Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-14
GEN. SWAIN CROSS-EXAMINED
Proceedings I'm the Court OF Inquiry
TO-day.

The cross-examination OF Gen. Swain was con-
uhued before the Swain court OF inquiry this
Ing. The witness having stated that he was law
yer was cross-examned sharply as 10 the phrase
used In his endorsement upon the letter from The
Secretary OF War relating To Mr. Batenens IN rr-es
that tne que Oil ''is negotiable promissnry note
according 10 all the authorities The wit said he
used the term, knowing It's legal import. The wit
ness could not recolect who had the due bin when
this ENDORSEMENT was written. liz was not In Wit
hess possession, but was either In the possession on
Bright q Humphrey, or In Mr.. Parker's safe
During the years lss2, NJ and ~ the witness had
deposits In the Metropolitan National hank at
Bateman & Co.'S, In New York. In the Lawrence
National bank and the Leavenworth National bank,
all subject 10 check. The witness was further
examined AZ considerable length In relation 10 his
accounts with Bateman & Co He said when the
consolidated OF final account was rendered by Bate
man a Co ne was credited In that with one sum OF
$1,000 He supposed that referred to the s. 90
LOANED. as there was no other $500 transaction
between them.
"NoBoDy Bot KNAvE OR FOOL
The witness said that he never understood the
accounts while Mr.. Brown was there, orfor n long
While afterwards. IL was not true, as Mr.. Brown
SAD, that the explanation made 10 the witness was
satisfactory 10 him, though Mr. Brown may have 80
believed His complaint was that they had dealt
In stocks, charging the transactions TO witness
count without his knowledge or his direction. The
complaint he made was first that he had no knowl-
edge OF stock transactions charged 90 him, and
secondly that they had taken a loan on security
WHICH NOBODY but q knaye or fool would have
taken.
DOING BUSINESS IN sIIrsHop WAY.
NllneSS was Then examined TO his losses
Witness said that he had done business with his
brokers' In slipshod way. He had had perfect
commence In Bateman a. Go. A letter from witness
TO Baieman, dated at Lawrence, Kansas, was next
read 10y witness, and offered I'm evidence by Mr..
Chandler, In which letter witness stated that ne
had two fellows on the hooks and IL he could dis
pose OF a portion OF the copper mine) stock he
would notify Bateman by telegraph
MI. Chandler endeayored TO elicit from the wit
ness what he meant 10y ION the hookS,p and the
general replied that lac meant 'intep,stedn
A letter from Gen. Swain TO Bateman q Co. from
Leayenworth Was then put I'm evidence, IN whAGA
the witness spoke OF making up his losses In IVAN
hoe. The witness was then questioned as TO his
letter 10 the Secretary OF War and his conversas
ton with Col Morrow.
1HE BANK STUCK.
Bateman had a conversation with witness. n
which he told witness that the bank was stuck Cd
Morrow's accounts Witness understood by that
that Morrow had used accounts which he was MOI
authorized 20 Use by law. This was before the M,
Ing up OF the MORROW accounts. The witness wa
then questioned 10 what he meant by "some
other trouble might come In collecting these claims
at the War Department.
Mr.. Calkins objected and said that I'm that cons
yerSation Mr. Baternan made thrust al the army
which Gen. Swain had resented.
Mr.. Chandler then said: IAN army officer, like
any other good man in any other business can de-
fend HIMSELF and does not need knight errant 70
tilt up and down In these windy campaigns
1he question was admitted, and the witness said
In effect, that trouble would arise from the owtna
OF the debts and the pushing OF other creditora
TIE NEXT WITNESS.
Seth A. Terry, clerk In the War department.,
as TO going To Bateman & Co to Tx up the accounU
between Gen. Swain and them.