Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-02

,S0S4OeS AEAxOud, uEdt gave IAdyt knowledge
fOf*the existence of the mine.
aayt At once wrote to Hart, rebnkine
him for even intimating that he (Hayt)
could engage in = speculation. Inspector
J.H. Hammond, Of Chicago, then appear.
: snpon the scene, and was sent to Arizona
on q inspecting tour. By . very remark
able coincidence the relatives or friends 81
.Hayt ID; New jersey formed a syndicate
10 buy this mine. There was some
question raised ~ to- whether it was on the
reservation, and Hammond's mission
Wss reported to have something TO- do with
the reservation business. The history 81
thtH charge, with the denial nj Gen. Ham.
mond. has already BEEN t0ld in lheseI dis.
patches. However. these friends Of Hay
did buy the mine for . very small sum. spC
had their headquarters 10 u building Il
Jersey City, which belonged to lhe!bsnkrup
jersey City Trust company, OF which
Hsyt wee at one time an ,of1cer, and fol
alleged completely ln whose wrongful act,
Hayt was himself Etnoicted and subse.
|quently scquitted. Hammond soon after.
wards % saId to have Withdrawn the charg,
against Hart, although that matter ha,
bean Q subject Of controversy. v Saturday
Secretary 9churz demanded that the mem.
bsrs Of athis Hayt syndicate should b
examined bY3he board of Indian c0mmis.
slonsrs Who have been investigating, Hayt
To this Hayt objected, and inmedistel,
went TO New York. Yesterday Hsmmoni
Wa examined, and % was stated in til,
Tribune dispatches last night, upon beinI
contronted with the letter called ''she absolu
tton Letter, said to have been written to Har
declared that it was ian elegant forgery
This vas ZONE days ago. Ex-Indian In
spsctor Hammond arrived here yesterday a
ternoon, determined, it is said, to make
prompt and full exposure of the Arizon,
mine affair, 20 far as he possessed any knowl
edge on the subject, and to tell what b,
knew about Hayt. He was mel at the trair
on his arrival By Commissioner Hayt or on,
of his friends, and kept under close surveil
lance al the evening. Hayt, it 10 under.
,atood, besought Hammond to stick to his
first impression that the Hart letter pub.
.lished in to-dsy's Tribune WASH forgery.
This Gen. Hammond. aatly refused to do,
and q stormy scene is said to have taken
place ,bstwsen him and the commissioner.
Mr.. Hayt then, went to Secretary Schurz, and
spent several hours in . vain attempt to ex
plain away the testimony which he knew
Gen. Hammond would give this morning.
Secretary Schurz is said to have declared
to member of the committee that Mr..
Hayt had spent his last day in the Office of
the commissioner.
This morning Gen. Hammond called on
Gen. Fisk, and intimated that he had deter.
mined to tell the whole story. Gen. Fisk
aeked him q few questions, when
10 said to have suddenly declared
10 m excitsd manner, that he had been
duped, and that this would kill him. He
suddenly staggered, and would have fallen
bad not Gen. Fisk caught him in his arms.
Gen. Hammond was placed in bed, and .
physician summoned, who found him i'll
from what his physician calls rheumatism
of the heart. Tonight he is better. Ham.
mond sent for . friend, and to him and Gen
Fisk told how he had been persuaded bv
VT. Hayt to as,ert that "the absolutlon let
err to Hayt was . forgery. To them, and
ater II the day to the committee who
listed him in his sick room, General
fully admitted that the letter
vas genuine. Hammond's explanation
vas made from his sick bed, and on
he testimony being read over TO him for
Examination aud sssri6cation after the short
rand reporter had written it out, he gave
he committee ill the details that had | ID
limft 70 think that the letter submitted was
lot the n he wrote, but, after considering
be whole subject, concluded that this ,musi
the letter be wrote, and 90 stated in h,s
estimony. While the committee were en-.
aged in looking over ,Hsmmond's testimo.
afternoon, q immediate necessity
IN investigation BY them suddenly
eased. The secretary of the interior. after
consultation with the president. sent Ia
Il. Hayt the following letter:
Washington. D. r, Jan. 29.-TheH Hon. E.
\. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs
IR: 1t has become my duty to inform YOU
nat the public interests demand 4 change
. The cemuissiqpership Of Indian a6sirs.
I'd, that youftfufker ssrvicesi in thatCf6ce
70 dispsnsedsxith.. Yoars respectfully
- g @ HcHrRz, Eeesc,asy.
Secretary Schurx VA engaged At q dinner
arty until late tonight, and later wss NOT
imposed 70 give any information. II NAV
9 remembered that in 4 letter from M.
laeytAs which was published Dec. "a. 1879.
ID oommiaioner, IN reply to the accusation
hat the proceedings sgainst Agent Hart, oil
ls Sen Carlos agsncy, had not been Prose
uted' with due diligence, said the accusa.
ions against Hart had been made the subs
ct OF . communication to the department
justice on the 23d Of October last. mo
ommittee discovered that the oulv subject
eIating 70 the Arizona business on which
commissioners of Indian affairs had
'f'ttsn TO the %sttorney general ives one
Stating to ome irregularities abont a!beef|
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