The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-10

unseating Farwell. Of Chicago, and seat
ing Lemoyne.
THE SAFE BURGLARY INVESTIGATION.
The testimony given yesterday by Col.
Whitley before the House Committee on
Judiciary, seeming to implicate General
Babcock in the safeiburglary conspiracy,
the latter had an opportunity to be heard
this afternoon.
He stated that in the spring Of 1874
Solicitor Banfeld called on him at the
request Of Col Whitley (who was at that
time absent from the city asking him TO
interest himself to prevent his removal
from office us Chief Of the Treasury
Secret Service Division. Whitley had
heard OF the efforts to displace him. Gen.
Babcock saw the President and Secretary
Of the Treasury on the subject, and find.
ing there was no desire on their part to
remove Whitley Gen. Babcotk requested
Solicitor Banfeld to telegraph TO Col.
Whitley to come and see him. Solicitor
Banfeld did so. and Whitley returned to
to the city and called on Gen. Babcock,
who told him what he had done in
his behalf and the result. Whitley
Expressed his gratitude for the favor ren.
dered and said il he could ever be Of any
service to Gen. BabcoCk he must let him
know. As personal attacks had been made
on him (Babcock), some time after those
occurrences, charging him with fraud in
the measur ement OF certain improve
men,s made by the Board OF Public
Works, to be.paid for by the Government,
he recalled the conversation he had with
Whitley, and concluded TO employ him TO
find out all his assailants. Mr.. Whitley
coming to General Babcock's room at
the Executive Mansion 10 receive in.
structions on that subject, General Bah.
cock requested him to report to Mr.. Gid.
con, now deceased. But Mr.. Gideon new.
er informed General BabcocE that any
report had been made TO him by Col.
Whitley. General BabcOck said he never
had made any ofthe measurements him.
self. They were made by his assistants.
The names OF the same persons who had
made an attack on him in connection
with this subject were, according to the
Information he received, according to his
memory, Blumenberg, Severson. and
Alexander, neither OF whom did he then
know, nor did he know either of them
now.
In response to u question from the
COMMITTEE General Babcock sail he knew
nothing about the safe burglary. II he
had known it was meditated he should
have taken measures topreventll.
The committee produced n letter from
Babcock to Whitley, without date and
written in pencil, in which Babcock said
Whittly's letter had been received; he had
attended to the matter at once and before
the letter reached Whitley he and his
men would be paid, as "they" said they
would send money at once TO pay them,
and Gen. Babcock concluded his letter by
saying something like the following: You
can wait with confidence that in the end
your services will be fully appreciated.
This Is reported he the substance OF the
letter, which Gen. BabcoCk explained by
saying that Whitley wrote to him that he
and his men had been turned out Of office
and badly treated, and had not received
their arrears OF pay, and asking Gen.
Babcock to interest himself in this respect
lin their behalf. Gen. Babcock went to
the Treasury and saw Solicitor Bantield,
who said whatever money was due to
these men should be paid; the money was
due from the Government.
General Rabcock being asked what he
meant by using The word "they," in let
ters to Whitley, he replied, nothing
more than the Treasury officers under
whose direction the money would be
paid. He further said that he did not
know whether those men have been paid,
and there never was dollar Of money
transaction between him and Col White.
ly. =,
The committee also examined Albert
Kurtz, /. Nettleship and New York
lawyer named Summerville. The two
former substantiate the statements oil
Whitley so far as they knew of the details
Of the safe burglar transaction.
Nettleship said he was arrested by
Whitley; that "the thing would be all
right, and he inferred that some one very
high up in office was back Of it."
Sommeryille was questioned concerning
an affidavit he procured from one OF the
burglars named Benton, while in jail here
duplicating Columbus Alexander in the
transaction. He said Harrington first
suggested to him to get Benton to make
such an oilidavit, anil that he would see
that nothing would come OF it, for he
would pigeon hole it.
ARREST OF ". o. AVERY.
W.O. Avery, convicted in St. Louis Of
being connected with the whisky frauds,
was tonight arrested by United States
Marshal and committed to Jail to await
the proper papers for his removal to st.
Louis, his bail being forfeited.
THE scHENcK INVESTIGATION.
To-day T. W. Park continued his tes-
timony before the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs in confederation Of the
statement OF General Scllenck and in de-
nial Of Lyons testimony, some Of which
he denounced as utterly false. His tes-
timony was mostly devoted to the pres
ent condition Of the mine.
CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATION.
The Civil Service Committee, charged
with the investigation Of the reason why
charges OF forgery against John w.
Wright and Alex. Clopperton, late pen
sion agents, were not prosecuted last
month as intended, and why j. A. Will
Hanson, who had charge OF the case, was
summarily dismissed on the night pre-
vious to his intended departure to the
Indian Territory for evidence, and why
Ross, confederate Of Wright, was nom.
mated as agent TO the defrauded Indians
held meeting to-day.
Secretary Chandler said he knew moth
ing about the charges against Wright
He dismissed Williamson upon intorma'
tion that he was not the proper person
to be employed.
Assistant Attorney General Gaylord
testified that in looking over certain
Cherokee cases he found the name ot
Williamson mixed up with very ques.
tionable transactions in connection with
General Blunt. Chandler said Ross was
suggested by the Presbyterian Board and
witness spoke too fresh about him, who
thought Ross would make a good mar
for the place. ,,,.,,.
fied that he was satisfied there was crimi'
nal conduct on the part Of Wright. The
civil suit in this district was tried and
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