, 1877-11-21

atllDuffeu.
GOLSEN VS.. MATTHEWS.
THE YonMER MARES OUT BTRoNg CASE.
Tic Testimony of Col Matthews was 70 fatty
contradictory uf that given ~ Go!acn, and n1.o
BY Col. Eahtman on the previous 'iay, that the
reporter was At 4 loss to understand It, or
to sec how there cDu1d hare been Euell
lnisapprclcnston between these men Is to the
meaning of The conversations which they had
hu1 and the agreements they had arrived At. 60
he hunted up Mr. Go'sen and read to him Col.
Matthew'S Testimony rs II Is given abov",-tle
testimony In which Matthews denies that he
ever matte IN agreement with Gulsen, and also
that he remembered ever saying that he Was
"l'r!sttw's right bower"
"Wl1at ,Iu gun think OF that. Mr.. Gulsen1'
said thu reporter.
"1l's all wr .ng," said Mr. Golscn. "1t isn't
true. don't know whit Matthews means or
What nc i. after. VI course he wants sotnc-
thing. lie is trying to get some place under
this Administration, md wants - make htmscif
suliI with IL l1y testlfytng IN its beh1lf.h
Suppose, :icn," said tic reporter, "you
tell MT Just about
that yDst canc to hare ony conversation with
Col. slatt!,rws about your Tying .uwnl'
III WAS this *ay,' sati Mr. t;oiten: we
were sei7e'l n WY an.i inIsstel a!onE IN octo-
rla mud said: 'Golseu. there h Hia1, here tFrn
Washington, all' think Tic hest thing that We
can do Is tn nuke tertils With him, md get out
Of TINS tsnutlc.' IL was vGrv much worried,
10 anything to ut. They can't prove anything
against US. 1'hcrc hut thing that thr tioy-
erntncas ran d., antl what's the use OF my c.,nl
Inv to terms with tl1ctna' We'll, lie eame to sco
:. WHAT did .they seize you for, then, Gotsen,
II they couldn't prove anything nKainst yuuf'
II sutJuobo that SliufeI.lt said lu thc uuverl-
nsnt Ie .1eSia - ag ;a. IN ts ai ts
catel. ttctn u it, Anu then they went on asld
nude tho eeiznrcs.
nur rnEr nsp NO EVIDENCE AGAINST ME.''
I" Suthinxf''
''Cuultlu't tLcy prove that moic goods went
gu. q iiie houss than welo reported as coming
Iutr ~"
"Ycs, perhaps they coulsl, hut that didn't
comc uti to me. You sec The tiascr Ielt Ills l,ook
witt, lie, mud when VIC sent nut barrcl VIC filled
Ut, tic stub. lie knew nothing ut oil about IT.
Tle gootls wer. Square on the fuec o( thcut. II
nuyttinlg WIS wrung tue Government would
haYe como bnck Oh thc Government Ulllccr and
not on tA.'t
"Wei, couldn't they show that crooked
goods w.rc carried Into t!r rtctlfyinE hou:e"
mo, they couldn't: Ihay sSul.lnt put t!,eir
So arranged tlas ,wncrr crooked goods wrrc
brought In 1t was Impossible ior anf Govern
.fc11t u.llccr to find out slAt te.c was anything
rroukcd. ami showed n"t,iinr wron:.." '''''O
tllow, THEN. Ahuur MATTI1xwsl'
"Wc1i, Eastman catilr to lnc ngan-taifn was
in Dccea'ter-anl wanted should go over to
liz liz ta!l;ci % an ,aIkei, % and sad Il would BE- t's
hest thing fur US 10 ,tv, anl finally | went ovsr
one urlt. Julge sIller WIS there, a'ni
Matthews, and s"nc',ody else. Matthews was
very Jolly anu suctal'9c. IAcre Vas q bttttc u
,r1ti - nutt In mil tf1,. 1tfH fDtn
il1Illk.' l taal, No. business first and pleas
uro aitcrwnr.ls.' Finally he began talking apo.t
my knuw,,,g sotnetllng, aud salt thai d1!u't
rarc ahout talking private business where
1ihta'Sl fhet1s lo sart, live rot tic dcad wo~i
on sou, md want you e )ay down md tel aa
aeaillst III; you l4avn't 20, ouc scrap of paper,
ur ut,a bit Ut evitclec, to prove t!i4n- aga,s,st
tho house, Hnys Ec 'One af the titsllters Inns
eo,nu It, nptl t"ll us evclyth!ng.' Well says
!, in that rasu you d9n't want auythlna unorr.
Aud that was about thu end VI that cuAvcrsa-
| tlon. saw hl,n afterwards several tfHlrs. We
| used to drink cl.atnp4CNc together at JAle
Wooford's, amt tina1Iy 1aatlc uI arrangement
with li1n-Eastmau aud dld-thnt We were to
| b. free from all rriinnni aiItl civil suits.
| WHAT UARcT nD YUu surrOsE WOULD HAVE
In tvlllng hin oil l knew Oil a1Iy otner basts I
l(o couldn't, proyc anything a:Ain>t nlr. /
should have been bcltcr of II hu.ln't yielded
tn Eastu,ans wishes, and hull Kept out of II nl-
| ttrethcf. The only advantage tint It was to
INC Wis that thought that should get rid uf
thu suits wt'tc1 were hanging over me, hut ns It
~ t!lal Ii latl said 'nu' to him. II nil of
us distalura aMd rcctllcts had stuck together,
nothing could hare t~c' done to us. Thcy
couldn't have proved thing against Sun! u
| us. Tho selxuTcs were tuAtie. tell you, lust
lpcause Shufeadt told them that VIC llai l,cct,
doug things crooked. hut Hey had ITO iestl.
,nony. Nlat t!lcy wcfc n.ter was 10 got trstl-
mony aga!nst ilesing. and tnat waa why tho
lei ir,, brrauso wouldn't testify
against 1Irs,pg, and .he was ths
man whom they we're after. Brooks tAll,-!old:
Man I!fooks.--'it you gsn get Oo'sen you haye
the only nsan who could back IN nv etAtcnlc'ts
| by evidence. | hui tile rtIcrks Oh Dickinson,
Abci Il Co., Coop.r. putlslo Alillrr, Simon
Powell, and tho rest Of the sreonl batch"
| rnEwsf"
ayes, clean and rlrar, uul aflcr he had made
| It with tllo then hu inadu omu with these otllc1
fellows. After llc lad mai' II with me, Parker
Mason came to my hollsc ut midnight one night
and said all the alstt'lcts wanted tu lay. dus1
ap.l wanted mt to 70 IN with them. lie sas
they wanted tu do It jointly Or nut It all:
an..i hal nothing to 'lo with thcn. ! uidn'1
catc what they did, becauses you see, was IL
sWhy atia't IT !, you have 'omsthlDc in writing
! "l uNll4 &ec tuH uaE u ls+ llCFG WA4 tDF
ctntucut ufllcer, tue highest IN rank In tic State
who sa!i TO nu this and tllls tbtnK SHOULD ;,t
dune, an,i aislat sre any reason why shouldn't
brlcye IT,
"Tl,en Matthews was Too sharp for you, per
hapsi''
II No. he isn't. Matthews isn't 80 smart a.
| YOU folks any. II knew oHc.senth pf WIN
Matthews thinks lu kuuws, would TO 1T to t,t
President Of tho Unttcsl States. Do sou Eo
THOSE WAREHOUSE Rscs1rrs
| for l50 bassela Of AlehwlDes stutel ttl tho Chi
| csgo Dock Cunpany's warehouaeI'
.tcs You Mcan the unc~ that had tfehm
tudorsy,l Oh 1he.., md where tlcru was 4ucs
thu uuout Jako Isehm having Mla4s tt'e iudorse
! mrntF'
"Yes; those were tho ones. Do you kuoN
| how rot theIal"
| "koh
"Wr!l eook those out Of my safe, Hg4tnln
der Matthews nose."
"lluwt"
"fou remember when my place was seized
they took tho safe au1 Aen'ed II up, just rs they