National Republican., 1882-12-16
CAMERON And DICKSON.
The Case Again Continued in the Police Court
Yesterday,
Another Lot Of Questions Unanswered
and Ruled Out.
Counsel Smiths Inquiries as 10 0ameruns Financial
Arrangements.
The Impressions that tho Witness Enter
tanned of Dickson and Others.

In the Dickson case in the police court yes.
terday the cross-examination of Brewster
Cameron was resumed. He said the CONVEX
sation in which the $4,000 demand was first
mentioned occurred down stairs in Drivers.
1t continued only several minutes; perhaps
five in all. He did not return upstairs for
his hat, as Bowen had stated, but went out
side Immediately. Witness was not so much
surprised as disgusted when Bowen told him
that Dickson wanted $4,000; it only con-
frmed him in the opinion that Dickson was
commercial. Mr.. Smith asked how it was
that the witness met Hoover at the door to
go to the train without an appointments He
. answered that it was HoOvers custom to dine
at Drivers, and he, consequently, expected
him. For the same reason he had relied upon
Hoover's attendance in the event that an in
terview should occur between Dickson and
himself. On the way to the depot the car
riage stopped at the Dunbarton, and it was
there that Hoover said he could not go west
with witness that night
Mr.. Smith inquired the date when the
friendly relations existing between Bowen and
the witness terminated.
Mr. Wells objected asserting that the wit
of anything beyond mere business relations
between Bowen and himself.
Mr.. Smith insisted that the question had not
been answered in the form proposed.
The court said he understood the witness
to say that after meeting Gen. Crook he be-
came convinced that Bowen was untitled for
his position on account of his dissipated
habits.
Mr.. Smith answered that he wished to show
that their friendly relations continued to q
date long subsequent to that meeting-con-
tinued to October 22, when the affidavit was
made in this court.
Mr.. Smith. will ask you if you sent
Bowen $25 to pay his board bill at Philadel-
phia between the 18th and 18th of October
last?
Objected to, and rejected as irrelevant
The witness declared that he had not drawn
public money, except his own compensation,
and deposited it in bank Witness frequently
gave his private checks to agents purely as a
personal accommodation, but the government
had no interest in those transactions.
Mr.. Smith. Did you not pay entire salaries
in that way?
The Witness. Whose salary?
Mr.. Smith. Taylor's.
Mr.. Wells objected and the objection was
sustained, the court remarking that this was
not congressional investigation of the wit
ness accounts.
A demand for the production of Camerons
report to the attorney general was refused by
the court.
Mr.. Smith inquired why the witness did
not stay over any report to the government
counsel the events that transpired at Drivers
on the 23d
The witness answered that when he went
down stairs and learned that Dickson would
not see him until later in the evening, and
then privately and without witnesses, he
did not see that he had anything to COM
municate to the government counsel. The
defense characterized this answer as evasive,
and demanded specific answer.
Witness then said that after his statement
to special counsel, and after expressing his
opinion of Dickson, with which they could not
concur, because OF their long relations with
Dickson, he saw no purpose in losing day
and laying over, because he had heard no per-
sonal statement from Dickson that he could
communicate. He saw they had made up
their minds, and he refused to have anything
further to do with the matter.
The court said the report was matter be-
tween the department and the witness, and
he was responsible to the department for any
failure to report. The court would ask the
witness a question. 1t wished to know
whether his report to the attorney general in
cluded the occurrences at Drivers on the
23d? The witness answered that it did; was
, not certain that it was an official communica-
tion. Witness met Hoover almost every day
at Drivers between the 18th and 23d of
August Bowen was frequently there. He
was certain Hoover owed him nothing for his
confirmation
Mr.. Smith. Was it not understood between
you that if Bowen could entrap Dickson into
that interview with witness, possibly with
Hooyer's help, that Bowen should receive his
appointment and Hoover be confirmed?
The witness Gushing angrily). That is ut
terly false-that is a lie.
Mr.. Smith repeated his question in a
eli iYht hut -+o Il
him, saying that the answer had been direct
and positive. The court said, He has an
swered it all from beginning to end and made
it emphatic and positive. If it is perjury it
is perjury, and you cannot have it made more
emphatic by getting it repeated"
Taking up the Cameron California affidavit
witness was asked If he had not stated therein
that the Electric Light company in this city
was controlled by Brady and his friends, and
that Dickson Zone of the offcers) was COM
plotely under their influence. He answered
that he did, and so understood at the time.
Mr.. Cuppy inquired at some length who his
informant was. A discussion at some length
followed an objection to the question, which
was finally ruled out. Witness said he had
stated in his California affidavit that Mr.. Mer-
rick had refused to hear him when he at
tempted to tell him of the information given
by Bowen. Did not use the same language in
his report to the department, but aimed to
express the same ideas. Mr.. Ker telegraphed
to Bowen in San Francisco requesting him to
come east. Bowen said the thing did not
amount to that (snapping his fngers), and be-
sides he had business in California. Witness
then caused him TO make an affidavit, but
Mr.. ker again telegraphed insisting upon
Bowens return One of his reasons for
suspecting DicksOn's integrity was the
fact that he associated with the defendants
Dorsey and Brady, among others. He had
also confirmed the reports to this effect by
personal investigation. He believed that
Dickson's purpose was to have an interview
with him in the presence of a lot of perjured
scoundrels, and then msrepresent it; and
witness further believed that Dickson was
employed by the defendants to do it, He
never told Mr.. Kennedy, of the marshal's of
flee, that if his name had not been mentioned,
the case against Dickson would not have been
instituted. Kennedy called upon witness at
the department and told him Dickson said
he was sorry that his (Cameron's) name had
been mentioned, and that he was
sorry that the newspapers had taken
the thing up because it was giving him much
trouble. Kennedy added that he presumed
that if Dickson had not talked SO much out
side of the jury-room, the case would never
have been instituted. Witness replied that
possibly that would have been the case. He
did not tell Satterthwaite anything of the
kind. Witness first suspected Driver Of com
plicity in the affair when he arrived in San
Francisco; Bowen told him that Driver had
approached him while in conversation with
Dickson and said, 81 hope you gentlemen
understand one another"