The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 8.-Miss Ada c. Sweet.
pension agent at Chicago, testified before the
Committee on Civil Service this morning, IN
relation to the charge of paying money for her
position as pension agent. She testified that
she was an applicant for the position and in
consideration Of receiving the appointment
agreed to pay David Blakey, pension agent,
81, 100, and was directed by him to pay the
money over to Il. III. Campbell, then, as now,
United States Marshal for that district. When
she had paid %, 100 che notified Blakely and
Campbell that she had performed her part OF
the contract, but Campbell told her that was
not correct, that he had a note against Blakely
for $4,000 and she was to pay the whole of
that note. Witness stated that Campbell is
Gen. Babcock's father-ln-law. Considerable
correspondence passed between all the parties
on the subject. Blakely was also defaulter
as pension agent in the sum Of $4,000. When
he tdrned the Office over to Miss Sweet, he
turned over to her $4,000 and induced her to
give him receipt for $4,000 to cover up his
deficit and promised to attend to 1t in few
weeks. He did not do so, and when the Office
was visited by an Official from the pension office
and Miss Sweet told him the whole story, the
agent told her he would delay the examination
OF her Office until he was on his return trip, 30
as to allow some further time for paying this
deficit. One day after the Minnesota election
Gen. j. II. Baker, Missouri commissioner OF
pensions, and Blakely came into her Office and
demanded that the $4,000 deficit be paid that
day, and charged it upon her own deficit. She
went TO Campbell and between them the amount
was raised. Campbell gave her a note for
about II, 900 which she endorsed and got dis
counted and she raised the balance. On that
occasion Blakely and Commissioner Baker were
great friends and Baker knew OF the arrange
ment she made with Blakely. When the Presi-
dent found out that she was paying out money
for her appointment he notified her that con-
tinuance of it would be sufficient cause for re-
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She had paid out so much on that account that
so far she had received no benefit from her APP
pointment as pension agent but had run into
debt and was still behind about 81. 900. Baker
Is now surveyor general for Minnesota and
Biakely is publishing paper somewhere in
that vicinity.
The above are some of the man points in Miss
Ada Sweets testimony before an investigating
committee at Washington, touching certain
transactions Of one David Blakely, the prede-
cessor Of MISS Sweet, and editor in-chief of the
Chicago Post. and one B. H. Campbell the
fatber-in-law OF Gen. Babcock the thieving pri-
vate secretary. Mr. Blakely went from Chicago
to st. Paul and became one Of the editors of
the Pioneer Press, leading journal of that
State. When this matter got into the newspa-
pers last winter, Mr.. Blakely's paper, the
Pioneer Press, on the 5th Of January last pub
lshed a statement denying that General Logan
had any connection with him 10 any possible
shape, and added:
"The charge as to a transaction Of any kind
between Miss Sweet and Mr.. Blakeley, Marshal
Campbell or Gen. Logan or anybody else, re-
1 fecting disbonorably upon them or either OF
| them regarding money transactions IS wholy
and malIciously false, and without ono scintilla
of truth TO rest its poisoned foot upon. Tt
conclude, this statement is made by Mr.. Blake
| ly upon honor, and with entire readiness and
expectation to make it good"
Mr.. BIakely should be punished severely fol
the double crime OF defaIcation and fraud in
procuring receipt to cover up and hide his