New-York tribune., 1884-12-19
GENERAL SWAIN IN HIS o"N 'DhilAh,
HOW lie DECAME INVOLVED WITH bAih"NN ~
co-, cpOvND FLOOR POSITION.

Co-a GROUND FLOOR POSITION
w,su,vcroy. Dec. 16.--ln the Swain court
martial this morning the defence tried TO provo W
ert l. De Akers. former cnployc OF bn'ch"n -,
that that firm posted in this city false pnetihs Vi
.onsao,io,s In New-York but his testimony was eA
cludcd Robert T. Humphrey was rccallea ana 'e7'',
-, ooncornin- the "due bill +" that figures III tio
,so md electrified tho court room by the stateehe t
bc had beco "docgcd by Army officers, wlch nsser''o
ne afterwGrd modified .,,v
nor, Dovld g. 9wam was tlon called to the stand oy
the defence In his testimony he said that nc Is ul'
wears old md is Judge Advocate General .n''e" SUI
Army He entered the volunteer service as lieutenant o
A. ct,, ohi vnntcers and at the close Of the war was
,,oir and Colone was appointed lieutenant ~
h tct Rcgnlar Infantry ana assigned to duty "a Act
,, rnA,e ldvoc,te in the Fourth Military District
was appolntod Judge Advocate III loop' "
tho D,nar;ncnt OF the Missouri an"
noipcd there until appointed Judge Advocate General
The witness said that the paper presehe" u MN -
otc,oan & Co I'm the fall of 1883. ~ the Antrim chn
,,sea h, him. dil not repre- sent the claim when nc
had authorized them purchases as to the copper n"
inc stock transactiops Batcman had obtained nom "'
cbccL for ~ 900 with which to purchase STOCK III 'o
conner mining company on representations '"ie "''
nromiue MT nen among them senators Shcrhlhh "l"o'
and Ferry were concerned In it, and that tho stock was
worth in the market 81 share while he was To ne let III
~, tbo Ground floor" TO purchase 1t ut forty cents
hare Un,n subsequent inquiry he found that the mine
which was TO be operated by te company
had no foundation, and told Mr' ba'cuinn " so'
and the latter told him that tho company
had fallen through; ho never saw any sn@i's =
Of thc stoc when they were presented pcore the c1'
nj inouiry IN the case Tho history or tl9 "19 pii
transaction was then told by General swami nc a.
thot when he met J. stanley Brown III batcnah u'i
to release him from the loan OF %D,Oo ne ma n''
nm with which to enter the lrm MI Batcihhh wa ~
n yin,s to tain the money the terms on Wh!ch
Pro,yn had IL per cent interest ana 10 per cent OF l
nrodts made bv him. lie left the 5000 temporarily
with Tho hank but refused 10 acccdc 10 hr bd''.ti
rsoIcst ON the ground that 10 do 40 wouid hiAc ,i
mariner I'm The frn lie took Mr.. BateInans que uIil
lar mo amount LETT with the firm, and tod thrn nc No
liro ornulc notice when he wanted the money
liz know nothing about the memorandum on the uu"
I'm reoding Fix per cent interest and 10 per cent.
Rltcuau subsequently came to see hll al VIZ W 3
hat The 81 900 should he loaned 10 him f9r Two or
ycnrs on the same condition, that Brown in 'i H. ~ @%
mat hc refused to let him have 10 on ihpse tciluS
consc,ed ia c, the money remain Win hlIn ana aiu"
n tnteros on IL be credited his account fucha-o'
rd e.s of stocks on his account appeared on tc v-
solafrd statement furnished him by latenah w!cn "
had NOT authorized and OF which ~" nad not peeh
nj tc time the transactions arc sald 70 nave
Finally hc told Baton that Inc was dettrhint ~
fhr transaction closed mp. an1 he ti9hHlcfIci ,n
b" 10 Bright Humphrey a Co.. ana feir7iru ,urI ~ ~
brin anti pon IT, as he did wish 20 enter SUIT III ms
own name because or the position ne o'cuP'oi III '
army. . p..o,,o, 70 a
method OF doing business saying that ihemat VI, Nri"t
and Governor Pound OF wisconsin, had SPOKE, 20 MN
abOut the crooked" way In which that nrm did Dus'