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

trOuDle. he asked me III i had Tue letLer L
had written to the committee on Thursday
night. L said I had net. He said:
Blackburn says you had bitter writs az
other OF the :same purport and send 1 up
to the com lnittee with a note, explaining
why 1t did not come sooner" 1 did so.
The n..te and lettsr were marked b. Il c.
Shortly before p. NJ. yes terdsy 1 came 10
the capitol TO meet the committee, aud
DR. ToMLINsoN FOUND ME-
in the corridor near the committee room
door. He said: "You ara going before
the committee, and want you to remem-
you and the secretary Of war at the time
of the funeral and that the money you
have always paid to General Bslknap was
fer Mrs. Belknsp and by Der direction" I
told him was going before the commit
tee to tell the whole story, as far as
could recOlleCt 1t. SAID
had thought OF leaving the country,
but was overruled, and now shouln toll
the truth and the whole truth and
nothing but the truh. He said: 81 dome
want you To tell any lee. l only want
you 10 tell the truth and that was the
truth" l said: "rhe truth 1 shall csr-
tsinly tell, and il it does not hurt General
Belknsp, no one will be more reioiced
than myself" L entered the commit ee
room about o'clock yesterday aud with
out being sworn l made the state msnE
to certain members of the commit
tee of the facts in the case,
more briefly, bnt substantially as 1
have now answered in reply to your chief
interrogstions. When / returned to the
hotel yesterday afternoon, DR.. Tomlinson
was waiting az my room at the Arlington
to see me. He asked me how / got along
with the committee. L told him had told
the story rom beginning TO end at the re-
quest or the gentlemen present. / was
going to reduce IL to writing, and appear
before the committee to-day NJ 1890 with it.
He wanted TO know how I had stated
the. fact that all these payments
to the secretary had been made in conse-
quence of the original agreement with
Mrs. Belknsp l said had s ated the
facts as they were, according to my best
recollection and BELIEF. 1 told him /
would furnish him copy of the state
meut l should make before the committee.
prepared the statement last night and
gave him the copy about 8 o'clock this
morning, being substantially a copy of
that L submitted as an answer to your
cbisf interrogatories, save that 1 have filled
up the blanks. DR.. FOmlinson came back
to my room at about 1870 last evening, and
L asked him whether he had seen Mr..
Black burn since had made my state
ment in the afternoon, and
WHAT IMPRESSION 1T HAD MADE
upon the ger tlemen who heard it. He
said he did not like to say be had seeh Mr.
Blackburn, but he said he had seen one of
the committee, who expressed the opinion
that nv statement would involve the sec
rotary. He then made stronger appeal
to nae than ever before, saying that 1 was
the friend OF the secretary; that If this
thing came out 1t would ruin him; that his
wife was in great distress atout it, and he
himself, as her trother and friend of the
fsmily, was in great trouble, sDd that II
could state. said, "Drop 1t, DR..
Tomlinsop. L have ABOUT finished my
written statement and will read it to you"
then read IL to him. He said he aid not
see bnt that 1t ives all right, that things
could be explained. Yet ii they could
prove that this money was originally sent
to Gen. Belknsp by Mrs. Belknsp's order,
Gen. Belknsp would be SUBJ
Fepaed and would prove to the commit
tee tnst Mrs. Belknap's estate was entirely
separate from his, and that this money,
received through me, he had always kept
distinct from his, and for her. Question
by the chairman-Did you ever have any
business relations of any kind or nature
whatever with the late Mrs. Belknap. or
t0e pr656LI MIS- Dolkuap, VI oltnoI Vi
them, other than those arising from this
Fort Sll trade rship? Have you now, or
have you ever had any sum, or sums of
money, or any evidences OF indebtnes',
or securities of any sort, or description
whatever belonging to either of them, or
have you at any time been indebted ID
either of them in any way, manner, form
or description A-Never. The present
Mrs. Belknap years ago may have con-
suited me on business matters, but there
were no
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS
whatever between us, other than have
hertt )fore stated. Q-When was the baby
Of the late Mrs. Belknap born and when
did it die? A-The baby of the late Mrs.
was born in the autumn of 1870,
and died during the autumn of 1871. o.
By Mr.. Robbius-In the conversation had
with the pre- ssnt Mrs. Il. at the funeral o:
her sister in December, 1870, or in any
other conversation had with her or
another person at any time |
was it the understanding that the money |
you were to pay and were paying was to |
be the money of Mrs. B., the present wife |
of the secretary of war? Alt was not. |
The foregoing deposition and statement. |
made under cath, having been carefully |
read over in full to Mr.. Caleb p. Marsh,
the witness, in the presence OF the COM |
mittee, ana ne having made such altera- |
tons and corrections therein as were
deemed Just, he sssents to 1t as a correct |
record OF his testimony and attests the |
same by his signature hereunto sttachsd. |
(signedl oo., CALEB HIH , 2; MARSH