Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-14

the Oefruce=The Nood ahn'ncter ~ \
Stokes In.truetIs~- Ashed-ChnrHe Of
the Chi-r Js-,lcr THO Verdict.
Tue courtroom showed yesterday dinln-
ished interest Ia tho fortunes Or mlsfortuncs
Of W. b. Strikes, Il q smaller crew be evil
dcnce Of q smaller interest. Mr.. Stokes oc-
cupIed his usual place beside his counsel
The court being ready tho case was re-
summed.
NonE TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Stroneycr was recalled. Witness had
talk with Stokes about tue blue letters. lie
sald there would be no blus letters delivered.
Witness explained the method In which tho
applications were made out witness hlled up
tue applications; Mr.. stokes knew all about
this. Tho applicants wcro sworn TO their
being the Identical persons whose nanles
were, signed. Witness did not tell Mr..
Wright that Stokes was Innocent. III said he
did not get money from tie applicants; | got
tho money from the applicants myself"
yourself.
Witness continued. Hatacld served part Of
the time, maybe for two weeks. Laughter
q. A. Bowman SWORN Witness testified
that he met stokes herp In reference 70 these
clalms. Stokes demanded mor money than
he had received, aud the result was he got
O. 800 more, The room ut which Stokes
made these demands u on Sixth street, He
Threatened 70 raise iuss or make q stink u
the additional money was not paid. When
these claims were made out the applicants
were sworn on blanks aud the certificates
ailcrward affixed ..
ClRyborno Beatty. witucs was second
lieutenant Of the company, and was present
when the rolls were made out In Washing
ton. Several Of the names on the roll were
OF men who had served three years. many OF
them did not serve three year,. Ell Hatfield
kept store In Indiana during tho war.
Emanuel Hatfield was With the company but
shOft time. Peter Moody was there but
little. John Moody was there. Witness dOcs
not know how long. Al these claimed Tires
years. Witness told stokes that these men
had not served the whole time. In making
out the roll Stokes told witness 10 put these
names on for three wears. Stokes talked
about tagreat deal. To tho best Of witness
recollection he told stokes these ncu had not
served three years.
Cross.examincd! Witness told Stokes this
In the Hamlln house; we talked over tho
Thing At the Hamlin house, aud witnoss SAID
these men had not served three years. do
not tell him which oues had not servcdi did
not recollect exactly; when he talked abont
tue matter In Tennessee " was then for tho
mat time that witness told him these men had
not served the time claimed; he said they
were sworn u on a form not nlled up.
The witness continued, In reply " some
HETEROGENEOUS Of Nj; Riddle fought some
men called Champ Fsrguson's men, and tho
regulars and Others; he wanted the country,
and We did not want him 10 have II; at differ
| ent times there were 300 or 400 On the roll;
tho best OF the lot were selected TO make up
this roll; witness knows Bible when a man
tells him what II IS; ho canuot say whether
his name was on the roll or not; they told me
when swore that had nothing 10 do with
the service OF the men; u that IL the roll
sworc TO | sworo to II before In jamestown.
Mr.. Harrington. shall show Brother Rid
die presently that they sworn him In blank
and pasted u on Afterwards, Laughter.
witness. Nhcu nc sNOfe ne meant tOeNear
that that was the roll he Intended TO go ini
whcu a man cannot read he must 20 by what
Is told him. suppose the bill hNed the time
Of the men; know what | Rtn swearing to
now. | nin aiming TO swear 10 the truth;
Stronger was there when tho rolls were
made.
Mr.. Rid lie had read tue ceTudcate OF the
justice Of the peace to the effect that tho dc.
ponents, Captain Beatty aud Lieutenant
Clayborne Beatty, were tho officers Of the
company, aud that tue rol win al us re-
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