St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-13
He Shows How Very Good and Up
right He Was in ALI the Bateman-
Morrow Transactions.
Maj. McKibben and Col. Morrow Fail to I'm.
plicate Either Swain or Lincoln by
Their Testimony.

WASHINGTON, May 12.-In the Swain court of
inquiry this morning Col. A. P. Morrow, Sixth
cavalry, was called by the defense and testified to
the circumstances attending his negotiation of a
loan of $1,000 from Bateman G Co. in March
1888. He said he had gone with Major McKib-
ben to Gen. Swain to ask for loan of 81, 600,
that Swain said he was unable to loan him that
sum, but referred him to the banker, who he said
did that sort of business and gave him note of
introduction to Bateman; that in company with
McKibben he had gone to Bateman & Co.. and
asked for the loan of $4,000, which had been re-
fused him and finally he had accepted from them
81, 800 depositing accounts for four months pay
as security, He said he had not said anything
to Swain about his pay accounts at the time of
their interview.
On cross examination witness was asked if
the accounts he deposited with Bateman & Co.
as security were triplicates of his pay accounts
Calkins objected, saying the witness should
not be asked to criminate himself
The court sustained the objection
Maj. McKibben was called, and testified to
having gone with Col Morrow to see Gen. Swain
and to the fact of their subsequent visit to the
bank. Witness knew from Morrow the con-
dtion of his accounts and his having duplicated
and Implicated his vouchers. He did not tell
Swain about them, and did not know that Swain
knew anything about them He had not men
toned the fact at Bateman's bank because tbey
refused to loan the entire amount, and he told
Morrow not to take the 81 500 offered He did
not want to make the fact known except that a
loan could be secured, and that was why he had
not mentioned it to Gen. Swain or at the bank.
Gen. Swain then called. He testified to
acquaintance with j. Stanley Brown, and to hay-
ing loaned him S5, 900 to increase his captal with
Bateman & Co., substantially as already stated
in Browns testimony. He testified to having
had speaking acquaintance with Col Morrow.
and then told the story of the latter's visit to
him with Major McKibken, and his application
for loan of $4,000. Mckibben told him then
that Morrow had been speculating in oil, had
lost heavily, and embarrassed and in debt.
RlWitness refused to loan him the money, but told
them they could undoubtedly get accommodation
from some brokers in the city who did that kind
of business. He had referred them to Bateman
& Co., and possibly had given Col. Morrow note
of Introduction to Bateman. Nothing was said
in the conversation about pay vouchers, and
witness had knowledge then of any
duplicate vouchers issued by Col Morrow.
and since then had no knowledge of any except
by newspaper rumor and public talk. He had
not learned that Bateman & Co. had loaned any
money to Col. Morrow on his pay accounts until
the matter was published in the newspapers He
denied having ever had conversation on the
subject with Bateman in the latter's coupe, as
related by Bateman in his tie estimony, and also
denied that he had conversation with Bateman
in the latters office, in which the latter stated he
(Swaim) told him of securing a bill of sale On
Col. Morrows piano, and had said, ''rhe old man
didn't get left - Bateman had told him after the
Morrow matter became noised about that he.
(Bateman), had been caught by Morrow, and
witness had said he was sorry, and that was all
there was about it.
Witness then testified that the only financial
transaction he had ever had will Col Morrow was
loaning him $3.50 without security, without even
note for the amount. Some time after he had
made the loan Col. Morrow wished to sell him his
piano for $3.50, and witness agreed to take it.
but the next day after their conversation Col.
Morrow told him his wife had sold the piano.
Witnesses attention was then called by coun-
| sci to the conversation testified to by Bateman,
| in which witness was said to have threatened to