Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Successful NegstiasBous with Marsh


- AoA bis Wife.
WASHINGTON, March l8.-Yesterday
evening the President received COM
munication from the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives asking that steps be taken to Sc
cure the return to Washington Of
the witness Marsh, now in Canada.
This letter was referred by the Presi-
dent to the Attorney General, who
informed the Committee that the
proper steps had already been taken
to secure the attendance before the
Committee of this witness, and that
already an agent of the Department
was in Montreal with this object in
view.
LATER.
Last night the Attorney General
received telegram from his agent,
announcing that he had been in con-
ference with Marsh and that the lat
ter was perfectly willing to return
here, but required an additional
guarantee that he would be safe frem
embarrassments, and that what he
desired was the issue of full pardon
in which case he would Immediately
come.
After conference with the Presi-
dent, this was determined upon and
Attorney General Pierrepont tele-
graphed to that effect to the represen-
tative Of his department. The pardon
will be ready for him to take to Marsh
the early part of next week. The
government officer will leave Mon
treal to-day for the purpose of OBJ
tanning it and will return at once
with it to Marsh who will on its re.
cept proceed hither without any delay
whatever.
The Attorney General was before
the judiciary Committee to-day, and
stated this fact to the members Of the
committee.
The Committee OH Expenditures in
the Treasury Department will COM
mence this =. NJ. an extensive exami-
nation into the expenditures of that
department and particularly to those
concerning the printing bureau. Nu-
merOus witnesses have been summon
ed, including Secretary Bristow, who
will be examined to-day. The sss-
sions will be secret.
The Attorney General this P. NJ,
receiveda telegram from the person
who is negotiating with Marsh, which
states that Marsh also desires immun-
ity for his wife as condition of his
return. This will also be granted.
The agent is now in New York.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Gen. B. f.
Butler was before the Committee on
Expenditures in the War Department
to-day. Being questioned by the
chairman whether he had informa-
ton on the so-called Belknap-Pendle-
ton scandal, he said he had only hear
say evidence, which he thought might
be of use. The chairman said it was
alleged in a telegram to the N. Y.
Evening Post that a treasury draft
for $50, 600, made payable at the Ma
tional Park Bank of N. Y, was en-
dorsed by Pendleton, and the money
after passing through the hands of
two persons, was paid over to Mrs
Bowers in person, in that city.
Butler said gentleman who was
looking up legal evidence for him in
New York, informed him he was told
by one person that another person
knew about the payment of the mon-
ey and that she was present when the
10000 were paid to Mrs. Bowers.
said to come from Pendleton. The
General said to his informant, "Can
you get at the persons?" The
answer was "Yes.' This was a
week ago Saturday. The General
left for Washington on Saturday
night. The General further said to
him, "You had better probe the mat
ter to the bottom; if what You state
is fact it ought to be known" :.
This informant made an arrange
ment to meet the party supposed to
possess the information. This was
the next Wednesday. The General
told him that If there was anything
to require his presence in New York,
he would 90 thither on being tele-
graphed. Thursday his informant
telegraphed in cipher that the party
whom he was to meet had left New
York for New Orleans on the previ-
GUS Tuesday night, together with 9TH
er persons possessed of information.
He told these facts to Danford and
said to him it was evident somebody
had been tampering with parties by
sending them to New Orleans so sud-
denly. He said to Danford, if Won
can get subpoena from your COM
mittee in blank, to be filled up pri-
vately, without the names getting in
to the newspapers, and be served by
confidential deputy Of the Sergeant
alarms, whom ] Should name, / think
the parties could be caught. He re-
Trained from telling the names, be.