The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-03-09

the truth. I said, ''the truth shall
certainly tell. IL it does not hurt Gen
Bsikaap, 10 one will be more re-
jOiced than myselfn / entered the
committee Foom st 2 O'Clock yester-
day without being sworn L made a
statement to certain members of the
com mittee o. tue facts in the case
more briefly, but Substantially Rs I
have nO% answered 10 reply t. your
chief interrOZatories.
When / returned to the hotel YES
terday afternoon DR.. TOmlirsoa Wss
waiting at my room at the Arlington
to see me- He asked ne how I got
along with the committee. / told
him / bad told the story from begin
niUg to end, and at the request of the
gentlement present, was going to re-
duee il to writing, appssr before the
com mittee to-day at 1890 With il. He
wanted tn know how I stated the fact
that thsse payments TO the Secretary
had bsen made in Consequence of
original agreement with Mrs. Bel
knsp. l said 1 bad stated the facts as
they were, according to my best recOI-
lection and belief. told him would
furnish him copy of the statement
| made before the eommittee. pre-
pared statement last night and gave
him q copy about s o'clock this morn
ing, being substantially a copy Of that
submitted as an answer to your chief
Interrogation, except that have
filled up blanks. Mr.. TOmliuson
came back to my room aboOt 7:S0 last
evening and ] asked him whether he
had seen Mr.. Blackburn since L had
made my statement IN the afternoon,
Whist impression, il had made upon
the gentleman who heard 1t. De
said he did not like to say he had
seen Mr.. Black burn, bat he said he
bad seen one of the committee, who
| expressed the opinion that my state
ment would involve the Secretlry.
He then made a stronger appeal to
to me than ever before, saying that |
Was the friend OF the Secretary !; that |
il this thing came out it would ruin |
him that his wife was in great dis |
tress about it and ne himself, as her |
brother, and q friend of the family, |
was in great trouble. l said 'drop it, |
| DR.. TOmlinsOn, have about flushed |
my written statement, and 1 will read |
it to you" then real 1t to bim /; |
he said be did not see but it was all /
right that things could be explained |
y
/ money was originally sent to General |
Belkuap by Mrs. Bslknap'A orier,
Gen. Bslknap would be subpoenaed, |
and would prove to the committee
that Mrs. Balknap's estate is ehtirely |
separate from his, and that this |
money, received through me, he hal
always kept distinct from his an
hers.
| Chairman-Did you ever have any |
business relations Of any kind or ma
ture whatever with the late Mrs. Bal |
knap or the present Mrs. Belknsp, or
either of them. other than those aris-
ing from this Fort Sill leadership ? |
Have you now, or have You ever had |
any sum or sums Of money, or any |
evidence of Indebtedness or securities
of any sort or description whatever,
belonging to either of them, or have
you st. any time been indebted to |
either of them, in any way, manner,
| form or description ?
! Answer-Never. Toe present Mrs. |
Belknsp, year ago, may have c1n-
suited me on business matters, bat |
there WAS no monetary transactions |
whatever between Us other ta1n |
have heretofore stated.
| The CnairmRn-Wheu was the |
baby of the late Mrs. Belkn4p born |
and when did it die :?
Answer-The baby of the late Mrs. |
Bslknap was born in toe autumn OF |
1870, and died during the sun psr of
1871.
| Mr.. RObbins-In the conver5 alton |
had with her or another person at any |
time, was IL the un1erstsn ling that |
the money you were to pay, aud were
paying, was to be the money OF Mrs. |
Bslknap, the present wife OF the Sec
retsry Of War
Auswer-It was not.
The foregoing deposition and state
meuts, made under oath, having been |
carefully read over in full to Mr.. Caleb |
2. Marsh, the witness, in presence of
the committee, and be having made |
such alterations and corrections there
! to as he deemed just, he asserts to it |
as a correct record of his testimony,
aud attssts the same by his signature |
CALEB P. MARSH.
Washington, Feb. 20, '76.
Here followed the exhibits referred |
to in the committees report, together |
with copies of the resignation OF Sec |
fetary Belknap, the Presidents note |
| from DR.. Tomlinson denying that be |
had sought to induce Marsh to sup |
press the truth, and demanding to be |
called before the committee. Mr.. |
Blackburn's statement was as follows: |
Without desiring to express an |
/ opinion as to the accuracy of the con- |
versation dstsiled by Marsh, as hav-
ing occurred between DR.. Tomlinson |
and himself, relative to any remarks |
made by me, 1 think best to submit |
to the committee the following state
ment OF facts, of which my D5mo- |
cratic colleagues were promptly ad-
vise1. On the morning of the 24sh of
February, 1876, Thursday, about 10 |
o'clock, Df. VIM. TomlinsOn called at |
my rooms, and asked me to gJ with |
him to attend to s1me business, with !
out stating what it was. ! assente1.
| We proceeded to the residence of
General Belknap, and upon arriving |
there he said tnat bis sister, Mrs. |
Bslknsp, desired to see me. re-
quested his presence during tas inter
view, to which he assented and he
was present during the whole time. |
In this interview Mrs. Belknsp said |
that the testimony OF one Caleb
MsrsI before the committee on ex-
penditures in the War Department, |
would tend to implic1te mself In |
matters thut would occasion criticism |
but would utterly fail to show any |
completely on the part OF Gen. Bal |
knap, in the matter OF the Fort Sill
leadership; aud she asked that she |
might not be made the subject of the
investigation, where ths testimony |
did not tend to involve the Secretary |
of War. / said to Mrs. Bslknap that |
Ifslt assured no member OF the COM |
mittee would desire to prosecute the |
inquiry any farther than to ascertain
if the Secretary Of War or any sub
ordinate of that department was in
vOlved. / said to her further, that l
would communicate the facts az stated
by her to Messrs. Ciymer and Rob-
bins, OF the com mittee, aud would
state t. them the assurance l had
given her. This l did imme lately
within an hour after the interview
referred to occurred, stating fully to
those gentlemen all that had taken
place whereupOn both OF these
gentlemen approved OF what L had
said and done and thoroughly con.
Cured with me in the purpose OF
prosecuting no Investigation that did
not promise or tend to cOmplicate or
involve the Secretary OF War or his
subordinate officials. Tnis is the only
assurance ever given. or conversation
had, by me, upon this subject, either
with Mrs Belknap, DR.. TOmlinson, or
with any other person whatever, 1T
any time; nor am related or con-
nected by blood or by marriage either
tn Gen. b ;lknap or his wife, or DR..
TOmlinsOn.
New YORK Correspondence Pbila1slphia
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