Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-11
WASHINGTON.
Death Of Representative Thos.
Allen, of Missouri.
Shipherd Continues to Give In
His Testimony

sentative Thomas Allen, of Missouri,
who has been Ill at the Washington
Hotel for several weeks, died at 3
o'clock this morning.
The examination of Shipherd was
resumed to-day, by Mr.. Rice, with
the inquiry, Have you any other
correspondence with the Secretary
OF State (Mr. Blaine), which has not
been printed"
Answer: ''I have none, with the
exception of one letter, of December
10th, 1881, addressed to Gov. Bout
well, and intended to be shown to
the secretary of State, whoever it
might be, whether Blaine or Ere
hnghuysen.
The letter was then put in evi>
dence and read by the clerk. It Was
quite long, and defended the writer
(ohipherd) from the Secretary S
charges against him, of attempting to
bribe Min ster Hurlbut.
Mr.. Shipherd was asked to state
what personal interviews he had with
Secretary Blaine, and replied that he
held the first interview with him on
the evening of October 18th, and
another on the morning of October
18th. The witness then stated at
some length the circumstances which
led to the first interview, going
back to the dispatches which he
(Shipherd) had supposed were sent
by Secretary Blaine to Mr.. Hurlbut.
These dispatches, the witness stated,
were read to Senator Blair by Mr..
Blaine, June I'd, aud subsequently
Senator Blair remarked to him:
''Shipherd if you had written the
dispatches yourself they could
not have covered the ground
more perfectly, particularly the ca>
BILE dispatch" Shortly alter that
witness saw Senator Blair and asked
if the dispatches had been sent, and
was assured that they had been.
And again in a few days afterwards
Senator Blair said to witness, II
have seen the Secretary, and he says
the dispatches were sent without an
alteration of any kind On the same
day they were read to me, June I'd.
When witness received Mr. Hurl-
butts letter stating that no such
dispatches had been received he was
much disturbed, and once sought
Senator Blair to find out what it
meant. The Senator was greatly
puzzled, and said ''Mr. Ehipherd,
this affects my veracity, and that of
the Secretary. I will make this my
business to investigate" The wit
ness came to Washington ON the
advice of Senator Blair, and held his
first interview with the Secretary on
the evening of October 18th. The
witness then detailed what occurred
at this interview. The Secretary
appeared little impatient, and as
he (Shipherd) thought, seemed to
anticipate the object of his visit.
The witness showed him Mr.. Hurl-
butts letter. He took it, read it.,
threw it down and said: "What' s
the matter with that letter 2, The
witness replied: "Mr. Secretary, it
disturbs US by what it does not say,
rather than what it does say. 1t dis
cusses Peru and her affairs, but says
nothing of American interests"
The witness continued; Il then adj
verted to Mr. Hurlbut's similar con-
duct in the outstanding documents
he had been requested to deliver to
Mr.. Arizona
Mr.. Blaine retorted sharply
"What business had you to make an
errand boy of the American minister.
He would have done right if he had
thrown all your papers INTO the fire,
The witness then told Mr.. Blaine
what was reported of Mr., Hurlbut' s
intimacy with Juarez. that they had
gone out together on steamer that
on arriving at Lima Juarez had
placed at Mr. Hurlbut's disposal one
of the finest residences III Lima,
with a cellar exceptionally well
stocked, and that Nh Hurl-
but was occupying it free
of expense to himself, and
all had been furnished by the
Credit Industiel, Mr.. Blaine laughed
incredulously and said' ooh, they
don't catch Steve in that way. Ii he
lives in fine house he pays for it.
The witness then said "Well,
Mr.. Secretary, their intimacy is 6
matter of public comment in Lima
they are always together. Juarez Is
virtually an inmate of the American
legation"
Mr. Blaine exclaimed with great
emphasis: ''If all this be true he
must have sold out to the Credit In
dustriel. l will go to the bottom o.
this"
Then, after moment, turning tC
the witness he added; "What dc
you want me to do, Mr.. Shipherd :"
The witness handed him a draft O.
the dispatch and said 'Send tina
to Mr.. Hurlbut."
MIR. Blaine read. it and replied
mo, not that; it would raise how
in Congress. He {Mr. Blaine) ther
wrote, resting on the arm of hi
chair, a dispatch in substance a
follows: "A report reaches the
State department that your conduc
is such as to lead to the suspicion
OF improper relation with the Credi
Industriel. You must stop it,
The witness continued: " hear'
afterwards, through Senator Blali
that the dispatch was sent; but To
dispatch which, as appears from tn
correspondence furnished by tn
State department., was sent was yer
different from the dispatch whlc
the Secretary wrote in my presenc
and read to me.
Recurring to the dispatch Ml
l Blaine had sent to Hurlbut relativ
Z to his supposed connection with th