Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-23

Immediately or remotely, received
any money whatever from him result
ing from the claim Of the Kentucky
'Gentral. Some Of the thirty thousand
dollar, drafts was spent by him III pay
mcnt ofprivatc debts and the pur-
chase of various articles and the bal
ance takon by hnu to Eu'ope.
c. p. MARSH rEsTIFIEs.
c. T. Marsh being sworn, testi-
fed that he had,i. Montreal, >lookel
over the printed account of his testi-
mony and with one inconsderable adj
dHion, it was correct. The addition
is that | returned to the secretary of
war a'ter had gone to New York
with MIR. Evans; that requested the
secretary to make the appointment of
Evans, the post trader. came to
Washington on the request of Mrs.
Belknap, not OF the secretary Of war.
When | came here l called on her
first, not on him. She told me She
had prevailed pn him to give me the
appo!n ment.
Witness made some payments to
ii-Brsknap Sin person, in New York.
giving trim bark =notus. He supposed
3elknnp understood where-tlle money
came from without any conversation
upon the subject. HE wnness migh,
have said 10 him, 'here is 81, 800
or present of money" He was un;
assr-.A.:-ssnpresSl B.elhtas s-k4,-w
f'ic money came from tt. sill In
answer 10 The question:, how he came
to make a present to Mrs. Belllnap,
the witness replied that Mrs. Belknap
must have known OF, the arrange
ilnenl he made with Evans. | car t ex
plpln ii. The package was sent to
tMEs.-BelEnap, 50 far as 1new. She
was surprised at the present. ! had
SAID to Mrs. BeIknap that SIZE NIGH,
expect present when she spoke OF
getting me the appointnIen1. u sem
only one package 10 Mrs. Bc!knap
! She died Il few months after. | can,
say when the second payment was
made, except that ii was ;rbout three
months alter the first sent the
halt of it 10 the secretary OF war. |
don't remember the correspondence
with Gen. Belknap, except whe,,
Evans asked for some favor u, Fl. Sill
In such cases would send Evans
letters to the secretary of. war with q
note something like tsis: 81 forward
a request from Mr.. Evans. Can yo,
comply with i,?'' For he had asked
Tthe secretary to appoint Evans to hi
place and the secretary did so.
Ques,ion-Do you believe that the trans
mission Of money to Gen. Belknap wa
dshonorubley
Answer felt that if it should becom
known il would disgrace him
Question-Was that the reason for de
7stroying all the evidences of payment il
your hands?
Answer should certainly say no.
4 Ques!lon-Why did you, voluntarily
1 without solicitation, offer to Gen. Belknap
! money, constituting transaction tha
would disgrace him?
Ansn er.-I do not know Th,
first money sent-was to Mrs. Belk
nap. The next was ito General Belk
nap. Whether this was in conse,
iquencc Of any arrangement with he
can't say. had no idea that tn
transactions would be made public.
did not consider them crimina
, tliough.if known they would disgrac
: him.
Question. Can you state how yd
i. came to pay the secretary the money
, Answer.-lt must have been
! consequence Of sonie arrangement o
4 the night after the funeral of Mr.
& Bclknap, with Secretary Belknap {
d Mrs. Bower.
]. questionable not Mrs. Bow,
J say, "you mnst not let the sccretar
vi know you are going to make me pre-
d ent"? Did not that implies that I'll
It secretary would be oftended?j
S Answer.-l got some impressic
when at the funeral, either from h
q or him that could send money
" him.
q Adjourned.
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