The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-03-08

parlor and said: ''I want to make a last
appeal to you to say longer" He said
that II I went he would be ruined. said
that would ruin him If went before the
committee, aud lett and took the limited
express for New York. On reaching home
consulted my attorney, asking him II
the committee could reach me by sub
pens if left the country. L stared the
case to him, Mr.. Bartlett. He asked me
il was subpenaed. told him / had A
telesraphic dispatch calling me to Wssh-
ineton. He said that If subpoena had
been duly served, they could give me
CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE,
but that on telegraphic message they
could not reach me If was cut of the
country. Iasked him how long would
have to stay. He said that If the commit
tee had leave to sit during the recess,
couldn't come back until the present con-
gress expired. / then went home and
found there a dispatch from DR..
VIM. Tomlinson, a brother-in law OF
the secretary. Its purport WAS not TO
leave, that he had good news, that he wss
coming over. / determined not to be
governed by il, bat 1 was going. ]
thought they only wished to fix up some
new story, but thst 1 would not be psrGy
to it. My trunk was being packed to
leave. About midnight, Thursday, Feb
rusry "a, DIR. Tomlinson arrived at my
house. He said: 81 have seen Joe Black
barn. He is a cousin of mine" He thought
would write letter something like one
which he )romlinson) would suggts-, that
there would be no further investigation
and, IL there was, they would ask no ques-
tons that would be difficult for me to
answer, aud that Mr.. Black burn said that
- -
wanted to examine me, they would appoint
a subcommittee and come over 20 New
York 10 do so. He came to my bedroom,
aud / told him to go into the sitting room
and draw a sketch of the proposed letter,
and that when dressed I would join him and
l would write such letter as he wanted,
If could. wrote letter from the sketch
of Tomlinson. The endesvor was to ex-
culpate the secretary. There was nothing
in it untrue to the best of my recollection,
but it did not state the whole truth. 1t
was very snort letter He took it with
the contract inclosed. He said he
would take the letter and con-
tract to Blackburn, who would
show it to the committee aud
that would be the end of 1t. He left my
house at 2 o'clock Friday morning. At
midnight, Friday nigh, Twas reused up
and bad subpoena OF the committee
served on me. Saturday morning about 8
o'clock, DR.. Tomlinson again appeared.
He said he bad been to Washington. he
wanted to know the first thirg if / hsd
been subr@nsed, told him had. He
began talking
THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIF,
still wanting me to say before the commit
tee what was suggC sted at the secretary's
at the interview on Thursday night. He
wanted me to telegraph to the committee,
before whom L had been subpenaed by
to appear the next morning,
Friday, that my wife was sick, that could
not attend. My wife being sick, con-
sented apd did so telegraph. Recurring
to the interview again, on Saturday morn
ing / said that could not make the tate
ment he desired. He taid he had seen
Mr.. Blackburn In the interval and ad
shown him the letter of Thursday night.
He then returned 1t and the contract to
me. / said: "Dr. TomlinsoD, 1 have
thought OF this thing so much that It has
near v made me crazy. am not going to
talk about Is any more. We will go down
to my lawyer and consult him." My OBJ
ject was to have lawyer tell him how
ridiculous the story he wanted me
TO tell would appear before the COM
mittee. We went down and called on Mr..
Bal tlett and told the whole truth, in the
presence OF Dr.. TomlinsoD. Bartlett said
couldn't manufacture airy story IL
wanted to, and must not IL I could. DIR.
still insisted that If l could
swear tina. Gen. Belknap knew nothing of
the arrangement with his sister, the Mrs.
deceased, and II could swear
funeral ! made an arrangement
with Mrs. Bowers, the present
Mrs. Belknsp, by which was to send her
all this money through the secretary, that
the whole thing would still be settled /
replied: ST can not state it, f r 1t is not
true" my impression then being that at
that funeral I had said something about
TIE matter to Gen. Belknsp. Tomlinson
said: 1T you can not swear to thst
you had better leave the country"
Mr.. Bartlett said: "This Is bad bust
ness. 1t is not a legal question You have
to me, and in the position OF
affairs, the secretary OF war should decide
whether you should go to Washington
or leave the country" DR.. TomlinsoD
said that he would return to
He prepared two for
mulss of kilograms which /
would understand. One was, az
hope your wife is we'll" 1t was to be in
terpreted to leave the country. The other
meant come to Washington. We then
parted. On going home in the street cars,
thinking the whole thing over about the
at the time of the funeral, i
made up my mind that, although l had
stated to Mr.. Bart EFT that / thought had
had some conversation
AT THE TIME OF THE FUNERAL
with the secretary of war about sending
this money, yet was so undecided about
It that was certainly willing to give the
secretary the benefit of the doubt. /
thought would see Tomlinson and tell
him. He was to leave for Washington at
o'clock. 1 went to the depot and met
him apc told him that, on thinking over
the matter, was so undecided about the
with the secretary at
The time OF the funeral that /
would give him the benefit of the doubt.
He said: 81 am very glad to hear this,
because my sister, Mrs. BelkDsp, said this
WAS the fart % That Saturday avaninO