The New York herald., 1875-10-24

been t0iEeld from them for about tco tCeeks 70 enforce
count they we're hungry and destitute OF the neces-
sary protection against the weather and II rather
merit than ground for that such exraordi-
nary despatch was resorted 10 TO make the distribution
on lhat day IL is nowhere asserted that the distrDu
ton as among the Indians themselves not falr ana
equal and the issue that day did not assume that
precise business. character which would have COM
ported with the Professors Ideas Of mercantile system
u AZ least aued many an empty stomach and ciothed
many a naked body
The italics mine 70 note especially the fact that
IN endeavorng 70 repe charge, and snqb the Pro-
lessor for making il they unwittingy aid improving
more serious Their criminality, however, docs
not end here Thev endeavor 10 show that Sayle
could not have had on hand more than twelve heaa o.
testimony Of SaviIe and Bosler the two Interested
parties and quote IL In their argument
As will be in the foregoing extracts, they state
that the 278 head carried Save's returns as being
on hand October l. 1874 were not on hand they nav.
ing stampeded September 7; and that only loo head
counted for in some way; and l2s head being loss
which were never at Red Cloud Agency on the 4th of
October, 1874 at all
On Sayile's returns Of provisions received Issued
&c. at Red Cloud Agency for the 4th OF October, 1874
the following is his statement OF the beef account ..
Pounds Cross
On hand per last return urn................ 2Ss, sO4
Received from W. A. Paxton. ll3
rotal...............................a,Teoi Total .a,Te OF
Issuea 70 INDIANS 100
niod ISs%'d to employees s57s
Total a, ,ll69l7
These returns file in the Indian Bureau, and,
as have pointed out in the hands of the com
mission They must therefore, have known that tho
theory on which they endeavored TO dprove Professor
Marsh's charges without foundation, and was In
fact untrue For it will be that Saville charges
the whole lot as issued In other words sayie charges
the Indians with receiving 128 more beeves than this
commission says he could have had
Having thus shown that the return of beef Is fraudu
lent from the unanimous testimony Of the Commis-
possibility Of fraud being committed 1t will be well
TO look at the other testimony in the possession OF the
commission or accessible to them bearing on the Char
acter of Savile and Bosler
Regarding Saville they had before them record evi-
dence that he had issued fraudulent vouchers to- in
the name of McCann at two different times more than
year intervening; that he had fraudulenty kept
relative on the rolls Of his agency who not at the
agency and that he had given least corrupt
tract to another relative. They had before them my
report in which showed that Saville had given a re-
cept for received at any time and state
ment which proves that he had before given receipt
for cattle allowing average larger than he actually
received.
dsreputabe transactions with Indian officials, and pos
tive preof that he had claimed and received the pay
ments for the lot of cattle, under circumstances
which precluded the possibility of his innocence
There was therefore, possibility that Savile and
Boser might connive at frauds and very strong
mony that the cattle delivered at Red Cloud agency
could not have been SO weighy as was claimed by the
agent and contractor All the testimony OF dsinteresed
persons army officers and Others against the prob
ability possibility, OF the whole years. delivery
at Red Cloud Agency being of the average weights
sented But the commission ignored tho probabilities
against Bosler and Save and adopted the possibilities
in their favor while suppressng facts that would
crminate the whole lot and going far
doubt on the testimony of Bishop Hare and Professor
Marsh where 1t differed with that Of Agent Saville
But Bishop Hare and Professor Marsh had of the
conversation in which Savle stated that the weight Of
the cattle which he certified being 043 only $50
pounds and OF course these notes. taken the spot
are more valuable evidence than the opinion Of
the Commissioners, even II the record in the
showed far different disposition the part of the
latter
There is much more that be said this subject
butt have shown that the commission has ignored
suppressed important testimony proving fraud both in
Savie's official returns and the beef delveries that
Save's returns fraudulent proven by the Com
mssioners themselves In their unanimous report, and
that therefore, their claims OF innocence for Save and
Bosler absurd. SAMUEL WALKER
THE SKELETON OF LEXINGTON.
Sporting TO have q Mecca In Washington
The skeleton of the famous racehorse Lexington
be wired, mounted and preserved in the Smithsonian
Institntion