National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-04-03

subject to Ottmsn he did hot seem 10 take to it.
Afterwards told him to walt and would get a
II. went to tho water closet in welcker \
Hagerty's and got the note and took II out. 1
SSs1 %.'a i HS ssS tss.,
opened the note and found It 10 be . $500 noto. 1
then went into Ottman's He was behind tho
bar.
oTTMAN TAKKs HOLD OF THE JOB.
We shook hands and slipped the note into his
hand at the time. He asked me to have glass
minutes and came up, and then said guess there
10 tomethinR In It, ! then went home. Two or
Sy n.a noe DONE @
he agreed. Would not take the package because
the clerks were watched, O,tman said if the
saw Gilman tho next day and made an appoint
ment for him to come to the Treasury Depart
him IL Of a.
Division. / told Gilman to go In No. 4 and 1
would 20 In No. 8 watercloset.
RECOVERING THE rAcKAox.
Ireached down and got the package. ! found the
on the package was in the handwriting Of Nc.
Curdy. 1 dropped the ticket down the escape
6ttman's closet, and no pressed his right side
toward mo. OttmaIto9k the package, and told
him to get out Of the office as soon as he could:
went to him two days Afterwards, and asked him
how was everything. He said all right; that Il
was all in t5c0 bills excepting the ssT, and that IL
used te7 to help pay for horse, but did not want
his wife 10 know anything about It. Tho note
that Ottman took down tho cellar was never re-
subicSuentiy I obtained the numbers Of the
notes from him. told him that l wanted their
should change any Of the money in the cash.reom
wanted to know them. Ottman refused to let
me have the notes in my possession, but showed
some In the e,oo0 and few in the 1000. As there
was so few in the 1000 made the remark at that
time that We had better change the smaller
numbers 0rat. there moro of tho large
numbers and not so apt to be noticed.
TWAS TO HAvEHALr
Of the money that I gave to ottman, and he &C:
knowledged that he received from me s'I, oo7, !
would be caught. Gilman said that he would
celler in a box that was nailed underneath
bench. and o clcat nailed over that, so that no
detective in the world could hnd Il. l asked for
the first $500 bill that gave him, and he told me
banks had refused to take $500 notes only on an
him TO be careful how he put the money out or he
would be caught. Ottman replied that they had
better put some Of the money out SAID that II
WOULD Oct 1T oRASeKp
at the Treasury. Ottman said no would give
himself away. told him no danger, as was an
asserting clerk. and could change Il easily. OFT.
np nS but n. psa mot carried oa o ' he
came to the Treasury for change, and called me
out and said that he had twenty Of the $500 bills
money was on the desk, and he ought 70 have
kept the 10000 agreement.
Some time alter that he came to my house and
said that he had put out 5000 Of the money. /
told him again to be cautious for the thing was
not dead. ! asked who he put the money out
changed II for him. I Insisted on knowing. He
sS he Ss s ss for with masha r..
change. L sad that would not d. Ottmnn
about the money opmsn said that he haS only
tl4,50o lef. said that was not right and had
got nothing; Gilman said that Il had cost him
Il was risky. He replied that it was all right,
that Il any Of them went back on him ho would
take them by the ear.
"PoKER CHIPS" FOR PEG LEO.
One morning went Into Ottman's place, and
no said want You to direct q box. / asked
where to. He handed me box and told me to
direct to T. W.. Brown at some hotel in Sara
sending, and Ottman said poker chips. l told
| him that thought Brown was broke. He an.
s% oEp ssS
| into Ottman,s possession he and met frequently
either at his house or mine. He was at my house
| New York together on the LIST Of August, 1875.
| After arriving there we went nrst to the Metro.
had nG sSuent WA s1 there
told him that y was time 70 divide, and wanted
him to hx my share. Ottman thought that could
loon and stock, for which he wanted 10000. 1
would not agree, and finally settled on u, 500
The Of y the wv wa! 70 be-
| This Conversation occurred in Ottmau's sisters
ice.cIeam saloon. made the memorandum In
opposite to me at the table at the time. He said
that the statement was all right, and asked Il
take 1t down, so that he would know what
| amount to give me.
HALLRcK WANTED HALF.
Some Of the figures have been erased, but the
| statement was as follows:
| First the tlT,oe7o6, then ono half underneath
which was my share. Then there was o. $40 o
| the money received from Ottman rs my share o
the losses for getting the notes changed. TheI
GE tas
my share In the funds.
In the calculation made q mistake of q, 900
| and marked II "show W. >" intending to SHOW
Ottman when he came to Jersey City. OttmaI
told me that he would pay me my share when w
The memorandum was made on Thursday, and
the following Saturday the detectives took tn,
book from here at the Central guard house. IA
paper IN the month of July. received It from
eolored boy over the counter in the casn.room.
1Son III nm NM ksn to Gilman Who tore ny
McDevitt.
THE cRoss-ExkNIFATIoS.
This closed the direct examination, and ex.Sen
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| lions, which he made very searching. HaIleci
| gave him description Of the man Oates and tn
| places where he had met him. He did not TAX
| the money from the cash.room. He was uude
indictment for this ofense, and had been con
yicted once. There was an agreement with tn
District Attorney that II he would make truth
full statement his case should be nolie prosecuted
Mr.. Wilson had told him that II he went upo
the stand and testified the case against hin
would be dismissed. The immunity was granite,
BY Attorney General TAFT. Mr.. Carpenter hel,
the witness on the stand for three hours, exam
lining chiefly In the part OF the evidence referrinj
to Gates and the immunity to be granted to Hal
lock. He laid great stress on the latter action
and tried to show that the witness was relating
A coscooTRD sroRI
for the purpose Of securing his own freedom an
getting Gilman into the penitentiary. The AZ
tute counsel pounded away perseveringly bu
failed to drive the witness from any insteria
point that he gave in his direct testimony
without concluding with him Haleck was dis
missed until today. Tho following witnesse
we're examined in regard to kilograms; J. ]
Donoley, OF South Boston, Walter Branson, J
II. Seryipson, Lewis Smith, Morris Roach an
Franklin Ellis. The court then adjourned.