National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-18

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that he knew anything at all about the man
Edes- or that be was In the room even up to that
Identify the man Edes positively except Mr.
Evans, and supposed that he could. He told
rs ne could SO we took the man on board Of the
| OF Sleen. was converting In the back seat
with stranger I do not remember who Il Was,
| mention, by the way, that before we arrived IN.
the city that Green agreed 70 waive his right to
the city. told him II he was not the man
HE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED.
i supposed, Of course, that he could not be kden-
| tihed, but 1 told him would give him a ticket
supposed that would be Justice to che man II bs
| was not the person, and did not propose to do
anything else 4 knew myself and thought
| came and took seat by the side OF him. Clar-
| voc, before he got to Baltimore, made remark
70 this effect Leighton. do not believe that Is
| the nan, he don't act as q guilty man some
thing to that effect thought the matter over
and suggested to Mr.. ClarvOe that thought Il
ne ne TOOK TIE man round TO headquarters that
| tnere might be reporters there, and they would
ger et mold Of It and publish Il, and # he was not
tne man, and could not be identified. that It was
matter Of public policy to keep IL quiet because
tnopght that the man seeing It In the papers
put him on his guard n1oGa1a tor MI nm n11da
to take him around to my office to avoid publicity.
simply Tor mat reason, and another to have Mr..
| he was not the man, and then If he was not. to
return him to Baltimore. presented my reason
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least assented to 1t. He was acting simply as any
other citizen presume would act. do not know
SSn siae,I1s about that l am not cogniEsnt with
accompany me with Mr.. Green 70 nv ONCE.
vs., we got IN: did not know the time, but went up
and be sat there; and Clarvoe waited aEhiie
while sent the janitor Immediately for MT.
Evans. Mr. Clsrvoe waited there q little while,
and during the time Mr.. Green fell asIeep tbers
in my room. Mr.. Clarvoe said he would 70 around
Be afoGSG aasS SgG time s sTsnHg and
In the meantime, while Mr.. ClarV ee was gone
Mr.. Evans came into nay ofhee. I was at the
n-house. Mr.. Evans came In and looked at me
and looked at the man. Says he, "Halloa, Leigh
give you the Identical words-"whst aid Won send
for me for?" he inquired. / kept on with nv
writing. i wanted Mr.. Evans to identify him
without having his mind directed towards his
Identification specially, or his receiving any ink
ling Of what he was brought there for, because 1
considered that Just Identification, and that was
what we wanted and no other NotWithstandine
some lnsinuations In the papers, Billy Evans had
FAINT believed that then, and / believe n t to-
DAY. proceeded upon that hypothesis. Well,
LOOKED THE MAN OVER;
and then said Leighton, what did you send for
you ever see that man before?" I ordered tbs
man to take of his hat-he had his hat on up to
this time. The man did so and arose from the
chair. Billy said "Stand up and let me see"
hs took MIN oD to the gssiight and looked him
Leighton, what Is isY rhst Il All Siabt s Rid
This is the man thought personated Edes' andi
had him arrested and brought over to see If you
that is not the man" Isaid: IAN right: fftSat
Is not the man that is all we want of him. / gave
ai ma sHes LOT Bamors as per agreement, and
man, after he found he was going, seemed to be
sort Of disappointed and di,inclined to go, and
hands, and told him that l did not of cOurss
wish to iDlure him, but did what l thought was
my duty under the circumstances That Is ali I
know Of the matter. That acted InteiiigentIyf
90 not profess to say, but know acted hon
BY Mr.. Cook: @. Prior to your meeting Mr.
Clarvoe In the depot, had you and he any arrange
ment or conversation in relation to your mission
particle. Mr.. Clarvoe knew no more about it
than you do, do not think.
Q. Did you mention It to any other personS A.
Q. Did you mention it to Mr.. Claryoe at any
time prior to your arrival in Baltimore, and as
you we're on your way 10 the detective office therer
Q. What did he say exactly, as near as Won can
A. think Mr. Ciaryoe's words were somsthinS
to this effect: "Well, Mr.. Leighton, the matter OF
identincation Is delicate business, and believe
ne gave me some caution about it. believe he
Q. What was that caution A. do not re-
member the exact language.
z. As near as you can. A. He said to look the
man over we'll; something to that effect.
q. When did you first, after that time, speakto
his srrestH A. l do not understand your Ques-
ton.
Baltimore to Mr.. CIarVoe as you were goinX to
the detectives ohices-marshsl's office IN Balti-
Q. After that period when had you q converse
ton with Mr.. Olaryoe on the subjectH A. Well,
do not remember. think we had it
AFTER THE ARREST OF GREEN
We were discussing 1t, think, at dinner. We
took lunch togetnsr, and we discussed the ap-
pearanee Of Mr.. Green subsequent to his arrest
q. What occurred between you them A. Moth
ing, only general Conversation as to the conducC
Of thieves and parties who were criminals.
q. was there any conversation in relation to
MI Greenf A: Not specifically.
Q. You do not remember any at allH A. No,
Q. After you were done with your lunch had
you any conversation with Mr.. Clarvoe in rela-
ton TO Green? A. do not think we did, do
not remember. There may have been passing
words in the way Of either OF Us giving his opinion
as to the man from his acts.
Q. Did you propose to Mr. Clarvoe to have him
assist you in bringing Green over? A. Oh, yes
sir.
@. When was thatF A. 1 do not remember
when that was; 1t was sometime either at dinner
or subsequent TO the arrest. 1 asked him if ne
willing to waive the right of reQusitiOn to take
charge Of the man, as was not an Oficar, and he
said certainly"
Q. Did Mr.. Clarvoe tell you what his business
was over In BaltimoreH A oh, no; 1 never asked
q. On the way home from Baltimore to Wash
ington, had you any conversation with Mr.. CIsr-
voc? A. Oh, yes, sir; we had.
q. In relation to Green2 A. As we neared tho
city; he was sitting with Mr. Green in front pfme
during most OF the passage hither, but few miles
out he came and took seat beside me. We had
some conversation in relation to Green,
q. What was II? A. 1t was the manner Of dis
posing OF him. Mr.. Clarvoe was rather inclined
at think, nv request to him he came told
him did not want the matter to have any pub
hcity, because ! thought It would be q very brill
and as personal accommodation TO me Mr.. Clsr-
voc acted, l think, in the whole matter
Mr.. Green coming over, and You aid not A.
did not want to have anything to do with Green
particularly. l had pleassnter company than
voc, suppose,
BEING AN oBBIcER,
naturally took his position beside Mr. Green
., z; DID You desire him to do sol A. Certainly.
oil the man; that he was in his custody. Ofcourse
bad no authority to lay violent hands on his
q. How did 1t happen that you made the infor-
nation on which the arrest Of Green was made?
a: wen, suppose that Is rather metaPhysical
ted on my mind. Now, knew the general sp-
pearance Of Mr.. Green. As to swearing TO his
identity positively Of course could not do it, be-
Gauge i simply met the man In the ordinary
routine OF business, and there was nothing In that
business to arouse my attention in any manner to
Mr.. Green. Upon my mind there was q general
impression Of the man who personatea Edes-
The general characteristics of the man know
q. Did Mr.. Green possess those?
Witness. The general characteristics Of the
man think were like those Of the man who per-
sonated Edes.
O. was it upon this you made the oath upon
which he was arrested? A. No, sir; what operated
upon my mind most strongly, were the facts CON-
municated to me by Mr.. Perry and the informa-
lion received from Marshal Frey's office, and the
questions put to me by Mr.. Green.
Q. What questions? A. Why those questions
Is to where was from. thought he recognized
ne.
Q. In the barber shop2 A. Yes, sir.
Q. And you thouht you recognized him? A.
Yes, sir; thought / did at the time.
Q. That lead to his arrest? A. Yes, sir.
q. VIII you tell me what dissipated those i'm
metaphysical, psychological, phys
illogical or anything else-from your mind alter
he arrest? A. will saw now, as then, that he
has the general characteristics of the man who
ersonated Edes. There Is no mark about him
hat know Of that / can swear positively as to
his identity, but 1t was the evidence Of Mr..
Evans.
Q. was IT that alone A. No, sir; not that
Hone.
O. What else? A. 1t was that In connection
with Mr.. ClarVoe's conversation and the appear
lnce Of Green after
THE CAUSE OF HIS ARREST
vas communicated to him.
o. What conversation with Mr.. ClorvOef A.
Nothing only the appearance Of the man after
he cause OF his arrest was communicated to
fast tad IN Inn,