The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-11
mission Of money. He said he may have

Question.-Did you have any othel
business transactions with Belknap
Answer.-No other transactions than Z
send him the money which he received
from Fort Sill.
He was then examined in re
gard to his acquaintance with Belknap
and the meeting with his wife and
Mrs. Marsh, at WeStpoint, but could re
member very few Of the details, saying
il all happened so long ago that he had
forgotten II. As TO Conversation which
passed between him and General BelknaE
when he paid moKey in person. Marsh
said they never had q conversation, Belk,
nap always took the money but they had
no explanation Of any kind, BelknaF
neither asking nor Marsh volunteering
any information.
lie was asked in.regard to the last pay
ment to Belknap.
He said It was made according to Bel
knaps direction; $3.50 to him and $3.50 TO
Mrs. Belknap. He sent the money to Mrs.
Belknap and addressed it 10 her at her
residence. but the letter miscarried, and
he saw her al The 81. James Hotel in New
York and paid her the money in person
the letter having in the meantime turned
up. The witness related the manner
in which he obtained the contract from
Evans, and in answer TO question as TO
what led to the reduction from ST., 900 to
50, 900 year in payment for the post, he
safd IL was mainly due TO the complaints
Of Evans and his partner, Fisher; the
Tribune article may have had something
10 do with it. The next time ! saw tue
Secretary after the publication OF the
Tribune article he asked me il I had q
contract with Evans told him yes. l
asked him who he thought was the insti.
gator Of the article; he gave the name Of
Gen. Hazen. Witness said he presumed
the Secretary knew where the money was
coming from that was being paid him.
Witness made the first payment 10 Mrs.
now deceased, in November,
1870; sent It to her by express; the package
was addressed to Secretary Belknap'and
inside was another package, containing
the money, addressed TO Mrs. Belknap.
Mr.. Carpenter asked that an attach
ment be issued for John s. Evans, post
trader at Fort Sill. It was shown that
he had been summoned by telegraph, and
after discussion it was ordered that q
subpoena be issued for him. to attend i'm
Mr.. Carpenter said the examination Of
his witness had been rather peculiar.
He had been escorted around tae case
two or three times, and as many times
had been brought close to the. border OF
It. The counsel for the defense desired
to examine his testimony closely. before
upon the csoss.examination, and
he asked Permission to waive the cross
until tomorrow. So or
dered. 't
Marsh, in reply to questions by the
managers, further testified that when
Mr.. Evans wanted 2 favor he wrote to
him (Marsh), and Il was forwarded by
him to the Secretary Of War.
GEN. HAzEN's TESTIMONY.
Breyet Major General Hazen, Colonel
Of the Sixth fnfantry;was sworn and ex-
amined. Witness was inter- ogated in
reference to an article published in the
Tribune in 1872, but objection was made
by the counsel for the defense to his tes-
Iifying as to who furnished the informa-
lion for that article, and the objection
was sustained. 80 4Tk
Q. Did SECRETARY Belknap go to you
about this matter TO ascertain as TO the
truth Of the article after it appeared in
lhe paper? .
objected TO by the defense, and after
the Senate, by vote Of 10 to
IS, decided 10 admit il and Gen. Hazen
Ill at he did rot.' as.i'i - i
In answer TO n question, witness testi-
fed that he'was in Washington after the
article appeared and testified before the
Committee on Military Affairs, but had
written TO the War Depart.
ment about all matters pertaining 10
farming out post traderships. '-.
Mr.. Carpenter objected to such testi-
mony, saying that il any such letters
we're on lile in the War Department, let
them be produced, and not take the state
ment Of witness.
Mr.. Lapham said that was just what
they couldn't do, as they. were semi
official communications, and were taken
away from the Department by the de-
iendant..
Gen. Belknap and Mr.. Carpenter-Not
At all; not at all.
After a consultation among the man
ayers, the question was withdrawn.
Upon cross.examination witness said
he testified before the committee because
he did not believe the Secretary OF War
would pay any attention 10 his commune
cation. !
Carpenter asked witness il he wrote a
letter 10 the Secretary Of War in Septem-
Der, 1875. marked confidential. ~
Witness replied in the affirmative.
Q.-Are you willing to have confidence
and allow the letter to be read.
Al am willing the letter should be
read.
The letter was handed to witness who
.ead il as follows:
tcoundeutIaI.l