Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-14
BANKER WALSH'S HIDING
FACE TO FACE WITH PURSUERS
WHO DID NOT KNOW HIM.

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Springer's committee. He introduced
number of letters, one of which had been
sent to the President, asking that "Colonel
Bliss be looked into" The witness contin-
ued: ''Pve done my duty. If other peo-
pie, owing to total deprayity or official
etiquette, have not done their duty, it is
not my fault.'
Representative Stewart objected to the
letter to the President being admitted as
evidence on the ground that the Chief
Magistrate could not come before the
committee to answer the contents of the
letter. Furthermore, he said, it con-
tanned reflections on Mr.. kellogg, whom
the committee had decided was not to be
investigated.
''Pm opposed to putting aside letters
| rejecting on Mr.. Kellogg" said Repre-
sentative Van Alstyne, ''who has been
posted throughout the country as being
connected with the star route cases.
l don't believe that it is proper for this
committee to put letters in evidence the
contents of which it does not know. This
| committee voted to exclude Mr.. Kellogg's
testimony. Now this witness (Mr.
Walsh) attempts sTreptitIOusly to intro
duce evidence against Mr.. Kellogg. / am
| willing, if this witness wishes to tell, to
Gods earth about Mr.. Kellogg if Mr..
Kellogg is allowed to answer"
The committee decided not to admit
the letters until the various members of
| the committee had had an opportunity to
read them.
| BEFORE THE THIRD GRAND JURY.
''NOw, tell your experience before the
third grand jury" said Representative
Springer.
Il wouldn't go before the jury with
| Col. Bliss. / would rather have gone to
jail. w. w. Ker represented the United
States before that jury, and the route con-
sidered was that from San Antonio to Cor
! pus Christi. i presented the same evil
| dence that l had presented to the second
| grand jury l had the evidence before the
first jury, but was only there 10 or 20
minutes and the jurymen said that
they had enough; that they didn't want to
see the papers,
Had you told Col Bliss the whole
story ofthe Kellogg case?' was asked.
81 would not talk to the government
counsel"
''Was he ignorant of the information
! you pOSSeSsed%'
| "He certainly knew what | had" At
this juncture Mr.. Springer picked up the
| papers that Mr.. Walsh had said were
! evidence against Mr.. Kellogg. They con-
sisted of small package of drafts and
letters.
''These are dangerous papers," the wit
ness said. 'They are dynamite. / gave
/ testimony before the iuries on which
Messrs. Brady and Price were indicted,
and that same testimony implicated Mr..
| Kellogg. You can't play Hamlet with
| Hamlet left out very well''
A lengthy discussion relative to the adj
mission ofthe testimony rejecting on Mr..
| Kellogg followed. during which Mr. Van
| A 1Gty ai A.,
! committee in refusing to investigate Mr..
Kellogg
''We were cowed out ofdoing our duty"
THE INDICTMENT GOOD.
The witness continued: 'Messrs. Mer-
| rick and Ker drew the indictment against
| Mr.. Kellogg. L have heard a great deal
| of abuse on unfortunate Mr.. Ker. Mr..
Merrick said the other day that the in
| dictment was good"
"But it wouldn't hold Mr.. Kellogg" in-
! terp0sed member of the committee.
sit would hold man who would steal
loaf of bTead," Mr.. Walsh replied.
Mr.. Van Alstyne moved that Mr..
/ Walsh's papers be submitted as evidence
| before the committee. The motion was
| lost.
"That finishes the record with me-, SAID
Mr.. Walsh when the result of the vote
was announced.
why did you not appear at the term of
court last December" was asked.
The witness in answer read one Of his
! letters to the President in which he said
| that he had been a witness five times in
| the star route cases, and while testifying
! had been slandered and libeled without
the government making anv ATTEMPT TO
| protect him. In the letter Mr.. Walsh
said that he would not appear if Col.
Bliss represented the government. and he
asked that indictments be found against
| George {. GOrham and A. G. Buell. whom
| he claimed had libeled him.
! did you make any efforts to avoid the
! government oticialsY' was asked.
wALsH's COURSE.
II didn't feel like going around and
looking for Deputy Marshals in New York.
Undoubtedly they could have found me if
they had known me-" Mr.. Walsh said
! that he sat face to face with Col. Bliss in
an elevated railroad train in New York
one day while the government was sup
posed to be hunting him. Messrs. Ker
and Merrlck both came to New York on
| purpose to see Mr.. Walsh, but Mr.. Walsh
refused to see them. Mr.. Walsh con-
tinued: ~ said that would not appear
| unless they got service on me,
and If they had gotten a service
| L would have gone to Washington
but would not have testified; | would
have gone to Jail first. [ lived in New
|
! garl0us IN my habits. I did not 90 about
in fiocks. usually walked down town.
| L wouldn't go to the post Office, for 1 knew
that L would receive a subpoena, and
wouldn't 90 to the Marshal's office. and
say "Here's Walsh" Mr.. Walsh then
/ related the circumstances under which
he recently appeared in Washington. He
said that he went to Montreal intending
to sail for Europe. At Montreal he wrote
to the President, rendering his papers if
they would be receipted for in the Presi-
dents name.
INDUCED TO RETURN.
He continued; "Messrs. Cameron and
ker came to the hotel where | was stop
| ping and saw me at midnight. Mr.. Cam
erOn said that the Attorney General
| thought that had been doing him some
injustice; that he had been acting under
| prejudice excited by Col. Bliss. Mr.
Brewster thought my papers would be
useless without me, and that I ought to
| be present at the trial. telegraphed him
that L would come after had heard his
! apology, and told Mr.. Cameron to do the
same. Mr.. Cameron asked me if / would
| return with himself and Mr.. Ker the next
| morning. l replied 'nO;' that l would not
! travel with government people. They
leIt on one road and | on another in the
/ evening. By a washout on the road that
| they Travelled on we were thrown to-
| gether. The fates were against me. /
woke up in the morning in a sleeper and
| heard Mr.. Ker's voice in berth near me.
"My God" l said.
| Mr.. Ker then thrust his head out and
replied: II hope, Mr.. Walsh, that you
won't think we did this on purpose.
Really, it couldn't be helped"
Il told him that it was all right. He
seemed to be considerably worried.n
THE SEPARATION.
| New York, and then | would get rid OF
them. We separated in that city. l
! didn't want to come to Washington and
have it said that l was brought back bv
| Messrs. Ker and Cameron, but that has
been said, Notwithstanding my efforts to
| prevent it. When got here MI. Brewster
| did me justice TO certain extent, which
| | thought ought to be accorded me. He
made more lengthy statement than had
| Mr.. Cameron, as his representative. |
think that Col. Bliss stated the truth
when he said that efforts had been
made to find me in New York.
| Mr.. Brewster told me that the govern
ment had made every effort and he COM
| plimented me on my ability to keep out of
the way. 1 replied that it was not my
ability but the defective eyesight of his
subordinates."
The committee adjourned till tomorrow.
when Mr. Walsh says that he will make
some pleasant allusions' to Col Bliss,
testimony before the committee. "In
other words" he said, 81 will proceed to
demOlish the government counsel.".
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