National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-20
cLARyOE INVESTIGATION.
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wish to know II, in the term "futtering," you
mean to embrace any one Of the commissioners OF
members Of the police board A. At the proper
| time you Will hear enough.
Mr. Cook. Very we'll; Il It your prerogative Il
decline answering, Of course.
TESTIMONY OF JAMES A. M'DEvIrT.
By Mr.. Cook: Q. In the progress Of this inyes
| tigation YOU have been referred to In variou:
ways, and wish to ascertain fully what you
know II my questions fail to bring out anything,
would be Obliged to you you WOULD STATE tSs ,u
Mr.. Henkle. Had not you better state to him
what the inquiry is.
Mr.. Cook. propose to.
q. In the first place, Il appears you have had
some connection with Mr.. Perry In the matter OF
desired to have some further connection with the
matter go as to secure Snyder. Will you be kind
enough to state what that was? A. Well,:.I have
had several interviews with Mr.. Perry since the
robbery Of his store. II tbs counsel will be kind
enough to put any questions they deem proper to
q. refer Immediately to the relea SO. Did
you call upon him in relation to the escape or
release of Snyder, and propose to take an active
TersatiOns with Mr.. Perry about the release Of
Mr.. Snyder and before the arrest Of Mr.. Greenn
Baltimore. Informed Mr.. Perry that had re-
ceiyed information as to who the party was who
had personated Mr.. Edes. Previous TO that he
had called on me to get description ofthe man
Who MAD 50 peIso1stea MT Ees ana Wen S-o 70
him a description in his own handwriting, which
think carried to Mr.. Perry's house, as he was
very anxious to get 1t before the mail closed that
evening. Mr. Perry gave me to understand at
that time that he wanted it for particular pur-
pose, and said 10 him then that would tell
man who scraped faces, meaning barber, and
that he lived on Mash Market Space, not very
far from Baltimore, and but few doors from .
man who kept a low drinking house, whose
brother or half brother was the first person to
enter Mr.. Perry's store and secrete himselfthere.
told him that had an idea would 90 to Bal
timore and make the arrest. l told him, how
ever, that did not know well what to do, as
Major Richards was out of the city, but thought
man. He told me that If 1 did so did IT on my
own responsibility. After hearing that remark
from Mr.. Perry ! reflected, and thought, in my
mind, If Imade mistake, that would be cen
sured, and Her the matter with him aud tie Bal
timore authorities to look AFTER.
By Mr.. Cook: g. To do yourself Justice, you on
mind you Oft A. do not wish to do myself any
justice at all. The community at large can judge
O. Do you remember of calling upon me and
consulting me as to what, under all the circum.
stances, you should dor A. did that because
board Of police, and consulted you as being the
proper oficer to talk with.
q. And stated to me the Major was ABSENT A.
O, Was the fact of Green's connection with the
release Of Snyder known to other msmoers OF the
police force other than yourseliY a: 90 NOT
Gated with Mr.. Perry the name of the person.
Q. Then the fact that 9 party, known as a bar
psrtyq ' A. Yes, sir. Tfeceived the Information
| that 1t was q barber on Washington Market
| Space, the following Sunday nigHt after the re-
i'e o. Was " that fact known to Mr.. olarvos and
| other members Of the force? A. never told
Marshal Grey DO no. tn In ha sor Now
| York; 1t was tho same night Major Richards and
Detectives Sargent and MeElfresh left for New
O. Do understand you to say that the infor-
| nation you had on the subject was exclusively
| confined TO yourself unless communicated 70 Ma
| Ior Richards? A. won't swear posttvelyi may
| have communicated the fact to MAJOR Richards
before he left for New ork; Invent to THE REPUB-
LIoAN office that evening a. they , EsIsd
such Information as make known here, from
person met and had q conversation with.
O, Do you know anything about the silks or
other articles that were taken from Mr.. Perry's
store? A. Three thousand and sixty dollars WORTH
z. Do you know anything about In whose nands
Witness. You have reference to those that were
never recovered?
Counsel. Yes.
A, / 40 not know whose possession they were In:
did hear, but 1t was a mere rumor, that they
were carried on Sunday evening to the house OF
Baltimore, but q few doors north, should think,
from where Green keeps his barbersho
Q. What do you know about silks being divided
up here between parties? A. Only from hesrsay.
q. Did you at any time receive q written note
or order from any person for those silks? a.
e. MIR. holland testified yesterday, If remem-
Der correctly that he passed over an order to Mr..
McDevitt A. He did not do it, but he in all
probability thinks he did. The note was passed
to person who was in my company, and that was
Judge Fisher. 1 asked him afterwards If he gave
the note to Judge Fisher, and he said he had. 1
O. What was that note? A. 1t read in about
this wise. 1t was note TO Parker requesting him
to turn over to holland piece of silk; any piece
fh,th had Init m Qf0na
SO G. Fisher"
By MT Nichols: @. Who is Parker2 A. That
is something we could not well determine INC e
was different persons; finally we settled 1t on its
being Joshua Parker, who was formerly connected
with Judge Fishers Office a colOred man.
o. There are two or three persons, believe, of
that name of some notoriety? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do you know of any act, word, or declaration
the release of Snyder? A No, sir; cannot say
that ever heard him say or anybody else say,
that he was instrumental in the release of Snyder
Q. Do you know when Green was here and
when Snyder was releasedF A. only know at
the time heard 1t.
occasion? a. was absent in Baltimore on part
0! that day that he was released.
@, Yop saw none Of them either here or there I?
A. 1 did not see any OF them except when was
on anyway to Baltimore that morning; saw Mr..
u. G.. Fisher and Evans standing together at
their step; l had my duster on my arm and was
waiting Tor the F.street car.
Q. At what stepsF A. On the steps of Mr..
Evans office.
q. What time in the morning was that? A. I
think was 10 take the lO3O train.
BY Mr. Nichols: Q. What time did you return?
A. think returned about O'clock; merely
made q visit to Baltimore TO the Home OF the
Coed Shepherds: went there to deposit money
for an inmate that put there few days pre-
yions and promised to be over With the money
timore and merely went there and then took
the next train back, which, think, was at
O'Clock.
BY Col. Berret: q. You speak of having had
information that q barber, living on Mash Mar-
ket Space in Baltimore, was the man who person
told Mr. Perry that would let him know that
the people Of Washington knew something. I
might have put II in that way, that the man who
personated Mr.. Edes was scraper of faces, who
resided on Mash MarketSpaee
O, You had obtained that information from Q
reliable source? A. Yes, sir. on Sunday night;
arrest was made by the Baltimore authorities and
went to the Attorney General Mr.. Pierrepont, and
communicated my knowledge to him, and he gave
me letter to the District Attorney In Baltimore
to render me all the assistance that might need;
but after hearing the remarks Of Mr.. Perry, /
weighed them over, and l consulted Col COOK,
and declined to go, or have anything to do with
making the arrest.
O. State whether you derived that information
from detective officer in Baltimore? A. No, sir
from q man here in the city who knew what he
q. You we're very confident that the man he re-
ported to you was the personator Of Edes? a.
O, You did not get 1t from any detective of.
fcer in BaltimoreH A. No sir, nor in Washing
ton either.
O. Will you be kind enough to state whether
YOU stood ready, and may go beyond that and
say, somewhat anxious TO put forth your best eff
forts as a detective to secure Snyder and Green
bothP A. Yes sir, did 1t, and did it when the
O. State whether Major Richards desired you
to do so? A. Yes sir, and gave me the money out
of his own pocket to go with.
Iwant to state right here, If 1t is In order, that
in all the cities of the United States and In the
day night, or Sunday-some one or mere Of them
to the tune Of several thoufsnd dollars-that In
instance, as far as our knowledge goes, have the
parties even recovered any Of the goods, or ar
rested the men, while after robbery had been
committed in this city, within i've hours 5000
worth of the goods were recovered, and the rob
bers secured.
o. Did you on the night that Snyder was re-
leased or Green released, observe, directly or In
directly, any persons coming in or out Of this
Office connected with # or note anything peculiar
on the part Of any Of the members Of the police
force at all? A. i saw nothing unusual. Report
ers and friends OF the department are coming In
here every evening of the year.
o. speak Of for instance, Fisher, Evans,
Leighton, or any Of those that have been tmme-
diately connected with this transaction? A. No,
sir; saw none Of them to my knowledge.
@, Or anything on the part Of any members Of
the force going In or out, or conversng or doing
anything to create the Impression In your mind
that they knew what was going on, to wit: the
release of Greenf A. No, SIR Mr.. Olsrvoe, i
believe, was In Baltimore, and was snxicus 70
see him on his return; and 50 stated 70 Mr.:
Gonrnha vho In thu ofiea with ma told