Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-03-15

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r contract between Won and Evans cv,
!. the subject of conversation betwee
I Won and the Secretary of Warp
/. Answer. IL never was as rcmen
}. Der, save in one instance but | am ne
, positive; vet ii seems to me when ii
. article in the newspapers regarding n
{ fairs at Fort SiIl-probably in 1877,
/. about the time the reduction was mad
/ in the payments from sIs 900 TO SO 90
. appeared. The next time saw tb
Secretary Of War be asked me ii | ha
. contract with Evans. | told him
had. | hever Showed it 10 him or an
one else until | produced n here
ANOTHER LEADING QUESTION Ann TN
ANSWER.
Question by the Chairman. Ate
receiving the telographic subpmn
from the Sergeant-at. arms to appea
before this committee, which was Of
Monday, the 2lst of the month, did OF
como TO Washington Immediately, an,
if so, had you an interview with tn
Secretary of War, and when an,
where2
Answer | came to Washington ol
Wednesday, the 23d Of this month.
went to the house of the Secretary o
War; stayed Wednesday night and re
turned on Thursday morning after.
showed the Secretary of War the telc
graphic subpoena and asked him wha
it meant. He said he supposed it wa
to state before the committee what
know about our transactions together
| said did notliko TO appear, because
thought my testimony would be dam
aging to or would implicate him, oi
give him trouble. He said he thought
not, and advised me to stay and meet
the committee. During that evening
my conversation wasiichiefy with his
wife, he being present part of the time
and understanding the general tenor OF
our conversation. She suggested |
should make a statement which would
satisfy the committee and exculpate
the Secretary. She wanted me to 90
before the committee and represent
that she and | had business transac-
tons togetherfor many years, and that
this money had sent the Secretary,
was money that she had from time to
time deposited with him as kind Of
banker, and that she had instructed
me TO send it to the Secretary for her /;
| dined there and spent the evening
and stayed all night retiring about 12
o'clock. The evening was devoted 10
discussing this matter. Jtold her that
the statement would not hold water
before the committee, and even if it
would, | could not make it, At the
same time / was so wrought up and
had such anxiety, she pressing and
pressing me about II, and having slept
little since the receipt of the subpoena,
and sympathizing with their condi-
ton, did not give them positive an
swer that night. | went 10 bod at ~
o'clock, and do not suppose ! slept
wink They said they would break.
fast about o'clock; | came down
about s and met the Secretary alone.
| told him | thought | had better
leave, and get out of the country, for
| would not pcijurc myself for any one
that could afford to have my throat
cut, but not to pcrjure myself He re-
piled he did not wish me to do that,
that we could fix il up some other way.
| said ~ think had better leave the
country" The Secretary said would
ruin him il | left. | said "le | 90 be-
fore the committee | will surely ruin
you, for ! will tell the TRUTH He was
greatly excited. When came down
stairs to leave he followed and asked
me into the parlor and said, ~ want TO
make a last appeal" He said if | went
he would be ruined. | said would
ruin him if went before the commit |
tee, and | left and took the limited ex-
press for New York. On reaching
homo consulted my attorney, asking
him if the committee could reach me
by subpoena il / left the country. |
stated the case to him. MIR. Bartlett,
No. l20 Broadway, Equitable Build
ing, was my attorney. He asked if |
was subppnaed. told him had a
telegraphic despatch calling me to
Washington. He said that if . subpp-
IA had been duly served they could
give me considerable trouble, but that
On atelcgnphic message they could not
reach me if ! was out of the country.
asked him how long | would have to
stay. He said if the committee had
cave to sit during the recess could
not come back until the present Con.
yress expired. then went home, and
ound there despatch from Dr. VIM.
romlinson, the brother-in-law of the
Secretary. It's purport was not to
cave; he had good news; he was COM
ng over. | determined not TO be gov |
'rned by it, saying that ! was going 1
hat the only wished TO fix up some
tory, but that | would not be party l
o il. My trunk was being packed to (
cave AT about midnight Thursday,
february q, DIR. Tomlinson arrived at
ny house. He had seen Joe Black
'urn, who is q cousin of mine, who
aid he thought Marsh1 would write
letter something like one of which ,
'c Tomlinson1 would suggest that I
here wonld be no further investiga-
ion, and il there was they would ask I
70 questions il would be difficult for
nc to answer and that Mr.. Blackburn