The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-03
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the truth / shall certainly tell, and If
does not hurt General Belknap, no one
will be more reticent than myself
reached the committee room about two
o'clock yesterday morning and upon be-
ing sworn l made statement to certain
members of the facts in the case
more briefly, but substantially Us
1 have now answered IN re-
ply to your chief intcrrogations.
When l returned to the hotel yesterday
afternoon DR.. Tomlinson was waiting at
nv room at Arlington, to see me, and |
asked me how l got along with the com
mittee, told him that had told the |
story from beginning to end, and at the |
request of the gentlemen present L
was going to reduce it to writing and
appear before the committee to-day at
1880 with it, be wanted TO know how
bad stated the fact that all these payments
10 the secretary had been made, in
consequence Cf the original agree
ment with Mrs. Belknap, said |
had stated the facts as they occurred at the
time according TO my best recollection
and belief l told / would furnish him
COPY of the statement l would make
before the committee. l prepared
statement last night and gave him a copy
about eight o'clock this morning, being
substantially a copy of that submitted
in answer TO Your chief interrOhatory,
save that have filed up the blanks DR..
Tomlinson came back to my room about
1850 last evening, and l asked him
whether he had seen Mr.. Blackburn
since | made my statement in the after
noon, and what impression it had made
on the gentlemen who had heard It..
He SAID he did not like 10 say he had
seen Mr.. Blackburn, but he SAID he had
seen one OF the committee, who ex-
pressed the opinion that my statement
would involve the secretary. He then
made stronger appeal to me than ever
before, saying that | was the friend Of
the secretary; that II this thing came out
il would ruin him; that his wife was in
great distress about it, and he himself, as
her brother and the friends of the family
were IN great trouble, and tbas
i could | should drop it..
DR.. Tomnnson, | have about finished nay
written statement, and ! will real 1t 10
ycu. | then read it TO MIN, He SAID he
did not see but that il was all right; that
things could be explained yet If they
coulu provo that tais money was Orgi-
nally sent to General Beknep by Mrs
Beinap's orders. General Belknap
would be subpensed, and would prove
to the committee that Mrs. BelkDaps
estate was entirely separate from his, and
tsat MS money is received through me.
lie had always kept distinct from his.
Question by chairman-D,d you ever
have any business relations oil
snv kind or nature whatever
with the late Mrs. Belkap or The present
Mrs. Belknap or either of them, other
than those arising from this Fort Sill
leadership? Have you ever had any
sum or sums Of money or any evidence
If Indebtedness or securities Of any sort
or description whatever belonging -
either of them, or have YOU at any time
been Indebted TO either OF them IN Gny
way, manner, form or description? A
Never. Thepresent Mrs. Belkrap, years
ago may have consulted me on business
matters, but there were no monetary
transactions whatever between Us other
than have heretofore stated
Q. by Chairman-When was tic baby
of the late Mrs Belknap born and when
did it die? The baby Of the late Nrs.
belknap was born in the autumn OF 1870
and died during the summer OF 1871.
q by Mr. Robbins-ln the conversation
had with TIE present Mrs. Belknap at the
funeral of her sister in December 1870
or in any other conversation had with
her or any other person at any time was
it the understanding that the money you
were to pay and w,re paying was to be
the money of Mrs. Bciknap the present
wife OF tho Secretary Of War. Alt
was not.
The foregoing deposition and state
ment, made under oath, having been
carefully read in fall to Mr. Caleb p,
Marsh, the witness, in The presence Of
the committee, and he having made such
alterations and corrections therein Is ne
deemed lust, he assert to it as correct.
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