New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-01
THE DoNYELLY INVESTIGATION

npSJAMIY NOYEs'S SUCCESSOR AND The MINNESOTA
CLAIMANT ON THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
KING PLACED IN A PECULIAR POSITION.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuEE.l
WAsHING1oy, April 30.-The Special Committee
of the House, which has undertaken the hcrculcan
task of yindcating Donnelly and Finley, was i'll
session for FIVE or six hours again to-day. The
nrocess of yindication bids fair to be slow one,
and nobody can guess when it will be completed
Mr. Finley was on the witness stand nearly all
day. His crOss-examnatiOn, which was conducted
with great skill by Mr.. Updegraff, of Iowa, Re
publican member of the Committee, brOught.Out one
or twopOints of interest.
Mr. Finley swOre that at the time lie wrote the
Ebulldozing" letter to Mr.. Springer he had no mis-
giving whatever that that gentleman would not ulti
mat,ly vote to seat Donnellv. 1t appears from Alr
FinIev,s testimony to-day that he told the Demo-
cratic marty in the State Of New York " that Don
nelly would be seated at once byinfoning cX-Aldcr-
man Tuomey, x-Lieutenant-GOvcrnOr DOrShelmer
and ex-MayOr Wiclham to that effect. lie could not
remember that he told anybody else i'll particular,
but he talked in broad, general and generous way
that constantly reminded one OF Col Mulberry
Sellers Mr.. Finley also said that III his oplilioh
this investigation will show that he is winter
than snow.O careful examination through a
macnifying glass of the letter mentioned Ill yeStrr
davis dispatch, as having borne the post mark a." .
O'Clock u m.," shows that the true date is " 3 p
m. and to that extent relieves Mr. Finley OF the
suspicion that he was guilty of prevaricatiOn.
Mr. Finley testified to-day with some reluctance
that Educational Capital Life Insurance Company
of which he has been the President since the nOlo-
rious BEN Noyes was sent to the penitentlary'
has no assets in possession" except three or four
law suits here and in other parts OF the country AS
these law suits are not productive Mr. Finley swore
that since he has been president OF the company he
A. IL, ,ufa aUNr
Finley gave brief and not very clear account OF
what he STYLED the "lfe and adventures" OF this
insurance company, and OF the other companies
whose law suits and liabilities il '9G inherited.
I.ate in the afternoon Dome - sworn and
began his testimony. He proved q. nc IL glp' as
well as a swift and willing witness, II was PLAIN
enough that Mr Dunnolly enjoyed to the utmost
this opportunity to throw mud at Mr. Springer. AL
one point in D0nnellys testimony AIT. Springer
calculated in All undertOne that 1t WAS false"
Mr. Springer sOlemnly declares that. while there
was a vein of truth running through Donncys
testimony as given to-day, the most OF 1t was o
tissue Of falschoods as he will be able to show.
EX,COngressman King, of Minnesota, has now
been drawn into the case in such q way by Mr..
DOnnellys testimony that he too will be Obliged to
ftee nsk Boh he and another citizen % Of Minnesota
will doubtless be summoned to appear and testify
next week. 1t is beginning to DO pain. that the
tion was TO smirch Mr. Springer. Thus far the 1t
tempt has been wOfu failure, and both Donqclly
aud his coadutor, Congressman Manning. have
reason TO feel disappointed. Following are the
principal points In Mr.. DOnnelly's testimbny;
Tdd not write the anonymous letter. did nCtnspirc
A. or nroeure it 10 written do not Know WHO wrote
n hrst saw n on the eth OF March Iafterward saw
Mr. Julian aud be thought there would be no impropr
sty in my calling upon Mrs. Springer In relation TO IT,
tOid er the haudw seemed TO me ike tnat or v,
s. KING Of Minnesota she thought the matter shonld
be ke2t secret until Mr.. Springer returned rom Now
York On the morning Of the 1Oth met Mr. Springer 10
his committee-foOm. and told him my suspcions and
af
ali could 10 discover and punsh the author OF tne
anonymous lAter. He said he would rather glve $1eoOO