Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-02

say to you on this subject Is as person
al as the letter referring to my self
James and MoVeagh both joined IL
saying to Colonel Ingersoll and mysel
that any communication made by IN,
would be regarded as confidential, ant
considered solely for their own and tn,
Presidents use; that VI they found in
the course If their investigation
snything that seemed to contradict
what was therein get forth they would
submit the Same to Col. Ingersoll OF
myself for such explanation as we were
able to make. On this pledge Of
James and MacVeagh 1 wrote out and
gave to the president for the use Of
MacVeagh, every fact within my
knowledge as to star route mail con.
tracts In which 1 was in any way on.
cerned. l made this statement from
memory but with all possible care and
1t covered the whole ground of my
connection with mail contracts. This
statement was read to the then acting
president, General Arthur, and Sena-
tor Conkling by George @ Gorham
and to President Garfield by Colonel
Il. g. Ingersoll and left with him. /
will not repeat the opinion expressed
by President Garfield in respect to
this statement, or the strong Ian.
guage he used In denunciation of
the creatures then engaged in what
they called "prosecution." General
Garfield is dead, and with him are
buried all his private and friendly
conversations with me. But General
Arthur il now president of the United
Slater, Senator Conkling is In New
York city, and Gorham is the editor
of an administration paper in this
city, and what 1 have stated will be
verified by each and every one of
them. James and acVeagh pledged
their word to Col. Ingersoll and my
self that any statement I might make
would bs solely for the president and
cabinet, but Notwithstanding this
pledge, within twenty. four hours after
these two men received the statement
every detective employed in their de-
psrtments was furnished with a print
ed copy of it, with instructions to dis
cover in it, If possible, some variation.
from the facts es shown by the
records. Not one has been found as
yet. MacVeagh's pledge to Colonel
Ingersoll, that thu statement made by
me should be should be seer only by
the president and cabinet was q pro.
fessional pledge of a lawyer to a citi.
zen, and he violated both with charac.
~teristic bad faith within q few hours.
For a year and a half after this state.
.ent was made, every means that
nalignity, united with power, could
employ was employed to discover
some discrepancy, some mistake, or
some suspicious omission in what /
had voluntarily said. Vast sums of
funds have been squandered
70 attain this end but when
the trial came this voluntary state
nent of mine, acknowledged and
we'll known, was not produced as
evidence against me. challenge the
attorney general, OF .he person who
is the real attorney general and mas.
;er in that office, to give this state
nent of mine to the public or to show
hat any evidence given on the trial
has controversial or disproved . one
Jingle word in IL, and I defy AL power
md me ney Of the government to Ger
.orize and bride jurors and witnesses,
- they did at the last trial, to- dis
prove q single statement I have made,
shall make in regard to this matter.