The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08

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Q To whom was this certified check
maie payable
n To cash, sir.
q And wheil was it delivered to youz
A. On Saturday night about Sor O'Clock.
q On Saturday night May the I'D, and
/ male payable to cash?
les sir. DfaWh by one Andrews and
/ certified TO
q Iou say made payable to order OF
A Yes, sir; that is my recollection; it
night have been made payable To cash or
bearer; but l know that | collected it and
/ endorsed it.
/ Y. When did you collect it:
A On Sunday. about Ii o'clock.
Y: lou collected certified bank check
on Sunday:
A. 1es, sir.
Z. From the bank?
A. / es, sir; saw Mr. Williams on the
street, and asked him ii he would do it
Tor me, as was going off in the morning. TO
1eXas and he said he would do it,
e. You say he did this to accom- modate
you on going away why was it this money
was given 10 you:
A. L have just stated that this was given
to me 10 hand to Col. Matthews?
Y. why did you not hand it To Col. Mat
A. Because Col. Matthews declined to
take it.
Q. Then why did you take the money?
"A. wen, TOOK 1t TO get the matter out
of my hands?
Q. From whom did you get this check?
A. From BarTentine
q When Col. Matthews refused TO receive
IL, why did you not return it to Barrentine
A. Mr.. Barrentine had gone home, some
eighteen or nineteen miles.
q: Why did you not deposit it in the
bank:
A. For the reason, sir, that Mr.. Barren
tine had gone off with the pardon; il had
seen him, | should have handed him the
check back
Q. Did you see Mr. Barrentine on the
a. Yes, sir.
O. In presence of Governor Davis:
@ In presence Of Matthews?
A. did, sir
G. You say that you gave Mr.. Davis the
receipt for that money on the morning OF
the oath, at Artesia?
A. A copy, only; | did not give him the
original; took the receipts out of my pOck-
ct, and handed him one.
e. Had you been present at any time |
during any conversation between Mr.. Davis |
and Mr. Matthews concerning the pardon?
A. No, sir; | do not recollect. except on |
the morning OF the 2lst.
O. Had you yourself ever spoken word |
to Mr.. Davis?
A. never said a word about it.
q. In this conversation that YOU had with |
Mr.. Davis, on the 23d, ut Mr. Matthews |
office, in which MI. Davis was asked why !
he had signed the pardon and not Governor |
Ames. was there anything said by Mr.. |
Matthews to Mr.. Davis showing from whom /
the pardon was expected TO be received?
A reGollect positively Mr.. Matthews |
asked why the pardon was not signed by |
Governor Ames.
Q. Was there nothing in the Converse
ton between Mr.. Davis and Col. Matthews |
by which you learned from whom the par
don had been sought-whetheF from Mr.. |
Davis or Governor Ames? What was your |
i'm preston during that conversation in |
your presence May 23d?
A. WE'LL sir, the i'm preston made on my |
mind was that Col Matthews expected the |
pardon to be signed by Governor Ames.
Q. Did they say whether pardon had
been applied for?
A. Yes, sir; Mr. Davis stated that Gov
ernor Ames had been solicited to grant a
pardon.
Q. Did Mr. Davis say in this application,
any one else besides himself had solicited
pardon?
A. Yes, sir. Gen. Packer.
Q. You said Mr.. Packer had been paid |
for his services?
A. Yes, sir; Packer had charged for his
services.
Q. Did Mr.. Davis speak about what his
services were?
A. ses, SIR.
Q. Did Mr. Davis say how much was to
be paid Mr. Packer?
A. Well, as far as 1 recollect, there was
nothing said as to what amount should be |
paid to any ere but that Packer would |
charge for his services.
Q. Did Mr.. Davis state as to what ser
vices he referred to?
A. do not think he did, sir.
Q. Did he speak OF any services that he
performed in making application to Gov
ernOr Ames?
A. No, sir.
Q. Did he mention any other Kind Of ser
vices?
A. do not think so.
BY Manager Powell: Now Davis had |
stated Packer would charge for his SER |
vices?
This question was objected to- asp putting |
the nswer in the mouth Of ine WttnaSs, and |
the objection was Substantially
A written order. sent up by Senator |
Sims, was read by the Secretary:
Ordered, That the witness stand imme- |
diately to the left of the Presidents desk, |
so that the counsel and witness may speak |
loudeI.
And this question being put by Ehe Chair |
was adopted.
By Counsel Spear: Did you, of your own |
knowledge, know Of any other money haV- |
ing been deposited with Col Matthews, or
subject t9 his ORDER to procure pardon?
A. From my own knowledge 7 know |
nothing. | know nothing positively ex-
cept from hearsay.
Q. From information yOn have uFOn |
hearsay, can you locate any date to be re-
lied upon?
A. About the middle of May.
Q. From your infornation do you know |
the amount?
[Obiection was raised to this style of ques- !
tioning by Manager Barksdale stating that |
hearsay information was not competent ev-
idenGe. The objection VAS admitted by
counsel for the respon4ent.l
O. Do you know of any money having |
been paid to Mr.. Davis for that purpose, or
deposited to his credit for the purpose of
securing this pardon!
A. No, sir | do not.
Q. 30 you know OF sny other PERSONS
being paid?
A. do not, sir.
@. Do you know of any money being di-
rectiy or indirectly received by him to pro-
cure this pardon?
A. do not.
By Manager Barksdale: l have under
stood you to say that Barrentine was pres
ent at conversation between you. Mat
thews and DAVIS, on the 23rd of May?
A. No, sir; he was n0t.
Written interrogatories were submitted
by Senators and read by the Secretary.
By Senator Chalmers When Cover
nor Davis borrowed the 800 from you,
was there any understanding or agree
ment between you, that you should re-
;mburse Yourself as you did? If not why
did Won take Barrentine's money to pay
Davis debt to youg
A. l did not take Barrentine's money.
There was no unders landing at the time he
borrowed the money from me. | had not
collected the draft. He asked me for the
| loan of 800. which l gave him. [ suisse
uuently ascertained that the money was to
| be paid to A. G. Packer, and l appropriated
800 of Packers money TO reimburse my
self
| O. Did Governor Davis knoR that you had
or would get any money from Barrentine
| for this pardon?
| A. Not to my knowledge; nothing was