Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-25


ceived from his clerk he went to look for his
letter in the place where il had been depOs-
tied. and n was gone. He subsequently found
that the letter was i'm the possession of Mr.
SNYDER. and that he had been offered sion
for il. The letter was written in the fall sue
ceeding the last Presidential election. 1t was
addressed to him i'm this city.
THE INSTRUMENTATION.
CrOSs-eXamined by Mr.. Riddle, for defence:
Witness had an office at Is Broad street, y.
Y. and had his papers all sent to that point.
hut this letter was not among the papers, he
had his office and papers removed To % Dey
street. New York, where defendant also hal
al office. He did not show the letter to any
one while he was i'm Broad street.
Mr.. Ri'idle.-WeTe you a partner with Gen.
Schenck?
Gen. Henkle objected to this question. and
the court ruled ID out.
Witness said that he had shown this letter
to Mr.. Snyder.
Mr. Riddle cOntended that the letter must
he read, or its contents disclosed, in order to
give its identity.
The witness went on to say that the letter
was written 10 him in response to a letter of
his stating that he was
GOING To SUPPORT GREELEY.
Mr.. Riddle.-Did you work for Greeley?
wings did and voted for him.
$1,000? Ruled out.
Witness then went on to say that Mr..
Schenck said many things in favor of
Mr.. Riddle.-Did he say anything about
THE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY
or the Little Emma Mine?
WitneSS-NO, sir.
Mr.. R.-Who else did you read this let
ter to?
Witness said he showed it to Secretary
Robson and to a Mr.. StrOhm. He also
showed il to Mr.. MuTtagh, of the Republican,
Mr.. R.-Are you one of the editors or re-
pOTterS?
Witness-No. sir.
Mr.. R.-WaS there anything said i'm 10
about collecting claims against the govern
ment?
Witness.-There were several matters of
business alluded 10 i'm il.
Mr.. R.-D o YOU think there was
in it? : D''i'D -''>i'9 "'i'' II 0' ~
WI would not have lost il for 81 900. IL
was worth that much To me.
R-HOw did you know that il was in Sny-
der's hands?
Witness.-Mr. W. P. Wood told me he hal
Mr.. Henkle objected to this mole of pro-
ceeding.
Witness said he heard about two weeks
ago that the letter was in Snyder'S hands
He told Snyder. after seeing him in his libra
~, TO leave his house and nOt show himself
there any more. He had always kept the
letter in his pocket until the time when he
laid il in his drawer. The last time Snyder
was there was when he told him to leave his
house, and he had never been there since.
Witness is a native OF Canada, but had taken
out his naturalization papers here in order to
obtain patents on his inventions.
TESTIMONY OF MRS WIZARD.
MIS-. W l3rti. vile OF complainant. testified
that there were several letters from Mr..
Schenck in the drawer where Mr.. Snyder
used to- have access, and they were missing
soon after Mr.. 8. left. She searched the
house for them. but they were gone. There
were three or four of them received at Vari-
Gus times They had been several weeks i'm
the drawer when Mr.. Snyder came there.
She mad seen them IN her husbands posses
sion before they We're placed there. She hal
found them there and gathered them up into
a package and placed them on one side of the
drawer. They were missed in a few DAYS
after he left. Her suspicious were aroused
about his character, and she told her huS-
band, who forbid him access To his house
Defendant had not been to the house since
Mr.. Wizard went on to explain about being
Z embarrassed for means during her husbands
absence and putting some of her valuable
tewelry in pawn through the aid of Mr..
Snyder.
OTHER TESTIMONY.
John W. Wagner testified that ne lives at
90 New York avenue; his business. a
and thar he is employed by
Mr.. Wiard. He was employed by Mr.. Wizard
January 6. 1514. and went to work on the eth
He saw Mr.. Snyder at Mr.. WARDS house
He was sitting in the library engaged i'm
writing. When ne got through writing he
went 10 the draw in question took out an en-
yelCIe and folded his letter into 1t, and adj
dressed IL.
c. NJ. Nantyne testified that his occ1pa-
ton il engineer and that he is EMPLOYED by
Mr.. Wizard. He met Mr.. Snyder last June
on the avenue. Mr.. :. told him that ne was
going TO bring something out in 3 few DAYS
that would astOnish him. Witness Inferred
from ms remarks that he meant to publish
something.
COLONEL. W. p. WOOD TESTIFIED
that he had had several conversations with
Mr.. Snyder about some letters which hat
passed between Mr.. W. and General Schenck.
II was at the Park hotel, y. Y. witness
wanted 10 get hold of them for publication
but did not succeed. He (Snyder) had |
them all; some were from Mr.. W to General
Schenck and some from General Schenck To
N ~ 81 -.
from Mr.. Wizard to General Schenck about
his election in Ohio; il was rather rich and
he wanted IL. Another one from Mr.. Schenck |
admitted partnership between the two and
related to business matters. |
Mr.. Henkle.-U4d the letters refer to Mr.
WARDS boiler attachment or TO ouns?
WitnesS.-TO guns, and acknowledging |
some service on the part OF the Secretary OF |
War
Witness was asked to give the purport of
the letters, but said they were showed him in
a spirit OF confidence, and he did not wish To
iiyulge IT, There was a man named Stewart |
who appeared to be acting jointly with Mr. |
Snyder, and Mr.. s. would not give him pos
session without the consent OF Stewart.
Q--Dld Won offer anything for them?
Witness--Mr. Snyder could have got 500
for them.
Did you want them
FOR THE NEW YORK sun?
WitneSs.-Mr. Dana has frequently re-
ceiyed such things from me, and always made
good the bargains which i made Witness
NdN uOiilE dll ne tOuiu 10 annoy the party
He was a republican himself, and was doing
all he could 10 reform the party in the party.
He first heard of the letters through Mr. Sny-
der, but they were shown him by Hy. l.. Stu
art. IL was in March last. Mr.. Snyder re-
fused 10 give them TO him, and witness went
and told Mr.. Wizard. The reason of his tell
ing NJ. Wizard was that he was telling him
(witnesS) that he believed Snyder was play
ing the part OF spy on him, and witness told
him OF his refusing TO give the letters up as
an instance of his friendship TO him.
BY Mr.. Henkle Witness first knew of the
letters when the appropriation was asked
for expeTimenting with guns, and he (witness)
wished to follow up
WHO GOT THE MONEY,
how 10 was divided, and who had the han
ding OF IL. He had been trying since to OBJ
tain the letters; he had been urged to get
them by NIr. Gibson, of the New York SIN.
Mr. WIZARD WAS RECALLED,
and testified that the letter ii question had
never been shown Snyder in New York;
there was reference TO guns; Gen. Schenck
is his partner, and resigned his place in Con-
gress to go into business with him in an
ordnance improvement; afterwards the Pres
ident rendered him the mission to England,
and he informed him (witnesS) that the ar
rangement with him must be modified. This
letter related 10 the same matter.
SNYDER AND WOOD HELD TO APPEAR BE-
FORE THE GRAND JURY.
The testimony here closed and the CsOurt