National Republican., 1883-02-27

mad1 the affidavit in June, 1881, Dorsey came
10 bil Office, and in spite Of his explanation
that he papers were private, he examined q
areaH deal of the correspondence and tore up
n mn Inber Of letters. Afterward the witness
wonl through the remaining papers, and
amoIkg Dorsey's vouchers he found the
" Smk th and Jones memorandum. He
mt Il away.
NH Ingcrsoll You stole that paperP
AVYos, sir; did.
Adler recess the witness continued his test-
mon1. Two or three days after his release
fromI Jail he found the memorandum and re-
solvo1d TO use IL against Dorsey.
Wtl lile he was in Jail his wife took his key
and Icarricd some of his private papers from
his ok lice to his house.
Md. 1ngersoll asked the witness why he had
said hat Dorsey only possessed n key TO his
oftc& when it now appeared that his wife
also had key. Witness said she only had
Mr.. fnlgcrsoll took up the "smith" mem
orau,lum and closely examined the witness
upon ~. lie said he had written "Wm.
JoneF' In his ordinary hand, and denied that
he III d written 1t in n fcigned hand with the
ohjcJ of making it contrast with the other
All or the division Vailc and Miner had
nothing to do with the routes managed by
witnRsss for Dorsey. During the summer or
fall If 1879 witness did not recognize either
MiutMT Ut NHllts nHl SINlt VI HlHllS NOl-
tinuAd up TO the beginning of the last trial
Men Awhile his relations with Brady were
friendly, and witness saw him occasionally
uponI mail business. Thought the expenses
of thte Dorsey route averaged somewhere be-
twcch $3.50 and $1,000 per month.
WI +. Kellogg had been employed by
Dorliy rs q boOkkecper, and not only saw
the looks, the journal and ledger but worked
up,i them.
Nh Ingcrsoll REQUIRED to the interview
bet,yben Dorsey and witness in 1881, when
the hst rctacting affidavit was made The
/ wiu1,s said that he told Dorsey he had gone
ovprIto the government 10 save him Dorsey,
and lrolatcd to him all of the conversation
beiyi,en James aud MacNcagh aud himself
Dorsty said, You have put 10 In q worse
/ iiphd than it was before. They have no cvi-
dcncb against inc except what you have
fur1lI she'd
Nj. Ingcrsoll wanted to know how he had
eXpldined TINS action to Dorsey now lie had
iusti led the furnishing of evidence against
Wi tness said he was satisfied that Dorsey
was lin bad state before that time. The
newspapers were getting close to the facts,
I and 1t looked bad
MI. Ingcrsoll suddenly referred to the aili.
| dnyil of July 10, lSS2, and asked the witness
/ how IL was that at that time. more than n
veaT after his revelations to James, he had
chanIged his mind 50 as to believe that Dorsey
had lone no Illegal act.
a. AT that time in tho room | was tpaus-
ingJl Ia agtated," cynically suggested Mr.. In
gersdl II.
al did not remember anything particularly
wro1g'" continued the witness
nd went on to tell how Dorsey had appealed
to hln in the name of his wife and children
to rcl ract MS statement
Nj Ingorsoll. Did he say anything to you
aboul your wife?
q TO-" said the witness bitterly, | don't
suppl' he let my Wiie ana children cross ms
mind
MI IngcrsOll He did not show the un-
sel6lh feeling that you did?
witness had conceived the idea of saving
DorsIy upon the occasion of his frs inter-
yiewl with MacVoagh, still he would ac-
knowledge that self preservation was the
domlnant feeling in his mind.
witness did not expect to get his steamboat
routJ restored on his Jcnnngss claim or the
anpol ntment of his iathcr.in-law in consid-
craft IN of his giving testimony for the gov
] ernuient.
| witness only told Clayton of those things
IN sllw him what he would lose by going
oycrl Ito the government.
TMe retractng affidavit of June, 1881, was
then taken up and the witness subjected TO II
seyeIe examination, during which he was
apaitl required to specify the portions written
by dorsey and by himself The court then
| ndiattrned.