Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-03
SPEAKER KERR.

thing which will not bear the light"
SPEAKER KERR,
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The cross
examination of Lawrence Harvey was
resumed to-day by the committee on
expenditures in the war department, r. /
K. Elliott, counsel for Speaker Kerr,
conducting it. The witness said he
would like to have Kerr present. Mr..
Clymer, chairman, replied that Kerr was
not well enough 10 be here. Witness
said the time that elapsed between his
first interview with Greene, who was
seeking position in the army, and his
first interview with Kerr on the subject,
was inside of month. Within that
time he was looking among the MEM
bers OF congress to fad cut who had
such appointment in the army. He
spoke to w. A. Darling, Henry J. Ray
mond, and Nelson Tyler, then
member Of the house from Brooklyn,
since dead. He did not recollect the
names OF any others, and may have ap-
piled to the gentleman last named for
information. Witness repeated much
of what he said on the direct examina
ton, including the statement that Kerr
said that Greene, being Republican,
must have D smocratic indorsement. He
thought Greene said Fernando Wood
had recommended him. i
Ques.-Did you not propose to Greene,
before you consulted with any member
of congress, that you would procure him
the place for three or four hundred dol
lars? Ans.-I told him did not know
what it would cost, as | did not know
what the price of member Of congress
was. FE ss-
Qdes.-Did you not at the first inter-
view propose specifically to him to pro-
cure the appointment for three or four
hundred dollars? Ans.-No.
The witness here related the circum-
stance of his interview with United
States District Attorney Bliss. he said
Bliss sent for him; Bliss was alone, and
as he entered his room shook hands with
him, saying "Good morning." and add
ed that he looked well and compli-
mented him on his appearance. Laugh
ter Then Bliss expressed a 0esire TO
know something about the Greene mat
ter. Bliss asked: "What is the matter
about Greene-what's the trouble?" and
continuing to ask questions of that kind.
Bliss further asked: ibid you not inter-
est yourself? aud is there any moaey in
the matter?p Witness declined to tell
him anything about the money; he
never saw Bliss again on the subject; he
made no communication to any other
| gentlemen, nor was he interviewed by
newspaper correspondents.
Witness said that the fact that he Sc
cured the appointment for Greene was
known to everybody in New York,
but he said nothing about money
to anybody; he repeated that it was be-
| tween one and three O'Clock in the after
noon when Kerr called him aside at the
door of the house OF representatives and
| said: 81 will take that money nOw;"
after he received the money from Greene
| he Kept it in his pocket as the best place
till he gave it to Kerr.
Elliott asked witness about his recol-
lection of the copy Of an anonymous
letter sent to Speaker Kerr, and which
had been shown to him by Moore; Ell.
lott wanted witness to write down q
copy of the letter, but witness said that
he could not do so, as the only words he
cav in the letter were, Lawrence Har-
Dey, four hundred and fifty dollars;"
Elliott desired thus to test the recollec-
| tion of the witness.
The chairman decided that Elliott
had right to make the request with q
view to indicting. Witness may have
| bsep the writer of the anonymous letter.
4 w u
| paper so that Elliott might Judge of the
handwriting. Elliott insisted he should
write cut the letter.
Witness said he was now too nervous
to write, but might be able to do SO
some time to-day.
Elliott then waived his demand for
the present.
Witness worked for Greene from mo-
tives Of friendship, and never expected
to make anything of it. He never had
any other disinterested transaction Of
that kind. He further testified he met
Moore at the Tribune building, tut said
nothing more to him than TO pass the
time of day. He did not say Bliss and
Davenport were damned rascals. He
tried to be moral man, and therefore
never used such language. After he
had given his testimony Monday he left
the committee room, and had no sooner
done so before he was hooted at in the
passage way by men whom he thought
were employed in the folding-room. He
hurried out of the capitol and returned
to his hotel. He there saw Wakemap,
who came on in the same train with
him, and also returned to New York
with him. Wakeman told him
he came to Washington to at.
|
Witness had q hurried conversation
with the clerk OF the hotel; the clerk
having said to witness, "what have you
been doing at the capitol to-day, max
ing big row?n He replied "that he
(the clerk) would find out the conse-
quence, aud made some allusion to the
Democratic party" he could not repeat
his remark, as he was very much ex-
cited at the time in consequence of the
rude treatment he received at the capi-
tol, but after making the remark, and
seeing the impropriety OF it, he recalled
it.
After the recess, ME. Elliott renew ed
his request that the witness write, at hii
dictation, the anonymous letter ad
dressed to Speaker Kerr, which he did
The letter is as follows:
"A rumor is circulating in New Yorh
that one HaTney, now in the apprsiser't
department there, gave you, In 1866
I four hundred and fifty dollars for the sp
pointment of one Augustus P. Greene
OF New York, as second-lieutenant
} Harvey may be summoned, but doe
, not want TO be. Has not yet BEEN"
. Mr., Elliott having asked the witnes