The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-04

Recurring TO the interview again on Sat
urday morning, | said ! could not make
the statement he desired. He said he had
seen Blackburn in the interval and had
shown him the letter of Thursday night.
He then returned it and the contract to
me. said, DR.. Tomlnson, | have
thought of this thing so much it has nearly
made me crazy. | am not going to talk
about 1t any more. We will go to my
lawyer and consult him about it, my OBJ
ject being to have LAWYER tell him how
ridiculous the story he wanted me to tell
would appear before the committee. We
went down and called on Bartlett and |
told him the whole truth Ia the presence
of DR.. Tomlinsop.
Bartlett said ] could not manufacture
any story If wanted 10, and must not If /
could. DR.. Tomlinson still insisted that
If COULD SWEAR
that General Belknap knew nothing of the
arrangement with his sister, Mrs. Belknap
deceased, and if could swear that at the
time | was at her funeral | made an ar
rsngement with Mrs. Bower, the present
Mrs. Belknap, by which was to send her
all this money through the secretary, that
the whole thing could still be settled. |
replied could not state it for
1T Is NOT rRUR,
my impression then being that at the fun
eral had said something about the matter
to Gen. Belknap. Tomlinson said "If you
cannot swear to that you had better leave
the country" Bartlett said, "This is bad
business. 1t is not legal question you
have submitted to me, and in such posi-
ton of affairs the secretary of war should
decide whether you should go to Washing
ton or leave the country DR.. Tomlnson
said he would return to Washington. He
prepared two formulas of kilograms which
! would understand. One, IL hope your
wife is well, was to be interpreted to leave
the country the other, 81 hope your wife
is better" meant come TO Washington.
We then parted On going home in the
street cars, thinking the whole thing over
about the conversation at the time of the
funeral, | made up my mind that although
had stated to Mr.. Bartlett that thought
/ had had some conversation at the time
of the funeral with the secretary of wal
about sending this money, yet l was unde-
cided about it that was certainly willing
to give the secretary the
BENEFIT OF TIE DOUBT.
thought | would see Tomlinson, and
tell him We parted at one o'clock. He
was to leave for Washington at three
o'clock. | went to the depot to meet him
and told him that on thinking over the
matter | was 80 undecided about the con.
versation with the secretary at the time OF
he funeral that | would give him the bene
fit of the doubt. He said 81 am very
glad to hear this because my sister, Mrs
Belknnp. said this was the fact" That
Saturday evening | got telegram from
Mira Dnllgnnn xyniah CniI n
Washington tonight. 1t is necessary"
received it in the evening. The mex
morning, last Sunday, | received dis
patch from DR.. Tomiinson, 81 hope you
wife is better" which, according TO agree
ment, meant come TO Washington. In tht
AFTERNOON / got second dispatch from DR.
Tomlinson as follows Come withou
fail, answer | answered Il shall com,
tonight without fail" ! was very glat
not 10 have to leave the country, the con
viction having grown on my mind that i
would do no good ! reached Washington
yesterday morning at 6 30, and stopped a
the Arlington. My wife being with MI
we were shown to a temporary room
About Z O'Clock laid down, being great,
tatgued, and about 3 o'clock DR.. 1omln
son called me to the door of the room. HI
said he had seen Blackburn. and he still
thought the matter could he fixed up with
out any trouble. He asked me If | hat
the letter | had written to the committee
on Thursday night. | said had not. III
said, Blackburn says you had better writ
another of the same purpOrt, and send
up to the committee with note explain
ing why it did not come sooner. ] did so
The note and letter we're marked "B. G.
Shortly before q p. M, yesterday, cam
TO the capitol to meet the committee, ant
DR.. Tomlnson found me In the corrdo
near the committee room door. He said
you are going before the committee ant
| want you to remember that there was II,
arrangement with you and the secretary o
war at the time of the funeral, aud tina
the money you have always paid to Gen
BellInap was for Mrs. Belknap and by di
rectons." ] told him | was gong before
the committee to tell the whole story a
far as could recollect said had though
of leaving the country, but was overTuled
and now shall tell the whole truth. II
said 81 don't want you to tell lies ; onl'
want you to tell the truth, and that wa
the truth | said, the truth | shall Ger
tainly tell, and if it does not hurt Genera
Belknap, none will be more reioiced thai
myself | entered the committee room a
about ? O'Clock yesterday, and without be
ing sworn | made statement TO a certain
member of the committee of the facts il
the case, more briefly, but substantially a
l have now answered.