in Washing.
ton was so important that even the fact that he
may be there" was urged why Mr.. Evarts
should attend Wooliey's dinner. The letter
states also that Woolley had been sssteadfasf
and useful" and that stands as the croWnine
reason why MIR. Evarts and Mr. Groesbeck,
the counsel for the President, should dine
with HIM.
After giving Woolley's testimony and cross
examination al great len 9Th, the committee say.
Ii will be observed in this testimony, 1sI
That he accounts for this money except 5000
and upward, which he squandered, by paying
il out on has oscn Pripate business. I'd. He re.
fused TO Disclose particulars 1t being pro.
fessional secret. Sd. He had sent II to Peter
Schwab, at Cincinnati, in q check; and, lastly,
that be had given n on Sunday afternoon 10
Sheridan Shook for safe keeping. Mr. Woolley
was examined May 10, and after he had given
these explanations immediately telegraphed
for Shook to come here for avery manifest purl
pose, who excused him self because he was
sick ..
NEW YORK, May 1879 p m.-Dit>nkoe6er b
Hooker. Washington: Shook is sick; requested
me to telegraph you that he will not come at
present.
Your committee, however while Woolley
was being examined, telegraphed to Sheridan
shook as follows: 81.
WAsHINeToN, May 10, is6e.-Did G. w.
WooDiey piece in your hsnds an amount o.
-haf wxvn<~ a II