New-York tribune., 1879-01-28


Mr.. Chandler to appoint two Indian agents. Mr..
Chandler replied that two Indian agents had been
appointed. Then arose the question Of the trans
mission of the money to indianapolis, and Mr.. Iyner
and member of the committee went 10 a bank in
indianapolis TO arrange for drawing upon Mt.
Chandler for So 600. The officers Of the bank
hcstated, fearing that the draft might not he
honored when 1t presented to Mr. Chand-
Ter; and it was finally concluded that
the latter should be asked to deposit
the money in New-York bank subject to the draft
of the indianapolis bank Mr. Tyner, therefore,
teeGraphed to Mr. Chandler to deposit the salary
of two Indian agents in the Hanover Bank. and
Mr.. Chandler replied that he had deposited the
salary Of two Indian agents, as requested.
These were the dispatches that the witness re-
membered today, but they mistaken In
thinking that either of them was sent from Phil
adelphia or the post Office in Ncw-York
But said friend to Mr. ryner this evening
"the Democrats will dwell upon the fact that
you withdrew the dispatches from the files
of the Telegraph Company and destroyed them, and
insist that is proof that there was something sus'
picious or irregular about them" Mr. Tyner re-
piled that he should meet that point.
About the day Congress met in 1876, and before
any subpGnas We're issued, he called upon Mr.. Or
ton at his rooms in Wizards Hotel in this city The
call was & social one and he did not have his
dispatches in his mind at the time. Mr.. Orton
seemed to be troubled at the prospect of having the
files of the Western Union Telegraph Company
overhauled. and talked a great deal about 1t.
IIo said that some law ought to be passed
that would prevent even courts or com
mittees of Congress from meddling with tele-
graphic dispatches. Finally he remarked that IL
Congress had not met for two or three
l.. hNx~n hqa
avoided. as all the dispatches would have
been DESTROYED in the regular order of business.
Mr.. Tyner saws that he then thought Of his dis
patches for the first time, and remarked
that after the original dispatches had been
DESTROYED. some operator who had seen them
might place a very unfair construct on on them,
and that the writer would be unable TO VIM
dicate himself by calling for the d0cu-
ments themselves. Mr.. Orton said that was
true, and asked Mr. Tyner If he had sent
any that in danger Of being misundGrst%1ou
and offered TO get them lor MN II NE nau, tii to
Tyner then gave Mr. OrtOn meuOrandum oil tne
dispatches in regard 10 which testimony was taken
today and subsequently rec lived the OTlg'hal us
patches. Those he has prest we'd ana WIZ pIouucc
before the committee. -,
An examination of these dispatches will show
how unjust to him il would have been 10 allow thc
testimony 81 TO telegraph officials to 60 our II ne
had not been able cc .;oet II With the rgnal go
patches ana how daugerOre IL b. -.. IN OF 3D.
te>tit qsto lie coI' tents ofa paper from inem3TJ
mor' IAN ~" yel- Ter ho has seen u, ! ne nce
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The committee struck yon to. 10 O.
that nav possibly lead TO scmethIng, altuOue t-.
remains 10 be scc2.
Mr. Evans. a Repu lca member of Congress
from Indiana was called 10 the stand and asked III
REGARD TO his acquaintance with Mr.. George T. Bull
lock. now United States Consul at Cologne,
but formerly messenger for Senator MortOn's Com
mittee lie SAID that the night before Bullock
started for Eur ae he brought him bundle Of
papers and asked linn 70 keep them for him. lie
said that they had been kicked about thi
committee rom, and that tLey ought TO
he taken care of as they might sometime
prove valuable. Mr. Evans never examined the
papers and as he had no place to keep them he gave
them to General Brady, Third Assistant Postmaster
General. That was all he knew about them
Mr.. Potter then began to question him about his
recent correspondence with Bullock and much to
Evanss surprise, produced a copy OF one Of
Bullock's letters to Evans, IN which the
bundle was mentioned. Mr. Potter sad
he had received it by mail and had
no idea who sent it to him. General Brady Will he
examined in the morning. and Mr.. W. L. Chandler
has been informed by the committee that he will be
the next witness
Il ought To be noted that the testimony taken by
the committee to-day shows that Mr. Orton never
DESTROYED any of the cipher kilograms. They re-
manned IN the trunk in which they were sent from
Washington until after Nj. Ortons death last
wear. and thry were destroyed by tho present ON
Ger. ot the Western Union Company a1terthe IOttO
Investigation was ordered.