National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-21

then be left I A. No, sir; there was another man
named holland who called to him. BE ssid. aNo.
waiting for you" and they went OF together.
Q. DID you see Billy Evans outsider A. no,
Q. Only that remark was made, where is
BLY," and holland replied, she is on the out
sids2f A. Yes, sir.
Q, Have you any knowledge whether they
went to BaitiTSIss A: NO, sir; have not:
BY MI. Hsniis: Q. What time Of the day was
well as j can smemberNprO6ably q little before
or little after, but about o'clock.
g: Had Charlie been drinking any, that you
@ Did he take drink while he was In your
restaurant A. No, sir.
By Mr.. Nichols: Q. You did not loan him the
I loaned him the money before he gave me- the
BY Colonel Bsrrst: Q. Are you quite certain as
to that7 A. No, sir; am not positive, but I
think so as well as can remember.
O.. You think you loaned him the money be-
fore he made the statement A. Yes, sir; think
By Mr.. Nichols: Q. Although you did not feel
interested in this Mr. Martin, you doubtless men
toned 1t to some person, or you would not have
been called here as witness? A. Yes, sir; I men,
toned II to some parties.
NSSt e MnS diS you tell frst' A. told George
@. Mr.. McElfresh, tho detectiveH A. Yes, sir.
". w men Qlu you tell mimi a. frOD9Dly ten or
hfteen days after this thing; do not remember
ten days or two weeks. and told, also, Mr.. P. NJ
@. Did Mr.. McEIfresh come to you to get IT.
A. No, sir; went to him.
Col Berret. Perhaps # is due to the witness
that should state that ne called at my once this
Dubant, and made known to me his knowledge
upon the subject, and expressed desire to acquit
to the best mode Of accomplishing that result. I
told him If he felt the best plan for him was to
appear before this board, and would have him
subpenaed here, which caused to be done i'm.
BY MI HenkIe: q. You did not hear Mr. Clar-
woes name mentioned In connection with 1t at all?
BY Mr. Nichols: @. Have you ever heard Mr.
Clarvoes name mentioned in connection with the
in any way with this matteF-With the release of
Snyder A. No, sir; in no way at all have not
heard his name mentioned In any way.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY LACEY.
By Mr.. Cook: Q. Where were you the day that
Snyder was bailed out in the Police OourtF A.
was at the Police Court.
@. Were you there at the time the bailIng took
@. Did you see the TRANSACTION A. Yes, sir.
=. Who were present at that time? A. Mr.
was Edes, at the time, and Mr.. Ecklof and Mr..
Barton. do not remember OF others.
Q. Did you see him before they came up into
the room or afterWardsH A. met them on the
q. Now, as you met them on the landing, were
there any other persons with them? A. met
Mr.. Evans and this man Edes.
Q. Who was in advance? A. Mr.. Evans and
him came up nearly aside; about step ahead.
q. Did you see Mr.. Clarvoe about there? A.
q. What took place at the time of the baiI2
What was said? A. saw the clerk; heard
bis responsibility walked from the back to the
door near where the judge enters. When got
there he had gotten through answering the ques-
tiOn. and then heard him acknowledge himself
as indebted to the United States IN the of
5000.
Q. Did you hear him give any name on that
/ am pretty positive.
@. How long did you remain in there after the
nizance was given by lis man, said to be Edes,
and until Snyder was released from jail and
brought over, and they also took his recogni-
O. Did you hear the remark made by MIR. Eek
loft A. / heard Mr.. Ecklof say something, but
6S' second door to door near Whsf tSe
q. Have you seen this man Green SINGER A.
q. Have you seen him since he has been semitic
Q. Where did you see him SINGER A. In Balti-
q. Is It the same mani A. The same man.
q. You are quite clear in regard to thatH A.
O. Now, tell rs, please, Mr.. Lacey, what makes
you SO positiveH A. was there waiting to get
al answer in regard to the bond of q man, and
and seeing no one present but Mr.. Evans, that is,
coming with him, supposed, taking his personal
bond in the sum Of $500, It attracted my atten-
noticed him while he was acknowledging himself.
q. You noticed him distinctly A. Yes, sir.
Baltimore you had no difficulty in recognizing
him as the personf A. No, sir; had no hssita-
ton in saying he was the man. 1 was perfectly
q. Did you observe anything about his eyes or
fase, or neck, or anythingH A. No, sir; he had
Particularly, but noticed a mark he had there,
such mark as generally results from scrofulous
affection on the neck.
Q. scar was 4? A. les, sir, and could see
very well from where was standing. His hair
looked q little darker than 1t did the day saw
@. What was that markP Did It look like q
wound-a cut that had healed over2 A. 1t
looked like sore that had healed up.
. Q; But the mark Of the sore was clear and dis
@. Perfectly healed at the timer A. oh, yes,
q. Now, as you have been around the Police
Court and in Baltimore q great deal and all
rC und, have you at any time come in possession
Of any laGts Of irHM me- St9HTs 6snang IN
release of Snyder on that occasion from jail? A.
] have not I have not heard anything, only
ing. have not heard anything in connection
with Mr.. Clarvoe. I never saw Mr.. Claryoe
around there speaking to Mr.. Evans but once in
there to bring him ont at the time of this Peg
Leg Brown affair, I think It was. think he came
Mr.. Cook. cannot think of anything else.
Possibly you may, DR.. Nichols.
By Mr.. Nichols: Q. Are you connected with
the Police Court? A. No, sir; was formerly
connected with 1t.
BY Mr.. HenkIe: Q. You are a constabIe7 A.
am not doing constable duty now.
Mr.. Nichols. 1t gratifes q legitimate curiosity
any how to know that, because did not under
stand before why he was about the Police Court
9, much as you have indicated BY your questions,
BY Mr. Cook: @. You are still acting as con-
stablef A. have not done any active duty for
q. You still bold your position? A. Yes SIR
There was some question raised about my bond,
and concluded not to do anything, although l
have bonded.
WIN. ]. MARTIN RECALLED.
Witness. wish to make an additional state
mont right here 10 my testimony. have stated
that loaned Mr.. Fisher 80 when he made this
1sE m tS state tst
money, but that have loaned him money pre-
vious TO that.
TESTIMONY OF GLEN BROOKS
BY Mr.. Cook: Q. Where are you employed? A.
! stop with the General; in General Henkle's Of
q. Did you see about MI Evans once about
the 10th of August last Mr.. VIM. Evans? A. |
Yes, sir. He stays in the office there next door to
the General. |
q. Who else did you see thereF A. Ihave seen
@. Did you see Charles G. Fisher thereq A. |
/ have seen him there backwards and forwards.
q. On that day? A. do not know, indeed.
q. Did you see a lady there in company with |
gentlemanf A. did
q. DO you know who they were? A. do not. |
lady has been there two or three different times,
and Mr.. Evans was out, and am ut the Generals |
Office there, and very frequently Mr.. Evans would
ask me to look out for his Office, being right next
door there, ard he having nobody there. told |
the lady to go in and sit down and would 20 and |
look for Mr.. Evans. This was on one occasion.
Q. Was that the same day? A. / do not know. |
q. She has been there at different times? A. |
Yes, sir.
Q. On this day was she there with any person |
or alone? a. She was there twice. Upon one oc- |
casion she did not see Mr.. Evans.
Q. Did he come in afterwards? A. Yes, sir.
q. Did she see him then? A. Yes, sir.
q. Was there any gentleman In the office? A.
There was gentleman who came with her when |
and spoke, and she walked into Mr. Evans door,
/ called her and asked her did she wish to see
Mr.. Evans: that Mr.. Evans was out, and had
asked me to give an eye to the office. then
asked her TO take q seat. She did say to some
gentleman In there: "Come in, Mr.. Evans will be
back directly" and then went out and looked
for Mr.. Evans, but could not see Mr.. Evans. l
went to several places and could not ind him, but
whether or not he had an interview with her on
that day do not know.
Q. Do you knew who that nan wasH A. do
not.
q. Have you seen him SINGER A. I do not think
have. l do not think that would know the
man. Very likely might, If were to see the
man again; very likely might know him; more
han likely would know him.