The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-22

drsw ihe suit at once. s. W. Dor
sew gave witness instructions con.
corning entries. 10 be mhd9 ~
books, Holding paper In his hand
witness said s. W. Dorsey instructed mn
to open an account with u name on INA
paper. IL is headed Omitted states sen
nte chamber, Washington; accounts: CASH
loaned Dorsey and Peck; s. W. Dorsey
$4,000; under head OF Dorsey, ,$lO,VOO
under head of Peck, $4,000; William
Smith, $4,000; John smith, Soogq
mas been scratched out and the
name J. NJ. Jones substituted Witnes:
said he wrote "Sam Jones' under Johh
smith," because s. W. Dorsey called atlen
ton to the fact that there We're TWO oma ~ ~
and said he had better make one sam
Jones. [Laughter.l Witness was asked 70
explain Inc meaning Of these entries, and
s ssia t on ps spessqusss 5. v. Dorsey
asked him il he mad charged Brady VITA
certain amounts 5000, $1,000 and @LoVoi
witness answered That he had no account
against Brady; Dorsey replied why,
damn it, he is William Smith; l thoughi
you knew who William Smith was" All
amounts ABOVE mentioned were theu
charged to Brady. A.,
Witness continuing, said that upon the
occasion when Dorsey told him VINO
"Wllliam Smith was, some time
in June, he lett the house
with Dorsey aud stopped at Middleton
bauk, where Dorsey drew some money;
thence they went to the post-oihce
department.; Dorsey requested hlm to walt
in the witness room, and went Ill TO see
Brady; he sooa returned, ana tney
left the office; it was alter they returned,
perhaps, that night, that Dorsey told MN
who smith" was; did not
knowhow much money Dorsey drew az the
bank; Dorsey told him to look at tne chech
nook to find amounts 10 be charged to
"Smith," and he looked through various
check books, and whenever he io"nd a
check drawn to account OF mai
he charged the amount TO william
Smith," Witness was. directed to con-
fine his answers to statement
of whether or not ne maue
an entry, and il so, to give description OF
ingly. Witness said that when he was
summoned before the congressional investl-
eating committee he notified Brady,
and telegraphed s. W. Dorsey and
ii. w. Bosler before he ap.
pearcd before the committee; he tore out
of the latter books number OF letters; that
book contained copies OF every letter witness
and included letters 10 Dorsey,
Bosler, the sub.contractor, and private
letters of witness; there We're three OF these
books, and witness said one OF them was
in the possession of Williams
and Carpenter. last week, IN this court
room. Merrick gave formal notice to the
defense to p produce dert tne t three
pages torn from letter-book; he had seen
the original, for they were
ia his own handwriting; saw
Brady about May q or %, 1880; the con-
gressional Investigation was going
on; Sam Brady at the post
office; witness had been subp@naed; II
was q duces tecum. He told Brady they,
what paper he had, and witness told him
account books. etc., and Brady
said, dorsey is o damn fool
for keeping books" he then asked if they
could not be copied, and witness
said 1t would take day or
two, ana Brady said it would be good idea;
Brady asked him TO return the books ana
some changes which would be
required; with the intention OF acting
upon Bfadys suggestion, witness put
man at work copying the books, designating
such letters as he wanted lett out,
by crossing them out with pencil;
new set OF books was thus prepared,
and the amounts set down against
"Smith and Jones" we're charged TO pfoht
and loss; the man was ordered to make
new set of books, as near ike
the old set as possible and witness appeared
Immediately before the committe and was
excused, and didn't appear again
for twelve or thirteen days; sent physi-
clans certificate TO Blackburn, stating
he was unable to appear, and ana
that in order to secure time for copying the
books, and when he appeared before
the committee the new set was ready
and both books were taken 10 New lo.k;
Dorsey and Bosler were having
a settlement in New York, aud by Dorsey's
direction he took the original journals over
to New York and leit them AZ Dorsey
Office the copies remained at washington
IN June, 1881, witness went again TO new
York, and saw both books in Dorsey ONCE,
and brought the journal to Washington,
leaving the ledger in New York; gave the
Journal to Dorsey, and saw an orig nal
letter from S w. Dorsey to j. W.
Bosler, written about May -, 1879, in rela;
ton to star-route business; Dorsey tod
him to make up statement n
It was to be kept in the Office
by witness and shown to Bosler
when he called on him for that purpose; he
Bosler by Dor.ey's direction;
witness said lie inserted words in the pc
tition asking quicker time, Sew
eral letters in the handwriting
most of them introducing Reerdeu 10
prominent parties and introducing
him as a man Of high character.
Court adjourned until Monday. Mer-
rick promised TO make the
remainder of Reerdelfs examination
very interesting, and a rumor was current
to-day 10 the effect that Miner had
resolved 10 take the stand i'm in
nothing definite could be learned.
Merrick said he was extreme
Iy doubtful if the government
Would consent TO any such arrangement.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
The committee on elections have COM
Melted consideration Of the Cook-Cutts con-
tcgted election case, 9th Iowa district, end
bv yO.e of to- 2 agreed
to report resolution to the house Ia favor
OF seating Contestant Cook, grcenblck-
democrat. Ranney and PettiDone vote in
favor Of Cuts, republican.
HAsKELL-rO wNsHEND.
Many rumOrs have been circulated q on
the capital to-day touching the alleged I'M
minence-of hostile, meeting between
Representatives HASKELL OF Kentucky, aud
Townsbend. Of Illinois, as the result
Of certain sharp words which passed be-
tween these gentlemen during the debate
on the tariff bill "Wednesday. Although
some correspondence On the subject passed
etween the gtutlsnen, there Is 30 iounoa.
ton for the Tumor thst challenge had /
1nrn sent. A. gentleman who has been
consult On the matter. and % whom hll /
noes have been submitted, sd tins aittr-
noon toa Representative nj the Associated
Press that u1.hing Ike n Chhleugs o. roe
tudicatins there would be n chaltn-e
Lad passed. The question sac
osraf. aWrv Co. tbeu DBL
s.id tifat re noe. p haTe ferfcd 20 Corc.il-- /
ton or nfiuamc1t.' .Un the contrary
sad the gentlemen tie mlttlr "a iuf.l.ff
tfas ever from being r.fualel.' lIIe
rfsrlIs Of -r1rf.airlrIf Iiacnts fIa MISTER F
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