National Republican., 1884-05-17
Mr. BATEMAN REITERATES.
The Statements Made in His Former Testimony
Are Repeated.
Gen. Swain Wanted the Bankers to
Chip in and Help Him.
II They Didn't He Would "Squoeze" Col. Morrow at
the War Department
The Court Decide Not 90 Go Into tho Gar
The Court Decide Not 20 Go Into the Gar
fleId Fair Accounts.

He testified that he had never seen the wit
ness Terry; who sworo yesterday that he had
seen him (Batoman) several times at tho
lstter's bank about Swaim's accounts. Mr.
Bateman was subjected to severe cross
examination by Mr.. Calkins with respect to
his stock transactions for Gen. swaims
account.
He admitted that::-.there wero one or two
transactions, of which, in the usual order of
business, Gen. Swain should have been
notified, Of which the lettor-press copy book
did not show copies OF notification, but
showed by his books that the record OF these
transactions appeared on tho ledger ana
purchase and sales" book, and also pointed
them out on the statements furnished Gen.
Swain.
The statements furnished Swain did not.
he said, contain any reference to what is
known as the "cross-entry" transaction,
transaction In which stock had been sold for
Cen Swains account, which the latter de-
MED having ordered sold, and which upon
that denial was Immediately Strengthened by
n cross entry to his credit Of the amount Of
the transaction. This, he said, was because
he considered the transaction cancelled by
the cross entry.
On redirect examination the witness was
questioned as to certain notifications of trans
actions made on Swaim's account, which in
the ordinary course of business should have
been sent to Swain, but which did not appear
in the lot of notifications submitted by Gen.
Swain to the court as all that had been re-
eeived by him.
He said that oil the missing notifications
were notifications of transactions in which
there appeared to have been losses to Gen.
Swain, but that all the notifications of trans
actions, in which there had been profits for
Cen Swain, had been submitted by the latter
to the court.
N. poH hrt ba
court, the judge advocate first reading to him
written questions to which he made replies
and the members of the court then asking
him questions orally He testified that in his
conversation with Gen. Swain on the day
after his (Batcman's) charges had been made
TO tho secretary of war, no reference had been
made to the Morrow pay accounts, or to the
charges referred TO, but not specified in tho
latter part of witness's letter to the secretary.
He said he had been notified by Mr.. Parker
and Gen. Swain and by Mr.. Humphreys
between 10 and IL o'clock on that day QSth)
that tho due bill about which the trouble
arose had been surrendered to Parker by
Humphreys. He narrated the story of Gen.
Swaim's alleged threat to squeeze" the
bankers at the war department About
Morrow's accounts in answer to request
from the court for circumstantial statement
of that affair, Swain, he said, was in his office
and said to him: "Now, Bateman, if Cooke
and the rest of you don't chip in and help
me ont on what Morrow owes me l will
squeeze him at the war department, so that
there won't none of you got anything"
He (witness) then said to Swain that he
thought that that remark was tho
meanest he had ever heard white man make.
That he (Swaim) had first involved him
(witness), a personal friend in the debt and
was now trying to- cut the last chance he
(witness) had of getting his money unless he
(the wituess) paid him (swaim) this hundred
dollars. Swain, witness said then said some
thing about the accounts not being fraudulent
and left the office and went to the war de-
partment. The witness was then questioned
as to his conversation with Gen. Swain after
the latter had made reply to the secretary
OF war with respect to the charges made by
witness.
He repeated his statements made on the
first examination, that he had told Swain
that the latter's reply to the secretary was
false and that the whole thing would have to
be gone over again. Swain, he said, replied
to him: 81 advise you to let this thing drop
here 1t may result in a libel suit. If you
will take my advice a. friend, let me advise
you not to mako fool of yourself before tho
people by letting them see that you gave
man piece of negotiable paper, and then
allowed him to overdraw his accounts" Wit
ness had replied to this that if there were no
other way of getting the facts before the
public he (witness) would publish all his
Mr. Bateman was then asked IT, since the
publication of tho letter of the secretary of
war to the President with reference to this
case, he (Bateman) had ever been approached,
directly or indirectly, by any one in the
interest of Gen. Swain to persuade him
(witness) from going any further in this
investigation. He replied that on the day
after that letter was published Mr. Parker
called to see him, and said that ho (Parker)
had Just been to see the old man (meaning
Swaim), and that he (Parker) didn't think
that he (Batoman) should press this thing too
hard. He (Parker) said, You don't want
to crowd tho old man. He has been here n
long time, and has been good friend to you.'
In answer to Gen. Pope, witness said that
Mr.. Parker did not say that he was author
lied by Gen. Swain to approach him (the
wtness), that he lad merely said he had come
from Gen. Swain.
In answer to Gen. Augur, witness affirmed
the statement made in his letter to the secre-
tary of war, that when Gen. Swain made
the deposit of $4,000 with him he (Swaim)
had asked for the duo bill, as something to
have in case Of accident, to show whore his
money was, as he was going west about that
time.
Gen. Pope, president of the court, then
asked Mr.. Bateman what other charges he
wished to prefer against Gen. Swain,
referring to the statement in the last part Of
Bateman's letter to the secretary.
MIR. Bateman replied, have preferred tho
only charges / care to prefer.
In answer to question by Gen. Ssckett,
Mr.. Bsteman said that the statements fur
nshed by him to Con. Swain of the latters
accounts with the bank contained all the
transactions between them
Mr.. Seth II. Terry, the clerk in Con.
Swaim's office, who testified Thursday to
visiting Mr.. Bateman at the latter's bank
with reference to settling differences in the
accounts between Swain and BateIuan, was
recalled by Mr.. Chandler. He was asked
what relations he suStains to Gen. Swain,
aud replied that he was a clerk in the gen.
erals office.
Mr.. Chandler then asked Have you ever
been convicted of ombe2alement
Witness No, sir
Mr.. Chandler. Have you ever been-"
Mr.. Calkins, interruptng. 81 object. This
is an attempt to degrade the witness"
Mr. Chandler replied that he simply wished
TO show that the Witness whose testimony
was in direct conflict with that Of Mr.. Bate
man, was unworthy of belief
The court ruled against the question, aud
permitted the witness to make a statement
in which he said that he could bring forty
reputable witnesses to prove his character as
an honest man.
Mr.. Jay Stone, chief of the correspondence
division Of the war department. was then
called by the court. and testified that the
secretary's letter to Gen. Swain, referring to
Batemans charges, was sent from the Office
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of April Is
and was received back with Swaim's reply
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