, 1876-03-09

INTERVIEWING AZ EXPERT.
Ills uame IN ". c. Carroll, and hs resides ii
No, COS Clark strecs,
"Tell ms what you know about post-trador-
ahips." suggested Tn1nuNr reporter to him last
night
"Well" said Er. Carroll stretching. hinssn
out for pleasant chat ~ WAS = posttrhder
once To ba mathematicslly correct, must say
that havo becn past-.tador txice- You 500 7
WAS in tho arny during tho War, and after tho.
trouble wsa over I vas posttradsr, or sut-
ler, al we usod TO call hscm in thoso
days, down In Louihiaun, s1tler for ths
Thi1ty-ninth Infantry. Tho law passed In
1868, aboltahtng the remuuozative and dign51od
Office OF sutisr east OF the 100th degree Of lou
gttude. and putting the appointing power wees
Of that dogroo ia tho hands Of Port Command
THROW mo out. Up TO tlht tine bud done COM
pnratlvely woll, and 1fmy onlcers lad sNindlcd
mo ont OF on.y $4,000. But finally tho bill MAS
Passed putting the poncr Of appolntment tn tho
hands OF thu Secretary Of War. and happened
to DO ID Washington 1t tho time.
KNEW nELKNAr WE'LL
bad known him for q long time, md went to
lin aud told him wanted q post under tbs now
causo I had sorrcd under Delxnap and G1ant
mud John Logan, and Be|knap told ule TO select
ak posts and send tho liat to hin, and he would
seo that got one Of the slx. 1.pickod out Fort
Antonio; Fort Davie, on tho HDe to FL paso;
Fort Ssocktnn, Oh tho sau.o limo; Fort Griffin,
fuitLes east and UP toahrdR tho 1ndian fron-
tier; !. Fort Duncan and Fork Clark about 40
from Ban Anton,o."
"Whcn was all this 7" asked tho reporter
'This was In 1870. De,knsp told mo I should
hayo ono OF tho six posts, sud, :. short time
afterwards, Wna appointed to Fort Duncan,
which ia located On tho lilo Grande. about 1Glt
miles ucst Of San Antonio opposite pied1as
NegraA. Mexico."
"lIov much did that appolntmont cost you7 :"
"Fivc dollars, had to pay my expenses
from small town in Maryland to Warrington
Alld back"
IND YOU FAY nELKnAr
OF any one anything for that appolnsmoat7
''Nobody. nevor paid \ cont"
''Do understand tha+ tho appointment dIda&
cost you anythiug7
mo- yon don't understand anything Of tho
sort, Il cost mo $4,000. l wont down thcro
under tue protection Of tho army oflcors, aud
that protection oxsendcd even unto tho col
!ectlon OF the accounts; but found out that
was mistaken, and after had lost $t,000 or
OF tAo Treasury that l couldn't coloct tho
amount and IN tuEnnd o7oE tho wlo'a affair to
my brother, after an intouse experience Of four
months"
s'Wasn's your post good one7"
"No. Al loart il was a peculiar one: Il M1n
named 1'isk who run tho post before I took It.
set up aido-ahow On the outside. and tho o1l-,
cera encouraged the mon to passonizs and ps,'
hin, and lot MO sldo."
"Did you Aoar at that tlmo thAs
MONEY WAa rA1b
to procure posts by traders 2.
Ayes. Iheard It in Washington flrst. Wut
INN T. Clark, OF TexnB, who was . mcmbcs Of
the Fo1ty-hrst Congress. aud Bhermana aide-do-
camp Ia the Army OF the 1cnnesuee, carno to mo
ono day aud said ho hoard was 10 hAvs poss-.
tradersil,p. told him / thought would get
ouo, lie ysd ho Know Ind sl1eAdy been up
pointed, aud replied TINT thought had Ho
thon opened tiTado On DoiknAp, abusing him
ike q plcIpocset aud eaying that ho hal owl
denco That uolknsp had bsen nelliug ttosa
teaderships right straight along. ue met mo
on the street and Ia tho hotes. and was loud-
mouthcd In hia insertions that pclknop bad
bcen solling OUT, until one day got mad and
told hm hs talk was an outrage aud unless ho
could prove what lie said he'd be.ser shut up.
! thou, went to Uolkuhp aud told him nan was
circulating thcse otorios. Said DelknaP, which
10 MAS right in bis conjecture and hs then re-
lated how ha had exort0d influence aud means
~ secure C!ark's alooHon. lie said that CLARK
Was under obligations 70 him, and he couldn't
understand why he should abuse him in that
When MAa all this7"
.rs "Th's VS. n as7o uas about the ttms hui
DO you know anything about
ruAr CoACuD?"
Yes. 1'vn hesrd OF it.'
"What kind OF trading. post Was lt2
L Vaa 1Est.clAas thora Wss naonoy In ths&
post"
THENoH.
~ Do you know jim TronoFf"
"Yea. know him yor1. wolf. I used 10 ~
him around San Altouio2"
Didnt Aa run tho Concho poatf"
"Yee"
"Who did be get tho appointment fromf"
~ don't know Of luy own kuow!sdge Who hs
got 1t FROM"
lisya you ever heard him aAT7"
"Yes; heard him say he paid Something llkA
2S,000 for it, don't Eotnsinbor the e1aos
amouut."
Ibid he syer toll you personally that ho paid
lnoncy for it7"
Yrs but don't remember hoH uuch,n
add hc over Say to whom he paid ths
money!"
"Yes, l think 10 did,"
.'1.o whom did he ~ he had paid uo1e5l"
Wis aAid 40 10 ma