Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-04
THE CASE OF BELSSsp, SEC
RETARY or WAX.

retGrv ot War. has resigned. lie has
been formally iulpesehed for his misfea-
Sance by resolution OF the House of
Representatives. unanimously adopted.
The accusing witness upon whose testi-
Inony he has thus been ilpeached is
Dns Caleb p. Marsh. e citizen Of New
FORK. The circumstances of the case
are in substance as follows:
Marsh and his wife met Mrs. Belknap
and Mrs. Bowers AZ Long Branch IL the
summer ot 1870. On the return o: the
Marshes to New Yo.k. Mrs Belknap
and Mrs. Bowers went with them. They
spent several weeks there. and during
the time of their visit Mrs.. BeIknan was
taken sick. When she got better CT her
sickness she suggested 10 Marsh to as
ply to the War Office for the position OF
Pest Trader on the frontier, renarkinS
that it was lucrative position. Marsh
replied that he knew nothing about such
matters, sad remarked tina, ne vas with
u. political Influence After Mrs. Bel
KNAPP returned TO Washington she tele-
-,yapbed TO Marsh to NEE: h5r there, and
ne did so. He vas told that the posi-
ZION OF Post Trader at Fort Sill Was va
caUt. and tina. Ly applying 70 the Secre-
Jary OF War he cou!d secure the appoint
-leat. He made the application and
was fayorably treated. Marsh wGs told,
el;her by Mrs. Beikaap or the secretary
himself. that one john :. Eva2s, the
then present incumben, OF tine office of
Trader IA. Fort Sill. was III Tie city and
was az applicant for renewal # his
commission NsrsL met Evans. ut Bel
maps suggestion, and made 81 Grange
men, with him whereby Evans Was 70
pay Marsh twelve thousand dollars per
..anEra, bonus. TO allow hin. Evans. to
continue 10 hold the offce. We quote
IS follows from the Press report Of this
sLa,aeiu! business:
When tie frs: remittance came to NE. /
say probably in November. 1870. sent
one-half thereof to Mrs. Bellrap. either
presume by certificate Of deposI. or IL
bank notes. by express. Being in Wash
iug1On a. Z funeral some weeks after
this had L conversation with SIrs. Bow |
er. to the following plrport: / vent up
stairs in the nursery with 1IJS. Bowers
20 see the baby. ! said to her: This |
child will have money coming 90 It be- |
- l. :, -T-s
mother gave the child to ne and told as !
that the money coming from YOU she I
must take and keep for IL l said ''Ali I
right, aEl i seems 10 ne / sad that /
perhaps the father ought - be coz
suited. l say it seems 50, and vet I can 4
i've no reason Coz L, FOX IS f.c as knew 4
the father knew nothing OF any money 4
transactions between tine mother and /
myself. l have q f-IEt recollection OF a 4
remark of Mrs. Bowers that Il l sent /
the morey TO the father that it belonged |
20 her, ana she would get 1t anyway. ] |
certainly had some understanding then |
or subsequently with her or him, for |
when the next payment came due l sent
one-half to the Secretary of War, and |
nave continued substantially from that |
lay to forward the same. About, | /
should say, one and half to two years
after the commencement: of these pay
mslts, l reduced the amount to SC. 900 |
per annum. The reason OF this reduc-
ion was partly because CT combined
complaints on the part OF Eyans aud his
partner, and partly, SO iar as l remem
Der, II consequences of an article in the
about that time rejecting on
the Injustice done TO soldiers at this fort,
caused by ex0rbitaEt charges, made ne
cessary on tie part OF traders by reason
If the payment OF this bonus. To tie
best Of my knowledge and belief the
above is true Statement; oi ali the facts
n the case and as coinpis:e as can re-
occurrences OF SO many years
ago. The money was ssut according to
the Instructions Of the SecIe ,ary of War,
sometimes in bank notes by Adams Ex-
press, and think on one or more occa-
sions by certificates Of deposit in the Ma
tional Bank of America in New York.
have paid him il New York
in person.
In reply to question concerning tine
mount of money received by him from
Evans. he replied that il aggregated
about SAC, 00u. As he intima:es that he
divided his spoils with the Belknaps. he
must have paid them no less than $20,-
300. he further states that upon re
,eiving subpoena by telegraph to ap-
pear before the House Committee on
Military Affairs, he showed i. to Bel
man and consulted will, him SIS to what