The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-06
SHAMELESS SHIPHERD.
PERUVIAN coMPANY INVESTIGATION
shlphsrd Comes up Smiling and D.llun Himself
OfsL'Dsthy HORIIy Oa Peruvian AHSls-Hs
A,saits Hurtbutt Character and Tutt.
mates he will give Blaine dose.

the late General Hurlbut deep into the
Guiana beds Of Peru, and upon his face the
traces Of slight wrcstle with erysfpelas.
He opened with prayer, or rather with q
canting excuse for attacking the dead, and
then proceeded to tear Mr.. Hurlbut limb
from limb, introducing for effect a lot Of
old charges regarding his army record that
were used against Mr.. Hurlbut in his last
campaign. Without doubt he proved what
he intended, bu: the necessity for going
into the matter at ali was not seen by
either the Committee or spectators.
Associated Pssa Dispa.oa-The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs met this
morning. Chairman Williams read the fol.
lowing letter, which he received through
the State Department.
LIMA, March 10, 1882.
Hon. c. G. Ha1iams, Chairman Foreign
ASairs Committee:
DEAR Sm-I leave here on the 9th Of
April, and ought to arrive in New York by
the 25th. l will come ut once to Washing.
ton. Read my late dispatches. The United
States are in bad way out here on the
the line OF reputation.
Yours, G. A. HumRur.
shipherd took geat at the witness table.
Before any questions had been put to him
he stated that he had brought with him
the postscript to the letter Of NAV 9Oth,
which his son had failed or omitted 10 send
with the other papers, but which he deem
ed necessary TO supplement that letter. He
then read the following letter, which
although it bore separate date, was. Ship.
herd stated, but postscript TO the letter
before mentioned.
May 81, 1881.
SIE-Stnce my letter of yesterday was
closed. The remarkable letter OF General
Grant to Senator Jones, has appeared in
print here, and has already determined nv
clients to reconsider their intention 10 Of.
fer Gen. Grant the presidency Of this COM
pany, and am instructed 10 reopen this
parcel and add this intimatiop. OF conrse.
my clients read Gen. Grants letter throurb
business eyes only, but none the less it dis
turbs them / am further instructed to
say that my clients will be glad to consider
any nominations 10 the presidency Of the
PERUVIAN Company which the president
may be SO good Us To suggest among many
capable men. Other conditions being
equal we shall, Of course, prefer some one
enjoying the presidents entire confidence.
Very respectfully,
J. L. SHIpuERp.
Alter the letter had been read Shipherd
desired TO make m explanation, which he
deemed to be due to himself and to the
committee. lie then stated that the Re.
publican Of this city printed what pur.
ported to be statement Of his (Shipherdl
TO Republican, reporter, to the effect that
he proposed to create q sensation in the
committee room, and asserted that he had
never made any statements for publication
outside OF the committee room. On being
questioned he admitted having had con-
versatlon, in the course Of which he made
statements somewhat similar to those de-
scrbed IN the newspaper article, but the
person TO whom he talked was private
gentleman, having SO far us he knew. no
connection with any newspaper. and one
who should have known better than 10 re.
port the he'conversation. He (Shipherdl had
never authorized anything OF the kind for
publication. Shiphcrd was asked to state
the name Of the person with whom he had
the conversation, but he demurred He said.
however, II he might be permitted to read
statement he had prepared, he felt MS.
sared the committee would be satisfied.
1t covered all the ground OF their recent
questions.
Shipherd then read from the notes
written statement, in which, alluding to
the sudden death OF Minister HurIbut, he
stated that he was confronted BY the most
unexpected embarrassment, inasmuch as
the dead man had stood in the position of
Chief lccuser, and to go on would seem like
attacking the character OF one who had
gone to meet his God and was stopped
from making any reply. But in Justice to
himself and the great interests which had
been conided to his keeping and discre-
ton, he deemed it his duty TO proceed lust
as if Hurlbut were living. The statement
was long and carefully prepared one, and
Shipherd had already occupied some tif.
teen minutes in reading when he was in
terrupted by Mr.. Rice, Yhosaid: "Speakipy
for myself, Mr.. Shipherd, desire TO sup
gest to you that while You may state YOUR
own impressions Of the character OF the
transactions in which you were interested.
and your own motives in dealing with an
other, you should not state your i,npress-
ions as to the character OF another, or us TO
| his motives
Witness-The question right here, Ms /
understand it, is, was there corrupt prom
osition intended to corrupt u public otticero
When was asked by the committed M
! considered Minister Hurlbut purchase.
Bile replied, "Alost unquestionahly did,
dld not mean had considered him
merely purchasable, but / meant that he
would Insist on being purchased aud on
being so placed that he could in future
hetp himself, and that until he was SO
fixed he would play dog in the manger
aud in every way in his power thwart our
purposes. | do not assert that he was not
a pure and honorable man, but ! do protest
before that Godhe has gone to meet. that nv
motive was simply and purely to protect
myself and haye no choice in the matter
now but to add that all my subsequent
dealings with him justified my belief. He
never was purchased, and all his subse-
quent acts we're calculated to obstruct and
Illustrate our purposes, and in this he was
futty seconded by his chief, the late Secre-
tary Of STATE, with modification that shall,
at the proper time offer. Mr.. Shipherd
then went on to explain the reason that led
him to make the charge Of corruption
against Minister Hurlbul; thar he had
been in pay Of the Credit Industrial etc,
and he stated that he did not know
when any such official charges were on
record at the War Department. Bat he
had often heard it asserted and had never
seen It contrudicted He then offered as
part OF his statement copy oi the Aurora
Ne'r1 in which the charges be had alluded
to were printed: Nj. Rice objected to any
thing Of the kind, and suggested to the
witness the propriety Of Observing the
proper distinction between legitimate eyi.
dence as to taCis and mere hearsay.
| Chairman Williams her,. ;,,tarIosnJ NJ,