The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-10
POOR PoME,eoY.
York Makes an Additional statemsAs About
That Land Office Affair-Alleged State wentof
sWoman Against the virtuous Senator.

ST. LOUIS, MO-, Feb y, 1879.
The following, which is part Of Colonel Y0iX's
testimony before the Investigating Committee ut
Topeka, Kansas, has not before appeared In any
published account Of the Senatorial contest in tat
State:-
In answer to question concerning trip made
by York to Washington In January, 1879 agent Of
Independence, KAN, to secure the removal OF the
Land ONCE to that city, the witness said he had
interview with Senators Pomeroy and Csld--
well on that subject on the evening Of
January IL, and that the decision was unaDt.
nous against making the removal to Independence.
The next day b. York. called on General
McEwen, of Washington, to whom he had O. letter
Of introduction. and McEwen gave him the am
davits OF the woman Alice Cation, charging POM
eroy with having been crlminaly intimate with
her at Barnum's Hotel In Baltimore. The same
evening the witness went to PomerOy's house,
where he had an interview with the Senator.
which he thus details:-
Mr.. Pomeroy excused himself to his guests ano :
invited me into the next room, where showed
him the papers received from General McEwen,
and asked him to read them, He said, in reply to :
an interrogation by me- that he did write q letter
recommending the appointment to . POSI-.
ton In the United States Treasury De.
partment of the woman therein referred to;
that he was at Barnum's Hotel, In Baltimore,
at the time stated In such papers; that the woman
referred to therein was there at the same time:
didn't know whether the said woman occupied
room adjoining his, but thought her room was
near his; could not say whether there was Q
communicating door between his room and that
occupied by the woman; he denied having
any improper relations with the woman;
lie said young man, whose name he could not
then call to mind, went to Baltimore with him and
occupied the same bed with him that night; was
confident he could get the young mans afldavtt
to that effect He said these papers were
got up by w. G. Cormoh and some one
else, think Lieutenant Dunlay, as
Matchmaking scheme; that the same thing had
been attempted upon Senators Morton and Chand-
Ter; understood him to mean that the woman had
made similar charges against Senators Norton
and Chandler; he said he hated to have
such things brought out against him, even II
they were false; he 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 BY
persons Of character ana standing, but did not
care what democratic papers might say, as 1t would
be regarded as political lie.
Q. Did you not, at the time you handed these
papers to Senator Pomeroy speak about the Land
ONCE and say in substance that you wanted to
show him that you were In earnest, that you had
never been able to make him understand the i'm
portance Of the removal Of the Land ONCE to Inde-
pendence to him personallyP A. did ana ex-
planned to him that he had bitter enc
mics In Independence, and that the mat.
ter the papers referred to was known
to several there; that the Dem0crut had already
published something about 1t, but that the better
part OF the community had never given credit to
their truthtulness; but II we failed to get the
Land once after what he had promised to
the people while there and to Colonel Gross and
Mayor Wilson since then, 1t was not improbable
that, In their disappointment In not getting tho
Office and their Indignation towards HIM, they
might use these statements against him. that
Wilson was ignorant OF the matter and
the charges contained therein; was person.
ally acquainted with w. G. Carman that
him friends and disarm any attempt to SANDER
these charges; that is just near as l can remem-
Der my statement to him.
Senator Pomeroy further stated that he par
ticularly desired me to understand that he could
have whatever he asked OF the Interior Depart
ment; that he was n earnest now about this mat
ter and would meet me next Monday at eight
O'Clock and arrange matters definitely; the Land
once was removed to independence, as promised,
o short time afterwards.
The witness added that he had not used the
Cation document against Pomeroy In the Sena-
torial contest, and that Its publication In Topeka
during that contest was without hts knowledge or
connivance, and that he didn't approve OF said
publication.
A despatch has been sent to Pomeroy by the
chairman OF the committee requesting him to
appear, and informing him that II he Is unable to
attend any statements he may see At to make In
the matter will be duly considered.
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