The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-16
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Letters from Sid. and Ola fom.-The
Truelawardness or the Conspiracy.

Letters from Slus ana Oto EO"-Ao c
Truelnwardnes. OF the Conspiracy.
EXACTLY LIKE OLD HARIsHoRNE"
TcFEKA, KAs, Marlh 81, 1879.
Ny Dcor Colonel:
We have got possession Of some import
ant facts connected with Merritt and Harris
horne, of the investigation committee.
There Is O man here who Merritt offended.
thinking he was Hartshorne, and made
most important disclosures, paying him
500 in money and promising him 81 900
to stand firm for Ingalls,. Clapp has seen
the man and there is NO mistake about 1t.
The man looks exactly like old Hartshorne.
Keep this matter from the knowledge Of
the Ingalls, men and we will find This
valuable bit of evidence. In haste.
- Your friend, SIDNEY CLARKE.
CcL. +. S. STUMBAUGH.
SENATOR pILwoRTHY APPEARs.
% WaverIy Place,
N. y March %, 10.
+. s. Stumbduqh:
DEAR SIR Il am in receipt Of your let
ter Of yesterday and hasten to say that you
can succeed only by pushing the commit
tee to hurry up the case and set q time for
the hearing. Ingalls, is pleading for delay.
He tells his friends he shall go home and
fortify against it. Clspp writes me Of i'm
portant testimony of John Lsunter, Of
Garnet, and others; you know Of il, pre-
sumo enclose you Bsilinger's letter; you
answer it for me. Tell him | am in New
York and too busy to reply. 10 regard to
| the Confidential matter / must see you
| when / come on next week, and in the
meantime look about. i have hoped to be
able to aid our friends in Ksnsas in some
portion of the expense if it goes on. Bat
| | h ave NO funds to loan, rs i am carrying .
load too heavy for Inc now, Still ! nave
friends and will see what l can do.
hope to leave here and see you Saturday.
| Yours, ETC., 5. {. PoMERoY.
MARTISpALE, sIMcoCK AND GUTHRIE CHIP
IN
| ToPEKA, April 5, 1879.
Hon. l.. +. Eggr,:
| DEAR SIR-Your letter came to hand,
| and | waited q day or two TO see the Hon.
Sid. Clarke, and then l showed him the
letter, and We had some talk about sending
you some money. Clarke told me that
| Martindale and Simcock had sent one hun
bred and thirty dollars, and that Guthrie,
of Atchison, would send ore hundred and
| fifty dollars more. Then saw him again,
and he said the latter one hundred and
fifty dollars had been sent. l hope you
have received it ere this. What has Pom
eroy done? Will he not bear his portion
Of the burden?
| / wish you would say to him that it is
most earnestly hoped that he will do his
duty. What are you doirg? When are
YOU coming home? Will the committee or
Senate do snything-wil they investigate
The Blade has published all the testimony,
and has been red hot sgainst the Ingalls,
outfit all the time since YOU left.
Please show this to Col. S;umbaugh.
Yours, l.. III. WHTrSEY.
CONFIDENTIAL" cLAPP.
YEAIEs CENTER, WooDsoN COUNTY,
April II, 1879.
DEAR SIR: / inclose to you letter
from Mr.. Bissell. Ii seems be did not
know your address and wrote to Martin
dale. He told me Of IT, but said he had
forwarded it to his partner to send to you.
Some time after, in TACT by last mail, re-
ceived it to forward it to you.
| There seems to be here n rich lead.
hear by a confidential source from Wash.
iugton that there is little doubt that the
Democrats Of tho committee will decide to
investigate, and will do it in X ansas dur
ing congressional recess. The source Of my
information will explain to you when We
meet. 1t is tooJ confidential to write, but
is the best authority that the case admit:
Of
| am very anxious to hear from you
especially how P does in sustaining
you financially. Just insist upon it.
| think | wrote you that there would bt
meeting at Topeka Of ways and means al
soon as it is decided to hold the investiga
ton. think i shall be in Washington il
two or three wetFs. Shall if can.
Very truly yours, in haste,
DEXTER Z. CLAPP.