The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-04
DhVENPORT's PAYMENTS.
Any Quality OF Vouchers. but Mono to Cover
nny Particular rum.

hul RUM
wAsHiNGroN, May 3.-Bcfore the Com
mittee on Expenditures In the Department OF
Justice to-dav, John /. Davenport testified that
from April to October, In 1872, he borrowed
5000 to carry out his plans In regard to the
suppression OF election frauds In New York city.
He could not produce any particular set Of
vouchers that would cover the particular sum
OF 10000 received from MIR. Whitley, hut he
could furnish vouchers running from the time
he frat received anv money IN 1879 up 20 tho
time he had expended II In 1874, covering every
dollar he received but ne tho receipts and ex-
penditures wcro continuous, and the vouchers
covered continuous sums received. he could not
procure n SPECIFIC set OF vouchers covering a
specific sum received.
Davenport was directed TO produce the vouch
ers, and ne took from hia valise "A large y icknge
containing several hundred vouchers. which he
threw on the table. lie said that those vouchers
did not quite cover all the amounts received, as
he had sundry account Of small fhce cxpen-
diurcs for which ho had no vouchers, but 10
would submit the account. He was directed to
fu nish I'LL tue data from which that account
was made up.
& Se ssse y0rsncs soysT hS syn you ycse.d we
th he eSpianSiicns have I gwen T6t vouchers also
cover u NV ckpcn iitures up to last "a urdny hit
peadituies wnch oyerraas the So 900 receiyea ana
am now running On my own money.
The committee desired Davenport to produce
every other voucher In hts possession, so tn t no
might be allie TO say to tue committee that he
u q produced every NouCh r he was hole 10.
Davenport fniled to show that any Of his
vouchers covered tho money he received out of
the secret service fund. They are mostly for
fercnt sums from Col. whitley, ana most of
them irc for clerical labor rho work for
when he was paid In his regular accounts ren-
d. red to the Ire suty Department as Caief Su-
pervisor, aud In the Nlrshafs extraordinary ac-
count. covers tha same things for which TIC
showed vouchers to-day.
The committee pcrmitted him to have pretty
| much his own way to-day, md will let hin run
! on To morrow, III the hOpt that he will finally
| exhaust himself on irrelevant matters. lie Will,
cross examination on his accounts. ami II he
| expects to confuse or mi-lcad the committee he
vii fnd himself very much INST ken.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-rhe case of little
| JOHNNY Davenport IS a 'ralle' one WITH that Of
two or more United - tes Marshals In the South.
| In North AMI south & dina the ku kiux scare
| In 1870 and ISL, when so many hundreds of ciu-
| z-n- were arrested under ths PROVISIONS OF tns
! torcr blil, gave those wuO disburscd the public
| moneys an ample opportunity to leather tn tiT
own nests and those of their friends.
Thousands II dollars were actually wasted and
| stDlen In thcse two Sluthern ST tea. For In
| stance, the Ini'eI states Mars ials employed
| tp Issue warrants, which thrv often did, upun the
| slightest pretexts. III ndreds nf supposttit ius
| hu-kluX were arrested numbers Ui resp ct
| able citizcns among ne number fslsey accused
| dra4gr from their homes. and taken III 50 NE
| Instances hundreds 81 mitrs fot trial The
| deputy mhrshas received fee TO- every arrest,
| and OF course the cust OF transportation was
| pad 10y the Government.
Hundreds of Witnesses during the progress ~
| the ku-kiux trials were dragged 10 Raleigh, N
| I , and COunUil, = c., aud Kept for weeks at
| Government expense. In leigh, f'r "a long
| time. Government money flowed like wat r.
| Ihe United states NJ arsnal, samuel 4. CarrOn.
| who has siuce gone out Of Uiice under a cloud,
| was exceedingly reckless IN ,he administration
| Of his ofh,e. and thus cost tine Government
| many extra thousands. IL l. not known how
mucn money he ui-barsed. but certain 1t Is thai
| nall tho amount was worse tn IN wasted.