Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-03

down stairs TO leave. He followed
aud asked me into the .parlor aud
said ;-.'i want to make last appeal
70 you to stay longer" he said; eff
r .went he would be iruincd.' | said
i would ruin him if | went before the
committee, and left and tooklthe
train for New York. On reaching
home | consulted my attorney,
asking him if the committee could
reach me by power Of subpoena il
they would ask no questions that would.
= bc'ditlicult for me to answer, and that
/ MIR. Blackburn said he Thought il the
committee still wanted 10 examine me
/ they would appoint u subcommittee to
come ever to New York to do 40, He
came TO my room and told him to 90
ipto the sitting room, and when dressed
4 would join him, and would write such
: letter rs lie said, if | could. I<wroic a
letter from the sketch of romlinsonss;
the cndcavor was to exculpatc' the sccrc-
tary There was nothing in it unrcason-
able, but it did not state the whole truth.
~ WAS a very short letter. He took 1t
with the contract enclosed He
SAID he would take letter. and
tue contract to Blackburn, who
Moytd show: it to the committee.
lett the country. stated the case to
MIR. Bartlett. We discussed, the mat.
ter of my leaving the country, went ,
home and found three dispatches from
DIR. VIM. Tomlinson, a abrothcl-in-law
OF the secretary. Their purpor, was
not 10 lie ' that he had good news
that he WAS coming over. ] decided
not to be governed by that, bu, was
doug. Thought they only wished
TO Tx up some new story, but
that would BE party TO any trick.
was packed to leave. About mid
night, February 9th, DR.. Tomlinson
arrived ,at my house. He said, nave
seen Gen. Blackburn; l,cis a cousin
OF mine who said he thought if you,
Marsh, would write letter, some
'l.ing like the one which he, Tomlil.
son, would suggest, that there
would be no further inves-
t'ga,ians, and if there was
de lcftNat 2 O'clock, Il iday morning.
Friday night tire subpGm Of ,he,com.
nlttec was served on me. Saturday
morning Dr.. TomIiuson again APP
|pearcd and asked II | had bet.l sub
pce,aed. He continued telling what
he wanted inc toNsny before the com Z.
mittee. He wanted me TO telegraph
-rhc- c0rnmiucc tt1Ut my -wite WIS
sick and did. ] said TO Dr. Tom
l'nson, 81 was. sorry could not make
the statement he desired. | had
thought Of it SO much it nearly made
me crazy, and-we went 10 see my
lawyer. DR.. TomIinson still insisted
that ii could swear that Gen. Bel
KNAPP knew nothing of the arrange
mcnt With his sister or Mrs. Bclkuap,
(Dcccased) and could not swear ut
the time it was at her funeral | made
an arrangement with the present Mrs. "
Belknap, by which was to send her
all this money, through the secretary,
that the whole thing still be settled.
$50 a. NJ. Irhc testimony Of
Marsh continues to implicate Tom
l'nson as endcavoring to prcvailupols
him to save the secretary Of war with
whom, he, Marsh, claimsto have been
in colIusion,hut Marsh, acting appar-
emily under supers,itious horror Of
|.perjuring himself, refuses to do any
thing but to make a clean breast
of transactions which were main.
" made with the women
of BeIknap's household. While
the testimony is very damaging to
the secretary Of war, Marsh convic:s
himself with being worm unfit to
to be recognized as human being.