Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-29

ner claim 1Or pension. Inen Sne went
to see Bovd who told her he could get her
pension. She had received S32S from
Boyd. Upon cross-eXamination she said
she had no other agent except Boyd. Mr..
Campbell had paid her ten dollars of the
amount received. She had received an
order to Boyd's store for So. JEFF. Carson
paid her $40 in cash. Alvin Boyd paid
her S4S. She was sworn once before Mr..
Petit and another time before Mr.. Mont
gomery. Alvin Boyd went with her to
Mr.. Montgomery. Thomas c. Boyd was
not there. She did not know where he
was. She had been sent for once TO go to
Mr.. petitt's office. Bob McCauly brought
her the word. They wanted her to go to
Mr.. Petitt's office about some papers there.
Court adjourned until 9 o'clock this
morning.
FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Henry A. Whalen, witness, testified
substantially as follows: Am connected
with the ID Auditors Office in the Treasury
Department. Is shown some papers
known as the file in the Sarah j. Hickey
case. He recognized the papers by the
stamp and also by figures in his own hand
writing. He settled the claim himself,
He also recognized other collateral papers
as being part of the files of the I'd Auditors
Office. He recognized the pay certificate
| in the case rs being made up in his own
handwriting. He also recognized the
| Auditors signature. The certificate was
paid by n check issued by Paymaster j. II.
| Eaton. Two checks were issued, one to
the Attorney for S250l his fees, and the
| other to the claimant S2l520. He stated
| the Attorneys fees from the marginal en-
dorsement on the Treasury certificate. Mr.
Cooke said as the witness had made full
and impartial statement he did not wish
| to cross-eXamine him.
o1 IL Iph Xtrne
cognzed the handwriting of papers which
Mr. Whalen had been examined, as that
of Thos. G. Boyd a private letter, ad.
dressed to Gilbert +. l., Falls, was recog-
nized as the handwriting and signature of
Boyd.
Maj, Pettibone, counsel for the Govern
ment, then proceeded to read what pur-
ported to be an affidavit of Sarah j. Hick-
ely, widow of Lafayette Hickey, private
i'm Capt. Bryson's Mounted Guards, for
the purpose of obtaining back pay and
bounty, constituting Boyd her attorney in
the case. The affidavit purported to have
been made before Burgess Witt, q Justice
of the Peace for Monroe county, whose
official character and signature was certi
fled to by b. c. Petit, Clerk of the County
Court of said county. He also read aflida-
Wits of Wright Taylor and VIM Allen
: pretended comrades of said Lafayette
; Hickey. These atlidavits purported tt
have been made before Squire Kelso, alsC
certified by Mr.Pettitt, Clerk of the Count!
l Court.
Wright TAYLOR testified that he lived il
Cherokee county, North Carolina. II
knew of no other Wright Taylor. II
. was asked if he had ever gone befor
} Esquire Kelso and made affidavit for tn
: purpose of obtaining back pay and bount
! for Mrs. Hickey, widow of Lafayett
3 Hickey. Mr.. Cooke objected to the test
S ticipated in by Col Baxter for the prose
= cution and by Messrs, Cooke AM
e Nelson for the defense. The objection
d was overruled and the witness proceeded
e The signatures to the affidavit were show
Il to the witness; neither of them were his
p, He had never gone before Esquire kels
in company with VIM. Allen. He ha
C known VIM. Allen. He now lives il
Arkansas, Had gone there about tw
l. wears ago. He had never made such al
[ affidavit as that read. Was not present q
:, the marriage of Sarah j. and Latayett
l; Hickey as alleged in the affidavit He wa
:! about 80 years of age. Knew Lafayett
J. Hickey. He was private in Captain
L Brysons company and was killed nea
Murphy, n. c. Did not know his age bu
Il supposed he was abOut Is. His widow
/ name was Elizabeth. He did not knON
: her maiden name but it was not Berry
g She lived in Georgia after his death. Il
IS did not know what county.
5. Cross-eXamined: Witness lived in Cher
Il okee county, five miles from the State line
Il Didn't know how far from Squire Kelso'.
Is He thought acOut 80 miles from SweetWf
II ter. Going from where he lived to Sweet
o water, he supposed he passed Squire Ike
IS SOS. Did not know him. The witneS
l. was Il member of Brysons company. Di
II not know who prosecuted Sarah J. Hcl
: ey's claim. He knew of James Morrow
3 He was brother-in-law of Lafayett
X Hickey. Didn't know of Morrow gettin
: up any papers. he knew that he ia
2, never sworn to paper before 'Squil
Kelso. He was not intoxicated whe
q these papers were presented. Never Wa
n drunk but once in his life, and that W,
q when he was a small boy.
e Gilbert L. II. Falls, of Fannin count,
u Georgia, testified that he had made appl
T. cation for back pay and bounty for Il
ol widow of Lafayette Hickey. In cOnst
Is uupnce of Information received from Wasl
n ington he wrote letter to Mr.. Boyd.
y letter was here presented to him and idel
he titled as Boyd's reply. Major PettiboI
lie then proceeded to read the letter. Nj
a Cooke objected. The objection was owe
Sc ruled, after the court had first examine
the letter. 1t was read. Boyd states
rt the letter that he had received the Hick6
"a claim from James Morrow. Never sa
" the lady himself, but Morrow had told hi
ID she was his sister-in-law. That he won
el much prefer to pay Falls the money fl
IN the amount of his claim than to have al
OF trouble. He avoWed that no fraud WI
IN intended. He wanted Falls to come al
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