Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-03-27
The Evans Investigation and Defamation.

the witness stand number Of gentlemen
who were charged as participants in tn
division of the fund that Evans collecte
from the United States government fo
the State of Pennsylvania. but neve
transferred tothe State
General Hartranft, Mr.. Mackey, Stat
Treasurer, and Mr.. Mcclure. ex-Assisi
ant Attorney General, were all connected
by charges in the New York Sun, witt
this fraud. In the hands of these thre
men were nearly, if not quite all the av
enues through which this fraud could b
discovered; and if they had been partie
to the swindle, certainly the last thini
they would do would be to make know
the shortcomings of a confederate. Bu
instead of covering the fraud, the Stat
was made acquainted with the embezzle
ment through these three men. Mr.. Nc
Clure was the first man who revealed tb'
Evans swindle. Hartranft and Mackey
with the accounts of the finances of tht
State in their hands, confirmed the state
ment of Mcclure, and thus the matter o.
fraud came to the public. If guilty, they
could have kept the matter covered il
guilty, they would have done so. 1t ii
not reasonable to believe that these ncr
had aught to do with the division of the
fund Without any other testimony than
their actions, the inference would be that
they were guilrless but they were OF
the witness stand, and in sworn testimony
disavowed any knowledge as to whom
the money received by Evans from the
United States was given.
The man who wrote the charges pub
lished in the Sun is named K. ID +. Bog
ard, is a resident of New York, and came
on to Philadelphia at the instance of
Dana, editor of the Sun, to interview DR..
Paine in the interest of Evans, who has
been all the while in New York. defying.
as it were the authority Of the investiga-
ting committee. This man Paine is at
the head of an institution in Philadelphia
styled the " Philadelphia University of
Medicine and Surgery" from which he
ssued diplomas for a consideration TO
nen who never attended any course of
Instruction, and to others who were there
,ut a few times, thus commissioning
luacks to prey on afflicted humanity un-
Ter the strength of a diploma. These
diploma outrage, have given rise to the
into the Legislature Of two
bills for the repeal of charters granted to
Paine's College. What is the word or
testimony of The man who engages in such
W work worth ? Evans, an embezzler to
the amount of nearly three hundred thou
sand dollars Paine, bondman of Evans,
and a man who has been selling diplomas
in his school to quscks, and Dana, of the
Sur, who is bitter opponent of Presi-
dent Grant and his administration, are
the men who have preferred these charges.
Dana knows that uaTtrsnft is the strong
est man in the field for Governor, and
that he is popular. and will add strength
to toe Grant ticket. Through Hart
ranft he hopes to strike the President.
Evans is an embezzler and runaway
from investigation, and the more he drags
others into trouble and defamation the
more attention is directed from himself
Paine is on Evans's bond. and thus the in
terests of these three interruptions men
are revealed. and the cause for their
defamation made manifest.
EVANS BEFORE THE INyESTIGATING
COMMITTEE UPON OATH.
Since the above was put in type in
has been despatched through
put the country that the Evans commit
Zee went to New York last Saturday, and
here examined Evans on oath. He fully
eyonerated all State officials charged
with completely in the embezzlement, by
The New York San. The following de-
.patch dated at New York on the Gath
inst contains all the material points of
he testimony:
The Joint Legislative Committee au-
.horized by the Pennsylvania Legislature
20 investigate the Evans matter, reached
here yesterday afternoon for the purpose
If examing Mr.. Evans under oath. 1t
was understood that he was perfectly
willing and anxious to testify all he knew
n reference to the collection of Pennsyl-
,ania's war claims from the General Gov
but he was too i'll to be moved
rom his quarters, and the committee met
lin in his room at the New York Hotel,
where he has recently been residing.
Mr.. John Il. Stranahan counsel for
Ir. Evans, was also present The wit
less answered all the questions of the
committee, by which it appears that he
lad not paid any State official, directly
r indirectly, any money that he (Mr
Ivans) had earned as the agent of Penn
ylvania's war claims. lie had used
he money in meeting bills and claims
eld against him for years, and which
e was in honor bound to pay. Some
f the money had been spent in specu-
atoms and some in clerk hire.
He acknowledges making a loan to
auditor General Hartranft of $4,000
n the latter's due bill. This was repaid
, August last, on the streets of Phila-
elphia. Evans positively swears that
o money was paid to Moon or Kemble, |
nd denies IN toto the San story of the |
ribed officials at Washington.