National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-06


and he said there was nobody In the store.
Mr. Shepherd volunteered to stay there him
self. He told him that he was not sufficiently
1amillar with the business. He would prefer
70 walt until Tom came in-that is Mr.. Shep-
nerds orother--and would go up then, told
Mr. Moore that would be at. the clubhouse
That evening and would be glad to have him
come up after he got through. We had pre-
VlousIy, before leaving here, agreed to meet, as
we have throughout this Investigation had fire.
quent meetings at the clubhouse, it being
more convenient for Mr.. Stanton and myself
who both live in the neighborhood, in relation
TO the conduct of business before the inVestiga-
ton. -.---....... - ...-.
Q. Do You recollect anybody else who was
present last night at your interview with Mr..
Noooorsss Of the club-house' A, Mr.. Harrington
was there.
q. Who elsei A. There were plenty Of
gentlemen there; but nobody else was present
at the interview. The interview was aside.
By the Chairman: @. 1t was private inter
view2 A. Certainly, sir. suppose there were
fifteen or twenty gentlemen, probably, about
the clubhouse. No.
Q. Did it not occur to you that you would
be seriously compromised by this, unless ME:
AiEIand would come hfrs. a. u did cd; I'D
embarrassing s!.Iation about the matter, and
was in hopes he would testify, and tried to
persuade him to do so; but was offered the in
terview with him, and thought 1t was proper
and right that should have IT, was not GER
tain until saw him that Kirkland was here.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. After you had had these
repeated assurances from Storrs that he was
here, and before you saw him. you were under
no obligation Of secrecy to him or anybody
else. What reason had you for Withholding
that from the committee, If you desired his
presence and knew that the committee desired
his presence here very much, and had been
seeking for some time to get him here? A. For
this simple reason, that in my frequent inter-
views with Mr.. Storrs, there was an air of mys-
terry about him that / could not comprehend.
could not get from him any statement at all as
to what this man had told him; and several
things had occurred during this investigation
which induced me to believe that some effort
might be made to put up something on US, and
l was under the impression that probably Mr..
Storrs was being imposed upon. wanted to
know certainly myself whether the man was
here or not.
Q. They could not put up anything on you
by giving you information of that kind. They
could not set up anything on you in that wayl
A. / had keard-I think it was the next morn
ing after Mr.. Storrs told me that he was here
had heard down here in the committee-room
that Mr.. Kirkland was in town.
Q. You knew that the committee was very
seriously DESTROYS to get Mr.. Kirkland herel
A. did, and did not suppose that my inter-
view with Mr.. Kirkland would have any ten
dency to keep him away.
seen him that Won were under como obl;rotion
of secrecy, but before Won saw him. amer bav-
inc these repeated Assurances that he was IN
the city, do not for my part see how you could
have been compromised in any way by giving
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making known anv statement that he had
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that IL was Mr.. Kirtiand and in the second
Mace tn secure his attendance and woS IN
homes when left Mr. KirtIand tbat be void
tastifv
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