, 1879-02-03
good II Mr.. Hlbbaed had not returned ali tho
fees received during tho year IN cnscs COM
rnenccfl dt,tfnn {hn 1naf - -

fees received during tho year IN cnscS COM
In rcaponsc 10 4 question from Mr. Knott,
Judge DrnsnnOn'i again stated il.at # WAS ns-
func.l ttts il,c Interview with Judge ElTlgctt
That IiihiArti hhl1 n1ac tTlIr ri'turns in aceor-
antc with HlN!Ret3fs construction.
1rrcply To question from SIR. T.aphau,, Judge
nEt1fnf1oud stated t1attf the construction was
crr0ncous, lien the proof Of fees which hal
been @ received In caacs tint hal cotnc hcforc
liibbari In previous years would hare shown
that pig return was untrue n1Hl such proof
would. IN his opinion, bc admissible. although
the gueation az to whether he ha1 swnrn cor.
recsly would sttll cotnn up. Surprising flihiarl
T. liAse aeted u good faith. he hatl no hcsita'
stt1ictiIn ought to have relieved him.
Mt. 8. W. Rurnhan,. the shorthand reporter
Tor ttc Government, testified that he reported
tie Grand Jury proeccdIn4s. turned tho short
had 10 accuratc recollection Ut the tcstimony,
Tile Committee then adjourned until ):aO this
morning when she fortunate posscesoss of Tick
cte Will be entitled to admission. The number
u limited TO twenty-five on each side.
MR.. LArHAM
returned to his home Yesterday 10 attcntI the
funeral Of bis sister, intelligence Of wlnsc death
he received at A late hour SATURDAY night. tn
ayot'f ans delay II The work Of the fnve<tfGa-
Michigan. = li.enraacd member W Of s tic Com. n
msttee. to take Afr. l.npmau's place. Mr. Con-
ger ought 10 be advised OF iar stnpendpua task
before him Of catching up with the evidence ip
the case.
Mr.. vocKx,
who will posebly take tic stand to.1nv, ha,
submitted letter to tho Committee nlll the
parties TO the investigation, stating tint, owing
to fts f11ncas, mill the conscqcnt mental tisatl-
his tcstImony last Tbu,stlay. he otnfttei ce,tsin
facts which have since occurred 10 him. Tlscso
are, briefly, flat at The frat interview between
n'odgss., Hesine, s'ta hlnse!f, n'odcett ativfsed
10 present q renort TO That effect md NIX for
further instr,,rtiuns: tlIat. bcforc Tho fntrr.
View, 10 bad general knGwIc.'ra Of Ilesjug's
financial enbaFrassmcnts from Hcsioc's sworn
him fVockel py Gen, l,sokc u1rI ". +. Cooi.
bnuoh. nm,l Tint this knowlc,]go woa tl.c orm,nu
for Bis presenting lie report iic did and asking
for las,ruetious; hist, Of, sub1nittloc that re.
mort ntot9rett aakcd what lila n,]frv vns n,u1
lie taId he rad no policy o.hcr than tf,at whIcl,
wo,iI anshto htn ~ co,i"ct iii ~ liz ~.
mania's indchtsdness IN tic soce,itest way.
Lastly. Mr. Vocke sn7s Col. Cooncr askcl lin
If he Ind not statett 10 ecrta{u parties TINT he
made This report hy spcctat direction Of tlr
Judge. aud tint the latter was alone rcsponst.
bic for the whole affair. HAL Col Cooper
given names. times, and ulaccs, Mr. voekc says
he would then have been IN a position to an
ever, to modify the answcrh he then gave rs fol-
lows: ~ did state to certain partie. that
made tho report in question upon tElr Mt0gcs-
tion Of The judge and that the Judge tnnls The
responsibility for directing tu what unnllcr the
sale Ahould then take place" In conclusion,
Mr.. Vocke expresses desire to be afforded m
opportunity 10 appear before the Committee
carly this wreck and make the additions stated
Tie Committee will decide this n,ornng ns Il,
the action consequent upon the vacnncy caused
by the Hon. +. e. 1.nphasn's absence from the
acssIon. That gentleman passed. thu day at tic
residence Of J. F. Barnurd, returning to
the hotll at o'clock In time to make the train
! tc ,tdH xxt, hnr hn
aboyc stntct to attend the funeral Of his sister.
The Chatrnnn and Col. Cultcrson orc unecr-
tain ns 10 how they viii proceed, but will douht-
less nwait the arTlval Of dttencauc, member
OF the Judiciary before the submission VI far-
thcr evidence. Iuasmuct, however, as thu tcs-
ttmonv elected has cct md will cn,t tfnl,e tn