, 1876-03-22
The Distribution Of the Kentucky Money ia
aPair Why to Do Explained.
Evans, the Fort sill Trader, Tells How
He Secured His Appointment.
Gen. Rice, Of Iowa, Kindly Consonts to
Introduce Him to Bolknap;
For Which Service lie (Rico) rs Mndly
Receives a Cool 81, 900.

gptetot I,spateA 10 The Chicago Tribune.
WABu1xorox, D. g., March 1.-Pend1eton |
NAV az yol abandon himself at last, alaco Ben |
Butlor and ox-bpccial Agent Jayne are after
lin and they arc quito certain Tint they wi'l
catch him. Tho story ia that the phrt1es that |
Jaypo has found arc two Kontucky ladies. one
Of whom paid tho money to Mrs. Dovof. md
tho other of whom ua8 "itncaa to tho pay
mont. Jayno thinks ho has pondioson In ~
ttaht place as ho l4na had many dry goods mon
before.
This Committee [s now running mainly RI q
sort OF circus for tho benefit ct correspondents.
Yesterday It spent good part Of tho session |
trying to compel Scott Smith, Of tho New 1ofk
Posi-, to giyo Ills authority for corta'n Btato,
monts Which ho had printed. untleF " teasiioa
contained in his paragraph. IhoronPou !as:
Smith, having boon aot completely rtght' @ W.: W.
discharged. Tho Oommittoo hnndlod Con. nut
lor worry tondo1ly, md the questions dig not ind-
cato an intense desire to obtain hidden knowi-
edge and Con. Butler Withdrew without oros6-
examination and without developing tho tnfor-
nation 1t is supposed ho posaeBseu.
9. r. hfA1tsn AND WIFK
will arrive hero tomorrow morning.
Ito tht 4 AssoctdteI 1TeAs.l
nUTLRns TESTIMONY.
WASHINGTON D. G., March 21.-9on. q. +.
Butler was beforo tho Committed on tue Expon-
| dtturca iu tho War Department to-day. Tho
Chairman called his attontion to telegram IN
tho Now York Hrtning Post OF F1ldny last. IN
| licap lawyer i" had takeu much interest In what
was known as "t tho 13elknap ecaudalt" 80 far as
| it rolatod to Mr. poudoton. He asked Con.
Butler II he was the gentleman to whom the a.
| Iusion wna mado. Tho General replied TINT ho
could not tell. Tho Chairman eaked him Whoth-
or ho Ind any information relating to Alr. Pen
| lIetop, and wheshor lo had communicated With
QUO on the sqaos TIC onnSsa no Eoped
| spoken primarily to member ot this Commit,
| tco (1lr. Danfordl thinking that what he told
| him might bo Of uso. The Chairman said 1t was
| alleged In tho telegram that tho Ytensury draft
for as0 co., made payable ~ tho National Park
| DaDk OF Nov York, Waa
/ 1NDo,sgp NJ pENDLEToN,
and tho money. after passing through tho handa
In rersoi,, in that city. The aanerR! roplled
TINT ho had had q gontloman making Bome in
yostigatton as to tho facts In New iors, to 10
uscd in lawsuit IN which mo honorai vas
came to him md Informed him that hc WIS told
by ono person that another person know about
| tho payment Of tho money, and that eho was
present when the sso, 000 was paid to Mrs. Bow,
naid to lila informant: Can YOU got at tho
persons =" Tie nnswer was 'Yes:" This was d
syeok ago Saturday. The Gonoral left for Wall
ington on Saturday night: The GenaEal further
said 10 him: "You liad bottor l'robo The matter
to tho bottom; 1t whnt you stato la Q fact.
IT OUGHT TO be KNOWH."
| Thia informant made an arrangement to meet
tho party supposed to posscss tho Information;
Thia WAS tile noxt Wednesday. Tho General
: told lim TINT IL there waB anything to require
bis presence 10 Nav York ho would 80 ththor Oh
toiogrnphea, in ciphor TINT tho party whom lio
waa to meet had left New York for New Orleans
on tho previous Tuesday night, together With
otal0r persons possoHaed OF the Information.
/ I}a4,s, member OF tue Committee, WAS ILL., and
| not boing woll acquainted with nll tho moH,boss
OF tho Committee, 10 communicated such in
formation Is TO had to Mr. Danford. Of tho
| Committee, perhaps moro in e1te1so than on the
present occasion. Tho doDeral HRid TO Danforl
that 1t waa ovidont somebody hnd boon
TAMrEn1N9 WITH TIE PARTIES
by sentling them to New ossoans 30 suddenly
o subpoena from your Committee in blank, TO BE-
tltcd up privately, without tho na1nes getting
Into tho noWapapors. and to b0 served by . con-
1identinl Deputy Of tho sorgcant-atArms whom
should namo, thought tho paEticn who wos'
known to mo could bo caught rof1ntnod Srou
telling tho namos, because twolse or tiftoon gon
tlcp1on connected with tho prcsa would hRvt
/ pub!tsled tlicm ali oyor tho Unitod States.
Q.-Aave you any objection to stating to tht
! Committee tho naslos OF tho parties7
A.--Not at all.
! namo Of tho porsou who gavo you tho naues o
| tho pattieA posaDBsol Of tho Information?
Answor-The name OF my informant IL Il. @
Jayne. who was hunting up for mo iu Now yor]
u
Tho General, In reply to question: said cha
! | he mot Smith, tho correspondent Of tho Epesaln
| PosL at tho AttoruoY-G GonerRi8 oloo, and 70
| lnarkpd 10 him that hin attentiop lad been par
ticuIarly chilled to tho testimony OF Wannel,
clerk in tho Treasury Department, showing this
tho amount paid on account Of tho Kentuck
, ContsM Railway was
DIVIDED lAro THREE PATTI,
. | eG8, GOO golpg to q bank in kentucky, and SOP
nrato urafta tor $780, 600 and $50 900 bong taho
| by Pendleton. 1lc was ouriotia to 800 tho teati
mopy because ho had hoard something abou
the $4,000. Smith sought 70 interview Gfm al
, tor tho manuet Of newspaper correspondents
, Tho next time tho Gaunral saw Smith VIVA at th
denoral was aaked whotuor ho supposed gmttl
J | waa going to publish what he said to him. Til
General replied that not wishing TO throw All
lmputaton on smlth, Ito would merely remar
that 10 neyer said anything to contemporaries
? trust them with untold gold, hut ho
+ WOULD NOT TnusT TliKM WITH hit or NRwt
;, Tho General replied TO q question Of lIr Las
= | thnt ho know nothing Of the payment OF mono
by pendloton, further than what ho saw in III
ernl said, In reply to questions. that 10 Ind In
- yogtieatod tho pondioton mattor littIo On hi
:. own account. aud he Inns nsoortainod that th
y draft for s3o,D0U was sdeposltcd In tho Park Danh
ns haroEoforo atated.
r, N, Scott Smith, tic Posi- correspondent ar
:, poared and answered tho question sekod hit
yestesdsy ns to tho uLme Of tue prominent Ha
publican lawyer Who gave hiul tho information
IN which ho founded hls dispatch. 4mlt
!. nuBworod thas tie na1ne OF Lila informant va
! | Gen. Butler. ....
:: Gcn. Dutior, privately, 1t tho rcqucBt Of th
i: Committee, wrote tho t1nl3eH OF the parties wh
l. hSd led from Now York TO New Orleans. Th
J: ] Committee will aend subpoena Rfter thom.
r PoST.TRADERSHiPS.