National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06
INDIAN BOUNTY.
THE wRIeHrCAsE

HE KURT CAa6A
This cass was resumed II the Criminal cous
yesterday, and the ALLOWING Witnesses called:
Henry q. Meigs, witness ior tAs defence, Va
recalled and eruss -examined ~ H. Aafnnsem
porting to 30 the appiicatioa Of Psrhas Aareee
,'t - s'a nss. al 80
know whether he was dead o. not; ne pooy o. .ns
application he thinks was nlled In BY Nj. BrowI
"R sdipect ~ ~ :; III. stanton: witness does no
know that Judge Wright vas b the Indian eoun
~ ct the date q Tie application. April ! lssi
widow or other heir % sign the DECEASED Indiani
name, and he had witnessed sach signatures
This L one Of the eases he re1srrsd . whm B.
iaSisDs Il Il. eSn:dsre y hnsss snSe s
and 1t was the custom IN that country 70 pay TN
money e TIE legal repEcssntasiye q u $1,000
son from May 5 o. . % June 8 isee, with hi
wsrs aoS @ go 20 sos Of thcss rAe s.llsd az
and in such eases they wers paid their money
Of there were s9, NOR;
due to them by the Indians; did not sss any drsf
paid into the hands Of merchants; they were each
handed e the Indians: Witness identinsd thu
tanned the names OF Indisna and when they Iwere
paid the numbsr Of the receipt taken WAS placed
opposite the name. Witness also tdentinsd .
SASAoSSSA
Wm. p. Ross: witness Is chief Of the Cherokes
Nation; resides ct Fort Gibson; recoliects seeing
Indians; recollscts that his house (aoss 1 Co.,
had some business transactions with defendant
in which there we're from sin to sEnt tsSu hon, tS
use OF the council chamber was given TO the arbi
traitors in the csss Of the United states againe!
.s: S o.
power Of attorney. - also the signatures Of ND
DR.. John B. Mckay sworn: witness Knows Al
nesses' once IN lss2, and said Wright had never
been guilty Of forgeries; that w. had enemies IN
the Indian cs!ntry who we're doing him al ths
He. Harmon sworn: Witness is attached "a
tho Second Auditors once; identified dran a
~ ss St b % es ssp.n.d
and sSsps NJ oec.on dr t1s hing o.
sSS r. tSs Se.s .a1ss ss
impression Of the seal Of the District court for IL
LIMOS district :. ass ecss
Cross-examined: Witness once was 10 the store
Of Nash. and he LETT the seal there. Witness
70 s an in Rs ss.s Of party
az In his own writing. Jpdge Thornton euthor.
lied witness to use his signature. Don't know
h s business mere ne
Nj. Harmon recalled: In cases Of discharged
soldiers (livingl 1t was requisite that the dis
charge papers should Be produced, but not when
Mr.. stanton proposed to INTRODUCES . witness to
testify that the same way Of doing business in the
Cherokee nation prevailed in Elorida, but the
Court ruled out the offer. -,.r-.
Bernard Burns sworn: Witness testified that
Clapperton, after coming from New York in ls!2,
came in his place, q restaurant on Seventh
street,1 and In the course Of conversation spoke
very high OF MIR. w., saying that he IVY had
he came in and spoke very hard against Wright,
saying that he had given him but 80 to go home;
a week or two ago Clspperton came in bio place
and said Wright was . big fool; that II he would
give Dim CO. $4,000 to 5000 he would 30 to his
Irving b. Wright. Witness is . son of defend.
ant; an attorney; resides in Cincinnati; was one
Of the sureties ON his fathers bond; witness had
SSan e E 40 r Il
went to the Indian country. Witness made the
proposition for an arbitration, and alter the Gov
eminent made ont Its case he went to the Indian
rendered to those taking testimony BY the coun-
ell. Witness found placards posted about calling
on Indians who had not received their bounty to
appear before Mr.. Eglin; none Of the Indians
complained that they had not been paid, but some
complained OF the time they had 70 walt; they
were then about five weeks in the Indian country.
Witness explained that he took possession Of his
papers without any special directions or consent
from him, and included the receipt purporting to
Benjamin Eglin testified that he 10 clerk m
der the Government; that he was sent to the In
dian Territory to obtain the names Of oil the In
dian soldiers who had not received bounty; intel
ligence of his mission was generally difiused.
The court at this point adjourned until this
morning.