The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-12
HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
THE PERu.cHlLl INVESTIGATION
Shiph.rd Driven tntO Corner aud Badly Ratified
While uadw Rlrs-IIS Becomes Angry
at BlOuut And Refuses to Respond
10th. tSQuisatOrtat Puup.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE shiphert
examination was resumed to-day. Witness
positively refused to tell who was the
author Of the sealed letter sent by him tc
Arizona under cover TO Minister Hurlbut
and to bO delivered by the latter. Mr.
BlOunt continued to quote from printed
correspondence and endeavored to extract
from the witness categorical answer to
each question asked from the letter sent to
Arizona through Minister 1tprlbut, but
obtained nothing but evasive replies. He
was asked was not that letter written BY
a Venezuelan minister, but declined TO
answer. Witness was asked II Senator
Blair, as counsel, was conferred with re-.
garding the relation TO the letter 10 Hurl.
but, in which he (Shipherd) rendered him
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Of
stock, and replied that Senator Blair did
not see the letter to Hurlbnt.
Witness, however, told him about IL,
Sometime after 1t was sent il was discussed
by all the counsel. None Of them ever
found fault with 1t on its face, but the Re-
mark was frequently made "Shipherd, that
letter will bear double construction, and
might get you into trouble"
Mr. Blount fntimatcd that lie had no
further questions 10 usk, and Mr. Belmont
took up the cross examination. His qucs.
tiQns followed each other in rapid success.
ion, and very soon developed the proba.
bility that the Committee hud extracted
from the witness about aIt the information
he proposed to give them.
Belmont-The association, or the indi.
viduals whom you represented, or still rep.
resent, seemed TO give the direction, or
expected to exert an influence upon the
policy OF this government ut the time
when the President was disabled. We're
you advised by Mr., Boutwell, that
the Secretary Of State was author
lied 10 act in this matter without re.
quiring any advice or authority from the
President.
Witness declined to enter into the dis.
cusson, aud was asked Il number of Ques.
tiohs, which he refused to answer. FINALLY,
IN answer 10 the question whether his eli.
ehts had received any Injury from the Pc.
ruvian Government, Shipherd said; MY
clients did not understand that they had
received any injury from the Peruvian Gov
ernment."
Belmont-That is all want:
WitAess-I appeal TO the committee il |
may not be allowed to finish my answer
At this poiut the committee decided to
confer in private, and the room was cleared.
Ten minutes afterward the doors were
reopened and the examination was re.
sumed.
Mr.. Belmont repeated the question:
Had your clients received any injury
from the Peruvian Government
The witness proceeded TO answer in his
own way and in substance, rs follows.
MY clients have purchased the title to
property, some OF which they expect to
find in deposits, and some OF It, they un.
derstood, had been removed under the
authority Of the Peruvian Government.
They proposed first to assert their title, and
until Justice had been denied them they
could not insist that they had received
direct injury from the Peruvian Govern
ment, but not knowing what course the
Peruvian Government might take, the
Committee will see that could not answer
the question, whether yes or no, and do SO
correctly.
Belmont--Well, at that time justice had
been denied them had it?
Witness became quite angry MS Mr.. Bel
mont pressed this question in different
forms, and llnally'asked the Committee 10
excuse him for the day. The investigation
was postponed and the Committee went
into secret session.