The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-02
had it. and Mr.. p. Parker had IL af,er I

oil the House, believe.
BY MIR. Thomas do you know Mr.. An
drews's handwritings A. fcannot say.
BY MIR. Turner To whom was the letter
addressed? A. Itwas an agreement made
between man named Hinton and An.
drews, in which he was to vote one way or
the other. The letter did not say what the
consideration was but from the tone OF
the letter 1t might have been discovered.
G. What was the character Of the hand
writin9l a. Well, sir. can hardly say.
| @. Who showed you the letter? A. Mr..
Hinton showed it to me. think; and it
WAS done in my official capacity. He volun-
tartly came forward and showed it to me,
and asked my advice as au officer. /. F..
BY Mr.. Turner: Why should Mr.. Hin
| ton have come to you and showed you the
letter. A: He did so on account Of my Of
| ticial capacity. . -... .....-...
Q. Was it letter from Andrews to Hin
| ton? A. think the letter was directed to
some one else; but do not now remember
| who the person was.
Q. What was the subject upon which the
party wanted your advicei A. 1 don't
| know as to whether he addressed me first.
think he addressed my partner here first,
as to how he (Hinton) could get his money
tor work he had done. .-.
| Capt. Cheeny Parker, sworn In answer
to the. general question, be replied, L do
not. .... . 80. ...e' ,...... E.. .... ...a
BY Mr.. Mahood: You have heard the
testimony, Of Mr. Craddock in regard to
certain letter. Please state all that you
know about that letter Its contents, If you
know them in whose possession it is; and
all you know concerning it. A. AS far as
| the letter is concerned, Mr.. Hinton came
to me-Mr. j. Hinton is his name-and
SAID be was promised money by certain
Ilawyer OF this city to work IN favor of the
Pennsylvania Central bill. I think 1t was
a day before the bill came up in the House
the last time. He had worked for them,
and he had been promised the pay, which
pay he had not received, though his part
Of the work had been carried out on bis
i(liinton's) part. i told Dir. Hinton that il
the gentleman named owed him any money
he would pay him, and / would see him and
make him pay. He said he had written
him letter asking him to pay 1t. told
the presence of Mr.. Craddock. 1t was the
letter he had written to the lawyer
have spoken of. The money was deposited
in certain bank in the city. He gave me
the letter, and / went to this gentleman
and l said co him s'-Mr. Hinton says you
owe him money for this work." He replied
or don't owe him q d-n cent" tolC
him did not know anything about that
but if he owed him the money he had bet
ter 90 and pay it at once. He had another
letter-or rather, an agreement-(Mr Hin
lton, I mean,) and that was addressed tt
Judge Morton and signed by Andrews
saying he had made some agreement in
lcertain matter between 4. j. Hinton ant
himself. which agreement was that " thi
matter" should be settled through MIR
Hinton, which looked as if Mr.. Hinton wa
his agent. This paper purported to b.
signed by W. FL. Andrews. ....
! q. Do You know where that paper i
noW2 A. | could not say.
Q. In whose custody did you last see it
A. | sealed it up and put it away.
could produce it Slit was required. will
try and do so at the next meeting OF tn
committee. ... 49,.
On motion of Mr.. Mahood, in view Q
at 4 O'Clock.
| s.--'- p AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee met pursuant to adjourn
Tent, and the examination OF Capt. Parke
| was resumed: -. ~. s..
By Mr.. Turner: Did YOU ,get,the letter O
agreement? A. Yes, sir !; 1 did.
The letter was here presented to the com
mittee, aud is as follows. We copy it yer
batim
RICHMOND, VA, Feb. 2lst. 1871.
Judge Morton ,........
Sir: Virtue of agreement made solel
with n. j. Hinton on Friday morning last
,, and in voreing for said Bill, and claim tn
same matter which have been accomplic
should also pertain to my case.
Iremain
W. Fl. ANDREWS"
By Mr.. Turner State the name Of tn
LAWYER with whom this conversation wa
had: A. refuse to do it. Ii the question
is forced upon me, l desire to procur
counsel, as | do not think that l am bount
to answer any question to crlmlnate myself
.. Outside of this letter, do you know o
any money being used to influence th
votes of members in this railroad matter
; A. do not.
Q. DO you know of any offer Of an,
character being made to secure the lnfiu
ence OF members for the bill? A. No, sir
/ do not. ,a..- "~t<
@. Do you know of any money being
; used in any way to promote the passage
the Pennsylvania Central bill? A. know
of none being used except what l received
myself. l was employed by the Pennsyl
vania Central Company as detective II
work tor the passage of the bill, but my
work did not require me to approach mem
bers on the subject, and did not approach
I
! y. Whatnnnection had your duties witt
the passes this billf A. 1 was em
plny ny1oi,ftt ulate a petition through th'
: city to. secure signatures, and did so fo
, the purpose Of influencing interest in tn
bill. ..--... ..... :.......- .s...s#t...
Q. Was that the full scope and extent 0
!. : your duty with the company A. Yes, sir
Q. Do you know Of any who can give u
: any information of the subject matter O
I this investigation? A. There are perhap
u good many, though I do not know of an.
of my own knowledge. Mr.. Hinton might
, but you have summoned him, presume.
Q. Did Dir. Hinton give you any expla
nation of the matter referred to in that let
, ter? A. No, sir; he did not. ..s..,. 81.
@. Have you any Information in your pos
session concerning this investigation tina
we have not reached in our questions! A
don't know that I have. .5a..,i a4. i.
By DR.. Pannill: Have you ever heart
that any inducement has been made to AM
member to vote for or against this Pennsyi
, yania bill, as it is called? A. No, sir
don't know that have. .#
The committee then arose to meet agar
this (Thursday) evening at O'Clock.
! 4 SAD ACCIDENT.-Mike 4Clemmens, {
youth Of 19 years, accidentally shot. himsel
in the arm, on the farm Of MIR. j. G. Tins
:, lev, on the 21st of February. Mr.. Tinsley
resides near Atlee's station, in the county
Of Hanover, and in 1865 took Young Clem
mems from the Male Orphan Asylum in thi!
city, to live with him. Clemmens was sc
iseVerely wounded that amputation was ne
cesSary, Dr.. Cullen performing the opera.
ton. The poor fellow never rallied, anC
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