The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-04
WHOLESALE ATTEMPT TO BRIBE
THE COLORED MEMBERS
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NOT
ENOUGH. 80
One Victim Caught!
A WITNESS PUT IN JAIL-HE REFUSE
TO Testify, BUT FINALLY MAKES
A CLEAN BREAST.
The Buckfails Lavish with MONEY
TIE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE
BLACK CROOK CONVENTION ATDA
UNITED ST4T TIES COMMISSIONER
IN THE RING. . @..t.
Blacker Disclosures Expected.

The investigation before DR.. PannilPs
Committee on Bribery and Corruption was
continued on yesterday afternoon.
j. Hinton was called, but said he would
answer no questions until he had seen coun-
sci, as he had been arrested and incarcc-
rated in the city Jail, and he presumed he
was not a witness, but had been arrested
rs a criminal. and for what cause he did not
know.
THE committee then recalled Captain
Parker,
RICHMOND DETECTIVE.
By MIR. Turner: Did you have any con-
vcrsation with w. II. Andrews in reference
to any offers or inducements held out to
him to influence his vote? A. When Mr..
Hinton came to see me with the letter or
agreement, requested 10 be taken to see
Mr.. Andrews, and went in company with
Mr.. Hinton to his (Andrews's) room. Mr..
Hinton said to Mr.. Andrews in my pres
ence, s'Dldn't you give to me certain agree
ment ?" Hc said, d" Yes, sir; / did" l said
| to him, elias any one been to see your !,
He said "No." I then told him | would
see the gentleman that the letter was ad-
dressed to, and if he had promised to do so
and so / would ask him to
FULFIL THE OBLIGATION.
Q. The letter you refer to here, was it
| the letter we have seen before the commit
tee? A. No, sir I did not consider the
paper you have seen here letter. - .,.
| Q. Is the agreement referred to the one
contained in the letter? A. Yes, sir there
| was an agreement and a letter, too but the
letter spoken Of now is not the ono IN the
possession of the committee.
| q. In that conversation with Andrews
was anything said explanatory Of the agree
ment? A. don't think there was.
@. What had Mr.. Hinton told you this
| agreement meant? A. Mr. Hinton said that
there was 4 certain sum Of money promised
to Andrews. and that it was to come
through him (Hinton).
| Q. For what did he say this money was
promised to Andrews? A. He said it was
| for him to vote for the bill. He did not say
what bill.
| @. When you asked Andrews if he had
given an agreement to MIR. Hinton, did he
seem to understand to what agreement you
referred? A. Oh, yes should judge he
| understood it.
| O. Did Mr.. Andrews make any eXplana-
| tion OF that agreement going to show that
he was
NOT THE AUTHOR OF IT?
A. No, sir; not to me. had very little
conversation with him.
O. When MIR. Andrews stated i'll your
presence that he had given this agreement TO
Mr.. Hinton, was he at any time during your
conversation with him aware of your pro-
posed visit to these parties for the purpose
of inducing them to
PAY THIS MONEY?
A. Well, there was no talk at all about
any money. Mr.. Hinton said to Mr.: An
drcws, s'I have given the letter" or
,s, f1,n n u
lrccOllcct which expression he usea), and he
is going to attend to it.
Q. When you LETT them did you under
stand that Mr.. Andrews was aware OF your
proposed action? A. cannot say. MIR.
| Hinton told Andrews he had put the pa
pcrs in the matter in Capt. Parker's hands
TO attend to.
| Q. Did Andrews make any objection
4. No, sir; he did not.
Q. From the conversation that occurred
then were you satisfied, that Hinton and
Andrews had made an agreement! A. Yes,
sir. l believed they had made some sort OF
i'm agreement, or had some sort of III ull-
ldcrstanding. -
Q. Did you ever have any conversation
with Mr.. Hinton in relation to his agree
iment? A. don't think have.
| @. How came Mr.. Hinton to ask you to
20 to see Mr.. Andrews? A. l suggested
that myself.
Testimony of n. j. Hinton.
Mr.. n. J. Hinton finally consented to tes'
tify, and, coming forward, was sworn:
| By Mr. Turner: DO you know OF any
member Of the Legislature being offered
pecuniary or other consideration to vote
for against any bill that has been before the
| Legislature? A. do, sir.
| 9. State who such party or parties may
be. A. l myself offered to three members
a pccuniary consideration.
Q. What were their namesl A. The
member from Cumberland (Mr. Lipscomb),
who refused to accept any such considers
ItiOn; the member from Fluvanna Nlr
Hcnson), who told me that there was not
money enough in the State of Virginia to
influence his vote. / think he said there
was not money enough under the heavens
to influence his vote; and Mr.. w. III. An.
drews. ..s..
| Q. Did Mr.. Andrews accept or refuse
A. lie agreed to ."s, -
ACCEPT THE SUM OF 5000.
Q. For what was Mr.. Andrews to accept
this $500? A. TO vote for the Pennsylya.
nia Central railroad bill.
! @. Before you made this offer to Mr.. An
drcws had he told you that he. would vote
for the bill? A. No, sir, he had not.
l. ". AZ WI GllllC W tuiS ToOo w oC pliu
to Mr.. Andrews? A. Immediately upon
his
i VOTE BEING GIVEN FOR THE BILL. .
| O. Do YOU know Of any other members
who had offers made to them by any one
else? A. Of my own knowledge do not,
sir; presume heresay IS no evidence.
| q. The three members you have spoken
OF are all you ever approached on the sub.
lject, are they9 No, sir, l think not; L an
SURE THEY WERE NOT. -
O. Do YOU know of any other member
whose vote was influenced by any such ap-
proach? A. do not know, sir. r-F
O. Did YOU ever offer Il pecuniary con-
sideration to others than the three J ou have
mentioned? A. | did, sir.
| Q. Name them? a. l can't name the
member, though think he was the
coLoRED MEMBER FROM ALEXANDRIA.
Yes, 1 do remember; it was Geo. Seaton
/ Q. What did he reply? A.. We had a
i long conversation several days previous 70
Friday, the day the first vote was taken
upon the bill. In u joking way, he said he
! had heard of good deal of money that was
changing hands. He said he had never seen
lany or it, but he supposed that the
LEADERS IN THE HOUSE WOULD CONTROL IT
/ ALL.
| A day or two after l offered him i've hun
dred dollars to vote for the passage of the
bill, he telling me he was undecided how to
vote. He laughed at me, and said he could
get thrice that amount. That ended our
Conversation. I afterwards laughed with
him good deal about it,. S q =
| @. Did that end your intercourse with
him? "A. Yes, sir though afterwards, jok-
ingly, said several times ! Isupposed his