, 1876-01-26

in 1871 or 1879. lie eAd he wished 10 eco FItz. |
roy; that ho had m Important communication |
and Mexico said Farley 1loIb. B,orekeerer At |
ueGis Erasers listiIiery, vouId do. and he |
nrotn note to him. which lad delivered by \ |
young man III tho of1lce. Mexico then told tno
kno"it: Subsequently 'sobb told mo that tho t
koow!edgo Of ss~ell's prcsonco in tho city ind
Caused them to lose several tubs Of n,ash
Witness thbn teGoMn&th tho rnhnpor In nhich
ling, sud proceeded: Ind q brief talk with
Mexico 90 the Httect, aptl told him FEaZet, The
navenne Agent. had arrived. AZ another tlno
tola MN. IN pursuance OF general orders ftom
e.eshcs time told him whom no1nc wete e1rce.-
cd who did not como. Mr. Ford Vas not ut the
of1cs at the tins, aud could not ind linn. and
won't 70 sco MsKec. One day McKec came 10
to him, and told mo that IN al con-
tldenssai nastcsn whore The exercito Of pru.
denco or Judgment waa required I should
consult Mckee. In fact bis Instructions were
directions. Wltlo Ford wna absent tn Colorado,
| leonsultod will Mexico on several occasioun.
Nhcn Ae started awny fos . lengthy trip. ho
wrote no letter reativeto McKec. That letter
Uas afterwards ethtracted from n,y dosk, but
| can gtSe Tho substance Of it.
| Tue defonao objected TO witnosB stating what
waa In tue letter unless ito oxact words could DO
! gwen.
l
| withdrawn.
| Witness continned Tho noto Was about thus:
| ~ have 1uut Heard tint possibly eouse detoct-
Ives viii cosnc hofo: II they do, mako then
show thor credentials. knd then see Mr. AIcKoo."
| Witncs8 Knew Simon Itay, nephew Of Mexico.
1tay was appointed Gauger alter McKeo sold tho
l'enocr,7A Just before tha Globe atstsed lad
2 conversation With Mckae about tho pey Of
services in the Globe office. and RaYs brother
would rctform tho duties OF Gnuger. NaY
Wns willing to take part OF the salary himself
ei.e part to b. brother. and let mo
and hc said IL thora was no. dishonest pnrposo
In tho arrangement It was ali right.
Tho dotonae objected to shia Kind Of taatimo-
~, aud held that bnfore 1t was admissible tha
Government should prove At tho tmo 1t was
violation Of tho revonuo laws for Gaugor to do
lia work BY proxy,
Judge Dillon. to witness-1f Ray was untitled
to this compensation and II YOU did no patt Ut
part OF the PAW
W1tnra-1 don't huor, except MS ! sad to-
fo:c, Mcheo Yas niy very good ffcua, aud hc
ddopsed this r1an to asalst mo.
| THE cnoss.ExAM1HATloH
| Of this witncss brought long at*totnents contetn-
| Ing tlr. Ford, tho manner III which ho conducted
tue office Of Collector, etc., whth wAs dutto fa-
yorabIo to that gentleman In tlb main. HB nas
matter Of seizures ho ueycr took my nctiou uu.:
til hc had thoroughly Investigated and found
uuticieut ground to proceed. Witness stated.
however, tllat tho ollco waa virtually Iun by alc-
Donaa, the Supervisor, aud Joyco lis Noyenue
| Agnnt. Joyco would wsfte out memoranda,
aud # witness did not carry them ont he (Joyce)
: would 50 to Ford md get h!G1 70 Instruct wit
: ness e do ss Josca tc9:isslat. SicKeo was on
confidential. l was In chargo OF tho ofllce
0 wheausos Ford VIE away, ar1l waB under I'LL
i arucsions to consult Mexico a. sncl, times sbout
: anything tbat cams u,. After Ford's death
| fH} I 4 1ke NJ lin ftnttA seHfr }oni
charge, Nor. Is, Mcdonald took direct charge OF
thu ofIcp. and nctod thtcr his instructions.
Witness then EAsc loug account Of tho
Q burning Of large part Of tue records Of the
= mud fltzroy said tboy wanted to look ovor some
1ssni. nsyIs H., rfq5or my A'th1onsn a1,1s i$ss e.
Wss y sapssior ms oeor a . a te sght 70 o.
: amino them. therefore told him ho could lool
at them 81 my time. Joyce. Ftzroy. and Bests
went to tho otiice togcthcF, aud although they
t do aught but examine them, felt certain they
1 lad another purpose, and after showing then
4 whore tho paporn Hcre left 10 THAI l st,oa!d
;, not sec what was douo. I knew was doinE
It safet5 Of those papers: fol-: ccrtais
o these porsons designed removing th
+ paporB. but + hsa no ttoa the
intended to burn the 1ls htt ts%9yS a
roctt1crs' papors wero taken: l mado two 70
ports to tbs commissioners ot lnte1ual Nevcuu
r that Tho documents were missing, one IRON
o from data furnished by Megulre. | did not III
doItako an explanation TO Mngulro about tn
+ niBning papers. and for tho reason did no
doem 1t necessary. s1a3usso nasdo certain rc
10 invited my contiacnco, and privileged Mo t
H. say what pleased. | therefore spoke to bill
+ about gseat many things. lilo told mo ho wa
,r familiar With tho Hing business heretofore. an
1.+k fth4
then told BIN that with my knowledge of u
reyonuo business | couldn't run tho Dissrte
la honestly and sauaraiy with the forcu on hand
Il. also told him about tho papura that weso nl!ai
Or disappearance. i bnya bson before all lhe Gran
j. Juses aince tho whisty Investigations. do nc
y know that hoyo been indicted, and have n
is reason to bolievo the Government will treat n
10 any lsHer6nt from any ot,o else. Witness dcnfc
H. ever having bolougea 10 tho Hing. They too
i, particular pains, ho sail. 10 keep him out, for
Id ho bad been In, II would hayo reduced tho wect
70 ly share Of oach. lilo received uoliey. howove
co On tho redirect cxam'nntion witness said |
el met Mckee by accident, On hfa why to Now fo!
e. u 1873, mud told him all about MaEutres affair
ga the destruction OF tito records of the Collector
III Office, saa other matters connected Will III
@. oalco.
al ALFRED DEv1B,
aa OF the firm Of Bowls X Frazer, vas tho next ri
tn ness, and testified 10 receiving information
ns Gcu. sowoll's arrival here In lB71 from F.nl
'ly Nohb, who was their stosekeepoE ia ther d!Hs
oy lery. They had several tubs OF crooked ma
70 that morning, which were run Into thetr bce
~ sink. Soma nnatampod. which waa tn their 10
ho session. was disposed Of. This they atraigllcn
Up. Gen. 6nwet reachod tho dtstll llery t.
hours after they were informed OF htd a1Elya
and found all right.
Ve Bowls then rected some general operations
1s the Ting, and repeated bis testimony in tho II
90 Donald and Avery rnsea about assessments nah
70 on and paid by dtattlors for Royenu0 Aeec
~ ". l3raslsar and Iloag aud somebody iu Wasllp
ca cI ! ton.
- Wituosa continued: l lad a conversation vi
"a AlcKee eithnr in or uoaf tho Gtobe Office. BIo
about Joyce removing tho 1lardaSAys and sa
cral olhers that thought II unwiso to reno
~ them, AZ they know what Was gong OIL, a
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