National Republican., 1880-11-12

he Is not able to go, and he don't eavo his bed not
we want him ont there" and he said Il win 90 and
see the doctor" and Warner said he would pay the
Doctor; 50 the doctor told me; then on Saturday
| MT. CLARK came 10 see mo; he wanted me to 90;
told him II felt better would be ready TO start
on sunday said he, I've will tnko q train clean
through, and you will have NIL day to rest; will
10 at your house at o'clock, and be ready to
start at o'clock got up. dressed myself aud sat
IN the clair waiting for Mr.. Clark to come; about
| halEpast he nnd Mr.. Warner came to the house
together in a corrlagc; | finished dressing did
not put on my shirt until after they got there; and
took the carriage and drove down to the Franklin
house, when we got N tho franklin house we got
out TO get bundle no had len, got I'm again aud
We drove TO the depot, aud we took the quarter to
0oGlock train, think, from Lawrence 10 BOSTON,:
on the way down no told me that we would not
leave Boston until the next morning. said l. "I
tn9ught you were goiug through to-night' he
SAID no we won't go through tonight
went to the United states hotel and stopped
thorc over night CLARK said that he pu, his name
Know; II was not my right pame at II o'clock the
next Monday wO LEFT Boston for New York: we
got IN there uhout five minutes to G. and from the
| depot we went To the Truth office: when we got t.
the Truth Office saw Mr. Hart thore. and Mr. Hart
sad; "lialloo you have got back - aud he said IN
warner; Take him to a hotel and have the bills
charged to me- he took me TO the Belmont hotel
thlhE registered my name as a. Clements and
nc registered his name MS Gilman; we had
nnotn1r man In the party; Warner called
him Mack; we went out and got some supper, and
we stopped at the hotel all neht and Yesterday
morning walked to tho Truth office: from the Truth
Office we went 10 the courtroom and at noon time
we went and got lunch, aud that was the last
time was at the Truth office; they brought mo
Yer Yerg NSs w night; on the way from Boston to New
| lOrk warner said, I'VE must keep dark until we
get mo court; we played cards most Of the timo
olLtho way down
QTCan yon tell me on what bank that check
iOI Slon was drawn? A.--Part national bank.
| Q.-Whose name was signed to the check A.
| don't remember
Q.-Dld you get any money the last time A.
q n RI yhnp
warner came to tho house and found was in the
situation was, he went out and got some gin for
me to take; then when the doctor came he gave n
prescription for somo medicine and Warner gave
my wife 50 to go and get H. there was no money
passed nntil the night we came away;
Clark said that Warner had given my wife S. more,
making $40 she had received from Warner; he gave
me no money from the time left Lawrence until
.he preSont timc-that is on the present trip gen
tlemen. that's the whole statement.
| Q.-What did they promise to give you this time?
A.--They snid they would pny mo well for coming
on: Warner said this; no amount was specified.
Q.--Was Clark present? II won't be certain,
but he said IN the presence of Clark that all OK.
penses would be paid for his time coming on; this
was the last time.
Q.-lTad you ever seen Warner before? A.-Not
until saw him in my house.
Q.IDo you know where ho lives? A.-No sir;
but by his talk and language | supposed he wns
connected with the Trdh office: lie had Truth
badge under the lapel of his vest so Mr. Clark told
me; did not see It,
Q.--Who 6rst spoke to you about coming on the
first time? AIR. Clark.
Q;-Was Warner OH that time? A.-Yo SIR; when
we lelt here to go homo the first time Mr.. Hart told
us II they wanted us again they would telegraph
us; aier thoy gave me tho check at democratic
headquarters the man who gave me the check said
IL they wanted us again they would telegraph us,
and took Mr.. Clark's name and my own.
Q.-Who proposed TO you first to have you say
you had an uncle by the name of II. l.. Morey
o,-Who first showed you the register containing
the entry III; L. Morey" in two plOces2 A.-Hart.
Q.-Where? A.-ITore at the Truth Office
Q.-.When was that register first shown you? A.
The Monday morning prior to the election; that
was the first time had been 10 the Truth Office
Q.-When that was shown you who suggested
that you should swear that that was tho signature
Of Fl. j.. Morey? A. Hart asked mo on Sunday
said, "He writes very coarse, bold hand" that was
prior to my seeing the registers when iney showed
ne The register lhe next day l said should think
that that was his handwriting.
Gas a matter Of fact that was not the hand.
writing OF H. L Moroy or anybody else that you
remark Clark made; when 1 met my uncle John
yesterday he shook hands with him, and ClNr,
said when we got ont Of our seats who's tina? 2
! aid. That's my uncle john" lie said "He viii
testify that there Is no II. L. MorCy?' l said, "Yes
ho would they will all testify that there Is no II
Ia hM}mTGy" re- he sed "Well' don't caro- If You go tc
Taken before me this 10th day Of November 1880
BT MoRGAN, Police Justice,
ro,.ce cop3 Ttird District city and County Of Ne,'
James oBrlen, alias Robert Lindsey. being duly
examined before the undersigned according to
law on the annexed charge, and being Informed
ho was at liberty TO answer or not all or any qucs
tOns put TO him, states as follows, viz Ny name
is James o'Brien alias Robert Lindsey; | am
twenly-One years Of age, and was born In Wash
ngton, D. c., and reside In Georgetown, D. c., and
am Dy occupation laboror, ana VIII tell you how
} Q.--Ycs, hew came you here? Al was in
Baltimore on the day of the election; went mp
there for the republican party for TO stop demo
J cratic repeaters from going TO Baltimore from
Washington went homo that night aud re
brought word there from another man ''' from ron,
that he had job Of work for me- he had been been
down TO Washington week or two before that
and asked him If he could got job to get 1t fol
. me, ana as soon as received tie information
; started to co. the, next night at o3o o'clock
think that was the time-tho train star cd ar
rived there IN the morning and went II the mani
: house and he informed me that policeman by
the namc OF Birmingham had promised to get INT
n job; so l waited round that day; twas raining
J very hard; at night me and him together went W
town to sec If we could see this Birmingham, Nnt
We could not hnd him: ! was 10 stop a.
J went to bed the next morning, go
up and stayed around the house awhile and
went up town, and there met one Louis IIorbaugh
aud me and him walked around together; we Went
to the water works; there looked for this Bliming
ham; could not mud him; IN the afternoon we
went back to this friends house again; he keeps a
saloon, and we sat there playing game OF seven
, up VIC ate upper there about . clock and we
started to so up Town again to see II We could see
Birmingham, aud MS we were going up the street
wo met Birmingham and another man coming
down. said he to Birmingham, Come 'On aud let
us go back to BucRs (he was my frlend) and get q
glass of beer" there was another man
with him, and the four of us went back
think lGrbaugh walked with Birmingham
, during the time Harbaugh had introduced me to
birmingham; so we got to Bucks and Buck in
trOducod me again. | said, 1--WE have been made
acquainted we drank two or three glasses OF beer
, and went outside to tho pOrches; after that Buck
called me and got out there; he said, Jim, how
would you like 10 make SOD p | said, "WhHt
dong?' lie had told me before that they had been
hunting for Robert Lindsey the Sunday before
a guy, "Who found Robert Lindsey |
, did not know who Robert Lindsey was;
and had never heard Of him, but they told me that
, there was man there, hunting all around for
, Robert Lindsey, and ho could not 30 found, and
this man, whO,e name was Watson, told him to get
any body that would come and answer 10 tho
namo Of Robert Lindsey aud that they would give
| him $780, 40 told this man, 81 don't know moth.
ing about this don't want to got Into any scrRpc
he said "you don't have to do anything except to
, go TO New York and show that there was such u
person As Robert Lindsey" said he, they can't
. make you swear that you made ont the UfldRYlE'
II did not make out tho ahidAyit,' i said; "Wol,
he said "if you don't want to go You need not go
! you can get the money IN advance and jump OF
the train If you want tO'' | said, No II | start
will so all the way" so going to the train we met
introduced him to me; he introduced me as Lind
Soy but before we got up there we sat down to talk
II all over before we got to the hotel at the depot
} where this man was stopping, said J. Does THIS
Imam Walton understand that my name is not
Liudsey?n He said, Yes" he told Inc
to get man TO answer to the name
! Of Lindsey so when We got up, there