The Portland daily press., 1880-01-12
WASHINGTON.
The Eraadrnan,S Bank AGAIN


WASHINGTON Jan. 10.-The Senate commit
tee on the Freedman's Bank today took testi-
mony from the commissioners appointed to
wind up the affairs of that institution. The
examination was preliminary, the purpose OF
the interrogatories being to arrive at a common
ground of understanding in regard to terms
employed in a certain schedules appended to
previous reports of the commissioners. Fred
Douglass, formerly President of the Freed
mans Bank, and Salmon Richards, one of the
trustees, were present for examination, but
further proceedings were postponed until
Tuesday.
The Spofford Kellogg Case.
The Senate committee on privileges took up
the Kellogg-Spofford case this morning. Spot
ford was not present but was represented by
counsel. Judge Merrlck and Kellogg were
both present with several witnesses to rebuff
the testimony taken by the subcommittee in
New Orleans. Some discussion in regard to
the manner Of conducting the proceedings
occurred at the commencement OF the session,
brought about by suggestion from Judge
Merrick, that only members of the committee
be allowed to examine and cross-examine wit
nesses. 1t was finally decided that counsel
and the parties interested might also interro-
gate witness. The only witness called was
John A. Walsh, banker of this city. His
testimony was in rebuttal OF the testimony OF
Barney Williams, who testified before the sub
committee in New Orleans that he conducted
five Kellogg witnesses to the Senator's rooms
about midnight ON the 18th of June last, that
they remained there long time and Kellogg
produced an envelope containing twenty-five
1O0-dollar bills which he distributed equally
among the five witnesses. Walsh testified that
he occupied rooms adjoining Kellogg's On the
night in question; that there was a connecting
door between his room and that OF Kellogg's,
= which was usually open; that he was in and
out of Senator Keliogg's room frequently be-
fore midnight, and that from II o'clock until
after 1.30 in the morning he was in Kellogg's
parlor conyerSing uninterruptedly, and that
he was positive neither Williams nor the five
witnesses were in Kellogg's room up to 1.30,
and, moreover, that he believed they could not
without his knowing it. After the examina-
ton of Walsh, Judge Merrick declined to al
low witness to be discharged until after
Walker, his associate COUNSEL now on the way
to Washington from New Orleans, shall have
had opportunity to cross-examine witness
The committee postponed further taking of
testimony until Monday.
Senator Ingalls, Case.
In the meeting of the Senate committee on
privileges, Mr.. Smith of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, manager at Topeka,
Kansas, was examined with view of ascer-
tanning whether Senator ingalls, or his attor-
ney had obtained copies of kilograms relating
to this case, now in possession OF Manager
Smith.
Smith testified that neither Mr. ingalls, nor
his attorney had seen any. of the kilograms
since he had had them in his possession.
Chairman Salisbury announced the receipt
of letter from Mr.. Green, President of the
Western Union, stating that additional tele-
grams called for at the last meeting of the
committee had under the usual practice of the
company, been destroyed, after keeping them
six months, and that he8sconsequently could
not forward them to the committee. The tele-
grams referred to are some dispatches sup
posed to relate to ingalls, case, which passed
to and from points other than Topeka in Kan
sas. Mr.. Green says, owing to misunder-
standing of one of his subordinates, instruc-
tons to preserve kilograms covered by the orig
inal order of the committee were not sent to
any managers in Kansas, excepting Smith at
Topeka.