National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-16

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the neighoorhood. on which tie witness indicstsd
the position Of the house referred u. = y 8
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Club ian :, Al should say II vas ( portion Of
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Cup e hspe "a ~ A. n peftbn Of the
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bling .housef a There 4 an oyster salooon down
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+, room Il, ,SSDS::s there % there T.
suppose that Is have never seen 4. ea.l.a ny
q. You suppose there 10 An entrance from the
front Is there an entrance nom .The Club
4 Whit do you mesn-the BARI
@, What is 'sThe Ciub,. A. 1.-THE olubn
tsIss up the whole corner; they have dining
4 foome upstairs and BARRON In front.
foa. there ny way 70 Get rom a. that oE nso
sGs se' bar
Q. You think so7 A. know so. -a,
he aon e
Q. How do you know that there is an entrance
1 Because have seen IT,
g. Can you see from 1.-THE Club into the
@. Then how are yo M enabled to say there is an
1 entrance from "The Club" into the the gambling
room because you saw ~ A. do say %.
i Q. But you refuse to say whether you passed
not propose to let you lead me into this again un-
: @. As 70 your being in there you decline to
| state9, "A. lido. 80 f--.5s 81 ,..-fsl'T-
@ f 70 n si
swefing the same as the other.
Q. Have you been In any other of the gambling
rooms you refer to in your testimony: A. de-
9. Have yen played At games in any of those
The Chairman. 1t lie proper for me to say that
the committee determined on Saturday that the
witness had the right to object to answering any
such question III he did so Tor the reason that ft
would tend to eliminate himself II It would not
he had not the right, and the question should be
on that ground You have the right to decline; but
on any other ground the committee are of the
opinion the question should be answered.
q The Witness. do not know that It would GRIM
mate me. but 1t might work to my disadvantage
The Chairman. Yeu mean to your discreditg
A. les, sir, and my disadvantage also. T--g -
By Mr.. Davy; q. In what way-as detective?
A; Yes. sir; In my business and also In my char
The Chairman. dot not think It proper to dis
pose of this question now. Ask any others If You
please. i understand the witness to say that he
declines TO answer this because It would tend to
his discredit or degradation to answer it.
By Mr.. W illiams:. q. would like to ask for
my own information question which has been
brought up several times. If this witness knows
when this police investigation was commenced
in December, / think, SIR. don't know what
day IT closed. but can easily ascertain. siLs
who sat near him. IsuPPose Major Richards
SSsiSE R %s; Not exactly 80.
for the las. two or three years Of notorious
houses Of prostitution in this city'
The Witness. Notorious houses? E1H
Mr.. Wilson. Yes sir. A. know Of houses of
prostitution donot know any notorious ones
q You know Of the existence of such houses'
9 Fave you personal knowledge Of their exist.
q: You know that they have been carried ons
THAT DANA CONSPIRACY pwIsDLEs.
Q. Do you know whether the Philadelphia au.
thorities had been communicating with this police
department here for the purpose Of getting in
they wanted him in Philadelphia? A. I did not
know it until yesterday. Mr. Clarvoe showed me
letter he received In March, 1s72 nom Mr.. Tag
q. Who is Tsggart. A. He was . detective
officer Of the police force Of Philadelphia at that
: @. Do you know whether there were any ac,u.
satiops against Mr.. Dana on account Of which |
answer in the courts for any ofense? A. Only |
q, You have been giving statements here. Do
eersY A. knew that the object was to arrest |
him for some purpose as he passed through Phil
q. So that the truth about this matter is, is It
not, that the police authorities of the city Of l
Philadelphia Communicated with the police |
autho,itfes Of this city for Information concern
Dsnai A. That did not know un Mfp Yesterday
when MI Ciarvoe showed ne N this letter.
z: From your personal information that is the
hct! A. In relation to that one letter.
the police force Of this District. I will ask you
70 state now 70 the committee whether i e
ent cities to communicate with each other for the
RnrpSse 2. pr9e1rng the arrest OF parties that
Yes sn nave answer 70 apr0ee's OF ia"'
The committee then adjourned until seven
Evening Session.
The committee reassembled at O'Clock. Nc
I,r.esa was ecalee 70 tne s.and.
ThsChairman stated that the committee have
ton as to that Conversation between YOU and the
fres'aent.
dent had requested the resignation OF the Board |
= Sose NM
short lapse Of time the President admitted US.
We stated that We supposed that he had heard
He -sid he had read it In the paper. I said to
the President that We had come mp to see him to
mfrepresented If we had not already been. /
think then McDeyitt mentioned the whitthorne |
matter.
The Chairman What did he sav about IT, A. |
He recited what he has already stated before the
Gsamittee;
MP Murfa Nh calling upon the MAJOR and raauest
ing Niller and MeDdyitt TO foliov MI. whit
thorne and to catch him IN a house of iii.repute
or inyeigie him into one, and have the house
Of the Committee on NsVsi Ifars. he - Also re.
marked to the President that he did not think
Mr. Robesop knew anything about the matter
o. who remarkedf a. Mr McDevitt The |
President said aNo no: don't think he did,
The President then said gwen. 9ontIemen.
don't know any suggestions that can make to
you.n repeated again, "Mr. President, We
DIDN'T come no for mat purpose we lust want
to Law the facts rs they exist before YOU 30 that
we cannot be misrepresented m va have NOT
already been - The President said that Mr.
Murtaxh had not Spoken to him about the mat.
ter nor any one else but that he had Qot tired of
seeing this stuff in the paper and acted upon his
own responsibility.
o. In whatY In asking for their resipna |
tons
o. Is that all that took placer A. think I
told the President that / Thought as much Of nv