Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-11
LOCAL NEWS.
The Mtter>kt C.a..,r... C...-

Yesterday, In tie Criminal Coart. Judge
Macarthur, the case OF julius J. Wftoxssf.
chsrged with conspiracy 10 defrau I'D The gov
ctnmeni, wss continued. After recess. Mr..
Carpenter Offer 4 IN evidence A cony 81 some
psptrs from the War department
The District Attorney said he soy haa the
Stlsinsi paprrs, they having been seat To
personally a. to their Authority.
Mr.. Carpenter demanded
AN ATTACHMENT FoR GEN. TOWNSEND.
Judge Macarthur replied that he would
MOI grant ~. Mr.. Carpenshr urged that the
defendant had right 10 compulsory process
10 procure the attendance of his witneS ses,
ard said surely the court would not ALLOW n
military officer OF the United States % defy
the law. Judge Macarthur. said he believed
thSt lhis was nothing but u matter of feeling.
nothing 20 hinder or impede tne progress OF
The trial, he would grant the request He
msce tlt attachment against q zen. 40 gnsend
retuTnable 10 day 81 10 u. M, and adjourned
the court
GIN. TOWNSEND IL COURT.
This morning tsen. Townsend ca ne into
court ~ 10 O'Clock with Bailin ray Tor who
had Sc we'd the writ on him a shou { me pre-
Niously. Gen. Townsend engaged IA cor
versatlcn " To Gen. Negley uutil the court
convened, when he was called To the stand
by Mr. Carpenter.
District Attorney weils.-DO you call him
"A witness or as 10 the matter OF contempt?
Mr.. Carpenter.-Ne know nothing OF any
proceeding s. Ia contempt, 20 the District At
iorney wishes any sach proceedings he can
have them.
The court said Accommodation received
rom Gen. Townsend. and read yesterday,
would relieve him Of any Intentional con-
tempt, and he had veroaily notified Gen.
townsend that the explanation was sa,isfac-
tory.
MIR. Wells remarked that an attachment
had bern Issued yesterday, and la justice TO
Gen. Townsend the proceedings should be
discharged.
Mr.. Carpenter said that the responsibility
Of the attachment was On their side Tney
haI IN nlarrn
witness they desired, aud there Was 40 o her
course left than 10 ask the attachment
The court SAID The matter % the attachment
would no, be disposed OF until after the w.t.
ness had ven testimony. aud directed the
examination To proceed.
Gen. Townsend was handed a book, and
testified mat n was book ~ endorsements,
received from the post uf the Army OF the
Cumberland, at Nashville. Tenn. he de-
scr bed. generally, tie cuStom OF his Office,
and said there had been a many a. six
searches Ia his once Tor the papers In this
case. and he believed that every paper bear
ing on a., which hal an eNisJeacs "a his
ONCE, had been found and produced. These
searches were made TOT the Treasury depart
ment, the engineer bureau, Ihe COurt OF
Claims aud for other courts. Witness was
handed a special order, and said u was In
The regular form. Several papers were
handed To witness and he compared them
with the entries In the endorsement book and
the index book.
Harry Hallenbuck. clerk ia Adiutant
Generals Office, explained from The pOks OF
the Army OF the Cumberland that "A letter
was received from Thomas Hardin, com
planning of one Witogski, "A government
contractor, and IL was referred 70 Lieutenant
Colonel Donaldson, but there was no evil
dence in the books Of the letter being re-
turned, the subject having ended there.
Gen. Townsend. at this point, was excused,
but was directed TO send certain papers
down.
MORE TESTIMONY.
Col. Goddard was recalled, and testified TO
the signature OF Major McMichael.
The defence then put IN a record, the en-
dorsement 10 which was that Wltowskl, by
fraud, obtained timber from HRrding's lands.
and Capt. Doaaldson's reply that Hsrding's
loyalty was doubtful. The papers In the case
OF Harding agt. Witowski were put in, show
ing that the case was dismissed.
Gen. r. Il. Mitchell testified , having re-
lieyed Gen. Negley of hts cDmmand AT Nash
Vile I'm December, ls'i2; knew Witovski fur
nished logs, and saw an amount OF timber
cut on Harding's lands.
Archie McGee, for the government, was
call6 as a rebuiting witness, and produced
the record OF the southern district court OF
Mississippi in the case of Julius Witowskt,
al Judged a bankrupt In August, lSiS. WI
towski swears To an indebJedn ness entitlet 10
priority OF 5000 due To the revenue service
In Louisiana, and there is no m enti on OF a
debt due him by the United States.
a recess was taken.