Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-02
Q. who else were With youP A. Soo,.

snout this city that was INTERESTED in the oar.
shsse OF that HARDWOOD estate? A 4 kaor
thst there ws nobody.
Z; no one whatsoever. Nobody knes tast AZ
~ for sale, that know OF.
y. How did you hnd out it was for sale2 A.
a nh T Out through the agent and through par
2. Through whom A. Through Mr. rAou,
WIG was living there. He Wa an old scqaains-
@; How dld he happen TO give You inform,.
sonT A We were riding thrOaSa n re oae
Q. Was he representing anyboayY A. H,s
nephew Of Mr.. CorcSran. and he sAid tast
Mr.. Corcoran probably would sell n. chat n,
had concluded to sell good deal OF his prop
NO ONE BIT Mr. NooRs
By Mr.. wilson:-Q. Who was a.sOcistAd With
you In connection with the procurement OF CON
Mr.. Moore was not connected with me In pro-
Q. Very well; now leaving Mr.. Moore on, Of
the question entirely, who was associated WITH
you? A. There wss no one.
Q. Directly OF indirectly? A. No one, sir.
q. No one 1t sliP A. No, sir.
other contracts in this city tban the DsGolyer
X Mcclellan cOBtrsctf A. Well, expected 10
have, but there were no contracts awarded.
ANOTHER CoNTRACr.
Witness was questioned With reference 90 an
intcreS; held BY him in q contract which was
awarded q O'SOnnoT aud STANLEY. which he 1t
hrst said he did not remember, but IN agree
ment m las handwriting was read 20 him, In
which he was Go be paid a. cents per square
ysrd FOR securing she contract. ana n refreshed
his memory. and the fa-t Wss Developed that he
Wilcox. OF this CITY.
EIkTLAED KurT THE MONEY HIMSELF.
9. What did you DO with the money that YOU
received on account OF this De(iOlyeT 4 Mcglel-
IAN contrsct2 A. 4 have spent most OF 10.
@ DID you, directly or indirectly, paw any OF
that money 20 any other person. A. TO any
mar SfsNag rvaras, efsa a sa-nfN, WNaa -
q. did not ask you that question. Any other
Tor, is there not?
.. just answer my questiOn-whether YOU
directly or Indirectly, paid "a any other person
any money on account Of that transaction A.
Not on account Of that Transaction not ~ the
amount Of one faTthing.
q. You got the whole benefit Of that yourself,
did your A. Yes, SIR.
q. Entirely A. Yes, cir, owned the notes,
add was the bona 6de owner Of the notes: con-
sidered, and did what pleesed with them.
q. SO you cav that no part Of that money went
from you, CT any monty In lieu Of that went
from you TO any other person? A. Not one
cent, cir.
WHY KIRKLAND CANE HERE.
q. What was the occasion for your coming
heie and passing under an assumed name2 A.
l wanted Ohittenden TO testify, and wanted %
communicate with Col. Moore.
-. Why did YOU want Chittenden 90 testify?
IL II was a straightforward transaction there
could be no advantage In having Chittenden
TESTIFY, or no embarrassment. a. IL MOOre's
name was not mentioned L was going to clear
out.
o. And not tenq A. should no, have tod
his name II they had kept me here Tor foar
years, bocause had promised not 10.
q. 10 when DID you promise not 20? A. L
made II 10 Col Moore himself.
g. WheT? a. When promised 10 put that
10 his credit; saws be, ''lf MIR. shepherd knew
th-s II would ruin me-"
.. At the time you and Mr.. Moore had this
transaction there was an understanding be-
tween YOU and him thar HE name should be
kept secret? A. He told me not 20 tell, aud 4
promised bin that wOdld not.
q. Ncu had that sort 81 au understanding
A. Yes, SIR; bad understanding that never
would tell.
Q. Then you we're to pay hir. money, and
that thing was u be kept a profound se,ret2
10 wSs between you and him alone; A. Yes,
sir.
Witness testified that he wrote Col Moore a
note 20 meet him at the Ebbitt House. he twit-
ness) did hot register A. h. q. HOyle, Of Chi
cssO; went there q see Mr.. StOrrs.
Q. DID you tell Mr. Storrs that ii you testified
m this case you should be compelled % tell the
IutE, and that t would strike men in high
llsc6sl A. No, sir.
.. DID you tell HIM that Il would rain men
occupying ligh places a. L TOLD MIN would
tell the truth n came here.
q. DID you tell him in that conservation that
you testimony would strike men IN high places?
A. No, fir.
Q. Did Won tell him tina, il would rain men
Occupying high positions? A. No, sir.
Witness testified that he mad An interview
with Sir. MatUngly Al tue kbbitt House, lid not
send Tor Mattihsly; talked with him twenty
minutes. he didn't ask secresy from ne. 4
ana peril city willing 20 tell you what | SAID %
him. lie said he wanted me 20 come here as a
witness, and when be lett me says, Il want yOa
to cUme here a witness" "But," says he,
''you need not have any apprehen slOn, am
20. going 10 have you subpWnaed." WELL"
says I, lyon better not. want % come voiun-
tally when DO, aud II don't want 70 come,
want 20 60 away"
Q Did Mf. Msttingly inquire of YOU what
you had done with that money? A. think be
did.
Q. Did you state to him? A. stated TO him
what l have stated 10 you.
Witness testified that he left here Friday
night; went TO Georgetown, then 10 AleKan
dTia, then TO Norfolk, and from there 10 New
York BY steamer.
By Mr.. Stewart:-Q. About that agreement
that you made with Moore not TO tell this thing,
you promised not 70 tell? A. Well, he merely
ssid when 1 offered him a portion of this, says
be: "Iou could not do a more charitable act. 4
am struggling along here; but II Aleck should
know IL it would ruin me-"
Q. Ii who ksew it? A. Mr.. Shepherd.
q. Why? A. do not know why. WELL"
says /, 81 will never tell" That was al the
agree ment there was.
BY the Chsirnan:-Q. Did you not tell it2
A. Never 10 n living man.
By Mr. StewMt:-Q. YOu never told this 70
any one? A. Never 20 living soul.
.. Did you ana Mr.. Moore have a ak about
this thing when you met? A. Oh, We were
4
terminated in, &c, and / told him / did not
want TO hear anything about IL; and he said he
didn't; and We talked about other matters.
q. You told him that you would not come
before the committee and testify aovut n A.
ItJld him that did not want TO. didn't want
the publicity OF it. Ii goes all through our local
papers up there, and don't like IL. am willing
"a state the facts and everything in regard 70
he transaction briefly and 20 the point 80 far
as L know. IL could avoid il, ~ II Is disagree
able TO me, I would de It.
q. At what time did he tell yen that IL Shep-
herd should hear of this that IL would ruin him?
A. That was at that very time when 1 received
tie notes ard proposed 70 divide them.
%. Still he was willing TO take part? A.
Yes, sir; be thought was making pretty good
Ia ng.
Q. Did he not claim at that time that he had
helped you 10 make that good thing? A. No,
sir; not anything of the Kind.
q. be did not claim, then, that he had helped
you make this good thing? A. No, sir.
q. You never had any conversation with him
about contracts before this was proposed to you?
A. No, sir.
Q. This other contract BY which yOu were 20
get sixty cents a yard? A. L don't think he
knows anything ABOUT that; 1 never spoke 70
him about it.
Q. Did you not tell Mr.. Wilcox that the forty
cents that you were to have was 20 60 70 Mr..
Moore? A. No, sir; never; nor to any one else.