The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-02-13
THE CAIRO DAILY BULLETIN THURSDAY FEBRUARY 49, 1873

NOUhu hiiCe SatOu, CUh1Bug lVuctVy
with having had ciiininal connection
wit her III B,rnum's hotel, In Baltimore.
Ine same evening he, witness, went to
Senator POmeroys house, where h" had
an iuterviev wiLa tue senator, winch he
thus details, Mr.. Pomeruy excused HIM
sell To his guests, aud invited the into tue
next room, iarther from the street, aud in-
diGate1 his Willingness ~ near what
had to Offer. lie sat down on sofa, and
| took char In front of han, asd
showed hun toe papers l had Received
frou Gen. Mcksen, nnd asked hum TO
read them. lie sad, IN repiy 10 Inter-
/ rosstiUns by me, that he did write u let
tsr recommending the appointment toa
position IN the Umted state, treasury de.
| paitm-nL of She wOmus therein Referred
I 30. Iuat he wa. at Birnums hotel, ~
| Baltimore, ut the tune eta I'd IN such pH-
pes that tue woman referred to therein
was there at the same time. lie said ne
diL not remember the number ut the room
/ nc occupied. D,d not know whether said
woman occupied u room adjtiulng hi-, but
Thought her room was near his. Gould
uOt sag whether there was u conitnunica-
ton door between the room he occupied
tina. nj ght aud tina, occupied 10y the woman.
lie DENIED having any improper relations
I with tue woman. lie said u young man,
whose name he could not then call ~
mini, went to Baltimore with hun, and
occupied tho same bed win h,m that
nighL; was cuhtIent no could get the
yuuns mans ali layit t. that effect. lie
said these papers were got up by w. {.
German, aud some one else. Il think,
Lieut.. Dunlay), rs II blackmallirg scheme
That same thing hud been attempted upon
Senators Morton and Chandler | under.
. stand him to mean that the woman had
made similar charges against Morton and
Chandler. He said he hated to have
such things brought out against bin,
even " they were false re did not want
to take the time and trouble to disprove
them, and that he would very much regret
having such things said of him b. persons
ut character aud stnnding. but did not care
what che Democratic papers might say, "a
1t would be regarded rs n political lie.
Question: Did you not, ut the time you
handed these papers to senator Pomcroy,
spenk about the nnd-oilice, and soy in sub
stance that you wanted to show him that
you were in earnest, or that SOU bad never
been able to make him understand the i'm
portnnce OF the removal Of the land-Uflicc
10 Independence, to him persDnall,2
Answer: / did. and explained to him il
what manner. That he bad bitter enemies
in 1ndepen hence, and that the matter the
papers referred to was known to several
there. 7 hat tho Democrat had already
published something about il, but that the
better part OF the community had never
given credit to their truthiulness. But il
We failed to get the land-ofiice after what
he had promised 10 the people while there,
and to Col mel Grass ard Mayor Wilson
since then, il was not Improbable that in
their disappointment in not getting the
Office, and their indignation toward. him,
they might use these statements against
hlm; that Wilson was cogniZint of the
matter, and the charges contained therein,
and was personally acquainted with w.
G COr.lan; that the removal OF the land
Office would tend 10 make him friends mn ]
dlsarm any attempts to Islander him or in
jurc his character in connection with these
c Arge'. That l. just us near as | can re-
member my statement to him.
Question What elsc, if anything, did
Pumcroy ,ay?
Answer: In addition TO what / have |
already gwen, be said, in substance, that |
he particularly desired mo 10 stand by 4
him in this matter, and pledged himself, |
on the honor ofa man, that the land Office |
should go To- Independence hy the first Of I
April, but wanted me t. agree that ii /
would b. satisfactory for hin to promise |
lis removal whenever the register and |
receiver should recommend its removal |
or tho strip bilr should pass. and re- |
member asking him whether he could get I
his colleagues IT, ngrec 20 such an arrange |
ment, So | could carry bnck some definite I
as urance To which he replied, in sub |
.tnnco, that he could have Whatever he |
asked OF The Interior department. That /
he wus in earnest now about this matter,
and would meet me the next morning at |
o clock, and arrange the matter definite
ly Adjourned till o'clock pm.
The land-6ilire was removed to fnde-
pandence as promised, short time after
wards The witness added that lie had
not used th" Cation document against
Pomorov in the senatorial contest md
that ia publication in Topeka during thu,
contest WINS without his knowledge or con-
nivsnco, md that he did not approve Of
said publication. He said, further. TIM,
senntor-elect Ingalls had no Knowledqe Of
tho plot to entrap md expos" Pomrroy
previous to the proceedings in joint con-
vention Al the conclusion Of the
examination Of York, Tonight the COM
mittce adjourned until Monday st 4
o'clock, when other witnesses will be
called
A dispatch hns been sent IN Pamnrov
bv the chairman Of ihc committee. rrnues.
ting him tn appear, and informing him
thn, If he is unable TO attend, any ststp-
nent h" may see a. Ia make in the matter
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