The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-22
| NUGGETS OF NEWS.
|U;tpess Reerdell Is Turned Over to the
Tender Mereies Of
Rob IngersOll, Who will Sift Him
as Satan
Sought to Sift Peter-Witness Stands
His Ground.
An United States War.Ship has been
Cast Away.
Committee Work at Washington
Nominations.
Other Entertaining Bits of News.
Committee Work at Washington
Nominations.
her Entertaining Bits Of News.
Washington News Notes.
THE AsHuRLor.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-No information
the United States steamer Ashuelot has
been received at the navy department. The
report, however, was not at all discredited,
as the vessel was not considered very sea.
worthy. In fact, she was laughing.stook
among naval officers. She was paddle.
wheel, thin-plated iron ship, of $40 tons
displacement, and was what is known as a
/ Udouble-ender." She was built in 1863 for
| the purpose of river navigation during the
| war, and was used in the blockade.
REERDRLL.
| continued his testimony in the star.route
| trial to-day. The court refused to admit as
| evidence the muster-roll offered yesterday.
Witness said Dorsey's instructions regard
specific Merrick stated he should perhaps
recall witness to further examine him
concerning certain papers not yet in
his possession. Otherwise, he had con-
Guided dissemination was then be-
gun by Inge-sOll, Witness denied that he
received money or consideration of any
kind for making his affidavit. Ingersoll
asked him what he intended to swear to
about the false books he prepared for the
congressional committee. Objected to by
the prosecution. lngersoll argued that If
witness was ready to swear talsehood
then, he was equally ready to do it now.
The objection was Sustained by the court.
Witness identified q paper presented to
him by lngersoll as being in his handwrit-
ing, except the words and Others" had
signed and sworn to it. Ingersoll then
read the paper; it was an affidavit by Reer-
dell, dated July IL, 1882, in which he swore
that S. w. Dorsey, ]. W. Bosler and Brady
had never, by verbal or written direction
or inference, committed any wrong; there
was never an improper act or suggestion Ly
Dorsey or Bosler the statement that he
(Reer lel) had books and papers showing
they had been engaged in scheme to de-
fraud the people was false; no such books or
papers ever existed the statement that
Dorsey and Bosler paid 50 per cent. of their
RENTED fines or any percentage to Brady
was purely false, and neither Bosler or
Dorsey ever secured increased service by
corrupt means; in short, oil stories told Of
unlawful operations on the part of Dorsey
and Bosler were mere fabrications gotten
up for newspaper purposes, and this state.
meat was made voluntarily to vindicate
them. Witness said he desired to explain
the circumstances under which the affidavit
war made; few days before its date he
had notified Dorsey he intended to go over
to the government and make full state
ment; Dorsey then called him into Will
laId's hotel and threatened to prosecute
him for perjury if he did this; Dorsey also
produced two letters he (Reerdell) had been
foolish enough to write woman in the
city, and said he would break up his family
relations If he did not make his affidavit
witness was very much frightened. as he
supposed those letters had been destroyed
yielding to these threats, witness consented
to make affidavit; Dorsey wrote it, witness
copied it and carried it to Dorsey and Bos
Ter; witness acknowledged the affidavit
was false in every essential particular. The
question of entries to Smith and Sam
Jones" came up again, and witness said
there was another entry from his check
book of $1,000 to the credit of James b
Belford, member Of congress; this was tc
be charged to mail account, and was in the
summer of 1879; the check was drawn or
Middleton & Co., bankers OF this city.
NO DAMAGE.
The secretary of war has transmitted tC
the house the following dispatch from En-.
gineer w. l.. Marshall:
VIcXsBURa. MISS, Feb. 2l-Inspected
works at Lake Providence Thursday. Nc
damage to the works, that could be discov
cred, by the present flood. Everything il
in good condition here. These dikes now
submerged No information concerning
Plum Point has been received at the de.
'partment.
NOMINATIONS.
Algeron S. Badger collector of customs
New Orleans; John b. Roulston, collector
of internal revenue, 4th district Of Virginia
COMMITTEE WORK.
The house committee on claims has prac.
tically decided that since it will be impossi
BILE to consider all contested election cases
this session, they be allowed to 90 over fol
action by the forty-eighth congress.
The consular and diplomatic appropria
ton bill was agreed to in conference