The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-21
KER AND BLISS.
The Former Contradicts the Latter Many
Points.

The Former Contradicts the Latter on Many
Points.
WASHINGTON June 20-AIr. Ker was before
the Springer committee to-day and fatty con
tradieted the testimony of George Bliss sew
eral material points. Bliss testified that he
never told Ker that Walsh man of bad
character The witness reiterated that he did,
and said the question was now of veracity
between them. which would have to be settled
by somebody Bliss quarreled with every
terial witness the government had; itkept Merrck
trying to propitate the witnesses Bliss had been
driving off. Said Ker: "Bliss denies that he
wanted to let Dorsey escape; 1 never said Bliss
wanted to let Dorsey go. I repeated the con
versaton between Mer1iek and myself. I don't
wonder that it should anger Bliss He might
attaek the man who said it Don't Merrick
eorrobordte what | say!
Il can account for Bliss's attack on Brewster
Cameron. It appears there was man named
Paul Strobach and after he was named United
States marshal by the President, some charges
were preferred against him by Cameron. While
going to Philadelphia one afternoon, on train
with Bliss, he said my friend Bre wster Cameron
was getting himself into great deal of trouble
Here's this Strobach case. he said; after the
President had made the nomination and 1t had
gone to the Senate. it is 10 time to make an at
tack on him. If the attack to be made il
ought to have been made before the nomination.
1t is Just this: Brewster Cameron will have to
quit the Department of Justice, or the Attorney
general will have to 60 | hadn t been used to
getting Cabinet secrets. Maybe Bliss wants to
deny it., added Ker, turning to that gentleman
Il don't want to deny it, Bliss replied, eXcit-
edly there are some letters on that subject that
III send to the committee. said Cameron had
twice attacked men nominated by the President
and thought such things ought to be stopped.
Mr. ker continued; ''Itseems this part of my
fa1.o lad gtSecf flesf
Brewster Cameron was a good man, and the At
torney general would stand by him, and not let
him 60 When Col. Bliss came back he went to
see Brewster Cameron In the interim, Cameron
had been to see the Attorney general"
''How do you know it," asked Mr.. Millilen.
II know it because Geo. Bliss told me So
Cameron saw the Attorneyrgeneral. 1t woke
the Attorney general up. and the Attorney-gen-
era woke Bliss up Bliss came and told me that
that foolish Brewster Cameron had gone to the
Attorney general and told him of our converse
ton hope the correspondence will be pro
duce by Bliss
I'm going to produce it. answered Bliss.
Mr. Ker continued: bliss refers to the At
torney-general embarrassing the case by decid
ing to close the argument. Bliss was not there
and cannot understand why he should attempt
% comment matter when he was away. 1t
ooks like he is trying to throw odium ON the
attorney general"
In reference to Bsss testimony that William
p. Kelloggs name did not appear in the papers
IT the HOStOfDee department, MT. hef Sa!U
Bliss knew in his heart that Kellogg's name
did appear The witness said he had prepared,
Cor the March term an indictment in which the
names of Price Brady and Kellogg were
joined together. charging them with con
spiracy to defraud the government. Bliss had
said KeNogg's name not mentioned before
that grand jury. why, Walsh's testimony
was all Kellogg" Mr.. Ker said. Walsh testi-
fled that he got the drafts from kellogg and
paid the money over to Kellogg Bliss de
nouneed me as telling falsehood, and l intend
to convict him of committing that offense him
self. Bliss denies that l prepared the indiet-
ment against Kellogg for the March term, or
that Walsh testified to anything that implicated
Kellogg | might procure coIroborating testi-
mony, but what would become of the corrob-
Grating witness! There is a man in the Post
Office Department who could corroborate my
testimony"
''What is his name2" inquired Mr.. Ryan.
''Do you want him fired outr inquired the
witness, with a surprised air. '1f l was not
sure Bliss would visit vengeance on
him, would bring him here Finally the
witness said the man to whom he referred was
Charles D. Sloan Sloan would testify that he
(the witness prepared the indictment against
kellogg at the March term The Wit
ness knew that if Sloan testified he
would feel Blisss vengeance. 1t was easy
to say "civil service REFORM" but what did it
amount to when a man in position had a spite
against another!
Mr.. Milligan inquired whether some of the
questions of veracity between Bliss and the
witness were not really questions of memory
The witness replied that in view cf the attacks
aade on him by Bliss, he did not think the
@@estions were questions of memory.
Mr. Bliss took the stand to contradict some of
Kerrs statements, confning his remarks es-
recially to denial of the assertion made by
that gentleman, that he had preferred the in
dctment against Price, Brady and Kellogg
for the March term. Adjourned.