National Republican., 1884-05-08

afternoon, Con. Swain came into tho office
of Bateman Il Co., as usual. He ana witness
went out for drive in witnoss's coupe, ana
he asked witness why the firm had not lot
Morrow have that money. Ho told witness
that Morrow was colonel on Shcfman's stan,
and was perfectly good for the sum in quos-
tion. Witness then decided TO ad-
vance Col. Morrow moderate amount,
and the latter came into tho olhce
next morning with his vouchers already liked
up, and tho firm advanced him $1,000 ON
them. Witness thought they covered four
months pay, and were for the months next
succeeding the day on which the advance
was made. Witness learned afterward that
thoro were three other vouchers out covering
the samo four months' pay from Col. Morrow.
Ho sent for Mr. Parker, and sent him to Gen.
Swain to see what IL meant. Ho did not
remember what reply was made, but few
days afterward Swain was in his Office and
he (witness) talked about tho Morrow matter.
Swain, ho snid told him that he (Swaim)
had himself loaned Col. Morrow some money,
and had taken bill Of sale on his piano for
security. This statement angered witness,
and he asked Swain How in the devil Is IL
that you refused to loan q brother officer 800
or $l2j without taking bill of sale for his
piano, and then send him to me with du-
plcated pay account for loan of S1,500"
Swain then told him that Morrow was going
to use this money to take the other vouchers
at his office, and Col. Morrow came down.
Witness said to him, You perpotrated n
fraud on u.s." He clustered up and said,
How dare you say that committed fraud p
Wat this point Mr.. Calkins objected to the
introduction of this. testimony. Gen. Pope
suggested that the court would like to hear
the testimony unless counsel persisted in his
objection. Mr., Calkins said he objected not
because he was afraid that the court would be
biased by such testimony, but because they
were taking testimony with open doors, and
he wanted to protect the interests fhs client.
Gen. Pope replied that the court desired to
have all the facts in the case, and the witness
was then allowed to proceed. lie said that
Col Morrow having denied that there was
any fraud on his part, asked If Gen. Swain
had not told him that he Morrow had taken
to him lSwaim) schedule of his debts and
had told him that the vouchers would DO
taken up before they were due. Col. Morrow
afterward pleaded that perhaps ho had got
into this trouble by not understanding fnan-
ces.
Witness stated that it afterward turned
out that the vouchers on which money had
been drawn by Col. Morrow called for about
$4,000 OH four or five months pay, aud that
tho vouchers he had received wero tho last
of the lot. These vouchers had been gathered
up from tho different bankers who held them,
and an arrangement entered into between
the bankers to hold them.
Mr. Chandler asked witness If Swain had
had subsequent conversation with him
about the vouchers. Before witness could
reply Mr.. Calkins objected. Mr.. Chandler
then introduced statement in writing which,
he said, embodied the charges alluded to i'll
the last paragraph Of Bateman's letter to tho
secretary of war, which had beon called for
by the court yesterday. This was in
substance that after certain bankers in this
city became involved with Morrow's pay
vouchers and had made the best arrangement
they could to protect themselves, all of
which was known, according to this state
ment, to Gen. Swain, the latter claimed that
there was about 800 due him from Morrow,
and came to Mr.. Bateman with u demand
that the bankers should pay him that sum,
threatening that If they did not pay him he
would so squeeze" Morrow at the war do
partment that none of the bankers would get
After the reading Of this statement Judge
Advocate Scott announced that it was proba-
bio he would find it necessary further along
to ask for some further specifications with
respect to the charges in the latter part of
Batemans letter. as he did not believe that
this statement embraced all that there WAS to
be offered.
Mr.. Bateman then answered Mr. Chandler's
question. He narrated the story of an inter
view had about six or eight months ago with
Gen. Swain, in which the latter had made
the threat referred to in the written state
ment about squeezing" Col. Morrow.
This concluded the direct examination of
MIR. Bateman, and the court thereupon ad-
journed until to-day.