Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-19


men who never had any existence. Part
of the goods were received as pay for my
services. L was to receive $50 for every
! pension, and SO for every back pay or
bounty claims for my service in helping to
get up the claims. L assisted in
getting up the .claim now before the
Court. / got $50 for it.. They had others
employed besides me to assist them. |
have no recollection of having any men to
assist me. The contract was made at Mad
isonville and at Sweetwater, in the pres
ence of the two Boyds, Vaughn. Morrow,
Kelso and myself The matter was un-
derstood by myself, Morrow and Vaughn,
| at Johnson's residence. The others were
| present at Boyd's store. The contract for
the $50 and $40, was made at both places,
| and generally understood at every meet
| ing. j think made the same statement at
| Boyd's trial. L do not remember the day
or year. This occurred in Boyd's counting
room, back of the store. | don't think that
! stated in Boyds trial that it was upstairs
We had general understanding about
this contract. | did not promise to swear
to a sufficient line of facts to pass these
claims for half of the claims.
| never stated to DIR. Edwin Hall that
would not sign claims unless l
received half. 1 told him would not lose
time in getting up claims unless | was paid
for it. l did not say to DIR. Hall that others
were paying me half their claims. DR..
Hall came to me with roll of sixty fraud
ulent claims, and offered me $274 bill of
goods to approve that roll, and he would
attach the county seal. I refused. The
proposition was that if / would sign my
name as if L had sworn to the roll, but
without swearing to it, he would affix the
county seal. This was after | had made
the contract with Boyd. L declined for
Hall, but had agreed to do so for Boyd. l
had been seduced or "subjugated" by Boyd,
Mr.. Hall sent another man, my brother,
b. +. Payne, to me with the same PROPOSE
ton. He offered bill of goods worth
$274, billed to Edmund Hall, and turned
over to me to sell for pension claims. L
paid him in claims. He afterward sued me
for the goods. Hall was getting up a suple-
mentary roll to the Bryson Company. L
declined to sign it. l did not knowingly
make affidavit in any of the claims bought
for Hall. The $50 and $40 proposition was
agreed upon at Johnson's house and at
Boyd's store. Saw them again at Sweet
water in two weeks. 1t was a complete
understanding at both places. Saw r. G.
Boyd and Mr.. Vaughn at Sweetwater.
Saw Mr.. Vaughn at Cocker Creek. He said
he was there for the purpose ofdigging gold.
He remained about three month. Sold me
his goods, and paid him in cattle, money
and check. The check was good. L
have received about S, 900 worth of goods
not at any time receive goods from Vaughn
except on order from Boyd. L did not I'M
derstand Boyd to be the owner of the store,
but took Boyd and Vaughn to be partners
sci 1th utgEaansac9ln6 Here the cG gen
Boyd IL Vaughn, Commission merchants,
and L. q. Boyd, dealer in dry goods
Boyd would talk with Vaughn, and
Vaughn would then put up the goods for
me. Witness here acknowledged to his
signature on paper. L do not remember
when or before whom 1 signed it, Nancy
Z. Mumblehead was not present. kneWit
to be fraudulent when signed it. Istarted
to make out another roll, but do not know
what became OF it. Some few names were
taken at Athens. l do not know such
man as j. Chumlea. did not associate
with him. Boyd made out the roll before
the Court. L never had quarrel with
Lieut.. Morrow about the roll, and was not
there to object to anything except such as
should have to swear to. Boyd owes me
to-day something for my services. [
have seen but one roll and swore TO eighty
three names. / did not send any other
roll to the Second Auditors office This
was the first roll l have ever seen. Here
counsel read names from roll, portion of
which witness stated were members, and
others were not. He also read a part of
the affidavit accompanying the roll about |
q fight at Coker Creek, when witness !
stated that there was no fight at Co5er |
Creek, and that it was not read to him |
that way before he swore to it'll ! do not !
know how many the roll says were killed. |
but there were only two killed at the |
Beaver Dam fight. [ never saw a roll be- |
fore this.
The crOss-examining counsel, going back |
to the meeting at JOhnson's house, witness |
said: do not know Mr.. Johnson. / have |
been in jacksonville five hundred times or |
more. l never bought goods from Mrs. |
Johnson. The first time / was in her |
house was when / met Vaughn. / made |
Vaughn and Morrow acquainted. They |
said they were strangers to each other. L |
never knew Morrow arrested by any Mon
roe county sheriff.
EXPERIMENTATION.
| signed as high as forty blanks in one
day. There was nothing written upon
them. They took possession of them fof
the purpose of making out fraudulent |
claims. The certificate signed by me in
regard to Mumblehead was suggested by
Boyd and Vaughn. The affidavit on the
roll was not read to me before made oath
or signed it. The letters signed by me and
sent to the department were written by
Vaughn and signed by me. l saw Mr..
Vaughn writing on two sheets, and / |
signed the papers / saw him writing.
Court then adjourned until pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.