, 1879-02-05

agrcci between counsel, anil all round. That
TINT should be kept tacrcdtT still; md. as lid
not get tnto The neTspaners II ~a. a. guessed m st.
crs, For some reason which I ncver rouhl M
dc5staml, II was announced IN tn. papers, or
hntcd at. that Luga.t and Fatwel1 had sosnc-.
kept up.. a month, before this tutc,vc~ viii!
I1esinR lad seen 14oran in his house, and tod
him II must Be- annoying to him: That Knew
az about Il.e revelations made by s ns.e
their story M Indefinite number Of times, and l
MAS happy IN state to him that his nRt,s waA
not Involved In It in TIN rcnotcst degree; bnt,
Is,dr nearing it could seo lint lis dail no ron
nccton with It. Now, nfscr these men madd
this statement there werc stftlIthtngs haprctiug
every day Or two b. which II waa necessary ior
INT to tce them. They Wcrc ac:,.tcrcd orer the
town, and tl.eY had an arrangement by whicl.
thcr we're to take lunches At the Tlyost Of l
O'Clock. as = mode Of getting toRetfcr them:
them Ut my office ia the .lay. got in The habit
Of sending one Of my oti1ce.b0ys down to the
Tivol1 to tell anybody he might find 10 corc 10
mr. office, Ut hunt up anrhody else. 1n that way
o'clock, On ona OCCASION, hsine in tbat
10 SEQ them. ! mai, Mr.. Ilesng. I
tupposcd-at lesst the thought crossed mr.
these rucrl'a turning Rtate'a evidence on Ilin';
and did not knuw That he would want to speak
to mc. | would state tEat in The ten years prr-
sious had ilot taIkci' to 1fesIng tesI minutes
altogether. Our acquaintance was simply TINT
hnwed to hin wben SAW him on the street; T.
never made a request to hin. nor he to me.
Seeing he was f.nnseI to tpeak to INC, spoke
nrosn4hty fro,n i've 10 fifteen seconds, and then +
howeL myself away from him and went to mr.
clients. to do whatever had to d.. Now. llats
no interest in his turning ss.te's evidence,
neither had any Of ms clients; II hnd sccn
any danger coming to either Logan or Farwcl'.
tuy relations with them were such tllnt would
have run tn tlIcm anil warmed thcm; but
which haru bcet' ut probably three Or foar
ttmcs.--lhcre were hundred people there. Per
haps, taking their lunch, AMI The conversation 1
Ind With flesths could be heard as readily as
never dreamed or thought Of such Thing TIL
heard this story from Iiesng."
On re.cEasniaa.lon BY Col. Cooper, Nir. SWEET
said he was attorney for fl'e. t1.st bath. whoss
we're Indicted IN the fall. ln The Enitcd States
District Court, presided over by Judge
Blodgett: The arrangements for immunity
tic middle Of December. The terms we're ti'at
ihey were to 1ecctsc complete immunity from
all criminal prosecution growing out Of this
transaction IN consideration Of the fact that
matters within thcr knowledge. lie was
only H. cuurt once during the trlHl
Of Daniel Mum. aud ones during the trial Of
Rlt4h nHu E1f1ltnans iG &aH some OIL t1iE c11Eht4
on the stand lIe had no knowledee rhcther,
betrcen the month ef December. 1S7;j, and the
time when these trfats took place. in March,
1870, Judge Blodgett know anything about tho
conyersai!on With t!,e Judge himself. The ar
rangcmcnt was male by u committee of tho
clients gotpz to Washington, aud the puints of
this agreement were liked up there. Wnan they
the officers In tho Treasury Department a1f
connected Herewith. II was reported to Mr..
Smith u.nl himself. and they went and carried It
out anl rut 1t into tornl-not into written
fornl-with Messrs. Dexter and Aver, a,l tho
OilMr Government counsel. All he wnY inter
cBted in professionally after that WIS 10 compel
lie specific performance Of the agreement on
we're !u hts oil!cc from, September until March
d good portion OF every day shout 1t. There
was sort Of common relation between tli't
Gq1crntnent counsel AMI himself. aud whenever
lnakc bis cl,ellts To TIC fatr thing. lie used TO
ronter with Mr.. Dexter and sir. Aver Whenever
ttley desired. bcing held responsible, ns ha
tlluuvht, that hls cllcnts would net fairly BY
their contract.
add not ynu hare any conversation with
Dexter, Aver, HuvtNllt. nE- Dange atuut thc de-
"B1rabitY t1E quilting 1lcsng, as The term wus Ia
thosv days, to 'llc down' on soms othcr hl-
1uwf"
'Ncver On earth. Tic, subject OF getting
Hcs!pg to turn states evidence was ntYry dis-
ct1ssel between me ut,d any Ut the Government
counsel. and 'sscs wa requested % to 40 n1! any
II. The s!rst ! heard that Rehm had turnrd
States evidence was, should think, y month
after this conversation with HcsinC. ! bcluc IN
incidentally remarked to. inc That he lad
RnL letter from home that Jaku
lschm MAS trying. to lay down. l lah
nothing IL do with the prosecution Ut the other
tsat brought Us together was when my clrnts
were wa,ltcd To do anything tIev sent for INT,
and tried To make them DO the fair thing under
their agreement"
.IAcse Government counsel conferred very
freely With YOU, did they not, noout their llopcs
and expectations as 10 tho result Of the whisky
proterutionst"
"No. sir. When would be ealle.l by them,
IL WAS In relation osone buslucss Of MY clfcnts
and then very frequently the conversation wou1h
run Into tic general qucstton, nntl they talked
about thu trials Tint were approaching. Ghd
what they expected 10 do. Tt'cFe was conycr5a.
tloa Of that sort; tho paint was eotnethluE
had to DO With my cltcnis.n
"WitI you aay To this Committee Tint YOU
never heard any Of these Government counsel
expressing dcsire-erprcss q suspicion, at
lca.t, on tlleIr part-that there were other Men
btuu.iiug higher than ilchn or 1lesiug. who
wrrc really runncctrd with this whisky coII-
sp!rse, ri!on TRY yery much desired 10 cet
~ will tutl you all know nhout TINT After
ltcsa .atu hail turnct Btatc's evidence, lid
dlsr,,sa viii, Dexter, thtuk. the fact ltlat WI
Logan Or. FarweI', a. TIC newspaper. ha!
rllafret Now, as 10 TIM desire to ret llu1d nt
anybody rlsc, do not think l ever discussed
with ,,,rsu gentlemen about IT,. That phase Ut
with It In my way wlsateycr; did not try to get
clients ont, n,il then aui.."
"Whcrcabouts was Mr. liesinK In the 'F1!ull
when you went in there, 10 you remelnbGr
ii MY have ssen him twice. have been IN