The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-14

look as If Minister SCnENCK had put his
hands into very dirty mess.
We have some account Of MACHADO's
life ard enterprises as given in his own
words. lie appeared as u witness III the
usavory MoINrynr divorce suit, a cas-" Of
which Judge Low said, "Thcrci is moro
fraud, perjury, and suhoruatiou % perjury
I'm this case than IN amy Other | have ever
had before me-" MACnADo's connection
with the case was that Of a reputation
broker concerned in procun" fraudulent
oVifrucc of adultery; and il may interest
Gcn SCurSCK to- know that his partner
and client is NOW under Indictment, and Ia
10 be tried IN the Court OF General Sc. sions
for perjury.
MAcuApo Wa. born in the Azorc Islands,
under the loftueucse ilag. lie lived in Al
rica from 1850 To 1850 or is >. and then took
up his rc.idcucc in this country. Since lac
became m American citizen he has done Il
mis,o ilancous commits .iou and brokerage
business tn cigars. hoop skirts, notes, and
exchange. as well as populations; in short,
as he himself put it, "sellmg most any
thing they give me to scll." Under cross
examination he declined to enter more cX-
priscs The following testimony relates TO
his African adventures
."p pidnt Won salt between the United states and
.. Q-fr3m it,.l; on h,}c, e believe my
"Q How many voyages did you maae TO Africa
o. Ycs,,ir. A-Four or rye.
go. We're yuu ever CHARGED with being in the sleve
~ gg.ss decline 20 aaseer nacr ady,c o. oa .l;
NJ
al,t state. referring 10 nc sc traoc2
"Miiuesa declines 60 answer
This il interesting A. indicating the prob
ahlc nature Of the claims which WIZARD
contracted that ScirHcK should undertake.
to engineer That MAcnApo had pre-
yiouslv taken lis ease To thc State DEPART
men, ut Washington, is shown by the fol-
lowing extract from his testimony in is'l;
"A-iwas 10 Washington once believe. within tho
q. ..ioD 'yn. sgo wa. tha,2 A.-some three years
'o.-v'a, lime Of the ycarY Al uinll was ihcrc
~ ycu on business mcrcP A-fvc't there
20 Na.. rar'ieu'. rusno-s2 AIN Wa.n,reion2
40 S.. .r.. eh'ro'ou tt...icf, d Aour bus'nc.r'
40 p.II oHs' h. 1it = t'c departmcnf.? Al
"O-ulY was -,cri.rv ~ sirte ai trc the you
! vrtc trr.? iA. ~ scrt ore. nNWlToN ti,u
| tf..f Cos re -. s.i.f.. F ti.f'q
] I
"The viu.c.- d'c'i 10 ansr,r. 'nf' tte vice
cel -..tat' M fi.t 81. cue i "a is laint cril
! art s''ss Goo vry INTO private tusiuUts'
MAcuNDo's writ 10 Wa.hu ston was
mado in tac spriur of ISL. lie was ac-
comuunicd 10y Nr. EENrurr. whose unmr
| amp anrs in the WIZARD contract. ard vino is
| now his counsel in the perjury case.
! Now il, the committee cf INVESTIGATION
! go 10 the state Department and GaE Secrc.
! tury FISH what was the claim hiounh' 70
| him by MAcnADo i'm the spring of Isl.
Let them inquire of M. FIsn whether he
| did not send To the District Attorney of
| the Southern District of New York and
| learn from him that ions \. MAuCApO
had been Il slave trader. Les them further
ask whether the state Department, sati-
/ nei of MAcHADo's character, did not de-
| cline TO press the claim.
Thenl,t the cowmitt,cnsCortain whether
the claim rejected by Secretary FISH Is
not TN" ,Gmc claim which has hccu la the
laud- Of he american Minister ever suce
his arcmt WIZARD signed the infamous con-
ttatt of July H.. ISL.